Schedule and 2011-12 Results
Regular Season Records: Phoenix 42-27-13=97pts, Nashville 48-26-8=104pts
Game 1 on Friday, 27 April: Nashville loses at Phoenix, 4-goals-3 (OT)
Game 2 on Sunday, 29 April: Nashville loses at Phoenix, 5-goals-3
Game 3 on Wednesday, 02 May: Phoenix loses at Nashville, 2-goals-nil
Game 4 on Friday, 04 May: Phoenix wins at Nashville, 1-goal-nil
Game 5 on Monday, 07 May: Nashville loses at Phoenix, 2-goals-1

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Phoenix Coyotes hosted and defeated the Nashville Predators 2-goals-1, thus posting a 4-games-1 MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1166 win. With the series 1166 win, the Phoenix Coyotes improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 2-7 overall and 1-0 in the NHL Quarterfinals round. With the series 1166 loss, the Nashville Predators see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 2-7 overall and 0-2 in the NHL Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Phoenix Coyotes in series 1166 was WWLWW: Series 1166 thus becomes the 13th NHL Quarterfinals series, the 39th NHL series (all rounds), and the 104th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow such a win order to completion. The Phoenix Coyotes thus advance to the 2012 NHL Semifinals (Western Conference Finals) round, in which they will host the series 1165-winning Los Angeles Kings in series 1168.

After Game 4: The Phoenix Coyotes visited and shut out the Nashville Predators 1-goal-nil to take a 3-games-1 lead in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1166. When leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Phoenix Coyotes have a 1-1 series record and a 0-2 Game 5 record. When trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Nashville Predators have a 0-3 series record and a 1-2 Game 5 record.

After Game 3: With MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1166 in Tennessee for Games 3-4, the Nashville Predators hosted and shut out the Phoenix Coyotes 2-goals-nil to narrow the Phoenix series 1166 lead to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Phoenix Coyotes have a 1-3 series record and a 2-2 Game 4 record. When trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Nashville Predators have a 0-5 series record and a 2-3 Game 4 record. In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff series in which a team (such as Nashville in series 1166) loses Games 1-2 on the road but pitches a shutout at home in Game 3, that team has a 6-0 Game 4 record but only a 1-5 (.167) series record.

After Game 2: The Phoenix Coyotes hosted and defeated the Nashville Predators 5-goals-3 to take a 2-games-nil MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1166 lead. The Phoenix Coyotes thus take their first 2-games-nil lead ever in a best-of-7 NHL playoff series. When trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Nashville Predators have a 0-2 series record but a 2-0 Game 3 record. In series 1166 Games 1-2, the Phoenix Coyotes scored their second goals in each game within 42 seconds of each other (at 3:05 into the second period of Game 1; at 3:47 into the second period of Game 2), while the Nashville Predators scored their second goals in each game within a second of each other (at 11:19 into the second period of Game 1; at 11:20 into the second period of Game 2).

After Game 1: The Phoenix Coyotes hosted and defeated the Nashville Predators 4-goals-3 on a goal 14:04 into the first overtime period, thereby taking a 1-game-nil MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1166 lead. Leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Phoenix Coyotes have a 1-1 series record and a 0-2 Game 2 record. Trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Nashville Predators have a 0-4 series record and a 2-2 Game 2 record.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2011-12 NHL regular season, Phoenix finished seven points behind Nashville. From 1939 through the 2012 NHL Preliminary round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by seven regular-season points, they have posted a 16-6 (.727) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1166 is the ninth best-of-7 playoff series for Nashville, and the ninth for Phoenix as well. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, Nashville has a 2-6 series record, a 0-1 Quarterfinals-round series record, and a 4-4 Game 1 record, while Phoenix has a 1-7 series record, a 0-0 Quarterfinals-round series record, and a 2-6 Game 1 record. Series 1166 is the first best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between Nashville and Phoenix.