# Previewing 6 of the 8 Round 1 Matchups in This Year's Playoffs

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Podcast: [The Hockey PDOcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hockey-pdocast-879594)
Published: 2026-04-17T16:39:16+00:00
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## Resource

Dimitri Filipovic is joined by Jack Han and Jack Fraser to preview 6 of the 8 Round 1 matchups in this year's playoffs. To help get you ready for the postseason before the games get going this weekend, we go through team strengths vs. weaknesses, key individual matchups, potential x-factors, and interesting stuff to watch for in each series. Here's the timestamp for everything we covered in this episode: 3:00 Sabres vs. Bruins 24:40 Lightning vs. Canadiens 36:36 Penguins vs. Flyers 48:00 Hurricanes vs. Senators 1:03:50 Stars vs. Wild 1:15:58 Golden Knights vs. Mammoth We'll be doing similar breakdowns of the final two Round 1 matchups we didn't get to here on the Patreon feed on Friday if you'd like to check those out there.

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