Yahoo Sports’ NHL Eastern Conference Playoff Picks, Round 1 (Video)

The Stanley Cup Playoffs get rolling on Wednesday, and it’s time to make some ironclad, lead-pipe lock picks on who will win each series.

Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo Sports’ Puck Daddy blog takes a look at the Eastern Conference matchups. Can the Washington Capitals avoid a first-round upset to the Philadelphia Flyers? Will the Pittsburgh Penguins blow out the New York Rangers? Who wins their first playoff series since the Clinton Adminstration: Panthers or Islanders? And will the banged-up Lightning take out the Detroit Red Wings?

Watch Wysh’s picks in the East and make yours below!