The Montreal Canadiens deserve a lot of credit for beating the Pittsburgh Penguins in four games in the qualifying round. That being said, I think they'll come up short here in Game 1 of this first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers.

Philly earned the top seed in the East after winning all three games in the round-robin tournament. An impressive feature considering the opponents was Boston, Washington, and Tampa Bay. The Flyers gave up one goal in each game, and this should be too big of a step up in competition for the Habs who caught Pittsburgh off guard.

8* play on Philadelphia Flyers.