Schedule and 2017-18 Results
Regular Season Records: Nashville 53-18-11=117pts, Winnipeg (II) 52-20-10=114pts
Game 1 on Friday 27 April: Winnipeg(II) wins at Nashville, 4-goals-1
Game 2 on Sunday 29 April: Winnipeg(II) loses at Nashville, 5-goals-4 (2OT)
Game 3 on Tuesday 1 May: Nashville loses at Winnipeg(II), 7-goals-4
Game 4 on Thursday 3 May: Nashville wins at Winnipeg(II), 2-goals-1
Game 5 on Saturday 5 May: Winnipeg(II) wins at Nashville, 6-goals-2
Game 6 on Monday 7 May: Nashville wins at Winnipeg(II), 4-goals-nil
Game 7 on Thursday 10 May: Winnipeg(II) wins at Nashville, 5-goals-1

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 7: The Winnipeg Jets (II) visited and topped the Nashville Predators 5-goals-1 to complete a 4-games-3 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1363 victory. With the series 1363 win, the Winnipeg Jets (II) improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 2-1 overall and 1-0 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1363 loss, the Nashville Predators see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 7-11 overall and 1-4 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Winnipeg Jets (II) in series 1363 was WLWLWLW: Series 1363 thus becomes the fifth NHL Quarterfinals-round series, the eighth NHL series (all rounds), and the 25th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. With their series 1363 loss in the wake of their Game 1 loss, the Nashville Predators now own a 0-9 series record upon losing Game 1 of a best-of-7 NHL playoff series; only the NBA Denver Nuggets (with a 0-11 series record upon losing Game 1 of a best-of-7 playoff series) have a worse best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series record upon losing Game 1 of the series.

After Game 6: The Nashville Predators visited and shut out the Winnipeg Jets (II) 4-goals-nil to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1363 at 3-games-all. When tied 3-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Nashville Predators have a Game 7 record of 1-1, while the Winnipeg Jets (II) have a Game 7 record of 0-0. The Nashville Predators have a 0-0 Game 7 record in Nashville.

After Game 5: The Winnipeg Jets (II) visited and topped the Nashville Predators 6-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1363 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Winnipeg Jets (II) have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 6 record of 0-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Nashville Predators have a series record of 1-7 and a Game 6 record of 2-6. The sole Nashville series victory upon having trailed 3-games-2 in a best-of-7 NHL playoff series occurred in series 1293, in which the Predators defeated the Anaheim Ducks in seven games in the 2016 NHL Preliminary round.

After Game 4: The Nashville Predators visited and defeated the Winnipeg Jets (II) 2-goals-1 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1363 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Nashville Predators have a series record of 3-5 and a Game 5 record of 2-6, while the Winnipeg Jets (II) have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 5 record of 0-0.

After Game 3: The Winnipeg Jets (II) hosted and outscored the Nashville Predators 7-goals-4 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1363 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Winnipeg Jets (II) have a series record of 1-0 and a Game 4 record of 1-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Nashville Predators have a series record of 0-9 and a Game 4 record of 4-5. The Winnipeg Jets trailed series 1363 Game 3 at home by three goals as late as 2:37 into the second period, but won. In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2017, inclusive, home teams down three goals as late as 2:37 into the second period had a game record of 5-81 (.058).

After Game 2: The Nashville Predators hosted and topped the Winnipeg Jets (II) 5-goals-4 in double overtime to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1363 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Nashville Predators have a series record of 4-5 and a Game 3 record of 5-4, while the Winnipeg Jets (II) have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 3 record of 0-0.

After Game 1: The Winnipeg Jets (II) visited and outscored the Nashville Predators 4-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1363 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Winnipeg Jets (II) have a series record of 1-0 and a Game 2 record of 1-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Nashville Predators have a series record of 0-8 and a Game 2 record of 3-5.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2017-18 NHL regular season, the Nashville Predators finished three points ahead of the Winnipeg Jets (II). From 1939 through the 2018 NHL Preliminary round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by three regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 14-21 (.400) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1363 is the 18th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Nashville Predators, and the third for the Winnipeg Jets (II). In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Nashville Predators have an all-rounds series record of 7-10, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 1-3, and a Game 1 record of 9-8, while the Winnipeg Jets (II) have an all-rounds series record of 1-1, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 0-0, and a Game 1 record of 1-1. Series 1363 is the first best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Nashville Predators and the Winnipeg Jets (II).