Two familiar rivals who have saved their best for last this season will square off in the Western Conference semifinals when the Nashville Predators visit the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday in Game 1 of the best-of-seven series. The Blues and Predators finished third and fourth, respectively, in the Central Division before springing impressive first-round upsets.

After making short work of one Alberta representative, the Pacific Division champion Anaheim Ducks would love to take the first step in repeating the feat against the other on Wednesday as they begin their second-round series against the visiting Edmonton Oilers. Anaheim is riding an 18-game point streak (15-0-3) and collected a point in four of five encounters (2-1-2) with Edmonton, although Leon Draisaitl scored in overtime to give the Oilers a 3-2 overtime victory on April 1.