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2020 Stanley Cup playoffs
Tournament details
Venue(s)Rogers Place, Edmonton
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto
DatesAugust 1–October 2020
Teams24
Defending championsSt. Louis Blues

The 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs is the ongoing playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL). The playoffs began on August 1, 2020, and will tentatively conclude no later than October 4, with the Stanley Cup Finals, to determine the winner of the Stanley Cup. The playoffs were originally scheduled to begin in April, a few days after the 2019–20 NHL season, and end in June. However, on March 12, the regular season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

On May 26, commissioner Gary Bettman confirmed that the league was going to use a 24-team playoff format to finish the season, conducted in two or more host cities as "hubs" with players placed under strict health protocols, quarantined from the general public, and all games played behind closed doors with no fans admitted. On July 10, the league ratified an agreement for its protocols with the NHL Players Association (NHLPA). The Eastern Conference will play its early-round games at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, while the early rounds for the Western Conference, as well as the Conference Finals and Stanley Cup Finals, will be played at Rogers Place in Edmonton.[2] This will be the first Stanley Cup playoffs to be contested entirely in Canada since 1925, as well as the first time that the Stanley Cup will be awarded on Canadian soil since 2011.[3]

The Boston Bruins 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 fourteen seasons, the current longest streak. For the first time since 1996, all California-based teams, the Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Kings, and San Jose Sharks, missed the playoffs. Six Canadian-based teams made the postseason this year, the most since 1993. It also marks the first time since 1986 that all four teams in cities based in Western Canada made the playoffs. In addition, it marked the first time that both the Winnipeg Jets and Arizona Coyotes (previously the original Jets, before relocation) qualified for the playoffs in the same season, as well as the first time the Coyotes made the playoffs since 2012. For the first time since 1999, all former World Hockey Association teams (Edmonton Oilers, Arizona Coyotes, Carolina Hurricanes, and Colorado Avalanche) made the playoffs.

Playoff format

On May 26, the league announced that 24 teams (12 per conference) advanced to this special conference-based playoff tournament with teams being seeded based on their points percentage at the time the regular season was suspended on March 12. The top four teams in each conference played in a separate Seeding Round Robin to determine the seeding in the First Round. These games were played with regular season overtime and shootout rules, with the clubs accumulating points like the regular season, and any ties in the round-robin standings were broken by the regular-season points percentage. The eight lower seeded teams in each conference played in the Qualifying Round, a best-of-five series with playoff overtime rules. The winners of these seried advanced to face one of the round-robin teams in the First Round.[4]

On May 28, the NHL stated that both the round-robin and the qualifying round will also count under playoff records, on the same day that the league declared the winners of the stats-based regular-season NHL awards.[5] The league then announced on June 4 that all series after the qualifying round will remain a best-of-seven series but will be re-seeded after each round.[6] With the ratification of an extension to the collective bargaining agreement on July 10, the league also announced that all teams participating in the Qualifying Round are considered to have made the playoffs and have participated in a playoff series.[7]

Host cities

The playoffs are being held in two "hub" cities both in Canada; Edmonton, Alberta at Rogers Place, and Toronto, Ontario at Scotiabank Arena. They were announced as host cities on July 10 with the NHLPA's ratification of the Return to Play plan, and an extension to its collective bargaining agreement with the NHLPA through the 2025–26 season. In the early rounds, each city will host all the games in a conference: the Eastern Conference teams are playing in Toronto, and the Western Conference teams are playing in Edmonton. All games in the Conference Finals and Stanley Cup Finals will be played in Edmonton.[3]

Edmonton and Toronto were among a shortlist of ten host cities announced on May 26, along with Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Saint Paul, and Vancouver.[4] After the league cut the shortlist down to six cities on June 22, Las Vegas and Vancouver were considered to be the frontrunners to host games.[8] Shortly after this, Vancouver dropped out of consideration on June 25, after health officials in British Columbia were unable to agree with the league on a protocol in the event that a player tested positive for COVID-19.[9] Las Vegas and the other U.S. cities were passed over after Nevada and other U.S. states began to experience a spike in COVID-19 cases in late June; it was reported that the NHL originally intended to have one host city in Canada and one in the United States.[10][11]

Each group of teams are playing inside what is called a "bubble."[12][13] A secure perimeter was constructed around both venues with various amenities, with Edmonton's covering four hotels in the Ice District and Rogers Place's existing practice facilities, and Toronto's split between Exhibition Place and the Fairmont Royal York hotel (which is connected to Scotiabank Arena). Both sites include fitness, dining and recreation areas. Restaurants are operating within the secure zones, and players are able to order outside food via concierge and local food delivery services. The games are being held behind closed doors, but non-participating players are allowed to watch games.[14] A large "stage" with multiple video screens was constructed to cover the empty stands for both teams in each end of the arena, and in-arena presentation will be customized for each team when they are the designated home team (including use of their goal music, among other features).[15][14]

Although the general public is not admitted within the direct vicinity of the arena or inside, Oilers Entertainment Group announced plans to set up an outdoor "FanFest" at the site of a former casino near Rogers Place with approval of municipal and provincial health officials, including a "drive-in" screening games and a beer garden.[16]

Medical protocols

Under the Return to Play plan that was ratified on July 10, any player could opt out of the restart without providing a reason and without any penalty, provided that they have informed their team by July 13, when formal training camps opened.[3] COVID-19 tests were then to be administered to players and staff every other day. On July 19, testing increased to three times 48 hours apart. The identities of those who test positive will not be released to the public, they will be isolated and designated with the generic description "unfit for play" until they are medically cleared, and all injury updates will be handled by the league instead of the teams.[17][18]

Teams arrived at their hub city on July 26; they are being isolated in a "secure zone" consisting of their hotels, restaurants, practice facilities, and the arena. Testing is now being done every day,[17] as well as daily temperature and symptom checks. Individuals have to wear masks outside their hotel rooms except when eating, exercising, or while on the ice or bench. Other exceptions include during interviews with appropriate social distancing.[19]

Under the Quarantine Act, all travellers entering Canada are currently required to self-isolate for 14 days on arrival. The NHL received an exception to this policy for its players and staff, as long as they remain within the secure zone and are restricted from access to or by the general public.[20][21] Anybody who leaves the bubble without prior approval may face a mandatory 14-day quarantine or may be barred from returning. Teams could also face fines or loss of draft picks.[18][19]

Playoff teams

The following teams qualified for the playoffs:[22]

Eastern Conference

Seeding Round Robin
  1. Boston Bruins, Atlantic Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – .714
  2. Tampa Bay Lightning – .657
  3. Washington Capitals, Metropolitan Division champions – .652
  4. Philadelphia Flyers – .645
Qualifying Round
  1. Pittsburgh Penguins – .623
  2. Carolina Hurricanes – .596
  3. New York Islanders – .588
  4. Toronto Maple Leafs – .579 (28 RWs)
  5. Columbus Blue Jackets – .579 (25 RWs)
  6. Florida Panthers – .565
  7. New York Rangers – .564
  8. Montreal Canadiens – .500

Western Conference

Seeding Round Robin
  1. St. Louis Blues, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions – .662
  2. Colorado Avalanche – .657
  3. Vegas Golden Knights, Pacific Division champions – .606
  4. Dallas Stars – .594
Qualifying Round
  1. Edmonton Oilers – .585
  2. Nashville Predators – .565 (28 RWs)
  3. Vancouver Canucks – .565 (27 RWs)
  4. Calgary Flames – .564
  5. Winnipeg Jets – .563
  6. Minnesota Wild – .558
  7. Arizona Coyotes – .529
  8. Chicago Blackhawks – .514

Playoff bracket

Template:2020 Stanley Cup playoffs

Exhibition games

Prior to the start of the playoffs, all 24 qualified teams played one exhibition game.[23]

July 28

Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 OT Philadelphia Flyers Scotiabank Arena Recap
Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 Montreal Canadiens Scotiabank Arena Recap
Edmonton Oilers 4–1 Calgary Flames Rogers Place Recap

July 29

Tampa Bay Lightning 5–0 Florida Panthers Scotiabank Arena Recap
Colorado Avalanche 3–2 Minnesota Wild Rogers Place Recap
Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 Washington Capitals Scotiabank Arena Recap
St. Louis Blues 0–4 Chicago Blackhawks Rogers Place Recap
New York Islanders 2–1 New York Rangers Scotiabank Arena Recap
Vancouver Canucks 1–4 Winnipeg Jets Rogers Place Recap

July 30

Nashville Predators 2–0 Dallas Stars Rogers Place Recap
Boston Bruins 1–4 Columbus Blue Jackets Scotiabank Arena Recap
Vegas Golden Knights 4–1 Arizona Coyotes Rogers Place Recap

Stanley Cup Qualifiers

The top four playoff teams in each conference played in a round-robin tournament against each other to determine the final playoff seeding. The round robin games were played with regular season overtime and shootout rules, with the teams accumulating points like the regular season, and any ties in the round-robin standings were broken by the regular-season points percentage instead of regulation wins.

The bottom eight playoff teams in each conference played in a best-of-five series to determine which four teams advanced to the First Round. The Qualifying Round games were played with Stanley Cup playoff overtime rules. Seeding was determined by regular season points percentage.

Eastern Conference seeding round-robin

Pos Team GP W L OTL PCT GF GA GD Pts
1 Philadelphia Flyers 3 3 0 0 0.645 11 3 +8 6
2 Tampa Bay Lightning 3 2 1 0 0.657 7 8 −1 4
3 Washington Capitals 3 1 1 1 0.652 5 7 −2 3
4 Boston Bruins 3 0 3 0 0.714 4 9 −5 0
Updated to match(es) played on August 9. Source: 2020 Stanley Cup Qualifiers

During the first game of Round Robin play, the Flyers' Carter Hart made 34 saves against the Bruins in a 4–1 victory.[24] In the game between Washington and Tampa Bay, with the game forced to go to a shootout (the first in Stanley Cup playoff history), Nikita Kucherov's shot got past Braden Holtby for the winning goal in a 3–2 triumph.[25] The Lightning then faced the Bruins, and Tyler Johnson's goal at 18:33 of the third period won the game for Tampa Bay 3–2.[26] The Flyers, in their match-up against the Capitals, Scott Laughton's two goals assisted Philadelphia's 3–1 victory.[27] Between the top two seeds, the Flyers defeated the Lightning 4–1 to take the first seed riding on Nicolas Aube-Kubel's two goals in the first period.[28] Battling out for the third spot, Holtby made 30 saves for Washington in their victory, defeating the Presidents' Trophy-winning Boston Bruins 2–1.[29]

August 2 Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 Boston Bruins Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Michael Raffl (1) – 05:33
Nate Thompson (1) – 09:31
Philippe Myers (1) – 18:59 		Second period 18:51 – Chris Wagner (1)
Scott Laughton (1) – 04:07 Third period No scoring
Carter Hart 34 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Jaroslav Halak 25 saves / 29 shots
August 3 Washington Capitals 2–3 SO Tampa Bay Lightning Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 12:53 – Nikita Kucherov (1)
Richard Panik (1) – 17:24
Evgeny Kuznetsov (1) – pp – 19:32 		Second period 07:48 – Mitchell Stephens (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
T. J. Oshie GOAL
Evgeny Kuznetsov MISS (wide of net)
Nicklas Backstrom MISS (goalie save) 		Shootout MISS (goalie save) Victor Hedman
GOAL Brayden Point
GOAL Nikita Kucherov
Braden Holtby 26 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Andrei Vasilevskiy 31 saves / 33 shots
August 5 Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 Boston Bruins Scotiabank Arena Recap  
Brayden Point (1) – 07:33
Alex Killorn (1) – pp – 10:32 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 16:43 – Charlie McAvoy (1)
Tyler Johnson (1) – 18:33 Third period 01:47 – Chris Wagner (2)
Andrei Vasilevskiy 25 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Tuukka Rask 32 saves / 35 shots
August 6 Washington Capitals 1–3 Philadelphia Flyers Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 13:03 – Scott Laughton (2)
No scoring Second period 11:30 – Travis Sanheim (1)
Travis Boyd (1) – 08:49 Third period 08:37 – Scott Laughton (3)
Braden Holtby 18 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Brian Elliott 16 saves / 17 shots
August 8 Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 Tampa Bay Lightning Scotiabank Arena Recap  
Nicolas Aube-Kubel (1) – 07:40
Nicolas Aube-Kubel (2) – 14:00 		First period No scoring
Joel Farabee (1) – 14:22 Second period 05:21 – pp – Tyler Johnson (2)
Tyler Pitlick (1) – en – 18:40 Third period No scoring
Carter Hart 23 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Andrei Vasilevskiy 26 saves / 29 shots
August 9 Boston Bruins 1–2 Washington Capitals Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 19:44 – T. J. Oshie (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Jake DeBrusk (1) – 10:30 Third period 02:49 – Tom Wilson (1)
Tuukka Rask 23 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Braden Holtby 30 saves / 31 shots

Western Conference seeding round-robin

Pos Team GP W L OTL PCT GF GA GD Pts
1 Vegas Golden Knights 3 3 0 0 0.606 15 10 +5 6
2 Colorado Avalanche 3 2 0 1 0.657 9 5 +4 5
3 Dallas Stars 3 1 2 0 0.594 5 10 −5 2
4 St. Louis Blues 3 0 2 1 0.662 6 10 −4 1
Updated to match(es) played on August 9. Source: 2020 Stanley Cup Qualifiers

During the first game between Colorado and St. Louis, Nazem Kadri scored with 0.1 remaining on the clock for the Avalanche emerging victorious 2–1.[30][31] Vegas staged a two-goal comeback in their game against Dallas, coming back from 3–1 down to win 5–3.[32] Avalanche goalie Pavel Francouz shut out the Stars 4–0 taking a 2–0 record in the Round Robin.[33] Vegas forward Alex Tuch and defenceman Shea Theodore both scored twice in their game against St. Louis, emerging victorious 6–4.[34] Battling out for the first seed, the Avalanche and Golden Knights held a back-and-forth affair until Alex Tuch scored in overtime to give Vegas a 4–3 victory, emerging as the top seed in the Western Conference.[35] The round robin finale between the Stars and Blues was to determine the third seed. Joe Pavelski tied the game at one for the Stars with only 32 seconds remaining in regulation, then Denis Gurianov scored the only goal of the shootout to give Dallas the third seed with the 2–1 victory.[36]

August 2 St. Louis Blues 1–2 Colorado Avalanche Rogers Place Recap  
David Perron (1) – pp – 16:46 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 05:33 – Ryan Graves (1)
19:59 – pp – Nazem Kadri (1)
Jordan Binnington 36 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Philipp Grubauer 31 saves / 32 shots
August 3 Dallas Stars 3–5 Vegas Golden Knights Rogers Place Recap  
No scoring First period 01:04 – Chandler Stephenson (1)
Joe Pavelski (1) – 07:50
Jamie Oleksiak (1) – 08:32
Corey Perry (1) – pp – 12:42 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 09:46 – Mark Stone (1)
11:15 – Nate Schmidt (1)
14:47 – William Carrier (1)
19:39 – en – William Karlsson (1)
Ben Bishop 28 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Robin Lehner 24 saves / 27 shots
August 5 Colorado Avalanche 4–0 Dallas Stars Rogers Place Recap  
Cale Makar (1) – pp – 03:19
Joonas Donskoi (1) – 15:29 		First period No scoring
Vladislav Namestnikov (1) – 17:30 Second period No scoring
Andre Burakovsky (1) – pp – 01:31 Third period No scoring
Pavel Francouz 27 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Anton Khudobin 36 saves / 40 shots
August 6 Vegas Golden Knights 6–4 St. Louis Blues Rogers Place Recap  
No scoring First period 04:02 – David Perron (2)
Shea Theodore (1) – pp – 06:50
Alex Tuch (1) – 10:47
Alex Tuch (2) – pp – 13:13 		Second period 01:45 – Colton Parayko (1)
14:07 – Colton Parayko (2)
14:28 – Troy Brouwer (1)
Zach Whitecloud (1) – 02:01
Mark Stone (2) – 12:31
Shea Theodore (2) – 14:49 		Third period No scoring
Marc-Andre Fleury 13 saves / 17 shots Goalie stats Jordan Binnington 32 saves / 38 shots
August 8 Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 OT Colorado Avalanche Rogers Place Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Jonathan Marchessault (1) – pp – 01:34
Nicolas Roy (1) – 12:55 		Second period 06:46 – pp – Nathan MacKinnon (1)
14:51 – Joonas Donskoi (2)
Jonathan Marchessault (2) – ps – 03:02 Third period 18:58 – J. T. Compher (1)
Alex Tuch (3) – 04:44 First overtime period No scoring
Robin Lehner 32 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Philipp Grubauer 22 saves / 26 shots
August 9 Dallas Stars 2–1 SO St. Louis Blues Rogers Place Recap  
No scoring First period 03:43 – Robert Thomas (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Joe Pavelski (2) – 19:28 Third period No scoring
Joe Pavelski MISS (post)
Denis Gurianov GOAL 		Shootout MISS (goalie save) David Perron
MISS (goalie save) Vladimir Tarasenko
MISS (goalie save) Ryan O'Reilly
Anton Khudobin 21 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Jake Allen 37 saves / 38 shots


Eastern Conference Qualifying Round

(5) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (12) Montreal Canadiens

Pittsburgh finished fifth in the Eastern Conference with 86 points in 69 games for a points percentage of .623. Montreal gained 71 points in 71 games for a points percentage of .500 to finish twelfth in the Eastern Conference. This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with Montreal winning both previous series. They last met in the 2010 Eastern Conference Semifinals, which Montreal won in seven games. Pittsburgh won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.

The Canadiens upset the Penguins in four games. With game one remaining tied 2–2 after the third period, Jeff Petry scored in overtime to give the Canadiens the victory.[37] Among the 38 shots the Penguins forced on Carey Price in game two, Pittsburgh forward Jason Zucker's goal in the third period was the game-winner in their 3–1 triumph.[38] In game three, Jeff Petry's goal in the third period capped a two-goal comeback for Montreal winning the affair 4–3 and taking the series lead.[39] In game four, Carey Price shut the Penguins out 2–0 advancing the team to the First Round of the playoffs.[40]


August 1 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Scotiabank Arena Recap  
Jesperi Kotkaniemi (1) – 11:27 First period No scoring
Nick Suzuki (1) – 06:53 Second period 09:55 – Sidney Crosby (1)
12:34 – pp – Bryan Rust (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Jeff Petry (1) – 13:57 First overtime period No scoring
Carey Price 39 saves / 41 shots Goalie stats Matt Murray 32 saves / 35 shots
August 3 Montreal Canadiens 1–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 04:25 – Sidney Crosby (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Jesperi Kotkaniemi (2) – 17:50 Third period 14:41 – Jason Zucker (1)
19:50 – en – Jake Guentzel (1)
Carey Price 35 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Matt Murray 26 saves / 27 shots
August 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–4 Montreal Canadiens Scotiabank Arena Recap  
Patric Hornqvist (1) – pp – 08:40
Jason Zucker (2) – pp – 09:39 		First period 04:57 – Shea Weber (1)
Teddy Blueger (1) – 05:34 Second period 10:13 – Jonathan Drouin (1)
15:50 – Paul Byron (1)
No scoring Third period 05:33 – Jeff Petry (2)
Matt Murray 27 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Carey Price 30 saves / 33 shots
August 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–2 Montreal Canadiens Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 15:49 – Artturi Lehkonen (1)
19:28 – en – Shea Weber (2)
Tristan Jarry 20 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Carey Price 22 saves / 22 shots
Montreal won series 3–1


(6) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (11) New York Rangers

Carolina finished sixth in the Eastern Conference with 81 points in 68 games for a points percentage of .596. New York gained 79 points in 70 games for a points percentage of .564 to finish eleventh in the Eastern Conference. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. New York won all four games in this year's regular season series.

The Hurricanes defeated the Rangers in a three-game sweep. In game one, Sebastian Aho and Jaccob Slavin both recorded a goal and an assist in the Hurricanes 3–2 victory.[41] Andrei Svechnikov scored the Hurricanes' first playoff hat trick during game two in a 4–1 victory, giving Carolina the chance to clinch in game three.[42] Aho provided two goals and an assist in game three giving Carolina a 4–1 victory and advancing the team to the First Round of the playoffs.[43]


August 1 New York Rangers 2–3 Carolina Hurricanes Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 01:01 – Jaccob Slavin (1)
Mika Zibanejad (1) – 14:26 Second period 06:29 – pp – Sebastian Aho (1)
Marc Staal (1) – sh – 18:05 Third period 10:51 – Martin Necas (1)
Henrik Lundqvist 34 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Petr Mrazek 24 saves / 26 shots
August 3 New York Rangers 1–4 Carolina Hurricanes Scotiabank Arena Recap  
Artemi Panarin (1) – pp – 12:05 First period 04:32 – Andrei Svechnikov (1)
No scoring Second period 01:11 – pp – Andrei Svechnikov (2)
02:22 – Jordan Martinook (1)
No scoring Third period 14:02 – Andrei Svechnikov (3)
Henrik Lundqvist 30 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Petr Mrazek 23 saves / 24 shots
August 4 Carolina Hurricanes 4–1 New York Rangers Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Teuvo Teravainen (1) – 03:18 Second period 00:12 – Chris Kreider (1)
Warren Foegele (1) – 05:07
Sebastian Aho (2) – 10:26
Sebastian Aho (3) – sh-en – 19:29 		Third period No scoring
James Reimer 37 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Igor Shestyorkin 27 saves / 30 shots
Carolina won series 3–0


(7) New York Islanders vs. (10) Florida Panthers

New York finished seventh in the Eastern Conference with 80 points in 68 games for a points percentage of .588. Florida gained 78 points in 69 games for a points percentage of .565 to finish tenth in the Eastern Conference. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 2016 Eastern Conference First Round, which New York won in six games. New York won all three games in this year's regular season series.

The Islanders defeated the Panthers in four games. In game one, a 27-save performance by New York goalie Semyon Varlamov gave the Islanders a 2–1 victory.[44] Game two had Jordan Eberle score two goals for the Islanders, leading the team to a 4–2 victory.[45] The Panthers, in danger of elimination in game three, scored two power-play goals en route to a 3–2 victory to force a fourth game.[46] In the fourth game, Anthony Beauvillier scored twice for New York to send the Islanders to the first round of the playoffs in a 5–1 victory.[47]


August 1 Florida Panthers 1–2 New York Islanders Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 12:00 – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (1)
No scoring Second period 03:39 – pp – Anthony Beauvillier (1)
Jonathan Huberdeau (1) – 00:23 Third period No scoring
Sergei Bobrovsky 26 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Semyon Varlamov 27 saves / 28 shots
August 4 Florida Panthers 2–4 New York Islanders Scotiabank Arena Recap  
Mike Hoffman (1) – 11:16 First period No scoring
Aleksander Barkov (1) – pp – 07:54 Second period 06:12 – Matt Martin (1)
13:48 – pp – Ryan Pulock (1)
16:27 – Jordan Eberle (1)
No scoring Third period 10:29 – pp – Jordan Eberle (2)
Sergei Bobrovsky 30 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Semyon Varlamov 26 saves / 28 shots
August 5 New York Islanders 2–3 Florida Panthers Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Jean-Gabriel Pageau (2) – 16:26 Second period 04:02 – pp – Erik Haula (1)
Brock Nelson (1) – 18:33 Third period 00:41 – pp – Mike Hoffman (2)
02:48 – Brian Boyle (1)
Semyon Varlamov 19 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Sergei Bobrovsky 20 saves / 22 shots
August 7 New York Islanders 5–1 Florida Panthers Scotiabank Arena Recap  
Anthony Beauvillier (2) – 11:32
Anthony Beauvillier (3) – 15:10 		First period 18:41 – pp – Mike Hoffman (3)
Brock Nelson (2) – pp – 08:01 Second period No scoring
Mathew Barzal (1) – 10:34
Jean-Gabriel Pageau (3) – en – 17:17 		Third period No scoring
Semyon Varlamov 24 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Sergei Bobrovsky 33 saves / 37 shots
New York won series 3–1


(8) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (9) Columbus Blue Jackets

Toronto finished eighth in the Eastern Conference with 81 points in 70 games for a points percentage of .579 and 28 RWs. Columbus had the same points percentage, but with 25 RWs they finished ninth. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. These teams split their two-game regular season series.

The Blue Jackets defeated the Maple Leafs in five games. Joonas Korpisalo shut out the Maple Leafs in game one, stopping all 28 shots in a 2–0 victory.[48] Maple Leafs goalie Frederik Andersen responded with his own shut out in game two, stopping 20 shots in the process of a 3–0 victory.[49] Pierre-Luc Dubois's hat-trick, three-goal comeback-fulfilling, overtime goal spurred Columbus' game three victory, winning by a score of 4–3.[50] The Maple Leafs then responded with their own three-goal comeback, all while sporting an extra attacker with the goalie pulled. Auston Matthews then scored the overtime game-winner, the Leafs were victorious by a score of 4–3.[51] In game five, Korpisalo shut the door on the Leafs, stopping all 33 shots in a 3–0 victory to advance to the First Round of the playoffs.[52]


August 2 Columbus Blue Jackets 2–0 Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Cam Atkinson (1) – 01:05
Alexander Wennberg (1) – en – 19:41 		Third period No scoring
Joonas Korpisalo 28 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Frederik Andersen 33 saves / 34 shots
August 4 Columbus Blue Jackets 0–3 Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 16:00 – Auston Matthews (1)
No scoring Third period 04:56 – John Tavares (1)
19:17 – en – Morgan Rielly (1)
Joonas Korpisalo 36 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Frederik Andersen 20 saves / 20 shots
August 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–4 OT Columbus Blue Jackets Scotiabank Arena Recap  
Cody Ceci (1) – sh – 18:52 First period No scoring
William Nylander (1) – pp – 07:08
Nicholas Robertson (1) – 08:48 		Second period 11:39 – Pierre-Luc Dubois (1)
No scoring Third period 07:27 – Seth Jones (1)
10:49 – Pierre-Luc Dubois (2)
No scoring First overtime period 18:24 – Pierre-Luc Dubois (3)
Frederik Andersen 39 saves / 43 shots Goalie stats Joonas Korpisalo 12 saves / 15 shots
Elvis Merzlikins 21 saves / 21 shots
August 7 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 OT Columbus Blue Jackets Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 03:58 – Cam Atkinson (2)
No scoring Second period 04:40 – Vladislav Gavrikov (1)
William Nylander (2) – 16:03
John Tavares (2) – 16:54
Zach Hyman (1) – 19:37 		Third period 14:18 – Boone Jenner (1)
Auston Matthews (2) – pp – 13:10 First overtime period No scoring
Frederik Andersen 36 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Elvis Merzlikins 49 saves / 53 shots
August 9 Columbus Blue Jackets 3–0 Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Arena Recap  
Zach Werenski (1) – 06:29 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Liam Foudy (1) – 11:40
Nick Foligno (1) – en – 19:37 		Third period No scoring
Joonas Korpisalo 33 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Frederik Andersen 19 saves / 21 shots
Columbus won series 3–2


Western Conference Qualifying Round

(5) Edmonton Oilers vs. (12) Chicago Blackhawks

Edmonton finished fifth in the Western Conference with 83 points in 71 games for a points percentage of .585. Chicago gained 72 points in 70 games for a points percentage of .514 to finish twelfth in the Western Conference. This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Edmonton winning three of the four previous series. They last met in the 1992 Clarence Campbell Conference Finals, which Chicago won in a four-game sweep. Chicago won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.

The Blackhawks upset the Oilers in four games. Blackhawks rookie forward Dominik Kubalik scored two goals and assisted three times in game one, resulting in Chicago's 6–4 victory.[53] In game two, Oilers captain Connor McDavid recorded a hat-trick assisted thrice by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins tying the series 1–1 in a 6–3 triumph.[54] In game three, Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews scored twice, including the game-winner with 1:16 remaining in the game, capping off a 4–3 victory.[55] In game four, Kubalik's goal at 8:30 of the third period proved to be the series-winner, defeating the Oilers 3–2.


August 1 Chicago Blackhawks 6–4 Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place Recap  
Dylan Strome (1) – 05:51
Jonathan Toews (1) – pp – 07:56
Brandon Saad (1) – 09:17
Jonathan Toews (2) – 12:57 		First period 02:34 – pp – Connor McDavid (1)
Dominik Kubalik (1) – pp – 06:32
Dominik Kubalik (2) – pp – 17:35 		Second period 04:13 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (1)
No scoring Third period 16:07 – pp – James Neal (1)
16:43 – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1)
Corey Crawford 25 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Mike Smith 18 saves / 23 shots
Mikko Koskinen 18 saves / 19 shots
August 3 Chicago Blackhawks 3–6 Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place Recap  
Patrick Kane (1) – 09:06 First period 00:19 – Connor McDavid (2)
04:05 – Connor McDavid (3)
Slater Koekkoek (1) – 04:22
Olli Maatta (1) – 15:13 		Second period 01:44 – Tyler Ennis (1)
17:10 – pp – Connor McDavid (4)
No scoring Third period 07:25 – James Neal (2)
08:05 – Alex Chiasson (1)
Corey Crawford 29 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Mikko Koskinen 23 saves / 26 shots
August 5 Edmonton Oilers 3–4 Chicago Blackhawks Rogers Place Recap  
Leon Draisaitl (2) – 09:42 First period 09:14 – Olli Maatta (2)
19:55 – pp – Jonathan Toews (3)
Leon Draisaitl (3) – 04:07
Connor McDavid (5) – pp – 19:52 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 14:13 – Matthew Highmore (1)
18:44 – Jonathan Toews (4)
Mikko Koskinen 21 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Corey Crawford 25 saves / 28 shots
August 7 Edmonton Oilers 2–3 Chicago Blackhawks Rogers Place Recap  
Josh Archibald (1) – 00:45 First period 05:16 – Brandon Saad (2)
07:56 – Matthew Highmore (2)
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2) – 02:02 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 08:30 – Dominik Kubalik (3)
Mikko Koskinen 26 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Corey Crawford 43 saves / 45 shots
Chicago won series 3–1


(6) Nashville Predators vs. (11) Arizona Coyotes

Nashville finished sixth in the Western Conference with 78 points in 69 games for a points percentage of .565, winning the tiebreaker against Vancouver with 28 RWs. Arizona gained 74 points in 70 games for a points percentage of .529 to finish eleventh in the Western Conference. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 2012 Western Conference Semifinals, which Arizona won in five games. These teams split their two-game regular season series.

The Coyotes defeated the Predators in four games. In game one, the Coyotes jumped out to a 4–1 lead, scoring a power play and a shorthanded goal, and held off a Predators third period rally for the victory.[56] Although the Coyotes had two goals in the final minute of game two, the Predators successfully kept the lead winning 4–2.[57] In game three, Darcy Kuemper stopped 39 of 40 shots and his teammates exploded for three goals in the third period, leading to a 4–1 victory.[58] The Coyotes clinched in game four after much drama; they blew a 2–0 second period lead and allowed Filip Forsberg's tying goal with only 32 seconds left in regulation, but Brad Richardson scored the series-winner 5:27 into overtime.[59]


August 2 Arizona Coyotes 4–3 Nashville Predators Rogers Place Recap  
Oliver Ekman-Larsson (1) – 07:59
Christian Dvorak (1) – 10:52
Clayton Keller (1) – pp – 15:42 		First period 19:57 – pp – Filip Forsberg (1)
Michael Grabner (1) – sh – 16:25 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 00:30 – Ryan Ellis (1)
08:56 – pp – Filip Forsberg (2)
Darcy Kuemper 40 saves / 43 shots Goalie stats Juuse Saros 33 saves / 37 shots
August 4 Arizona Coyotes 2–4 Nashville Predators Rogers Place Recap  
No scoring First period 07:50 – Nick Bonino (1)
10:27 – Ryan Johansen (1)
No scoring Second period 06:02 – Calle Jarnkrok (1)
Clayton Keller (2) – 19:03
Lawson Crouse (1) – 19:12 		Third period 13:49 – pp – Viktor Arvidsson (1)
Darcy Kuemper 24 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Juuse Saros 24 saves / 26 shots
August 5 Nashville Predators 1–4 Arizona Coyotes Rogers Place Recap  
No scoring First period 05:09 – Christian Dvorak (2)
Viktor Arvidsson (2) – 07:31 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 07:08 – Conor Garland (1)
15:38 – pp – Taylor Hall (1)
18:06 – en – Carl Soderberg (1)
Juuse Saros 24 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Darcy Kuemper 39 saves / 40 shots
August 7 Nashville Predators 3–4 OT Arizona Coyotes Rogers Place Recap  
No scoring First period 17:27 – Michael Grabner (2)
Matt Duchene (1) – pp – 04:29
Viktor Arvidsson (3) – 08:26 		Second period 01:37 – Phil Kessel (1)
Filip Forsberg (3) – 19:28 Third period 04:21 – Jordan Oesterle (1)
No scoring First overtime period 05:27 – Brad Richardson (1)
Juuse Saros 30 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Darcy Kuemper 49 saves / 52 shots
Arizona won series 3–1


(7) Vancouver Canucks vs. (10) Minnesota Wild

Vancouver finished seventh in the Western Conference with 78 points in 69 games for a points percentage of .565, losing the tiebreaker against Nashville with 27 RWs. Minnesota gained 77 points in 69 games for a points percentage of .558 to finish tenth in the Western Conference. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 2003 Western Conference Semifinals, which Minnesota came back from a 3–1 series deficit to win in seven games. Minnesota won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.

The Canucks defeated the Wild in four games. Alex Stalock stopped all 28 shots he faced in Minnesota's game one victory; the Wild won 3–0.[60] In game two, Bo Horvat and Alexander Edler both had a goal and an assist in game two to help Vancouver even the series 1–1 winning the contest 4–3.[61] Quinn Hughes assisted on all three goals and Jacob Markstrom stopped all 27 shots for Vancouver's game three victory.[62] In game four, the Canucks' Christopher Tanev provided two assists and the series-winning overtime goal to send Vancouver to the First Round of the playoffs. Tanev's goal at eleven seconds into overtime tied the second fastest playoff overtime goal.[63]


August 2 Minnesota Wild 3–0 Vancouver Canucks Rogers Place Recap  
Kevin Fiala (1) – pp – 02:50 First period No scoring
Jared Spurgeon (1) – pp – 10:24 Second period No scoring
Jared Spurgeon (2) – en – 19:13 Third period No scoring
Alex Stalock 28 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Jacob Markstrom 28 saves / 30 shots
August 4 Minnesota Wild 3–4 Vancouver Canucks Rogers Place Recap  
Luke Kunin (1) – sh – 17:16 First period 00:24 – Tanner Pearson (1)
No scoring Second period 03:01 – J. T. Miller (1)
08:42 – Brock Boeser (1)
Kevin Fiala (2) – 17:31
Kevin Fiala (3) – 19:51 		Third period 06:22 – pp – Bo Horvat (1)
Alex Stalock 24 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Jacob Markstrom 32 saves / 35 shots
August 6 Vancouver Canucks 3–0 Minnesota Wild Rogers Place Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Brock Boeser (2) – pp – 13:49 Second period No scoring
Antoine Roussel (1) – 02:18
Elias Pettersson (1) – pp – 18:38 		Third period No scoring
Jacob Markstrom 27 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Alex Stalock 26 saves / 29 shots
August 7 Vancouver Canucks 5–4 OT Minnesota Wild Rogers Place Recap  
Tanner Pearson (2) – 12:52 First period 02:58 – pp – Luke Kunin (2)
13:32 – Eric Staal (1)
Brandon Sutter (1) – 07:20
Quinn Hughes (1) – pp – 08:44 		Second period 05:39 – Joel Eriksson Ek (1)
19:08 – Nico Sturm (1)
Bo Horvat (2) – 14:14 Third period No scoring
Christopher Tanev (1) – 00:11 First overtime period No scoring
Jacob Markstrom 25 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Alex Stalock 26 saves / 31 shots
Vancouver won series 3–1


(8) Calgary Flames vs. (9) Winnipeg Jets

Calgary finished eighth in the Western Conference with 79 points in 70 games for a points percentage of .564. Winnipeg gained 80 points in 71 games for a points percentage of .563 to finish ninth in the Western Conference. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. This was also the first Stanley Cup playoff meeting between these two cities since the 1987 Smythe Division Semifinals. Winnipeg won the only game in this year's regular season series, which was played outdoors.

The Flames defeated the Jets in four games. In game one, the Flames scored a power-play goal, then a short-handed goal, followed by another power-play goal in the second period to take a 4–1 victory.[64] The Jets tied the series 1–1 on Connor Hellebuyck's 28-save performance in a 3–2 victory.[65] In game three, Sean Monahan scored a goal and assisted twice in the Flames' 6–2 victory, giving his team a chance to advance in game four.[66] Cam Talbot led the Flames to the series victory in game four, shutting the Jets out by a score of 4–0, stopping all 31 shots in the process.[67]


August 1 Winnipeg Jets 1–4 Calgary Flames Rogers Place Recap  
Andrew Copp (1) – 08:51 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 07:06 – pp – Johnny Gaudreau (1)
12:51 – sh – Tobias Rieder (1)
18:14 – pp – Mikael Backlund (1)
No scoring Third period 18:19 – en – Andrew Mangiapane (1)
Connor Hellebuyck 30 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Cam Talbot 17 saves / 18 shots
August 3 Winnipeg Jets 3–2 Calgary Flames Rogers Place Recap  
Jansen Harkins (1) – 07:18 First period No scoring
Adam Lowry (1) – 05:43 Second period 11:29 – Elias Lindholm (1)
17:29 – Sam Bennett (1)
Nikolaj Ehlers (1) – pp – 10:24 Third period No scoring
Connor Hellebuyck 28 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Cam Talbot 23 saves / 26 shots
August 4 Calgary Flames 6–2 Winnipeg Jets Rogers Place Recap  
Elias Lindholm (2) – pp – 10:22 First period 10:04 – Nikolaj Ehlers (2)
Mikael Backlund (2) – 05:37
Sean Monahan (1) – pp – 07:49
Matthew Tkachuk (1) – 12:48 		Second period 08:09 – pp – Andrew Copp (2)
Milan Lucic (1) – pp – 08:28
Johnny Gaudreau (2) – en – 17:41 		Third period No scoring
Cam Talbot 33 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Connor Hellebuyck 26 saves / 31 shots
August 6 Calgary Flames 4–0 Winnipeg Jets Rogers Place Recap  
Dillon Dube (1) – 03:21
Sam Bennett (2) – 19:59 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Sean Monahan (2) – en – 16:59
Rasmus Andersson (1) – en – 17:18 		Third period No scoring
Cam Talbot 31 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Connor Hellebuyck 30 saves / 32 shots
Calgary won series 3–1


First Round

Note: Teams seeded 1–4 in each conference are based on their final standings from the Round Robin. All teams advancing from the Qualifying Round are re-seeded 5–8 based on their regular season points percentage. All times listed are in EDT (UTC−4). Due to the length of previously played games on the same day some start times may be subject to change.

Eastern Conference First Round

(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens

Philadelphia earned the first seed in the Eastern Conference after finishing 3–0 in the Round Robin; during the regular season they finished with 89 points in 69 games for a .645 points percentage. Montreal earned the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference as the lowest advancing seed from the Qualifying Round by defeating Pittsburgh. This will be the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams with both teams splitting the six previous series. They last met in the 2010 Eastern Conference Final, which Philadelphia won in five games. Philadelphia won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.


August 12 Montreal Canadiens 1–2 Philadelphia Flyers Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 08:54 – pp – Jakub Voracek (1)
Shea Weber (3) – pp – 14:38 Second period 14:54 – Joel Farabee (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Carey Price 29 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Carter Hart 27 saves / 28 shots
August 14 Montreal Canadiens 5–0 Philadelphia Flyers Scotiabank Arena Recap  
Tomas Tatar (1) – 01:02
Jesperi Kotkaniemi (3) – 12:36 		First period No scoring
Tomas Tatar (2) – pp – 01:25
Joel Armia (1) – 17:57 		Second period No scoring
Jesperi Kotkaniemi (4) – pp – 10:35 Third period No scoring
Carey Price 30 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Carter Hart 22 saves / 26 shots
Brian Elliott 5 saves / 6 shots
August 16 Philadelphia Flyers 8:00 p.m. Montreal Canadiens Scotiabank Arena NBC, CBC, SN
August 18 Philadelphia Flyers 3:00 p.m. Montreal Canadiens Scotiabank Arena NBCSN, CBC, SN
August 19 Montreal Canadiens TBD Philadelphia Flyers Scotiabank Arena
August 21 Philadelphia Flyers TBD Montreal Canadiens Scotiabank Arena
August 23 Montreal Canadiens TBD Philadelphia Flyers Scotiabank Arena
Series tied 1–1


(2) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (7) Columbus Blue Jackets

Tampa Bay earned the second seed in the Eastern Conference after finishing 2–1 in the Round Robin; during the regular season they finished with 92 points in 70 games for a .657 points percentage. Columbus earned the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference as the second lowest advancing seed from the Qualifying Round by defeating Toronto. This will be the second consecutive playoff meeting and second postseason match-up between these two teams. Columbus won last year's playoff meeting in a four-game sweep. Tampa Bay won the only game in this year's regular season series.


August 11 Columbus Blue Jackets 2–3 5OT Tampa Bay Lightning Scotiabank Arena Recap  
Pierre-Luc Dubois (4) – pp – 02:39 First period 06:27 – Brayden Point (2)
Oliver Bjorkstrand (1) – 19:12 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 00:23 – Yanni Gourde (1)
No scoring Fifth overtime period 10:27 – Brayden Point (3)
Joonas Korpisalo 85 saves / 88 shots Goalie stats Andrei Vasilevskiy 61 saves / 63 shots
August 13 Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1 Tampa Bay Lightning Scotiabank Arena Recap  
Ryan Murray (1) – 12:52
Oliver Bjorkstrand (2) – pp – 18:35 		First period 05:24 – Nikita Kucherov (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Alexander Wennberg (2) – 11:27 Third period No scoring
Joonas Korpisalo 36 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Andrei Vasilevskiy 19 saves / 22 shots
August 15 Tampa Bay Lightning 7:30 p.m. Columbus Blue Jackets Scotiabank Arena NBCSN, SN360
August 17 Tampa Bay Lightning 3:00 p.m. Columbus Blue Jackets Scotiabank Arena NBCSN, SN
August 19 Columbus Blue Jackets TBD Tampa Bay Lightning Scotiabank Arena
August 21 Tampa Bay Lightning TBD Columbus Blue Jackets Scotiabank Arena
August 22 Columbus Blue Jackets TBD Tampa Bay Lightning Scotiabank Arena
Series tied 1–1


(3) Washington Capitals vs. (6) New York Islanders

Washington earned the third seed in the Eastern Conference after finishing 1–2 in the Round Robin; during the regular season they finished with 90 points in 69 games for a .652 points percentage. New York earned the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference as the second highest advancing seed from the Qualifying Round by defeating Florida. This will be the eighth playoff meeting between these two teams with New York winning five of the seven previous series. They last met in the 2015 Eastern Conference First Round, which Washington won in seven games. These teams split the four games in this year's regular season series.


August 12 New York Islanders 4–2 Washington Capitals Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Jordan Eberle (3) – 18:57 Second period 05:27 – pp – T. J. Oshie (2)
11:18 – pp – T. J. Oshie (3)
Anders Lee (1) – 00:51
Josh Bailey (1) – sh – 06:52
Anthony Beauvillier (4) – 11:55 		Third period No scoring
Semyon Varlamov 24 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Braden Holtby 23 saves / 27 shots
August 14 New York Islanders 5–2 Washington Capitals Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 00:56 – Alexander Ovechkin (1)
Nick Leddy (1) – pp – 02:56
Matt Martin (2) – 05:01
Brock Nelson (3) – 06:54 		Second period 06:39 – Alexander Ovechkin (2)
Cal Clutterbuck (1) – 17:14
Anders Lee (2) – en – 18:21 		Third period No scoring
Semyon Varlamov 23 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Braden Holtby 27 saves / 31 shots
August 16 Washington Capitals 12:00 p.m. New York Islanders Scotiabank Arena USA, SN360
August 18 Washington Capitals 8:00 p.m. New York Islanders Scotiabank Arena NBCSN
August 20 New York Islanders TBD Washington Capitals Scotiabank Arena
August 22 Washington Capitals TBD New York Islanders Scotiabank Arena
August 23 New York Islanders TBD Washington Capitals Scotiabank Arena
New York leads series 2–0


(4) Boston Bruins vs. (5) Carolina Hurricanes

Boston earned the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference after finishing 0–3 in the Round Robin; during the regular season they finished with 100 points in 70 games for a .714 points percentage. Carolina earned the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference as the highest advancing seed from the Qualifying Round by defeating the New York Rangers. This will be the second consecutive postseason match-up and sixth playoff meeting overall between these two teams; with Boston winning four of the five previous series. Boston won last year's series in a four-game sweep. Boston won the only game in this year's regular season series.


August 12 Carolina Hurricanes 3–4 2OT Boston Bruins Scotiabank Arena Recap  
Joel Edmundson (1) – 13:02 First period 17:45 – David Pastrnak (1)
Brock McGinn (1) – sh – 04:59 Second period 04:38 – Charlie Coyle (1)
Haydn Fleury (1) – 09:49 Third period 00:59 – David Krejci (1)
No scoring Second overtime period 01:13 – Patrice Bergeron (1)
Petr Mrazek 36 saves / 40 shots Goalie stats Tuukka Rask 25 saves / 28 shots
August 13 Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 Boston Bruins Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 15:41 – pp – David Krejci (2)
Teuvo Teravainen (2) – pp – 15:13
Andrei Svechnikov (4) – 16:41 		Second period 19:55 – pp – Brad Marchand (1)
Dougie Hamilton (1) – 08:30 Third period No scoring
James Reimer 33 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Tuukka Rask 23 saves / 26 shots
August 15 Boston Bruins 12:00 p.m. Carolina Hurricanes Scotiabank Arena NBC, SN
August 17 Boston Bruins 8:00 p.m. Carolina Hurricanes Scotiabank Arena NBCSN, CBC, SN
August 19 Carolina Hurricanes TBD Boston Bruins Scotiabank Arena
August 20 Boston Bruins TBD Carolina Hurricanes Scotiabank Arena
August 23 Carolina Hurricanes TBD Boston Bruins Scotiabank Arena
Series tied 1–1


Western Conference First Round

(1) Vegas Golden Knights vs. (8) Chicago Blackhawks

Vegas earned the first seed in the Western Conference after finishing 3–0 in the Round Robin; during the regular season they finished with 86 points in 71 games for a .606 points percentage. Chicago earned the eighth seed in the Western Conference as the lowest advancing seed from the Qualifying Round by defeating Edmonton. This will be the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Vegas won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.


August 11 Chicago Blackhawks 1–4 Vegas Golden Knights Rogers Place Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
David Kampf (1) – sh – 10:51 Second period 07:22 – Shea Theodore (3)
09:39 – William Carrier (2)
No scoring Third period 03:32 – Reilly Smith (1)
08:14 – Reilly Smith (2)
Corey Crawford 30 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Robin Lehner 19 saves / 20 shots
August 13 Chicago Blackhawks 3–4 OT Vegas Golden Knights Rogers Place Recap  
No scoring First period 10:44 – Paul Stastny (1)
15:35 – Tomas Nosek (1)
Kirby Dach (1) – 03:17
Dominik Kubalik (4) – pp – 12:07
Dylan Strome (2) – 19:46 		Second period 17:20 – Mark Stone (3)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 07:13 – Reilly Smith (3)
Corey Crawford 35 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Robin Lehner 22 saves / 25 shots
August 15 Vegas Golden Knights 8:00 p.m. Chicago Blackhawks Rogers Place NBC, CBC, SN
August 16 Vegas Golden Knights 6:30 p.m. Chicago Blackhawks Rogers Place NBCSN, SN1, SN360
August 18 Chicago Blackhawks TBD Vegas Golden Knights Rogers Place
August 20 Vegas Golden Knights TBD Chicago Blackhawks Rogers Place
August 22 Chicago Blackhawks TBD Vegas Golden Knights Rogers Place
Vegas leads series 2–0


(2) Colorado Avalanche vs. (7) Arizona Coyotes

Colorado earned the second seed in the Western Conference after finishing 2–1 in the Round Robin; during the regular season they finished with 92 points in 70 games for a .657 points percentage. Arizona earned the seventh seed in the Western Conference as the second lowest advancing seed from the Qualifying Round by defeating Nashville. This will be the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 2000 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Colorado won in five games. These teams split their two-game regular season series.


August 12 Arizona Coyotes 0–3 Colorado Avalanche Rogers Place Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 13:05 – pp – Nazem Kadri (2)
13:15 – J. T. Compher (2)
14:28 – Mikko Rantanen (1)
Darcy Kuemper 37 saves / 40 shots Goalie stats Philipp Grubauer 14 saves / 14 shots
August 14 Arizona Coyotes 2–3 Colorado Avalanche Rogers Place Recap  
Clayton Keller (3) – 16:49 First period 03:40 – Nathan MacKinnon (2)
Michael Grabner (3) – 05:06 Second period 03:37 – Tyson Jost (1)
No scoring Third period 17:07 – Andre Burakovsky (2)
Darcy Kuemper 25 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Philipp Grubauer 30 saves / 32 shots
August 15 Colorado Avalanche 3:00 p.m. Arizona Coyotes Rogers Place CNBC, SN360
August 17 Colorado Avalanche 5:30 p.m. Arizona Coyotes Rogers Place NBCSN, FX-CA
August 19 Arizona Coyotes TBD Colorado Avalanche Rogers Place
August 21 Colorado Avalanche TBD Arizona Coyotes Rogers Place
August 23 Arizona Coyotes TBD Colorado Avalanche Rogers Place
Colorado leads series 2–0


(3) Dallas Stars vs. (6) Calgary Flames

Dallas earned the third seed in the Western Conference after finishing 1–2 in the Round Robin; during the regular season they finished with 82 points in 69 games for a .594 points percentage. Calgary earned the sixth seed in the Western Conference as the second highest advancing seed from the Qualifying Round by defeating Winnipeg. This will be the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1981 Stanley Cup Semifinals, which the then-Minnesota North Stars won in six games. Calgary won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.


August 11 Calgary Flames 3–2 Dallas Stars Rogers Place Recap  
Dillon Dube (2) – pp – 10:54
Dillon Dube (3) – 18:02 		First period No scoring
Rasmus Andersson (2) – 16:01 Second period 10:52 – Denis Gurianov (1)
11:01 – Jamie Benn (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Cam Talbot 24 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Anton Khudobin 23 saves / 26 shots
August 13 Calgary Flames 4–5 Dallas Stars Rogers Place Recap  
Dillon Dube (4) – 00:19 First period 02:42 – Alexander Radulov (1)
11:14 – Miro Heiskanen (1)
Derek Forbort (1) – 13:00 Second period 04:50 – Miro Heiskanen (2)
15:05 – pp – Corey Perry (2)
Tobias Rieder (2) – sh – 12:24
Sam Bennett (3) – pp – 17:11 		Third period 19:20 – Jamie Oleksiak (2)
Cam Talbot 31 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Ben Bishop 22 saves / 26 shots
August 14 Dallas Stars 0–2 Calgary Flames Rogers Place Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 05:58 – sh – Mikael Backlund (3)
No scoring Third period 10:36 – T. J. Brodie (1)
Anton Khudobin 21 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Cam Talbot 35 saves / 35 shots
August 16 Dallas Stars 2:00 p.m. Calgary Flames Rogers Place NBCSN, CBC, SN
August 18 Calgary Flames TBD Dallas Stars Rogers Place
August 20 Dallas Stars TBD Calgary Flames Rogers Place
August 22 Calgary Flames TBD Dallas Stars Rogers Place
Calgary leads series 2–1


(4) St. Louis Blues vs. (5) Vancouver Canucks

St. Louis earned the fourth seed in the Western Conference after finishing 0–3 in the Round Robin; during the regular season they finished with 94 points in 71 games for a .662 points percentage. Vancouver earned the fifth seed in the Western Conference as the highest advancing seed from the Qualifying Round by defeating Minnesota. This will be the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Vancouver winning all three previous series. They last met in the 2009 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Vancouver won in a four-game sweep. Vancouver won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.


August 12 Vancouver Canucks 5–2 St. Louis Blues Rogers Place Recap  
Bo Horvat (3) – pp – 04:29 First period 16:37 – pp – David Perron (3)
Elias Pettersson (2) – pp – 08:37 Second period 09:49 – Jaden Schwartz (1)
Troy Stecher (1) – 05:37
Bo Horvat (4) – 08:01
J. T. Miller (2) – pp – 19:20 		Third period No scoring
Jacob Markstrom 29 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Jordan Binnington 17 saves / 22 shots
August 14 Vancouver Canucks 4–3 OT St. Louis Blues Rogers Place Recap  
Bo Horvat (5) – sh – 07:23 First period No scoring
Tanner Pearson (3) – pp – 13:01 Second period 18:56 – pp – Ryan O'Reilly (1)
Elias Pettersson (3) – pp – 05:36 Third period 09:02 – Samuel Blais (1)
19:53 – Jaden Schwartz (2)
Bo Horvat (6) – 05:55 First overtime period No scoring
Jacob Markstrom 34 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Jordan Binnington 21 saves / 25 shots
August 16 St. Louis Blues 10:30 p.m. Vancouver Canucks Rogers Place CNBC, SN
August 17 St. Louis Blues 10:30 p.m. Vancouver Canucks Rogers Place NBCSN, CBC, SN
August 19 Vancouver Canucks TBD St. Louis Blues Rogers Place
August 21 St. Louis Blues TBD Vancouver Canucks Rogers Place
August 23 Vancouver Canucks TBD St. Louis Blues Rogers Place
Vancouver leads series 2–0


Player statistics

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points, following the conclusion of games played on August 13. Currently active players are in bold.[68]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Sebastian Aho Carolina Hurricanes 5 3 7 10 +5 2
Connor McDavid Edmonton Oilers 4 5 4 9 +1 2
Quinn Hughes Vancouver Canucks 6 1 7 8 +2 0
Pierre-Luc Dubois Columbus Blue Jackets 7 4 4 8 +3 0
Bo Horvat Vancouver Canucks 6 6 2 8 +4 2
Jonathan Toews Chicago Blackhawks 6 4 4 8 0 2
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Edmonton Oilers 4 2 6 8 –2 0
Patrick Kane Chicago Blackhawks 6 1 6 7 0 2
Josh Bailey New York Islanders 6 1 6 7 +6 0
Elias Pettersson Vancouver Canucks 6 3 4 7 0 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 180 minutes played. Updated as of games played on August 13. Currently active players are in bold. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.[69]

Player Team GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
Joonas Korpisalo Columbus Blue Jackets 6 3 2 239 9 1.29 .962 2 417:00
Philipp Grubauer Colorado Avalanche 3 2 1 72 5 1.64 .931 1 182:23
Carey Price Montreal Canadiens 5 3 2 164 9 1.74 .945 1 310:49
Semyon Varlamov New York Islanders 5 4 1 129 9 1.81 .930 0 297:35
Frederik Andersen Toronto Maple Leafs 5 2 3 157 10 1.84 .936 0 326:17
Andrei Vasilevskiy Tampa Bay Lightning 5 3 2 174 12 1.84 .931 0 390:31
Darcy Kuemper Arizona Coyotes 5 3 2 203 14 2.76 .931 0 303:52

Media

This marks the sixth postseason under Rogers Sports & Media's 12-year contract for Canadian television rights to the NHL. All games are exclusively 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 Rogers NHL Live.[70][71]

This also marks the ninth postseason under NBC Sports' current 10-year contract for American rights. All national coverage of games are being aired on either NBCSN, the NBC broadcast network, CNBC, NHL Network, or USA Network. During the round-robins, qualifying round, and first round, excluding games exclusively broadcast on NBC, the regional rightsholders of each participating U.S. team will produce local telecasts of their respective games.[72][73]

Only technical staff such as cameramen and producers are present inside the "bubble". A clean host feed is then sent to media partners to add commentary and surrounding coverage, and interviews with players have to be conducted via videoconferencing.[74] Commentators are calling the games remotely off of monitors from either their respective studios or from their home arena press boxes. This same arrangement is also being done for the radio networks of every team.[75][76]

While it initially stated that all commentators would broadcast remotely, the league has nevertheless allowed a handful of both Sportsnet and NBC commentators and reporters into the hubs to call select games.[18] Chris Cuthbert, who jumped from TSN to Sportsnet during the break in June, and Louie DeBrusk will be on-site in Edmonton;[77] and Jim Hughson and Craig Simpson are on-site in Toronto.[78] For NBC, John Forslund, Mike Milbury, and Brian Boucher are in Toronto; and Pierre McGuire in Edmonton. NBC also plans for "the majority of calls" to eventually be conducted on-site, including the last two rounds of the playoffs in Edmonton. In the meantime, most of NBC's commentators work games remotely from NBC Sports' studios in Stamford, Connecticut.[79][80] In the case of NBC lead play-by-play commentator Mike "Doc" Emrick, he is instead working games from his home studio in Metro Detroit because he is a cancer survivor over the age of 70, and therefore at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19.[81]

Additional cameras are being used to provide new angles not usually possible when a crowd is present,[82] and de-emphasize views of the arenas' stands. The telecasts use simulated crowd noise provided by Electronic Arts, combined with recordings of team-specific chants by season ticketholders of participating teams (the latter of which will also be played in-arena). All games carry a five second broadcast delay in order to censor offensive language.[15][14][83][84]

NBC staff will work the Toronto broadcasts, while Sportsnet staff will work the Edmonton broadcasts.[18][85] Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun reported on Canadian freelance broadcast workers upset that NBC personnel were being allowed into Canada to work in Toronto instead of them.[85] The NHL's EVP of communications Gary Meagher stated that splitting production in this manner had been intended "from the onset". Premier of Ontario Doug Ford admitted that plans of NBC's involvement were not part of the early negotiations with the league.[86]

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