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Revision as of 03:01, 23 April 2016

The 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 13, 2016. The 2016 Stanley Cup Finals, the fourth and final round, will be held in early June.

For only the second time in league history (after 1970), none of the NHL's Canadian teams, seven in total, qualified for the postseason.[1] The Washington Capitals made the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners with the most points (i.e. best record) during the regular season. The Detroit Red Wings increased their consecutive post-season appearance streak to 25 seasons, the longest current streak and the third-longest streak in NHL history.[2] The Florida Panthers qualified for the playoffs for only the second time since the 1999–2000 season, both times winning their division, and fifth time in franchise history.[3] For the fourth time in six years, all three California-based teams made the playoffs in the same season. And, for only the second time ever, both Florida-based teams made the playoffs in the same season.

Playoff seeds

Further information: Stanley Cup playoffs § Current format

This will be the third year in which the top three teams in each division make the playoffs, along with two wild cards in each conference (for a total of eight playoff teams from each conference).

The following teams qualified for the playoffs:

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

  1. Florida Panthers, Atlantic Division champions – 103 points
  2. Tampa Bay Lightning – 97 points
  3. Detroit Red Wings – 93 points

Metropolitan Division

  1. Washington Capitals, Metropolitan Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 120 points
  2. Pittsburgh Penguins – 104 points
  3. New York Rangers – 101 points

Wild cards

  1. New York Islanders – 100 points
  2. Philadelphia Flyers – 96 points

Western Conference

Central Division

  1. Dallas Stars, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions – 109 points
  2. St. Louis Blues – 107 points
  3. Chicago Blackhawks – 103 points

Pacific Division

  1. Anaheim Ducks, Pacific Division champions – 103 points
  2. Los Angeles Kings – 102 points
  3. San Jose Sharks – 98 points

Wild cards

  1. Nashville Predators – 96 points
  2. Minnesota Wild – 87 points

Playoff bracket

Template:2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Conference Quarterfinals

Note: All times listed are in EDT (UTC−4).

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

(A1) Florida Panthers vs. (WC1) New York Islanders

The Florida Panthers finished first in the Atlantic Division, earning 103 points. The New York Islanders finished as the Eastern Conference's first wild-card, earning 100 points. This is the first meeting between these two teams. Florida won two of the three games during this year's regular season series. This is the first time that a Stanley Cup playoff series is played at the Barclays Center. The series contains the two teams with the longest playoff win drought in the league (the Islanders have not won a series since 1993, and the Panthers since 1996).[4]


April 14 New York Islanders 5–4 Florida Panthers BB&T Center Recap  
Brock Nelson (1) – 06:39
Frans Nielsen (1) – pp – 16:46 		First period 01:55 – Teddy Purcell (1)
13:51 – pp – Jussi Jokinen (1)
John Tavares (1) – 19:38 Second period 01:31 – Reilly Smith (1)
Kyle Okposo (1) – 02:33
Ryan Strome (1) – 06:01 		Third period 06:56 – Reilly Smith (2)
Thomas Greiss 42 saves / 46 shots Goalie stats Roberto Luongo 21 saves / 26 shots
April 15 New York Islanders 1–3 Florida Panthers BB&T Center Recap  
No scoring First period 04:32 – Reilly Smith (3)
No scoring Second period 06:17 – Nick Bjugstad (1)
John Tavares (2) – 16:27 Third period 19:50 – en – Dmitry Kulikov (1)
Thomas Greiss 28 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Roberto Luongo 41 saves / 42 shots
April 17 Florida Panthers 3–4 OT New York Islanders Barclays Center Recap  
Reilly Smith (4) – 02:25 First period No scoring
Aleksander Barkov (1) – 01:11
Nick Bjugstad (2) – 07:23 		Second period 05:21 – pp – Ryan Pulock (1)
11:48 – Shane Prince (1)
16:55 – pp – Frans Nielsen (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 12:31 – Thomas Hickey (1)
Roberto Luongo 35 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Thomas Greiss 36 saves / 39 shots
April 20 Florida Panthers 2–1 New York Islanders Barclays Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Teddy Purcell (2) – pp – 15:18 Second period 19:44 – pp – John Tavares (3)
Alex Petrovic (1) – 09:25 Third period No scoring
Roberto Luongo 26 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Thomas Greiss 27 saves / 29 shots
April 22 New York Islanders 8:00 p.m. Florida Panthers BB&T Center CNBC, SN, TVA
April 24 Florida Panthers TBD New York Islanders Barclays Center
April 26 New York Islanders TBD Florida Panthers BB&T Center
Series tied 2–2


(A2) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (A3) Detroit Red Wings

The Tampa Bay Lightning finished second in the Atlantic Division, earning 97 points. The Detroit Red Wings earned 93 points to finish third in the Atlantic. This is the second meeting between these teams; their only previous meeting was in last year's Eastern Conference Quarterfinals which Tampa Bay won in seven games. The teams split their four game regular season series this year.

The Lightning defeated the Red Wings in five games. Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov scored twice and goalie Ben Bishop made 34 saves in a 3–2 win in Game 1.[5] Tyler Johnson recorded two goals in Game 2 in a 5–2 win for the Lightning.[6] In Game 3, Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard was replaced with Petr Mrazek who stopped all 16 shots in a 2–0 win.[7] In Game 4, Kucherov had two goals and an assist and Jonathan Drouin assisted on all three goals scored by Tampa Bay in a 3–2 win.[8] In the final game of the series, Alex Killorn scored with 1:43 left in the third period to give the Lightning the only goal of the game and the series win.[9]


April 13 Detroit Red Wings 2–3 Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 06:23 – Nikita Kucherov (1)
Mike Green (1) – 02:11
Justin Abdelkader (1) – 04:07 		Second period 09:29 – Nikita Kucherov (2)
No scoring Third period 08:52 – Alex Killorn (1)
Jimmy Howard 31 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Ben Bishop 34 saves / 36 shots
April 15 Detroit Red Wings 2–5 Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 15:17 – pp – Nikita Kucherov (3)
Dylan Larkin (1) – 03:30 Second period 06:46 – Brian Boyle (1)
Brad Richards (1) – pp – 04:27 Third period 06:32 – Tyler Johnson (1)
14:48 – Tyler Johnson (2)
17:16 – en – Alex Killorn (2)
Jimmy Howard 26 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Ben Bishop 30 saves / 32 shots
April 17 Tampa Bay Lightning 0–2 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 12:42 – Andreas Athanasiou (1)
17:22 – Henrik Zetterberg (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ben Bishop 28 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Petr Mrazek 16 saves / 16 shots
April 19 Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Nikita Kucherov (4) – pp – 05:41 First period No scoring
Nikita Kucherov (5) – pp – 10:31 Second period 14:53 – Darren Helm (1)
19:50 – Gustav Nyquist (1)
Ondrej Palat (1) – pp – 17:01 Third period No scoring
Ben Bishop 26 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Petr Mrazek 30 saves / 33 shots
April 21 Detroit Red Wings 0–1 Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 18:17 – Alex Killorn (3)
Petr Mrazek 23 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Ben Bishop 34 saves / 34 shots
Tampa Bay won series 4–1


(M1) Washington Capitals vs. (WC2) Philadelphia Flyers

The Washington Capitals earned the Presidents' Trophy as the NHL's best regular season team with 120 points. The Philadelphia Flyers finished as the Eastern Conference's second wild-card. This is the fifth meeting between these teams; with both teams splitting the four previous series. They last met in the 2008 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Philadelphia won in seven games. These teams split this year's four-game regular season series.


April 14 Philadelphia Flyers 0–2 Washington Capitals Verizon Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 16:21 – pp – John Carlson (1)
No scoring Third period 16:36 – Jay Beagle (1)
Steve Mason 29 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Braden Holtby 19 saves / 19 shots
April 16 Philadelphia Flyers 1–4 Washington Capitals Verizon Center Recap  
No scoring First period 14:09 – pp – John Carlson (2)
Jakub Voracek (1) – 09:37 Second period 02:26 – Jason Chimera (1)
17:21 – pp – Alexander Ovechkin (1)
No scoring Third period 17:47 – Nicklas Backstrom (1)
Steve Mason 19 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Braden Holtby 41 saves / 42 shots
April 18 Washington Capitals 6–1 Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center Recap  
Marcus Johansson (1) – pp – 04:43 First period 00:57 – Michael Raffl (1)
Alexander Ovechkin (2) – 08:50 Second period No scoring
Evgeny Kuznetsov (1) – pp – 01:58
John Carlson (3) – pp – 07:37
Alexander Ovechkin (3) – pp – 14:58
Jay Beagle (2) – pp – 18:20 		Third period No scoring
Braden Holtby 31 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Steve Mason 21 saves / 27 shots
April 20 Washington Capitals 1–2 Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center Recap  
No scoring First period 05:51 – pp – Shayne Gostisbehere (1)
No scoring Second period 03:51 – Andrew MacDonald (1)
T. J. Oshie (1) – 02:38 Third period No scoring
Braden Holtby 23 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Michal Neuvirth 31 saves / 32 shots
April 22 Philadelphia Flyers 2–0 Washington Capitals Verizon Center NBCSN, CBC, TVA
April 24 Washington Capitals TBD Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center
April 27 Philadelphia Flyers TBD Washington Capitals Verizon Center
Washington leads series 3–2


(M2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (M3) New York Rangers

The Pittsburgh Penguins finished second in the Metropolitan Division, earning 104 points. The New York Rangers earned 101 points in the regular season to finish third in the Metropolitan. This is the seventh meeting between these teams, and the third meeting in three consecutive seasons, with Pittsburgh losing the last two but winning four of the six overall. They last met in last year's Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which the Rangers won in five games. Pittsburgh won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.


April 13 New York Rangers 2–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center Recap  
No scoring First period 19:42 – Patric Hornqvist (1)
No scoring Second period 18:56 – Sidney Crosby (1)
Derek Stepan (1) – pp – 03:10
Derek Stepan (2) – 10:11 		Third period 05:31 – sh – Tom Kuhnhackl (1)
08:02 – pp – Patric Hornqvist (2)
17:10 – en – Patric Hornqvist (3)
Henrik Lundqvist 10 saves / 11 shots
Antti Raanta 16 saves / 19 shots 		Goalie stats Jeff Zatkoff 35 saves / 37 shots
April 16 New York Rangers 4–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Keith Yandle (1) – 12:38
Derick Brassard (1) – 12:56
Mats Zuccarello (1) – 16:52 		Second period 03:21 – pp – Phil Kessel (1)
Chris Kreider (1) – 00:39 Third period 05:42 – pp – Phil Kessel (2)
Henrik Lundqvist 29 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Jeff Zatkoff 24 saves / 28 shots
April 19 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Sidney Crosby (2) – pp – 19:18 Second period 00:39 – sh – Rick Nash (1)
Matt Cullen (1) – 04:16
Kris Letang (1) – en – 19:47 		Third period No scoring
Matt Murray 16 saves / 17 shots Goalie stats Henrik Lundqvist 28 saves / 30 shots
April 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–0 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
Eric Fehr (1) – 01:09
Patric Hornqvist (4) – pp – 07:11
Conor Sheary (1) – 16:12 		First period No scoring
Evgeni Malkin (1) – pp – 04:00 Second period No scoring
Evgeni Malkin (2) – pp – 03:28 Third period No scoring
Matt Murray 31 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Henrik Lundqvist 14 saves / 18 shots
Antti Raanta 13 saves / 14 shots
April 23 New York Rangers 3:00 p.m. Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center NBC, SN360, TVA
April 25 Pittsburgh Penguins TBD New York Rangers Madison Square Garden
April 27 New York Rangers TBD Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center
Pittsburgh leads series 3–1


Western Conference Quarterfinals

(C1) Dallas Stars vs. (WC2) Minnesota Wild

The Dallas Stars finished first in the Central Division, earning 109 points. The Minnesota Wild finished as the Western Conference's second wild-card, earning 87 points. This is the first meeting between these two teams. Dallas won four of the five games during this year's regular season series.


April 14 Minnesota Wild 0–4 Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 03:53 – Radek Faksa (1)
12:17 – Jason Spezza (1)
No scoring Third period 14:16 – pp – Patrick Eaves (1)
16:00 – en – Jamie Benn (1)
Devan Dubnyk 28 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Kari Lehtonen 22 saves / 22 shots
April 16 Minnesota Wild 1–2 Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 03:54 – Antoine Roussel (1)
Marco Scandella (1) – pp – 12:42 Third period 10:23 – Jamie Benn (2)
Devan Dubnyk 26 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Kari Lehtonen 25 saves / 26 shots
April 18 Dallas Stars 3–5 Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center Recap  
Patrick Sharp (1) – 00:26
Patrick Sharp (2) – 04:10 		First period 19:10 – Chris Porter (1)
No scoring Second period 06:04 – Erik Haula (1)
19:13 – Jason Pominville (1)
Colton Sceviour (1) – 13:45 Third period 06:26 – pp – Mikko Koivu (1)
18:46 – en – Jason Pominville (2)
Kari Lehtonen 20 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Devan Dubnyk 14 saves / 17 shots
April 20 Dallas Stars 3–2 Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Ales Hemsky (1) – pp – 09:11
Patrick Eaves (2) – pp – 13:24
Jason Spezza (2) – 18:51 		Second period 05:01 – Jason Pominville (3)
10:14 – Charlie Coyle (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Antti Niemi 28 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Devan Dubnyk 19 saves / 22 shots
April 22 Minnesota Wild 9:30 p.m. Dallas Stars American Airlines Center NBCSN, SN, TVA
April 24 Dallas Stars TBD Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center
April 26 Minnesota Wild TBD Dallas Stars American Airlines Center
Dallas leads series 3–1


(C2) St. Louis Blues vs. (C3) Chicago Blackhawks

The St. Louis Blues finished second in the Central Division earning 107 points. The Chicago Blackhawks earned 103 points to finish third in the Central. This is the twelfth playoff meeting between these two rivals with Chicago winning eight of the eleven previous series. Their most recent meeting was the 2014 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Chicago won in six games. St. Louis won three of the five games during this year's regular season series.


April 13 Chicago Blackhawks 0–1 OT St. Louis Blues Scottrade Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 09:04 – David Backes (1)
Corey Crawford 17 saves / 18 shots Goalie stats Brian Elliott 35 saves / 35 shots
April 15 Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 St. Louis Blues Scottrade Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Duncan Keith (1) – 19:55 Second period 15:20 – Vladimir Tarasenko (1)
Andrew Shaw (1) – pp – 15:41
Artemi Panarin (1) – en – 18:34 		Third period 19:58 – Kevin Shattenkirk (1)
Corey Crawford 29 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Brian Elliott 26 saves / 28 shots
April 17 St. Louis Blues 3–2 Chicago Blackhawks United Center Recap  
Colton Parayko (1) – pp – 12:11 First period 02:18 – pp – Brent Seabrook (1)
No scoring Second period 01:04 – Artem Anisimov (1)
Patrik Berglund (1) – 05:15
Jaden Schwartz (1) – pp – 13:22 		Third period No scoring
Brian Elliott 44 saves / 46 shots Goalie stats Corey Crawford 33 saves / 36 shots
April 19 St. Louis Blues 4–3 Chicago Blackhawks United Center Recap  
Vladimir Tarasenko (2) – 14:02 First period No scoring
Vladimir Tarasenko (3) – pp – 17:31 Second period 09:12 – Andrew Shaw (2)
13:09 – pp – Duncan Keith (2)
Jaden Schwartz (2) – pp – 01:36
Alexander Steen (1) – 04:46 		Third period 14:40 – Duncan Keith (3)
Brian Elliott 39 saves / 42 shots Goalie stats Corey Crawford 16 saves / 20 shots
April 21 Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 2OT St. Louis Blues Scottrade Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Marian Hossa – sh – 11:32
Artem Anisimov (2) – 15:24
Artemi Panarin (2) – 19:59 		Second period 12:29 – pp – Jaden Schwartz (3)
No scoring Third period 06:57 – Robby Fabbri (1)
14:50 – David Backes (2)
Patrick Kane (1) – 03:07 Second overtime period No scoring
Corey Crawford 43 saves / 46 shots Goalie stats Brian Elliott 31 saves / 35 shots
April 23 St. Louis Blues 8:00 p.m. Chicago Blackhawks United Center NBC, CBC, TVA2
April 25 Chicago Blackhawks TBD St. Louis Blues Scottrade Center
St. Louis leads series 3–2


(P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (WC1) Nashville Predators

The Anaheim Ducks finished first in the Pacific Division, earning 103 points. The Nashville Predators finished as the Western Conference's first wild-card, earning 96 points. This is the second meeting between these teams in the playoffs; their only previous series was the 2011 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Nashville won in six games. Nashville won two of the three games during this year's regular season series.


April 15 Nashville Predators 3–2 Anaheim Ducks Honda Center Recap  
James Neal (1) – 00:35 First period 17:39 – pp – Ryan Getzlaf (1)
Colin Wilson (1) – 07:55 Second period 00:48 – Ryan Kesler (1)
Filip Forsberg (1) – 10:25 Third period No scoring
Pekka Rinne 27 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats John Gibson 30 saves / 33 shots
April 17 Nashville Predators 3–2 Anaheim Ducks Honda Center Recap  
Mattias Ekholm (1) – 19:04 First period 14:20 – Andrew Cogliano (1)
Craig Smith (1) – 09:55
Shea Weber (1) – pp – 19:21 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 17:18 – Nate Thompson (1)
Pekka Rinne 27 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats John Gibson 24 saves / 27 shots
April 19 Anaheim Ducks 3–0 Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena Recap  
Jamie McGinn (1) – 10:05 First period No scoring
Rickard Rakell (1) – 11:33
Chris Stewart (1) – 17:06 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Frederik Andersen 27 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Pekka Rinne 18 saves / 21 shots
April 21 Anaheim Ducks 4–1 Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena Recap  
Ryan Getzlaf (2) – 01:02 First period No scoring
Nate Thompson (2) – 17:04
Jamie McGinn (2) – 18:56 		Second period 11:26 – Mike Fisher (1)
Andrew Cogliano (2) – 16:52 Third period No scoring
Frederik Andersen 30 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Pekka Rinne 21 saves / 25 shots
April 23 Nashville Predators 6:00 p.m. Anaheim Ducks Honda Center NBCSN, SN, TVA
April 25 Anaheim Ducks TBD Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena
April 27 Nashville Predators TBD Anaheim Ducks Honda Center
Series tied 2–2


(P2) Los Angeles Kings vs. (P3) San Jose Sharks

The Los Angeles Kings finished second in the Pacific Division, earning 102 points. The San Jose Sharks earned 98 points to finish third in the Pacific. This is the fourth meeting between these two teams, with Los Angeles winning two of the three previous meetings. They last met in the 2014 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Los Angeles came back from a 3–0 deficit to defeat the Sharks in seven games. San Jose won three of the five games during this year's regular season series.


April 14 San Jose Sharks 4–3 Los Angeles Kings Staples Center Recap  
Joe Pavelski (1) – pp – 06:25 First period 02:53 – Jake Muzzin (1)
Brent Burns (1) – 06:50
Tomas Hertl (1) – 17:48 		Second period 07:30 – pp – Jeff Carter (1)
17:18 – sh – Trevor Lewis (1)
Joe Pavelski (2) – 00:17 Third period No scoring
Martin Jones 21 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Jonathan Quick 19 saves / 23 shots
April 16 San Jose Sharks 2–1 Los Angeles Kings Staples Center Recap  
Joe Pavelski (3) – 03:37 First period No scoring
Logan Couture (1) – pp – 08:44 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 14:59 – pp – Vincent Lecavalier (1)
Martin Jones 26 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Jonathan Quick 21 saves / 23 shots
April 18 Los Angeles Kings 2–1 OT San Jose Sharks SAP Center Recap  
Anze Kopitar (1) – pp – 08:10 First period 00:30 – Joe Thornton (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Tanner Pearson (1) – 03:47 First overtime period No scoring
Jonathan Quick 29 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Martin Jones 22 saves / 24 shots
April 20 Los Angeles Kings 2–3 San Jose Sharks SAP Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 02:09 – pp – Brent Burns (2)
09:21 – pp – Joe Pavelski (4)
Trevor Lewis (2) – 02:49
Luke Schenn (1) – 06:44 		Third period 01:40 – pp – Patrick Marleau (1)
Jonathan Quick 26 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Martin Jones 26 saves / 28 shots
April 22 San Jose Sharks 10:30 p.m. Los Angeles Kings Staples Center CNBC, CBC, TVA
April 24 Los Angeles Kings TBD San Jose Sharks SAP Center
April 26 San Jose Sharks TBD Los Angeles Kings Staples Center
San Jose leads series 3–1


Player statistics

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points.

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Nikita Kucherov Tampa Bay Lightning 5 5 3 8 +6 2
Reilly Smith Florida Panthers 4 4 4 8 +7 0
John Tavares New York Islanders 4 3 4 7 +1 0
Tyler Johnson Tampa Bay Lightning 5 2 5 7 +6 6
Patric Hornqvist Pittsburgh Penguins 4 4 2 6 +2 4
John Carlson Washington Capitals 4 3 3 6 –1 4
Jamie Benn Dallas Stars 4 2 4 6 +4 4
Sidney Crosby Pittsburgh Penguins 4 2 4 6 +2 2
Evgeni Malkin Pittsburgh Penguins 3 2 4 6 –1 2
Nicklas Backstrom Washington Capitals 4 1 5 6 +2 2

Goaltenders

This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 60 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.

Player Team GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
Frederik Andersen Anaheim Ducks 2 2 0 58 1 0.50 .983 1 120:00
Matt Murray Pittsburgh Penguins 2 2 0 48 1 0.50 .979 1 119:59
Michal Neuvirth Philadelphia Flyers 2 1 0 32 1 1.00 .969 0 60:00
Braden Holtby Washington Capitals 5 3 2 118 4 1.00 .966 1 238:53
Petr Mrazek Detroit Red Wings 3 1 2 73 4 1.35 .945 1 177:10
Ben Bishop Tampa Bay Lightning 5 4 1 160 8 1.61 .950 1 298:13

Television

This marks the fifth postseason under NBC Sports' current 10-year contract for American television rights. All playoff games will be nationally televised by either NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, USA Network, and NHL Network. During the first round, these national telecasts will co-exist with those of regional rightsholders, after which NBC will have exclusive rights to the remaining games.[10]

This will be the second postseason under Rogers Communications' 12-year contract for Canadian television rights. Under a time-brokerage agreement, playoff games and the Stanley Cup Finals will air on CBC, but Rogers will assume editorial control and the ownership of any advertising revenue from the telecasts.[11] English-language telecasts of playoff games will also air on the Sportsnet networks. In a separate sub-licensing agreement with Rogers, French-language coverage will be on TVA.

With all seven of the NHL's Canadian teams out of the playoffs, media sources have predicted that Rogers will take a massive hit in the ratings.[12][13][14] During the regular season, Sunday's Hometown Hockey saw ratings drop 34 percent, while the traditional Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday fell 18 per cent, culminating in the season closer on April 9 that attracted just 721,000 viewers.[15] Rogers has also implemented several cost-cutting measures, such as only employing three full-time play-by-play crews, and having a fourth one doing spot duty, during the first round.[16]

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Preceded by Stanley Cup playoffs
2016 		Succeeded by
2017 Stanley Cup playoffs
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