The pursuit of the Stanley Cup officially gets underway tonight with four confererence quarterfinal games on tap headlined by Patrick Kane's return to the Blackhawks' lineup as Chicago opens its series in Nashville. Heading into the postseason, the New York Rangers have the top Index rating followed by St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Montreal and Anaheim. To get our final regular season NHL ratings, click on the Rankings icon at the top of the page. And to get all of today and tomorrow's Game 1 picks, click on the Hockey icon above.
