The NHL playoff models use individual player and team regular season statistics to predict the probability of a given team winning an NHL playoff series. The models input first round playoff matchups and build off them to create predictions all the way through the Stanley Cup Finals. Below is one model’s predictions for the 2015-2016 NHL Playoffs.

Highlights

• The Model below successfully predicted the Pittsburgh Penguins as the 2015-2016 Stanley Cup Champion.
• This model successfully predicted all 2015-2016 eastern conference playoff games correctly
• And has correctly predicted 4 of the last 5 Stanley Cup Champions.

Look for further articles and more information about the NHL prediction models as the Stanley Cup Playoffs near.