Three of the elite NHL franchises over the last decade face 3-1 deficits in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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The first round is potentially showing us a power shift at the top of the NHL. Because of the playoff formatting implemented in 2014, there are no longer conference seeds 1-8. If that were the case, St. Louis would be playing Nashville in the West and Chicago would be taking on San Jose.