What is the Stanley Cup Playoff format? Origins of the 16-team bracket. Since 1979-80, the NHL has allowed 16 teams to play ...

The Stanley Cup playoffs comprise four rounds with winners determined by best-of-seven game series. Teams with the higher ...

It took until the penultimate night of the regular season, but all the matchups are set for the first round of the NHL ...

The Lightning won back-to-back Cups in 2020 and 2021, falling short of the three-peat in a loss to the Avalanche in 2022. Tampa Bay has three titles in franchise history, the consecutive wins in '20 ...

When do NHL playoffs start? Here's what to know about beginning of Stanley Cup playoffs, including schedule, TV channels, how ...

The end of the NHL regular season is approaching ... the following weekend. The Stanley Cup Finals will be held in June, giving us almost two months of playoff hockey. The Panthers won the ...

Here’s how it works. The NHL playoffs 2025 promise to be the most fascinating watch yet, with a decent case for the destination of Stanley Cup to go to anyone of the 16 teams who have qualified ...

With the NHL regular season in its final stretch, the Stanley Cup Playoffs picture is coming into focus. In a few weeks, the 16 teams that qualify for the playoffs will begin their postseason ...

More NHL expansion could be on the way. If it happens, the playoffs should expand as well. An offshoot of potential NHL expansion should be the Stanley Cup playoff format. As it stands, half the ...

The Panthers have made the Stanley ... the Stanley Cup playoffs. What followed was nothing short of miraculous: A seven-game series win over a Boston Bruins team that set the NHL record for ...

The Tampa Bay Lightning clinched a berth in the Stanley Cup Playoffs ... 16 goals-against average, .922 save percentage and six shutouts in 59 games this season. The Lightning are second in the ...

TNT will broadcast the other conference final and the Stanley Cup Final. In Canada, all the playoff games will be aired on Sportsnet and CBC. Fans in the United States looking to stream the NHL ...