Excellent timing. March Madness is over, and now hockey poolies are getting their fill with the greatest tournament of all, the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Working a 16-team bracket is a lot easier than the 64-team monstrosity college basketball fans fill out every year. There’s little point in relying on seed vs. seed numbers, especially this season with the playoff races going to the wire in both conferences.

For a quick and dirty way of projecting who will advance, the Detroit Red Wings are runaway leaders in goal differential at plus-73 and the deserving favorites to win the Cup at 3-1. The Montreal Canadiens are tops in the East at plus-40, although the Pittsburgh Penguins (plus-31) are 13-2 for the Stanley Cup compared to 7-1 for the Habs. If you choose to focus on the differentials, plug Detroit and Montreal into your bracket for what would be an Original Six finals matchup and go from there.