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The 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 15, 2015.

The New York Rangers made the playoffs as Presidents' Trophy winners with the most points (i.e. best record) during the regular season. The Detroit Red Wings increased their consecutive postseason appearance streak to 24 seasons, the longest current streak and tied for the fourth longest streak in NHL history.[1] The Winnipeg Jets qualified for the playoffs for the first time since the former Atlanta Thrashers franchise relocated to Winnipeg in 2011; the only time that the Thrashers/Jets franchise made the postseason was in 2007, and the last time that the city of Winnipeg hosted a playoff game was in 1996, the season before the previous Winnipeg Jets team relocated to Phoenix, Arizona to become the Coyotes.[2] The Ottawa Senators became the first team in the NHL's modern era (since 1943–44) to overcome a 14-point deficit in the standings to clinch a playoff spot.[3] In total, five Canadian NHL teams qualified for the postseason, the most since 2004.[4]

The Los Angeles Kings became the first defending Stanley Cup champions since the Carolina Hurricanes in 2007 to fail to make the playoffs.[5] The Boston Bruins failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2007 and became the first reigning Presidents' Trophy winners to miss the postseason since the Buffalo Sabres in 2008 (and the third reigning Presidents' Trophy winner overall to miss the playoffs the following season).[6] In addition, the San Jose Sharks failed to make the postseason for the first time since 2003, ending the NHL's second-longest active playoff streak.[7]

Playoff seeds

Further information: Stanley Cup playoffs § Current format

This will be the second 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. Montreal Canadiens, Atlantic Division champions – 110 points
  2. Tampa Bay Lightning – 108 points
  3. Detroit Red Wings – 100 points

Metropolitan Division

  1. New York Rangers, Metropolitan Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 113 points
  2. Washington Capitals – 101 points (40 ROWs – Lead on head-to-head points vs NYI 6–5)
  3. New York Islanders – 101 points (40 ROWs – Trail on head-to-head points vs WSH 5–6)

Wild Cards

  1. Ottawa Senators – 99 points
  2. Pittsburgh Penguins – 98 points

Western Conference

Central Division

  1. St. Louis Blues, Central Division champions – 109 points (42 ROWs)
  2. Nashville Predators – 104 points
  3. Chicago Blackhawks – 102 points

Pacific Division

  1. Anaheim Ducks, Pacific Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions – 109 points (43 ROWs)
  2. Vancouver Canucks – 101 points
  3. Calgary Flames – 97 points

Wild Cards

  1. Minnesota Wild – 100 points
  2. Winnipeg Jets – 99 points

Playoff bracket

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Conference Quarterfinals

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

Eastern Conference

(A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (WC1) Ottawa Senators

The Montreal Canadiens finished first in the Atlantic division, earning 110 points. The Ottawa Senators finished as the Eastern Conference's first wild-card, earning 99 points. This is the second playoff meeting for these teams; their only previous meeting was in the 2013 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Ottawa won in five games. Ottawa won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

April 15 Ottawa Senators 3–4 Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre Recap  
Milan Michalek (1) – 12:25 First period No scoring
Kyle Turris (1) – pp – 10:36
Mika Zibanejad (1) – pp – 12:36 		Second period 07:53 – Torrey Mitchell (1)
08:08 – Tomas Plekanec (1)
11:42 – sh – Lars Eller (1)
17:17 – Brian Flynn (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Andrew Hammond 35 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Carey Price 30 saves / 33 shots
April 17 Ottawa Senators 2–3 OT Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre Recap  
Clarke MacArthur (1) – 18:42 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 07:18 – pp – Max Pacioretty (1)
16:30 – P.K. Subban (1)
Patrick Wiercioch (1) – pp – 13:25 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 03:40 – Alex Galchenyuk (1)
Andrew Hammond 39 saves / 42 shots Goalie stats Carey Price 29 saves / 31 shots
April 19 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 OT Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 11:28 – Clarke MacArthur (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Dale Weise (1) – 14:13 Third period No scoring
Dale Weise (2) – 08:47 First overtime period No scoring
Carey Price 33 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Craig Anderson 47 saves / 49 shots
April 22 Montreal Canadiens 7:00 p.m. Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre CBC, USA, TVA
April 24 Ottawa Senators 7:00 p.m. Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre CBC, CNBC, TVA
April 26 Montreal Canadiens TBD Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre CBC, TVA
April 28 Ottawa Senators TBD Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre CBC, TVA
Montreal leads series 3–0


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

The Tampa Bay Lightning finished second in the Atlantic division, earning 108 points. The Detroit Red Wings earned 100 points in the regular season to finish third in the Atlantic Division. This is the first playoff meeting for these two teams. Tampa Bay won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

April 16 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena Recap  
Pavel Datsyuk (1) – 09:03 First period 14:31 – sh – Brian Boyle (1)
Tomas Jurco (1) – pp – 00:08 Second period No scoring
Luke Glendening (1) – sh – 05:50 Third period 08:26 – Nikita Nesterov (1)
Petr Mrazek 44 saves / 46 shots Goalie stats Ben Bishop 11 saves / 14 shots
April 18 Detroit Red Wings 1–5 Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 03:05 – pp – Tyler Johnson (1)
No scoring Second period 07:56 – Alexander Killorn (1)
14:48 – Andrej Sustr (1)
19:22 – Tyler Johnson (2)
Tomas Tatar (1) – 05:49 Third period 15:26 – pp – Valtteri Filppula (1)
Petr Mrazek 14 saves / 18 shots
Jimmy Howard 11 saves / 12 shots 		Goalie stats Ben Bishop 23 saves / 24 shots
April 21 Tampa Bay Lightning 0–3 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 08:46 – Pavel Datsyuk (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 06:42 – pp – Riley Sheahan (1)
19:11 – en – Luke Glendening (2)
Ben Bishop 18 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Petr Mrazek 22 saves / 22 shots
April 23 Tampa Bay Lightning 7:00 p.m. Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena CBC, NBCSN
April 25 Detroit Red Wings TBD Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena TBD
April 27 Tampa Bay Lightning TBD Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena TBD
April 29 Detroit Red Wings TBD Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena TBD
Detroit leads series 2–1


(M1) New York Rangers vs. (WC2) Pittsburgh Penguins

The New York Rangers earned the Presidents' Trophy as the league's best regular season team, earning 113 points. The Pittsburgh Penguins finished as the Eastern Conference's second wild-card, earning 98 points. This is the sixth playoff meeting for these teams, with Pittsburgh having won the first four of the five previous series. Their most recent meeting was in the previous year's Eastern Conference Semifinals, which New York won in seven games. New York won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

April 16 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–2 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 00:28 – Derick Brassard (1)
15:16 – pp – Ryan McDonagh (1)
Blake Comeau (1) – 06:15 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Marc-Andre Fleury 36 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Henrik Lundqvist 24 saves / 25 shots
April 18 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 17:05 – Derek Stepan (1)
Brandon Sutter (1) – pp – 10:01
Sidney Crosby (1) – 14:07
Sidney Crosby (2) – 18:46 		Second period No scoring
Chris Kunitz (1) – pp – 09:41 Third period 03:16 – pp – Derick Brassard (2)
19:54 – Rick Nash (1)
Marc-Andre Fleury 23 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Henrik Lundqvist 18 saves / 22 shots
April 20 New York Rangers 2–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center Recap  
Carl Hagelin (1) – 08:43 First period No scoring
Chris Kreider (1) – 11:07 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 13:12 – Patric Hornqvist (1)
Henrik Lundqvist 23 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Marc-Andre Fleury 24 saves / 26 shots
April 22 New York Rangers 7:00 p.m. Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center SN360, NBCSN
April 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 7:00 p.m. New York Rangers Madison Square Garden NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports
April 26 New York Rangers TBD Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center TBD
April 28 Pittsburgh Penguins TBD New York Rangers Madison Square Garden TBD
New York leads series 2–1


(M2) Washington Capitals vs. (M3) New York Islanders

The Washington Capitals finished second in the Metropolitan Division earning 101 points. The New York Islanders also earned 101 points during the regular season, but they finished third in the Metropolitan Division as Washington won the second tie-breaker of head-to-head points. This is the seventh playoff meeting for these teams, with New York having won five of the six previous series. Their most recent meeting was in the 1993 Patrick Division Semifinals, which New York won in six games. The teams split this year's four-game regular season series, with each team winning twice at home.

April 15 New York Islanders 4–1 Washington Capitals Verizon Center Recap  
Brock Nelson (1) – 06:06 First period 19:03 – Marcus Johansson (1)
Ryan Strome (1) – 03:50
Josh Bailey (1) – 10:36 		Second period No scoring
Brock Nelson (2) – en – 18:41 Third period No scoring
Jaroslav Halak 24 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Braden Holtby 23 saves / 26 shots
April 17 New York Islanders 3–4 Washington Capitals Verizon Center Recap  
Cal Clutterbuck (1) – 05:14 First period No scoring
Ryan Strome (2) – 03:24
Kyle Okposo (1) – 14:09 		Second period 11:26 – Karl Alzner (1)
16:09 – Alex Ovechkin (1)
No scoring Third period 03:44 – pp – Nicklas Backstrom (1)
07:37 – Jason Chimera (1)
Jaroslav Halak 31 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Philipp Grubauer 18 saves / 21 shots
April 19 Washington Capitals 1–2 OT New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 12:37 – Kyle Okposo (2)
Nicklas Backstrom (2) – 13:54 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 00:15 – John Tavares (1)
Braden Holtby 40 saves / 42 shots Goalie stats Jaroslav Halak 24 saves / 25 shots
April 21 Washington Capitals 2–1 OT New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum Recap  
Alex Ovechkin (2) – 13:06 First period 19:47 – Casey Cizikas (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Nicklas Backstrom (3) – 11:09 First overtime period No scoring
Braden Holtby 36 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Jaroslav Halak 28 saves / 30 shots
April 23 New York Islanders 7:00 p.m. Washington Capitals Verizon Center SN, CNBC
April 25 Washington Capitals TBD New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum TBD
April 27 New York Islanders TBD Washington Capitals Verizon Center TBD
Series tied 2–2


Western Conference

(C1) St. Louis Blues vs. (WC1) Minnesota Wild

The St. Louis Blues finished first in the Central division, earning 109 points. The Minnesota Wild finished as the Western Conference's first wild-card, earning 100 points. This is the first playoff meeting for these two teams. The teams split this year's four-game regular season series, with each team winning once at home and once on the road.

April 16 Minnesota Wild 4–2 St. Louis Blues Scottrade Center Recap  
Jason Zucker (1) – 02:47 First period No scoring
Matt Dumba (1) – pp – 04:10 Second period No scoring
Mikael Granlund (1) – en – 18:47
Jason Pominville (1) – en – 19:40 		Third period 07:12 – Jaden Schwartz (1)
19:01 – sh – Alexander Steen (1)
Devan Dubnyk 19 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Jake Allen 25 saves / 27 shots
April 18 Minnesota Wild 1–4 St. Louis Blues Scottrade Center Recap  
No scoring First period 13:18 – Vladimir Tarasenko (1)
18:01 – pp – Vladimir Tarasenko (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Marco Scandella (1) – 01:46 Third period 18:02 – Patrik Berglund (1)
19:43 – en – Vladimir Tarasenko (3)
Devan Dubnyk 23 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Jake Allen 24 saves / 25 shots
April 20 St. Louis Blues 0–3 Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 14:08 – Jason Pominville (2)
16:13 – Zach Parise (1)
No scoring Third period 17:58 – en – Nino Niederreiter (1)
Jake Allen 21 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Devan Dubnyk 17 saves / 17 shots
April 22 St. Louis Blues 9:30 p.m. Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center SN360, NBCSN
April 24 Minnesota Wild TBD St. Louis Blues Scottrade Center TBD
April 26 St. Louis Blues TBD Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center TBD
April 29 Minnesota Wild TBD St. Louis Blues Scottrade Center TBD
Minnesota leads series 2–1


(C2) Nashville Predators vs. (C3) Chicago Blackhawks

The Nashville Predators finished second in the Central Division, earning 104 points. The Chicago Blackhawks earned 102 points during the regular season to finish third in the Central Division. This is the second playoff meeting for these teams; their only previous meeting was in the 2010 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Chicago won in six games. Chicago won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

April 15 Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 2OT Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 06:07 – Colin Wilson (1)
17:20 – Viktor Stalberg (1)
19:33 – pp – Colin Wilson (2)
Niklas Hjalmarsson (1) – 01:43
Patrick Sharp (1) – pp – 08:32
Jonathan Toews (1) – pp – 13:50 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Duncan Keith (1) – 07:49 Second overtime period No scoring
Corey Crawford 9 saves / 12 shots
Scott Darling 42 saves / 42 shots 		Goalie stats Pekka Rinne 38 saves / 42 shots
April 17 Chicago Blackhawks 2–6 Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena Recap  
Patrick Sharp (2) – 16:13 First period 02:47 – pp – Colin Wilson (3)
19:56 – Roman Josi (1)
Patrick Kane (1) – 10:32 Second period 14:54 – Craig Smith (1)
No scoring Third period 12:41 – Filip Forsberg (1)
14:28 – Craig Smith (2)
15:00 – Mike Santorelli (1)
Corey Crawford 29 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Pekka Rinne 24 saves / 26 shots
April 19 Nashville Predators 2–4 Chicago Blackhawks United Center Recap  
Mike Ribeiro (1) – 15:19 First period 14:48 – Andrew Desjardins (1)
Mattias Ekholm (1) – 00:58 Second period 00:36 – Jonathan Toews (2)
03:38 – Brandon Saad (1)
12:41 – Brent Seabrook (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Pekka Rinne 26 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Scott Darling 35 saves / 37 shots
April 21 Nashville Predators 2–3 3OT Chicago Blackhawks United Center Recap  
Colin Wilson (4) – pp – 11:38 First period 13:05 – Antoine Vermette (1)
James Neal (1) – 17:02 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 11:03 – Brandon Saad (2)
No scoring Third overtime period 01:00 – Brent Seabrook (2)
Pekka Rinne 45 saves / 48 shots Goalie stats Scott Darling 50 saves / 52 shots
April 23 Chicago Blackhawks 9:30 p.m. Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena SN360, NBCSN
April 25 Nashville Predators TBD Chicago Blackhawks United Center TBD
April 27 Chicago Blackhawks TBD Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena TBD
Chicago leads series 3–1


(P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (WC2) Winnipeg Jets

The Anaheim Ducks finished first in the Pacific division, earning 109 points. The Winnipeg Jets finished as the Western Conference's second wild-card, earning 99 points. This is the first playoff meeting for these two teams. Anaheim won all three games in this year's regular season series. The Jets made the playoffs for the first time since moving from Atlanta and for the second time since 2007 (as the Atlanta Thrashers). This will be the first playoff series in 19 years in Winnipeg, when the original Winnipeg Jets lost to the Detroit Red Wings 4–2 in the 1996 Western Conference Quarter-finals.[8]

April 16 Winnipeg Jets 2–4 Anaheim Ducks Honda Center Recap  
Adam Lowry (1) – 02:46 First period 01:57 – Sami Vatanen (1)
Drew Stafford (1) – 05:00 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 01:09 – pp – Corey Perry (1)
13:21 – Corey Perry (2)
16:55 – pp – Ryan Getzlaf (1)
Ondrej Pavelec 29 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Frederik Andersen 25 saves / 27 shots
April 18 Winnipeg Jets 1–2 Anaheim Ducks Honda Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Adam Pardy (1) – 15:43 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 10:43 – pp – Patrick Maroon (1)
19:39 – Jakob Silfverberg (1)
Ondrej Pavelec 37 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Frederik Andersen 28 saves / 29 shots
April 20 Anaheim Ducks 5–4 OT Winnipeg Jets MTS Centre Recap  
Cam Fowler (1) – 19:53 First period 09:38 – Lee Stempniak (1)
Corey Perry (3) – 03:08
Jakob Silfverberg (2) – 16:04 		Second period 06:40 – pp – Tyler Myers (1)
09:37 – Blake Wheeler (1)
18:18 – Bryan Little (1)
Ryan Kesler (1) – 17:46 Third period No scoring
Rickard Rakell (1) – 05:12 First overtime period No scoring
Frederik Andersen 31 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Ondrej Pavelec 26 saves / 31 shots
April 22 Anaheim Ducks 9:30 p.m. Winnipeg Jets MTS Centre SN, USA
April 24 Winnipeg Jets 10:00 p.m. Anaheim Ducks Honda Center SN
April 26 Anaheim Ducks TBD Winnipeg Jets MTS Centre SN
April 28 Winnipeg Jets TBD Anaheim Ducks Honda Center SN
Anaheim leads series 3–0


(P2) Vancouver Canucks vs. (P3) Calgary Flames

The Vancouver Canucks finished second in the Pacific Division, earning 101 points. The Calgary Flames earned 97 points during the regular season to finish third in the Pacific Division. This is the seventh playoff meeting for these teams with Calgary having won four of the six previous series. Their most recent meeting was in the 2004 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Calgary won in seven games. The Flames qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2009. The teams split this year's four-game regular season series, with each team winning once at home and once on the road.

April 15 Calgary Flames 2–1 Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 12:08 – Bo Horvat (1)
David Jones (1) – 07:59
Kris Russell (1) – 19:30 		Third period No scoring
Jonas Hiller 29 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Eddie Lack 28 saves / 30 shots
April 17 Calgary Flames 1–4 Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 02:56 – Daniel Sedin (1)
07:06 – pp – Chris Higgins (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Kris Russell (2) – pp – 16:26 Third period 02:17 – Ronalds Kenins (1)
17:59 – en – Radim Vrbata (1)
Jonas Hiller 26 saves / 29 shots
Karri Ramo 2 saves / 2 shots 		Goalie stats Eddie Lack 22 saves / 23 shots
April 19 Vancouver Canucks 2–4 Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome Recap  
Shawn Matthias (1) – 09:09 First period 06:35 – Brandon Bollig (1)
15:02 – T.J. Brodie (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Jannik Hansen (1) – 17:41 Third period 02:14 – Sam Bennett (1)
14:36 – pp – Sean Monahan (1)
Eddie Lack 24 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Jonas Hiller 23 saves / 25 shots
April 21 Vancouver Canucks 1–3 Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome Recap  
Henrik Sedin (1) – pp – 08:12 First period 03:23 – pp – Johnny Gaudreau (1)
09:20 – pp – Jiri Hudler (1)
19:18 – Sam Bennett (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Eddie Lack 4 saves / 7 shots
Ryan Miller 15 saves / 15 shots 		Goalie stats Jonas Hiller 28 saves / 29 shots
April 23 Calgary Flames 10:00 p.m. Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena CBC, CNBC
April 25 Vancouver Canucks TBD Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome CBC
April 27 Calgary Flames TBD Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena CBC
Calgary leads series 3–1


Player statistics

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points. Updated following games played on April 21, 2015.[9]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Nicklas Backstrom Washington Capitals 4 3 3 6 0 0
Corey Perry Anaheim Ducks 3 3 2 5 +2 0
Craig Smith Nashville Predators 3 2 3 5 +3 0
Jonathan Toews Chicago Blackhawks 3 2 3 5 +3 2
Vladimir Tarasenko St. Louis Blues 3 3 1 4 Template:Neg 0
Jason Pominville Minnesota Wild 3 2 2 4 +3 0
Jakob Silfverberg Anaheim Ducks 3 2 2 4 +2 2
Kris Russell Calgary Flames 4 2 2 4 Template:Neg 7
Ryan Getzlaf Anaheim Ducks 3 1 3 4 +3 0
Zach Parise Minnesota Wild 3 1 3 4 +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 120 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.[10]

Player Team GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
Scott Darling Chicago Blackhawks 3 3 0 131 4 1.05 .969 0 228:43
Devan Dubnyk Minnesota Wild 3 2 1 64 5 1.68 .922 1 179:12
Jake Allen St. Louis Blues 3 1 2 75 5 1.69 .933 0 178:14
Jonas Hiller Calgary Flames 4 3 1 113 7 1.79 .938 0 234:07
Carey Price Montreal Canadiens 3 3 0 98 6 1.88 .939 0 191:45
Braden Holtby Washington Capitals 3 1 2 105 6 1.89 .943 0 190:20

Television

In Canada, this marks the first postseason under Rogers Communications' 12-year contract for Canadian television and digital media rights to the NHL. On television, national coverage of the post-season will be exclusively produced by Sportsnet, with games split between Sportsnet channels and CBC (through Hockey Night in Canada). French-language coverage will be carried by TVA Sports. All playoff games will be available for online and mobile streaming through Rogers NHL GameCentre Live. Selected games will be simulcast with Punjabi-language commentary on Omni Television.[11][12]

In the United States, national coverage of games will be carried by NBC, NBCSN, USA Network, CNBC and NHL Network.[13] USA Network previously televised NHL games from 1979 to 1985. 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. Seven first round games will be televised exclusively on NBC, including two Saturday night matches.[14]

References

  1. ^ Scott Lewis (April 9, 2015). "Red Wings clinch 24th straight playoff berth". Sportsnet. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "Winnipeg Jets fans celebrate as team secures NHL playoff spot". CBC News. April 10, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Around the League notebook for Saturday, April 11". NHL.com. April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  4. ^ MacGregor, Roy (April 10, 2015). "As playoffs near, Canada reasserts its place in the hockey universe". Globe and Mail. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  5. ^ Aaron Vickers (April 10, 2015). "Flames qualify for playoffs, eliminate Kings". Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  6. ^ Joe Haggerty (April 11, 2015). "B's lose to Lightning, miss playoffs for 1st time since 2007". Comcast Sportsnet New England. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  7. ^ Curtis Pashelka (April 6, 2015). "Sharks eliminated from playoffs; 10-season run ends". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved April 8, 2015. the Sharks, stuck on 87 points, find themselves out of the postseason for the first time since 2003, ending the second-longest active postseason streak in the NHL.
  8. ^ Michelle Bruton. "NHL". Bleacher Report. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  9. ^ "Skater Statistics".
  10. ^ "Goaltender Statistics".
  11. ^ "Stanley Cup Playoffs broadcast schedule". Sportsnet.ca. Rogers Media. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  12. ^ "2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 1 schedule". NHL.com. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  13. ^ "Stanley Cup Playoff Games to Air on USA". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  14. ^ "NBC to Air First Round NHL Playoff Games in Primetime". Sports Media Watch. April 1, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
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