This marks the first time since the NHL's playoff format was changed, for the 1993-94 season, that the Western Conference final will come down to two Pacific Division teams.
The Pacific Division, was the only one without a team below eighty points. Despite that, the Central Division was thought to be the strongest in the West, but both LA and Phoenix took down two central teams each, on their way to the conference final.
Phoenix took down both Nashville and Chicago, each in six game series. LA, who had been given the eight seed, first faced off the defending Western champion Vancouver Canucks. They then went on to sweep the second seeded Blues.
Both teams have done so with amazing goal tending. Coyote goaltender, Mike Smith, has faced 400 shots over eleven games this postseason and turned aside 379 of those pucks for a .948 save percentage and 1.77 GAA. During his nine games Jonathan Quick, of the Kings, has posted a 1.55 goals against average and .949 save percentage.
A Conference Championship series between these two teams, could very well be the best series of the entire NHL playoffs.
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