As every year, the company EA Sports carries out a simulation of the progress of the regular season and the playoffs of the National Hockey League (NHL), and in this first week of activities, the New York Rangers appear to be great favorites.
According to the video game NHL 25available on shelves for a few days, the Blueshirts will dispose of the Edmonton Oilers in seven games in the final; If this scenario comes to fruition, it will be the second year in a row where Connor McDavid’s gang bites the dust in a seventh duel in the final round.
Hockey fans will also be curious to know what the EA Sports team has planned for the Montreal Canadiens. They will finish in the eighth and last level of the Atlantic section, according to the simulation. In the playoffs, the Toronto Maple Leafs will suffer defeat at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round, while the Boston Bruins will reach the Eastern final. In the West, the Nashville Predators will lose to the Oilers in the third round.
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On an individual level, Auston Matthews will collect 75 goals and 124 points to earn the Maurice-Richard trophy as well as the Hart. By virtue of his 147 points, McDavid will obtain the Art-Ross. Igor Shesterkin, Macklin Celebrini and Cale Makar will respectively win the Vézina, the Calder and the Norris, according to the simulation, the results of which were revealed on Tuesday.
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