EA Sports has used NHL 16 to simulate the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

It's the best time of year to be a hockey fan, it's playoff season, and as is now tradition, EA Sports, the creators of the NHL series of video games have used their latest technology to predict the outcome of this years Stanley Cup Playoffs.

EA Sports ran a simulation of the current playoff match ups on NHL 16, the most recent game in the series, and here's how NHL 16 predicted the playoffs will go:

After an 82-game regular season and a grueling playoff run, it all came down to one game, the Washington Capitals versus the San Jose Sharks in Game 7 of The Stanley Cup Final. Home ice advantage proved the difference as the Capitals pulled off a close 4-2 victory, with Justin Williams scoring at 13:39 into the third period and Captain Alex Ovechkin sealing the deal with an empty-net goal in the dying seconds.

The simulator went through each match up round by round before reaching its final conclusion, so if you're interest in seeing how the other matches worked out according to the simulator you can see the full break down in the image below.

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