Florida Panthers - Carolina Huricanes

The better Western team is going to play against the most productive Western team, Colorado, who is currently 1st in the West with 7 wins out of 12 games, scoring almost 4 goals per game. Sharks, on the other hand, are at the bottom of the Western league, and it's obvious why - they score 3+ but let in 4+ goals per game, averaging 7.4 goals against in 11 games. The guests from Colorado will have an easy time looking at such defense. Another advantage for both teams is that these games will be played back-to-back, and in the NHL, the trend is that tired defense performs worse in the second game.