Playoff scenarios: What to watch for

St. Lawrence can take an easy Sunday while Yale and Union each face a Game 3 tonight to decide the final two teams into the ECAC Hockey semifinals. The tournament will reseed tonight once the winners are decided. Here is what St. Lawrence is looking at for opponents.

If Yale and Union win: St. Lawrence will face Yale. The Saints are 1-1 against the Bulldogs this season. SLU won, 4-2, at home and lost, 7-5, at Yale.

If Yale and Quinnipiac win: St. Lawrence will face Cornell. The Saints lost and tied the Big Red this season. SLU tied, 1-1, at home and lost, 2-1, on the road.

If Brown and Union win: St. Lawrence will play Union. This is possibly the worst matchup for the Saints. They gave up four goals in each game against the Dutchmen in both regular season games. St. Lawrence lost both. The first was 4-3 and then 4-2.

If Brown and Quinnipiac win: St. Lawrence will play Quinnipiac. The Saints also lost both regular season games and were shutout in one. Quinnipiac won the first 5-2 and then 5-0.

Yale vs. Brown and Quinnipiac vs. Union start tonight at 7 p.m.