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2022 Stanley Cup playoffs
Tournament details
DatesMay 2 – June 30, 2022[a]
Teams16
Defending championsTampa Bay Lightning
Final positions
ChampionsTBD
Runner-upTBD

The 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs are the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL). The playoffs began on May 2, 2022, one day after the 2021–22 NHL regular season, and are expected to end no later than June 30, 2022, with the 2022 Stanley Cup Finals, to determine the winner of the Stanley Cup.[1]

With the Government of Canada allowing cross-border travel for fully vaccinated players and team personnel between Canada and the United States, the league was able to return to its usual two conference, four division alignment. As a result, the previous 16-team playoff format that was used before the COVID-19 pandemic from 2014–2019 was reinstated.[2]

The Florida Panthers made the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners with the most points (i.e. best record) during the regular season. The Pittsburgh Penguins increased their postseason appearance streak to 16 seasons, the longest active streak in the four major North American professional sports.[3] Three of the semifinalists from the previous season (the Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders and Vegas Golden Knights) failed to qualify for the playoffs. The Los Angeles Kings ended a two-year run where no teams from California qualified for the playoffs. With the Washington Capitals finishing in the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference 16 points ahead of the New York Islanders, the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs are the first playoffs in NHL history where all eight teams in a single conference qualified with at least 100 points. There were also five Game 7's in the first round, making this the most Game 7's in league history.

The Florida Panthers' opening round series victory over the Washington Capitals was their first series win since the 1996 Eastern Conference Final.[4] This postseason marks the third time that the league has played 50 or more games in opening round of the playoffs since this round was changed to a best-of-seven format in 1987.

Playoff seeds

Further information: Stanley Cup playoffs § Current format

This is the seventh year and first since 2019, in which the top three teams in each division made 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:[5]

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

  1. Florida Panthers, Atlantic Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 122 points
  2. Toronto Maple Leafs – 115 points
  3. Tampa Bay Lightning – 110 points

Metropolitan Division

  1. Carolina Hurricanes, Metropolitan Division champions – 116 points
  2. New York Rangers – 110 points
  3. Pittsburgh Penguins – 103 points

Wild Cards

  1. Boston Bruins – 107 points
  2. Washington Capitals – 100 points

Western Conference

Central Division

  1. Colorado Avalanche, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions – 119 points
  2. Minnesota Wild – 113 points
  3. St. Louis Blues – 109 points

Pacific Division

  1. Calgary Flames, Pacific Division champions – 111 points
  2. Edmonton Oilers – 104 points
  3. Los Angeles Kings – 99 points

Wild Cards

  1. Dallas Stars – 98 points
  2. Nashville Predators – 97 points

Playoff bracket

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First Round

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

Eastern Conference First Round

(A1) Florida Panthers vs. (WC2) Washington Capitals

The Florida Panthers earned the Presidents' Trophy as the NHL's best regular season team with 122 points. Washington finished as the Eastern Conference's second wild card, earning 100 points. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Florida won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.

The Panthers defeated the Capitals in six games and won their first playoff series since 1996. In Game 1, the Capitals overcame a one-goal deficit in the third period and gained the lead at 10:37 on T. J. Oshie's goal to win 4–2.[6] Aleksander Barkov and Carter Verhaeghe both scored a goal and an provided an assist in the Panthers' 5–1 victory in Game 2.[7] Ilya Samsonov made 29 saves for the Capitals in Game 3, outscoring the Panthers 6–1 and taking a 2–1 series lead.[8] Verhaeghe scored twice in Game 4, including the overtime-winning goal for the Panthers, tying the series up 2–2 in a 3–2 triumph.[9] In Game 5, Verhaeghe scored twice and assisted on the other three Panthers’ goals in Florida's three-goal comeback, taking the game 5–3 to lead the series 3–2.[10] In Game 6, Claude Giroux scored a goal and provided two assists and Verhaeghe scored the overtime goal in a 4–3 victory sending the Panthers to the Second Round for the first time in 26 years.[11]


May 3 Washington Capitals 4–2 Florida Panthers FLA Live Arena Recap  
Tom Wilson (1) – pp – 03:47 First period 17:55 – Sam Bennett (1)
No scoring Second period 00:43 – Claude Giroux (1)
Evgeny Kuznetsov (1) – 08:14
T. J. Oshie (1) – 10:37
Lars Eller (1) – en – 19:11 		Third period No scoring
Vitek Vanecek 30 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Sergei Bobrovsky 34 saves / 37 shots
May 5 Washington Capitals 1–5 Florida Panthers FLA Live Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 16:20 – Aaron Ekblad (1)
17:58 – Aleksander Barkov (1)
Nicklas Backstrom (1) – pp – 02:44 Second period 03:11 – Mason Marchment (1)
15:24 – Anton Lundell (1)
17:32 – Carter Verhaeghe (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Vitek Vanecek 14 saves / 19 shots
Ilya Samsonov 17 saves / 17 shots 		Goalie stats Sergei Bobrovsky 26 saves / 27 shots
May 7 Florida Panthers 1–6 Washington Capitals Capital One Arena Recap  
Jonathan Huberdeau (1) – 02:45 First period 19:34 – pp – T. J. Oshie (2)
No scoring Second period 09:51 – Marcus Johansson (1)
18:49 – Trevor van Riemsdyk (1)
No scoring Third period 10:25 – pp – Alexander Ovechkin (1)
15:40 – en – John Carlson (1)
19:18 – Garnet Hathaway (1)
Sergei Bobrovsky 25 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Ilya Samsonov 29 saves / 30 shots
May 9 Florida Panthers 3–2 OT Washington Capitals Capital One Arena Recap  
Carter Verhaeghe (2) – 14:08 First period 07:15 – pp – T. J. Oshie (3)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Sam Reinhart (1) – 17:56 Third period 09:31 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)
Carter Verhaeghe (3) – 04:57 First overtime period No scoring
Sergei Bobrovsky 14 saves / 16 shots Goalie stats Ilya Samsonov 29 saves / 32 shots
May 11 Washington Capitals 3–5 Florida Panthers FLA Live Arena Recap  
T. J. Oshie (4) – pp – 07:09 First period No scoring
Justin Schultz (1) – 02:13
T. J. Oshie (5) – 03:38 		Second period 06:50 – Carter Verhaeghe (4)
12:27 – Patric Hornqvist (1)
14:41 – Sam Reinhart (2)
No scoring Third period 03:04 – Carter Verhaeghe (5)
15:55 – Claude Giroux (2)
Ilya Samsonov 33 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Sergei Bobrovsky 30 saves / 33 shots
May 13 Florida Panthers 4–3 OT Washington Capitals Capital One Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Ryan Lomberg (1) – 06:13 Second period 03:44 – Nic Dowd (1)
Claude Giroux (3) – 08:18
Aleksander Barkov (2) – 14:17 		Third period 01:37 – Nicklas Backstrom (2)
18:57 – pp – T. J. Oshie (6)
Carter Verhaeghe (6) – 02:46 First overtime period No scoring
Sergei Bobrovsky 34 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Ilya Samsonov 27 saves / 31 shots
Florida won series 4–2


(A2) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (A3) Tampa Bay Lightning

The Toronto Maple Leafs finished second in the Atlantic Division, earning 115 points. The Tampa Bay Lightning earned 110 points to finish third in the Atlantic Division. This is the first playoff meeting between these two teams. These teams split their four-game regular season series.


May 2 Tampa Bay Lightning 0–5 Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 18:19 – Jake Muzzin (1)
No scoring Second period 06:18 – pp – Auston Matthews (1)
09:27 – sh – David Kampf (1)
16:39 – Mitch Marner (1)
No scoring Third period 08:16 – Auston Matthews (2)
Andrei Vasilevskiy 28 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Jack Campbell 24 saves / 24 shots
May 4 Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3 Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Arena Recap  
Victor Hedman (1) – pp – 19:57 First period No scoring
Corey Perry (1) – 02:21
Nikita Kucherov (1) – pp – 09:57 		Second period 07:47 – Michael Bunting (1)
Brandon Hagel (1) – 01:33
Brayden Point (1) – pp – 05:38 		Third period 11:53 – Mitch Marner (2)
15:43 – sh – Alexander Kerfoot (1)
Andrei Vasilevskiy 31 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Jack Campbell 29 saves / 34 shots
May 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena Recap  
Morgan Rielly (1) – pp – 04:54
Colin Blackwell (1) – 09:44 		First period No scoring
David Kampf (2) – 05:52 Second period 11:03 – pp – Ross Colton (1)
Ilya Mikheyev (1) – en – 18:20
Ilya Mikheyev (2) – en – 19:55 		Third period 05:43 – Ondrej Palat (1)
Jack Campbell 32 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Andrei Vasilevskiy 31 saves / 34 shots
May 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–7 Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 01:00 – Steven Stamkos (1)
05:20 – Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (1)
07:58 – Patrick Maroon (1)
No scoring Second period 03:17 – Ross Colton (2)
05:25 – pp – Corey Perry (2)
William Nylander (1) – pp – 02:27
William Nylander (2) – 12:01
Jake Muzzin (2) – 15:41 		Third period 14:40 – en – Ondrej Palat (2)
17:44 – en – Ross Colton (3)
Jack Campbell 11 saves / 16 shots
Erik Kallgren 10 saves / 10 shots 		Goalie stats Andrei Vasilevskiy 22 saves / 25 shots
May 10 Tampa Bay Lightning 3–4 Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Arena Recap  
Steven Stamkos (2) – 05:19
Victor Hedman (2) – pp – 06:11 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 03:35 – pp – John Tavares (1)
Ryan McDonagh (1) – 08:17 Third period 03:01 – Morgan Rielly (2)
04:14 – William Nylander (3)
13:54 – Auston Matthews (3)
Andrei Vasilevskiy 21 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Jack Campbell 32 saves / 35 shots
May 12 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–4 OT Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 17:38 – Ondrej Palat (3)
Auston Matthews (4) – 11:40
John Tavares (2) – 19:26
John Tavares (3) – 19:52 		Second period 10:46 – sh – Anthony Cirelli (1)
No scoring Third period 09:20 – pp – Nikita Kucherov (2)
No scoring First overtime period 18:04 – Brayden Point (2)
Jack Campbell 31 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Andrei Vasilevskiy 30 saves / 33 shots
May 14 Tampa Bay Lightning 7:00 p.m. Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Arena TNT, CBC, SN
Series tied 3–3


(M1) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (WC1) Boston Bruins

The Carolina Hurricanes finished first in the Metropolitan Division earning 116 points. Boston finished as the Eastern Conference's first wild card earning 107 points. This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with Boston winning five of the six previous series. They last met in the 2020 Eastern Conference First Round, which Boston won in five games. Carolina won all three games in this year's regular season series.

The Hurricanes defeated the Bruins in seven games. Antti Raanta made 35 saves in game one, backstopping the Hurricanes in a 5–1 victory.[12] Upon Hurricanes forward Nino Niederreiter's two goals and Pyotr Kochetkov's 30 saves in relief of Raanta, Carolina gained 2–0 series lead by defeating Boston 5–2.[13] In game three, Brad Marchand scored a goal and provided two assists in the Bruins' 4–2 victory.[14] In game four, Marchand scored or provided an assist on every Bruins goal in Boston's 5–2 victory, tying the series 2–2.[15] In game five, Seth Jarvis scored twice and Teuvo Teravainen assisted thrice in the Hurricanes 5–1 victory, taking a 3–2 series lead in the process.[16] In game six, Charlie Coyle and Marchand each scored a goal and provided an assist in the Bruins' 5–2 victory tying the series 3–3.[17] Max Domi scored twice and added an assist in game seven, granting Carolina a 3–2 victory and an advancement to the Second Round.[18]


May 2 Boston Bruins 1–5 Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 16:28 – Seth Jarvis (1)
18:38 – Nino Niederreiter (1)
Taylor Hall (1) – 02:53 Third period 07:02 – Teuvo Teravainen (1)
16:59 – Vincent Trocheck (1)
17:59 – en – Andrei Svechnikov (1)
Linus Ullmark 20 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Antti Raanta 35 saves / 36 shots
May 4 Boston Bruins 2–5 Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 13:03 – Jesper Fast (1)
15:30 – Sebastian Aho (1)
Patrice Bergeron (1) – 14:57 Second period 01:10 – pp – Sebastian Aho (2)
18:52 – pp – Nino Niederreiter (2)
Patrice Bergeron (2) – 12:21 Third period 19:19 – en – Nino Niederreiter (3)
Linus Ullmark 29 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Antti Raanta 6 saves / 6 shots
Pyotr Kochetkov 30 saves / 32 shots
May 6 Carolina Hurricanes 2–4 Boston Bruins TD Garden Recap  
Vincent Trocheck (2) – 09:17 First period 17:16 – sh – Charlie Coyle (1)
No scoring Second period 05:41 – Brad Marchand (1)
14:53 – pp – David Pastrnak (1)
Jaccob Slavin (1) – 11:30 Third period 04:08 – pp – Taylor Hall (2)
Pyotr Kochetkov 24 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Jeremy Swayman 25 saves / 27 shots
May 8 Carolina Hurricanes 2–5 Boston Bruins TD Garden Recap  
Brett Pesce (1) – 14:06 First period 16:09 – Patrice Bergeron (3)
Jordan Staal (1) – 00:33 Second period 18:44 – pp – Jake DeBrusk (1)
No scoring Third period 00:44 – pp – Brad Marchand (2)
05:41 – David Pastrnak (2)
19:25 – en – Brad Marchand (3)
Antti Raanta 23 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Jeremy Swayman 24 saves / 26 shots
May 10 Boston Bruins 1–5 Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 06:11 – Jaccob Slavin (2)
12:17 – pp – Tony DeAngelo (1)
No scoring Second period 15:52 – Seth Jarvis (2)
Connor Clifton (1) – 10:09 Third period 03:31 – pp – Seth Jarvis (3)
16:20 – en – Vincent Trocheck (3)
Jeremy Swayman 33 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Antti Raanta 34 saves / 35 shots
May 12 Carolina Hurricanes 2–5 Boston Bruins TD Garden Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 00:46 – Brad Marchand (4)
18:04 – pp – Charlie Coyle (2)
Andrei Svechnikov (2) – 03:24
Andrei Svechnikov (3) – pp – 17:30 		Third period 07:08 – Erik Haula (1)
10:43 – Derek Forbort (1)
15:43 – en – Curtis Lazar (1)
Antti Raanta 29 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Jeremy Swayman 23 saves / 25 shots
May 14 Boston Bruins 2–3 Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 18:36 – Teuvo Teravainen (2)
Jake DeBrusk (2) – 05:04 Second period 03:14 – Max Domi (1)
10:33 – Max Domi (2)
David Pastrnak (3) – 19:38 Third period No scoring
Jeremy Swayman 28 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Antti Raanta 27 saves / 29 shots
Carolina won series 4–3


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

The New York Rangers finished second in the Metropolitan Division with 110 points. The Pittsburgh Penguins earned 103 points to finish third in the Metropolitan Division. This is the eighth playoff meeting between these two teams with Pittsburgh winning five of the seven previous series. They last met in the 2016 Eastern Conference First Round, which Pittsburgh won in five games. New York won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.


May 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 3OT New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 09:19 – pp – Adam Fox (1)
Jake Guentzel (1) – 04:32
Jake Guentzel (2) – 11:47
Bryan Rust (1) – pp – 18:30 		Second period 03:08 – Andrew Copp (1)
17:07 – sh – Chris Kreider (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Evgeni Malkin (1) – 05:58 Third overtime period No scoring
Casey DeSmith 48 saves / 51 shots
Louis Domingue 17 saves / 17 shots 		Goalie stats Igor Shesterkin 79 saves / 83 shots
May 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–5 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
Jake Guentzel (3) – 08:52 First period 06:50 – Andrew Copp (2)
Sidney Crosby (1) – 18:34 Second period 02:59 – pp – Ryan Strome (1)
12:06 – Chris Kreider (2)
No scoring Third period 08:02 – Artemi Panarin (1)
09:49 – Frank Vatrano (1)
Louis Domingue 35 saves / 40 shots Goalie stats Igor Shesterkin 39 saves / 41 shots
May 7 New York Rangers 4–7 Pittsburgh Penguins PPG Paints Arena Recap  
Kaapo Kakko (1) – 05:08 First period 01:57 – Brock McGinn (1)
08:18 – pp – Jeff Carter (1)
10:31 – pp – Evan Rodrigues (1)
15:15 – Evan Rodrigues (2)
Frank Vatrano (2) – 06:51
Artemi Panarin (2) – 07:58
Andrew Copp (3) – sh – 15:59 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 11:02 – Danton Heinen (1)
17:46 – en – Jake Guentzel (4)
18:53 – en – Jeff Carter (2)
Igor Shesterkin 11 saves / 15 shots
Alexandar Georgiev 19 saves / 20 shots 		Goalie stats Louis Domingue 32 saves / 36 shots
May 9 New York Rangers 2–7 Pittsburgh Penguins PPG Paints Arena Recap  
Alexis Lafreniere (1) – 02:06 First period 11:17 – pp – Sidney Crosby (2)
Adam Fox (2) – 14:04 Second period 03:14 – Mike Matheson (1)
03:38 – Jake Guentzel (5)
11:22 – Mark Friedman (1)
18:53 – Danton Heinen (2)
19:28 – Jason Zucker (1)
No scoring Third period 12:22 – Evgeni Malkin (2)
Igor Shesterkin 24 saves / 30 shots
Alexandar Georgiev 10 saves / 11 shots 		Goalie stats Louis Domingue 22 saves / 24 shots
May 11 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–5 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
Jake Guentzel (6) – 10:28 First period No scoring
Kris Letang (1) – 07:58
Jake Guentzel (7) – 18:06 		Second period 15:11 – Adam Fox (3)
16:41 – Alexis Lafreniere (2)
17:53 – Jacob Trouba (1)
No scoring Third period 02:53 – pp – Filip Chytil (1)
19:44 – en – Ryan Lindgren (1)
Louis Domingue 29 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Igor Shesterkin 29 saves / 32 shots
May 13 New York Rangers 5–3 Pittsburgh Penguins PPG Paints Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 14:12 – Jeff Carter (4)
15:48 – Bryan Rust (2)
Mika Zibanejad (1) – pp – 05:05
Mika Zibanejad (2) – 06:21
Chris Kreider (3) – pp – 13:38 		Second period 16:36 – Evgeni Malkin (3)
Chris Kreider (4) – 18:32
Andrew Copp (4) – en – 19:33 		Third period No scoring
Igor Shesterkin 31 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Louis Domingue 33 saves / 37 shots
May 15 Pittsburgh Penguins 7:00 p.m. New York Rangers Madison Square Garden TBS, SN360
Series tied 3–3


Western Conference First Round

(C1) Colorado Avalanche vs. (WC2) Nashville Predators

The Colorado Avalanche finished first in the Central Division earning 119 points. The Nashville Predators earned 97 points to finish as the Western Conference's second wild card. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 2018 Western Conference First Round, which Nashville won in six games. Nashville won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

The Avalanche defeated the Predators in a four-game sweep. Colorado scored five times in the first period of Game 1, forcing Nashville to switch goalies in a 7–2 affair.[19] In Game 2, the Avalanche shot 51 times at Predators' goalie Connor Ingram and at 8:31 of overtime, Cale Makar scored to give Colorado a 2–1 victory.[20] Gabriel Landeskog scored and assisted twice in Game 3, helping the Avalanche obtain both a 7–3 victory and 3–0 series lead.[21] In Game 4, Andre Burakovsky's goal and two assists helped lift the Avalanche to a 5–3 victory, advancing to the Second Round with a four-game sweep.[22]


May 3 Nashville Predators 2–7 Colorado Avalanche Ball Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 02:20 – pp – Nathan MacKinnon (1)
02:42 – Devon Toews (1)
08:30 – sh – Andrew Cogliano (1)
12:15 – Cale Makar (1)
15:04 – Artturi Lehkonen (1)
Matt Duchene (1) – pp – 18:40 Second period 14:44 – pp – Gabriel Landeskog (1)
Matt Duchene (2) – 12:26 Third period 06:03 – Nathan MacKinnon (2)
David Rittich 8 saves / 13 shots
Connor Ingram 30 saves / 32 shots 		Goalie stats Darcy Kuemper 23 saves / 25 shots
May 5 Nashville Predators 1–2 OT Colorado Avalanche Ball Arena Recap  
Yakov Trenin (1) – 15:19 First period 05:25 – Nathan MacKinnon (3)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 08:31 – Cale Makar (2)
Connor Ingram 49 saves / 51 shots Goalie stats Darcy Kuemper 25 saves / 26 shots
May 7 Colorado Avalanche 7–3 Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena Recap  
Artturi Lehkonen (2) – pp – 10:45
Nathan MacKinnon (4) – pp – 16:08 		First period 17:37 – Matt Duchene (3)
Gabriel Landeskog (2) – pp – 10:58
Gabriel Landeskog (3) – 14:02
Nazem Kadri (1) – pp – 14:41 		Second period 05:41 – pp – Eeli Tolvanen (1)
12:54 – pp – Roman Josi (1)
Devon Toews (2) – 09:33
Valeri Nichushkin (1) – en – 17:14 		Third period No scoring
Darcy Kuemper 9 saves / 10 shots
Pavel Francouz 18 saves / 20 shots 		Goalie stats Connor Ingram 35 saves / 41 shots
May 9 Colorado Avalanche 5–3 Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena Recap  
Andre Burakovsky (1) – 01:56 First period 18:59 – Yakov Trenin (2)
Cale Makar (3) – 13:33 Second period 16:49 – Yakov Trenin (3)
Devon Toews (3) – 08:55
Valeri Nichushkin (2) – 12:02
Nathan MacKinnon (5) – pp-en – 19:04 		Third period 03:58 – Filip Forsberg (1)
Pavel Francouz 28 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Connor Ingram 33 saves / 37 shots
Colorado won series 4–0


(C2) Minnesota Wild vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues

The Minnesota Wild finished second in the Central Division earning 113 points. The St. Louis Blues earned 109 points to finish third in the Central Division. This was the third playoff meeting between these teams with the teams splitting the two previous series. They last met in the 2017 Western Conference First Round, which St. Louis won in five games. St. Louis won all three games in this year's regular season series.

The Blues defeated the Wild in six games. In Game 1, Ville Husso made 37 saves for the Blues and David Perron scored a hat trick in St. Louis' 4–0 victory.[23] The Wild returned with a hat trick of their own in Game 2 when Kirill Kaprizov scored Minnesota's first playoff hat trick in a 6–2 victory.[24] Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves for the Wild in Game 3, backstopping Minnesota into a 5–1 victory.[25] Blues captain Ryan O'Reilly scored a goal and two assists in Game 4, leading St. Louis to a 5–2 victory.[26] Vladimir Tarasenko scored a hat trick in Game 5 spearheading his team to another 5–2 victory and a 3–2 series lead.[27] In Game 6, Jordan Binnington made 25 saves for the Blues, defeating the Wild 5–1 and advancing to the Second Round.[28]


May 2 St. Louis Blues 4–0 Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center Recap  
David Perron (1) – pp – 06:15
Ryan O'Reilly (1) – 15:56 		First period No scoring
David Perron (2) – pp – 16:30 Second period No scoring
David Perron (3) – 12:34 Third period No scoring
Ville Husso 37 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Marc-Andre Fleury 27 saves / 31 shots
May 4 St. Louis Blues 2–6 Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No scoring First period 09:33 – Joel Eriksson Ek (1)
13:04 – pp – Frederick Gaudreau (1)
19:06 – pp – Kirill Kaprizov (1)
Jordan Kyrou (1) – pp – 12:34 Second period 00:51 – Joel Eriksson Ek (2)
Vladimir Tarasenko (1) – 04:14 Third period 11:47 – Kirill Kaprizov (2)
12:52 – en – Kirill Kaprizov (3)
Ville Husso 22 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Marc-Andre Fleury 32 saves / 34 shots
May 6 Minnesota Wild 5–1 St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center Recap  
Jordan Greenway (1) – 00:39
Kirill Kaprizov (4) – 02:18 		First period No scoring
Mats Zuccarello (1) – 07:44 Second period No scoring
Joel Eriksson Ek (3) – 00:22
Jonas Brodin (1) – en – 12:31 		Third period 02:17 – pp – Ryan O'Reilly (2)
Marc-Andre Fleury 29 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Ville Husso 28 saves / 32 shots
May 8 Minnesota Wild 2–5 St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center Recap  
Kirill Kaprizov (5) – 14:06 First period 04:19 – Jordan Kyrou (2)
No scoring Second period 10:30 – David Perron (4)
11:24 – Jordan Kyrou (3)
Matthew Boldy (1) – 02:39 Third period 18:02 – en – David Perron (5)
19:00 – pp – Ryan O'Reilly (3)
Marc-Andre Fleury 29 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Jordan Binnington 28 saves / 30 shots
May 10 St. Louis Blues 5–2 Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center Recap  
Ryan O'Reilly (4) – pp – 04:53 First period 13:15 – pp – Kirill Kaprizov (6)
17:07 – pp – Kirill Kaprizov (7)
Brandon Saad (1) – 15:28 Second period No scoring
Vladimir Tarasenko (2) – 01:03
Vladimir Tarasenko (3) – 02:31
Vladimir Tarasenko (4) – en – 18:27 		Third period No scoring
Jordan Binnington 30 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Marc-Andre Fleury 27 saves / 31 shots
May 12 Minnesota Wild 1–5 St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center Recap  
No scoring First period 14:59 – Nick Leddy (1)
No scoring Second period 09:26 – pp – Ryan O'Reilly (5)
13:25 – Tyler Bozak (1)
18:36 – pp – Vladimir Tarasenko (5)
Matt Dumba (1) – 06:25 Third period 18:19 – en – Colton Parayko (1)
Cam Talbot 22 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Jordan Binnington 25 saves / 26 shots
St. Louis won series 4–2


(P1) Calgary Flames vs. (WC1) Dallas Stars

The Calgary Flames finished first in the Pacific Division earning 111 points. The Dallas Stars finished as the Western Conference's first wild card earning 98 points. This is the third playoff meeting between these two teams with Dallas winning both previous series. They last met in the 2020 Western Conference First Round, which Dallas won in six games. Calgary won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.


May 3 Dallas Stars 0–1 Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome Recap  
No scoring First period 05:01 – pp – Elias Lindholm (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Jake Oettinger 25 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Jacob Markstrom 16 saves / 16 shots
May 5 Dallas Stars 2–0 Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome Recap  
Joe Pavelski (1) – 07:47 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Michael Raffl (1) – en – 18:51 Third period No scoring
Jake Oettinger 29 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Jacob Markstrom 21 saves / 22 shots
May 7 Calgary Flames 2–4 Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
Trevor Lewis (1) – 13:45 First period 08:21 – Radek Faksa (1)
Elias Lindholm (2) – 03:40 Second period 11:41 – Joe Pavelski (2)
No scoring Third period 10:05 – pp – Joe Pavelski (3)
19:59 – en – Roope Hintz (1)
Jacob Markstrom 28 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Jake Oettinger 39 saves / 41 shots
May 9 Calgary Flames 4–1 Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Rasmus Andersson (1) – pp – 10:03 Second period No scoring
Johnny Gaudreau (1) – ps – 07:47
Elias Lindholm (3) – 11:53
Mikael Backlund (1) – en – 19:38 		Third period 15:03 – pp – Tyler Seguin (1)
Jacob Markstrom 34 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Jake Oettinger 50 saves / 53 shots
May 11 Dallas Stars 1–3 Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Jason Robertson (1) – 13:21 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 06:49 – Mikael Backlund (2)
10:38 – Andrew Mangiapane (1)
19:02 – en – Trevor Lewis (2)
Jake Oettinger 29 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Jacob Markstrom 20 saves / 21 shots
May 13 Calgary Flames 2–4 Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
No scoring First period 14:52 – Roope Hintz (2)
Michael Stone (1) – 08:09
Mikael Backlund (3) – 11:59 		Second period 06:04 – Michael Raffl (2)
17:32 – Miro Heiskanen (1)
No scoring Third period 19:18 – en – Tyler Seguin (2)
Jacob Markstrom 36 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Jake Oettinger 36 saves / 38 shots
May 15 Dallas Stars 9:30 p.m. Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome ESPN2, SN
Series tied 3–3


(P2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (P3) Los Angeles Kings

The Edmonton Oilers finished second in the Pacific Division with 104 points. The Los Angeles Kings earned 99 points to finish third in the Pacific Division. This is the eighth playoff meeting between these two teams with Edmonton winning five of the seven previous series. They last met in the 1992 Smythe Division Semifinals, which Edmonton won in six games. Edmonton won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.


May 2 Los Angeles Kings 4–3 Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place Recap  
Trevor Moore (1) – 11:00
Alex Iafallo (1) – 16:48 		First period 19:17 – Connor McDavid (1)
Brendan Lemieux (1) – 03:50 Second period 02:39 – pp – Kailer Yamamoto (1)
09:56 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (1)
Phillip Danault (1) – 14:46 Third period No scoring
Jonathan Quick 36 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Mike Smith 31 saves / 35 shots
May 4 Los Angeles Kings 0–6 Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 01:22 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (2)
06:03 – sh – Darnell Nurse (1)
16:05 – Ryan McLeod (1)
No scoring Third period 03:02 – Evander Kane (1)
03:23 – Jesse Puljujarvi (1)
11:55 – pp – Evander Kane (2)
Jonathan Quick 30 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Mike Smith 30 saves / 30 shots
May 6 Edmonton Oilers 8–2 Los Angeles Kings Crypto.com Arena Recap  
Leon Draisaitl (3) – 03:50
Zach Hyman (1) – pp – 06:07 		First period No scoring
Evander Kane (3) – 06:27
Zach Hyman (2) – 07:42
Evander Kane (4) – 09:51 		Second period 10:07 – Anze Kopitar (1)
17:29 – pp – Phillip Danault (2)
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1) – 14:19
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2) – 15:40
Evander Kane (5) – 19:40 		Third period No scoring
Mike Smith 44 saves / 46 shots Goalie stats Jonathan Quick 13 saves / 17 shots
Cal Petersen 16 saves / 20 shots
May 8 Edmonton Oilers 0–4 Los Angeles Kings Crypto.com Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 08:03 – Trevor Moore (2)
14:03 – Troy Stecher (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 15:06 – Carl Grundstrom (1)
18:29 – en – Carl Grundstrom (2)
Mike Smith 42 saves / 45 shots Goalie stats Jonathan Quick 31 saves / 31 shots
May 10 Los Angeles Kings 5–4 OT Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place Recap  
Troy Stecher (2) – 03:53 First period No scoring
Adrian Kempe (1) – 09:29
Andreas Athanasiou (1) – 13:34 		Second period 02:32 – Zack Kassian (1)
Phillip Danault (3) – pp – 11:06 Third period 02:50 – pp – Connor McDavid (2)
12:33 – sh – Leon Draisaitl (4)
15:08 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (5)
Adrian Kempe (2) – 01:12 First overtime period No scoring
Jonathan Quick 24 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Mike Smith 38 saves / 43 shots
May 12 Edmonton Oilers 4–2 Los Angeles Kings Crypto.com Arena Recap  
Connor McDavid (3) – 01:40 First period No scoring
Evander Kane (6) – 01:50 Second period 13:59 – pp – Sean Durzi (1)
Tyson Barrie (1) – 14:50
Evander Kane (7) – en – 19:00 		Third period 00:29 – Carl Grundstrom (3)
Mike Smith 30 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Jonathan Quick 33 saves / 36 shots
May 14 Los Angeles Kings 10:00 p.m. Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place ESPN, CBC, SN
Series tied 3–3


Second Round

Western Conference Second Round

(C1) Colorado Avalanche vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues

This will be the second consecutive playoff meeting and third overall between these two teams with Colorado winning both previous series. Colorado won last year's West Division First Round in a four-game sweep. Colorado won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.


TBD St. Louis Blues TBD Colorado Avalanche Ball Arena
TBD St. Louis Blues TBD Colorado Avalanche Ball Arena
TBD Colorado Avalanche TBD St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center
TBD Colorado Avalanche TBD St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center
TBD St. Louis Blues TBD Colorado Avalanche Ball Arena
TBD Colorado Avalanche TBD St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center
TBD St. Louis Blues TBD Colorado Avalanche Ball Arena
Series starts TBD


Player statistics

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points, following the conclusion of games played on May 13. Currently active players are in bold.[29]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Carter Verhaeghe Florida Panthers 6 6 6 12 +8 2
Connor McDavid Edmonton Oilers 6 3 9 12 +8 6
Brad Marchand Boston Bruins 6 4 7 11 +1 10
Cale Makar Colorado Avalanche 4 3 7 10 +4 4
Jake Guentzel Pittsburgh Penguins 6 7 2 9 +1 2
Evander Kane Edmonton Oilers 6 7 2 9 +5 16
David Perron St. Louis Blues 6 5 4 9 0 4
Adam Fox New York Rangers 6 3 6 9 −1 0
Sidney Crosby Pittsburgh Penguins 5 2 7 9 +2 2
Kirill Kaprizov Minnesota Wild 6 7 1 8 +1 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 120 minutes played. Updated as of games played on May 13. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded. Currently active players are in bold.[30]

Player Team GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
Jacob Markstrom Calgary Flames 6 3 3 164 9 1.52 .945 1 356:15
Darcy Kuemper Colorado Avalanche 3 2 0 61 4 1.63 .934 0 147:29
Jordan Binnington St. Louis Blues 3 3 0 88 5 1.67 .943 0 180:00
Jake Oettinger Dallas Stars 6 3 3 218 10 1.69 .954 1 354:40
Antti Raanta Carolina Hurricanes 5 2 2 136 10 2.46 .926 0 243:48
Mike Smith Edmonton Oilers 6 3 3 231 16 2.67 .931 1 359:13

Television

In Canada, for the eighth postseason under Rogers Media's current 12-year contract, coverage will be broadcast by Sportsnet networks and CBC Television under the Hockey Night in Canada brand, and streamed on Sportsnet Now, CBCSports.ca (for games televised by CBC), or the subscription service NHL Live. For selected U.S.–U.S. series in the first round, Sportsnet is simulcasting the U.S. feed instead of producing their own telecast.[31]

In the U.S., this marks the first Stanley Cup playoffs under the NHL's current broadcast rights deals with ESPN and TNT; national broadcasts of games will air on ESPN, ESPN2, TBS, and TNT in the First Round, with other ESPN and Turner channels (such as ESPNU and TruTV) used in the event of overflow situations.[32]

With both the NBA and NHL playoffs being broadcast concurrently by the same two networks, early-round broadcasting arrangements have been aligned to reduce conflicts; in the first two weeks, ESPN and ESPN2 were both given double-headers on weeknights that TNT was airing NBA playoff games, and vice versa. ESPN will hold the first choice of which conference final to air. As per the new alternating rotation, ABC will exclusively air the Stanley Cup finals; while ABC also exclusively airs the NBA Finals, they will end no later than June 19 (if a Game 7 is necessary), the night after Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals.[33][34] As before, each U.S. team's regional rights holder will televise coverage of games during the First Round,[35][36] after which all other games will be exclusive to ESPN and TNT.[33][34]

Unlike past seasons, there will be no coverage of playoff games on U.S. broadcast television until the Stanley Cup Finals (previous rights holders such as NBC had traditionally offered weekend games on broadcast television during the early rounds). Conversely, the Finals will be carried in their entirety on broadcast television for the first time since 1980 (which was aired primarily by the Hughes Television Network, but with CBS acquiring the rights to the series-deciding Game 6 as a one-off CBS Sports Spectacular broadcast);[37][38] since then, the Finals were either partially or exclusively carried on cable. There will also be no games on over-the-top streaming services until the Finals, as ESPN+ will only stream simulcasts of playoff games aired by ABC, and Turner Sports has not yet invoked its option to carry or simulcast games on HBO Max.[33][34]

Announcers

First Round

Series Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Ice level Reporters Rinkside Reporters Network
Florida–Washington Mike Monaco Ryan Callahan (Game 1)
Brian Boucher (Game 3)
Kevin Weekes (Game 5) 		None Leah Hextall (Game 3) ESPN2 (Games 1 and 5)
ESPN (Game 3)[39][40]
Brendan Burke (Game 2)
Kenny Albert (Game 4)
John Forslund (Game 6) 		Darren Pang (Game 2)
Eddie Olczyk (Game 4)
Keith Jones (Game 6) 		Jennifer Botterill (Game 2)
Bryce Salvador (Game 4)
Meaghan Mikkelson (Game 6) 		Tarik El-Bashir TBS[41][42]
Simulcast of American broadcast feed Sportsnet[31]
Toronto–Tampa Bay John Buccigross A. J. Mleczko (Games 1 and 2)
Ryan Callahan (Game 5) 		None Caley Chelios ESPN2[39][40]
Brendan Burke (Game 3)
John Forslund (Games 4 and 6)
Kenny Albert (Game 7) 		Butch Goring (Game 3)
Eddie Olczyk (Games 4 and 7)
Keith Jones (Game 6) 		Jennifer Botterill (Game 3)
Keith Jones (Games 4 and 7)
Colby Armstrong (Game 6) 		Julie Stewart-Binks (Games 3 and 4)
Nabil Karim (Game 7) 		TBS (Games 3, 4 and 6)
TNT (Game 7)[41][43][44]
Chris Cuthbert Craig Simpson None Kyle Bukauskas
Shawn McKenzie 		CBC
Sportsnet[31]
Carolina–Boston Sean McDonough (Games 1 and 2)
Steve Levy (Games 4, 5 and 7) 		Ray Ferraro (Games 1, 2, 5 and 7)
A. J. Mleczko (Game 4) 		None Emily Kaplan ESPN[39][40][45]
John Forslund (Game 3)
Kenny Albert (Game 6) 		Keith Jones (Game 3)
Eddie Olczyk (Game 6) 		Colby Armstrong (Game 3)
Bryce Salvador (Game 6) 		Shannon Hogan TNT[41][43]
Simulcast of American broadcast feed Sportsnet[31]
N.Y. Rangers–Pittsburgh Sean McDonough (Game 1)
Bob Wischusen (Games 4 and 5) 		Ray Ferraro None Emily Kaplan ESPN[39][40][46]
Kenny Albert Eddie Olczyk (Games 2 and 6)
Keith Jones (Game 3) 		Bryce Salvador Jackie Redmond TNT (Games 2, 3 and 6)
TBS (Game 7)[41][42]
John Bartlett Garry Galley None Caroline Cameron CBC
Sportsnet[31]
Colorado–Nashville Bob Wischusen (Game 1)
Steve Levy (Game 4) 		Kevin Weekes (Game 1)
A. J. Mleczko (Game 4) 		None Leah Hextall (Game 1) ESPN[39]
Randy Hahn (Game 2)
Dave Goucher (Game 3) 		Shane Hnidy Darren Eliot Taryn Hatcher TNT[41]
Simulcast of American broadcast feed Sportsnet[31]
Minnesota–St. Louis Bob Wischusen Kevin Weekes (Games 1 and 2)
Brian Boucher (Game 5) 		None Leah Hextall (Games 1 and 2) ESPN[39][40]
Jim Jackson (Games 3 and 4)
Brendan Burke (Game 6) 		Jody Shelley (Games 3 and 4)
Butch Goring (Game 6) 		Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (Games 3 and 4)
Jennifer Botterill (Game 6) 		Ashali Vise TNT (Games 3 and 6)
TBS (Game 4)[41][43]
Simulcast of American broadcast feed Sportsnet[31]
Calgary–Dallas Gord Miller (Game 1)
Leah Hextall (Game 5) 		Dominic Moore None None ESPN2 (Games 1, 2 and 7)
ESPN (Game 5)[39][40]
Dave Goucher (Game 2)
Brendan Burke (Games 3, 4 and 6)
 Drew Remenda (Game 2)
Butch Goring (Games 3 and 4)
Shane Hnidy (Game 6) 		Meaghan Mikkelson (Game 2)
Darren Pang (Games 3, 4 and 6)
 Erika Wachter TBS (Games 2 and 4)
TNT (Games 3 and 6)[41][42]
Rick Ball Greg Millen None Ryan Leslie CBC
Sportsnet[31]
Edmonton–Los Angeles Gord Miller (Games 1 and 2)
Leah Hextall (Game 5)
Bob Wischusen (Game 7) 		Cassie Campbell-Pascall (Games 1 and 2)
Dominic Moore (Game 5)
Brian Boucher (Game 7) 		None Leah Hextall (Game 7) ESPN2 (Games 1, 2 and 5)
ESPN (Game 7)[39][40][45]
Randy Hahn Bret Hedican Mike McKenna (Game 3)
Darren Eliot (Games 4 and 6) 		Aly Lozoff TBS[41][43]
Harnarayan Singh Louie DeBrusk None Scott Oake CBC
Sportsnet[31]

Notes

  1. ^ The final game of the playoffs could be as early as June 24 or as late as June 30, depending on the length of the Stanley Cup Finals.

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