The NHL is officially under way for the 2014-215 season. The reigning champions LA Kings raised their 2013-2014 championship banner on wednesday night when they faced off against the San Jose Sharks. Last year the LA Kings came back from a 3-0 deficit against the Sharks and won it in 7 games in the opening round of the playoffs. That was only the 4th time that an NHL team has came back from a 3-0 deficit and win, the Kings went on to win their second Stanley Cup in three years.
San Jose didn't forget about that series and they came into Staples Center and defeated the Kings 4-0. As for early predictions for the playoffs many analysts have the Chicago Blackhawks and LA Kings in the Western Conference final, as for the east the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers are the top two teams in their conference. The western conference is without a doubt the hardest conference, according to Barry Melrose the top 5 teams in the NHL are from the western conference. He has the Chicago Blackhawks winning the Stanley Cup this season but they it will pretty hard going through the western conference. We'll just have to wait and see if Melrose was right with his prediction.
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