2024 Stanley Cup playoffs

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2024 Stanley Cup playoffs
Tournament details
DatesApril 20 – TBD
Teams16
Defending championsVegas Golden Knights
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The 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs is the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2023–24 season. The playoffs began on April 20, 2024, and will conclude no later than June 24, 2024, with the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals, to determine the winner of the Stanley Cup.[1][2]

The New York Rangers made the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners with the most points (i.e. best record) during the regular season. Both the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs extended their playoff streaks to eight consecutive seasons, the longest active streaks in the NHL.[3] For the second year in a row and third time since entering the NHL as expansion teams in the 1967–68 NHL season, both Pennsylvania-based teams (the Flyers and Penguins) missed the playoffs in the same season.

For the fifth consecutive season, and eighth in the last ten seasons, a Florida-based team made it to the penultimate round.[4] For the first time since 2015, the penultimate round featured the Presidents' Trophy winner, the New York Rangers, who also became the only team to hold it twice and make it to their respective conference final in the last ten years.[5] For the first time since 2018, three of the four conference finalists, the Rangers, Florida Panthers and Dallas Stars, are their respective division champions.[6] For the fifth consecutive season a team from Florida qualified for the Stanley Cup Finals.

Playoff seeds[edit]

Further information: Stanley Cup playoffs § Current format

This is the ninth 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:[7]

Eastern Conference[edit]

Atlantic Division[edit]

  1. Florida Panthers, Atlantic Division champions – 110 points
  2. Boston Bruins – 109 points
  3. Toronto Maple Leafs – 102 points

Metropolitan Division[edit]

  1. New York Rangers, Metropolitan Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 114 points
  2. Carolina Hurricanes – 111 points
  3. New York Islanders – 94 points

Wild Cards[edit]

  1. Tampa Bay Lightning – 98 points
  2. Washington Capitals – 91 points

Western Conference[edit]

Central Division[edit]

  1. Dallas Stars, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions – 113 points
  2. Winnipeg Jets – 110 points
  3. Colorado Avalanche – 107 points

Pacific Division[edit]

  1. Vancouver Canucks, Pacific Division champions – 109 points
  2. Edmonton Oilers – 104 points
  3. Los Angeles Kings – 99 points

Wild Cards[edit]

  1. Nashville Predators – 99 points
  2. Vegas Golden Knights – 98 points

Playoff bracket[edit]

In each round, teams compete in a best-of-seven series following a 2–2–1–1–1 format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). The team with home ice advantage plays at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the other team plays at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary). The top three teams in each division made the playoffs, along with two wild cards in each conference, for a total of eight teams from each conference.

In the first round, the lower seeded wild card in the conference plays against the division winner with the best record while the other wild card plays against the other division winner, and both wild cards are de facto #4 seeds. The other series match the second and third-place teams from the divisions. In the first two rounds, home-ice advantage is awarded to the team with the better seed. Thereafter, it is awarded to the team that had the better regular season record.

First round Second round Conference finals Stanley Cup Finals
            
A1 Florida 4
WC Tampa Bay 1
A1 Florida 4
A2 Boston 2
A2 Boston 4
A3 Toronto 3
A1 Florida 4
Eastern Conference
M1 NY Rangers 2
M1 NY Rangers 4
WC Washington 0
M1 NY Rangers 4
M2 Carolina 2
M2 Carolina 4
M3 NY Islanders 1
A1 Florida 0
P2 Edmonton 0
C1 Dallas 4
WC Vegas 3
C1 Dallas 4
C3 Colorado 2
C2 Winnipeg 1
C3 Colorado 4
C1 Dallas 2
Western Conference
P2 Edmonton 4
P1 Vancouver 4
WC Nashville 2
P1 Vancouver 3
P2 Edmonton 4
P2 Edmonton 4
P3 Los Angeles 1
Legend
  • A1, A2, A3 – The first, second, and third place teams from the Atlantic Division, respectively
  • M1, M2, M3 – The first, second, and third place teams from the Metropolitan Division, respectively
  • C1, C2, C3 – The first, second, and third place teams from the Central Division, respectively
  • P1, P2, P3 – The first, second, and third place teams from the Pacific Division, respectively
  • WC – Wild Card teams

First round[edit]

Eastern Conference first round[edit]

(A1) Florida Panthers vs. (WC1) Tampa Bay Lightning[edit]

The Florida Panthers finished first in the Atlantic Division earning 110 points. The Tampa Bay Lightning finished as the Eastern Conference's first wild card earning 98 points. This was the third playoff meeting between these two rivals with Tampa Bay winning both previous series. They last met in the 2022 Eastern Conference second round, which Tampa Bay won in a four-game sweep. Florida won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.

The Panthers defeated the Lightning in five games. Aleksander Barkov assisted twice for the Panthers in game one, emerging victorious for a 3–2 score.[8] In game two, Carter Verhaeghe scored the overtime game-winning goal for the Panthers, providing a 3–2 victory for Florida and a 2–0 series lead.[9] Matthew Tkachuk scored twice for the Panthers in game three, pushing the series to a 3–0 series lead with a 5–3 win.[10] In game four, Steven Stamkos and Brandon Hagel both scored twice for Tampa Bay to prevent a series sweep by Florida, defeating the Panthers 6–3 to force game five.[11] However, Barkov and Verhaeghe both scored twice and provided an assist for the Panthers in the subsequent game five, routing the Lightning 6–1 to advance to the second round.[12]


April 21 Tampa Bay Lightning 2–3 Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena Recap  
Brandon Hagel (1) – 16:04 First period 06:17 – Sam Reinhart (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Steven Stamkos (1) – pp – 19:50 Third period 00:58 – pp – Carter Verhaeghe (1)
17:55 – en – Matthew Tkachuk (1)
Andrei Vasilevskiy 25 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Sergei Bobrovsky 17 saves / 19 shots
April 23 Tampa Bay Lightning 2–3 OT Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 06:16 – Sam Bennett (1)
15:12 – pp – Vladimir Tarasenko (1)
Brayden Point (1) – 00:48
Steven Stamkos (2) – pp – 05:46 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 02:59 – Carter Verhaeghe (2)
Andrei Vasilevskiy 34 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Sergei Bobrovsky 21 saves / 23 shots
April 25 Florida Panthers 5–3 Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena Recap  
Matthew Tkachuk (2) – 10:39 First period No scoring
Sam Reinhart (2) – 09:58
Brandon Montour (1) – 16:30 		Second period 00:44 – Steven Stamkos (3)
02:56 – Tyler Motte (1)
Steven Lorentz (1) – 09:41
Matthew Tkachuk (3) – en – 19:28 		Third period 14:50 – Nick Paul (1)
Sergei Bobrovsky 26 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Andrei Vasilevskiy 26 saves / 30 shots
April 27 Florida Panthers 3–6 Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 08:54 – pp – Steven Stamkos (4)
12:09 – sh – Brandon Hagel (2)
15:07 – Brayden Point (2)
Carter Verhaeghe (3) – 04:17
Sam Reinhart (3) – 11:09
Oliver Ekman-Larsson (1) – 14:33 		Second period 09:40 – Brandon Hagel (3)
No scoring Third period 09:34 – Steven Stamkos (5)
16:22 – pp – Nick Paul (2)
Sergei Bobrovsky 26 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Andrei Vasilevskiy 22 saves / 25 shots
April 29 Tampa Bay Lightning 1–6 Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Victor Hedman (1) – 13:37 Second period 00:45 – Carter Verhaeghe (4)
12:38 – sh – Aleksander Barkov (1)
No scoring Third period 11:06 – Aleksander Barkov (2)
14:16 – Evan Rodrigues (1)
16:03 – en – Carter Verhaeghe (5)
18:50 – en – Niko Mikkola (1)
Andrei Vasilevskiy 33 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Sergei Bobrovsky 31 saves / 32 shots
Florida won series 4–1


(A2) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Toronto Maple Leafs[edit]

The Boston Bruins finished second in the Atlantic Division earning 109 points. The Toronto Maple Leafs earned 102 points to finish third in the Atlantic. This was the seventeenth playoff meeting between these two rivals with both teams splitting the sixteen previous series, but with Boston winning the past six playoff series. They last met in the 2019 Eastern Conference first round, which Boston won in seven games. Boston won all four games in this year's regular season series.

The Bruins defeated the Maple Leafs in seven games after leading the series 3–1. In game one, Jake DeBrusk scored twice and goaltender Jeremy Swayman made 35 saves to backstop the Bruins to a 5–1 victory.[13] Max Domi scored a goal and provided an assist for the Maple Leafs in game two to tie the series with a 3–2 victory.[14] Brad Marchand scored twice and provided an assist for the Bruins in game three, emerging victorious over the Maple Leafs 4–2.[15] Marchand continued his goal-scoring and assisting in game four, providing one of each in Boston's 3–1 victory to take a 3–1 series lead.[16] Game five required overtime, wherein Toronto forward Matthew Knies scored to give the Maple Leafs a 2–1 victory, extending the series to a sixth game.[17] In game six, William Nylander scored twice for the Maple Leafs, forcing a seventh game with a 2–1 victory.[18] David Pastrnak scored the overtime-winning goal for the Bruins in game seven, preventing a 3–1 series comeback from the Maple Leafs with a 2–1 victory.[19] With the loss, Toronto extends their game seven-losing streak to six games, with four against Boston; in addition Toronto lost their seventh consecutive playoff series against Boston.[19][20]


April 20 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–5 Boston Bruins TD Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 02:26 – John Beecher (1)
No scoring Second period 05:47 – Brandon Carlo (1)
15:02 – pp – Jake DeBrusk (1)
17:34 – pp – Jake DeBrusk (2)
David Kampf (1) – 01:39 Third period 17:52 – en – Trent Frederic (1)
Ilya Samsonov 20 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Jeremy Swayman 35 saves / 36 shots
April 22 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 Boston Bruins TD Garden Recap  
Max Domi (1) – 10:32 First period 10:18 – pp – Morgan Geekie (1)
19:52 – David Pastrnak (1)
John Tavares (1) – pp – 18:26 Second period No scoring
Auston Matthews (1) – 12:06 Third period No scoring
Ilya Samsonov 27 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Linus Ullmark 31 saves / 34 shots
April 24 Boston Bruins 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Trent Frederic (2) – 17:37 Second period 13:10 – Matthew Knies (1)
Jake DeBrusk (3) – pp – 01:07
Brad Marchand (1) – 11:53
Brad Marchand (2) – pp-en – 19:24 		Third period 11:25 – Tyler Bertuzzi (1)
Jeremy Swayman 28 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Ilya Samsonov 30 saves / 33 shots
April 27 Boston Bruins 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Arena Recap  
James van Riemsdyk (1) – 15:09 First period No scoring
Brad Marchand (3) – pp – 08:20
David Pastrnak (2) – 19:18 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 05:43 – Mitch Marner (1)
Jeremy Swayman 24 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Ilya Samsonov 14 saves / 17 shots
Joseph Woll 5 saves / 5 shots
April 30 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 OT Boston Bruins TD Garden Recap  
Jake McCabe (1) – 05:33 First period 13:54 – Trent Frederic (3)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Matthew Knies (2) – 02:26 First overtime period No scoring
Joseph Woll 27 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Jeremy Swayman 31 saves / 33 shots
May 2 Boston Bruins 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 19:05 – William Nylander (1)
Morgan Geekie (2) – 19:59 Third period 17:47 – William Nylander (2)
Jeremy Swayman 24 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Joseph Woll 22 saves / 23 shots
May 4 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–2 OT Boston Bruins TD Garden Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
William Nylander (3) – 09:01 Third period 10:22 – Hampus Lindholm (1)
No scoring First overtime period 01:54 – David Pastrnak (3)
Ilya Samsonov 30 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Jeremy Swayman 30 saves / 31 shots
Boston won series 4–3


(M1) New York Rangers vs. (WC2) Washington Capitals[edit]

The New York Rangers earned the Presidents' Trophy as the NHL's best regular season team with 114 points. Washington finished as the Eastern Conference's second wild card earning 91 points, winning the tiebreaker against Detroit with 32 RWs. This was the tenth playoff meeting between these two rivals with New York winning five of the nine previous series. They last met in the 2015 Eastern Conference second round, which New York came back from a 3–1 series deficit to win in seven games. These teams split their four-game regular season series.

The Rangers defeated the Capitals in a four-game sweep. The Rangers scored three goals in the span of 2:06 in the second period of game one en route to a 4–1 victory.[21] In game two, Vincent Trocheck and Mika Zibanejad each scored a goal and provided an assist for the Rangers, skating away with a 4–3 victory.[22] Igor Shesterkin made 29 saves for the Rangers in game three, leading New York to a 3–1 victory and a 3–0 series lead.[23] In game four, Artemi Panarin scored a goal and provided an assist to the Rangers' 4–2 victory, completing the four-game sweep.[24] It was the first sweep for the Rangers since 2007, and they became the sixth Presidents' Trophy-winning team to sweep their opening-round series.[24]


April 21 Washington Capitals 1–4 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Martin Fehervary (1) – 07:31 Second period 04:17 – Matt Rempe (1)
04:50 – Artemi Panarin (1)
06:23 – Jimmy Vesey (1)
No scoring Third period 16:17 – Chris Kreider (1)
Charlie Lindgren 27 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Igor Shesterkin 20 saves / 21 shots
April 23 Washington Capitals 3–4 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
Connor McMichael (1) – 05:09 First period 07:56 – Vincent Trocheck (1)
14:28 – pp – Mika Zibanejad (1)
Dylan Strome (1) – pp – 04:14 Second period 12:26 – pp – Jack Roslovic (1)
16:52 – sh – K'Andre Miller (1)
Tom Wilson (1) – pp – 11:45 Third period No scoring
Charlie Lindgren 24 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Igor Shesterkin 22 saves / 25 shots
April 26 New York Rangers 3–1 Washington Capitals Capital One Arena Recap  
Chris Kreider (2) – 06:08
Barclay Goodrow (1) – sh – 08:08 		First period 05:34 – John Carlson (1)
Vincent Trocheck (2) – pp – 15:22 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Igor Shesterkin 29 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Charlie Lindgren 19 saves / 22 shots
April 28 New York Rangers 4–2 Washington Capitals Capital One Arena Recap  
Kaapo Kakko (1) – 00:57
Vincent Trocheck (3) – pp – 19:44 		First period 14:54 – Martin Fehervary (2)
No scoring Second period 07:48 – Hendrix Lapierre (1)
Artemi Panarin (2) – pp – 03:21
Jack Roslovic (2) – pp-en – 19:09 		Third period No scoring
Igor Shesterkin 23 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Charlie Lindgren 19 saves / 22 shots
New York won series 4–0


(M2) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (M3) New York Islanders[edit]

The Carolina Hurricanes finished second in the Metropolitan Division earning 111 points. The New York Islanders earned 94 points to finish third in the Metropolitan. This was the second consecutive and third overall playoff meeting between these two teams with Carolina winning both previous series. Carolina won the previous year's Eastern Conference first round in six games. These teams split their four-game regular season series.

The Hurricanes defeated the Islanders in five games. Goaltender Frederik Andersen made 33 saves for the Hurricanes in game one, triumphing over the Islanders 3–1.[25] In game two, the Hurricanes scored twice in nine seconds with 2:15 left in the game to rally and take the lead to emerge victorious 5–3.[26] In game three, the Hurricanes forced the Islanders to switch out goaltenders after potting three goals on fourteen shots in a 3–2 victory for a 3–0 series lead.[27] Game four went to overtime, during which forward Mathew Barzal scored his second of the game for the Islanders, forcing a fifth game with a 3–2 victory.[28] In game five, the Hurricanes scored twice in eight seconds to take a 5–3 lead in the third period, adding an insurance goal to advance to the second round with a 6–3 victory.[29]


April 20 New York Islanders 1–3 Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena Recap  
Kyle MacLean (1) – 08:20 First period 01:35 – pp – Evgeny Kuznetsov (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 03:44 – Stefan Noesen (1)
18:28 – en – Martin Necas (1)
Semyon Varlamov 23 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Frederik Andersen 33 saves / 34 shots
April 22 New York Islanders 3–5 Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena Recap  
Kyle Palmieri (1) – 16:22
Bo Horvat (1) – 19:45 		First period No scoring
Anders Lee (1) – pp – 03:54 Second period 13:01 – pp – Teuvo Teravainen (1)
No scoring Third period 10:43 – Seth Jarvis (1)
17:45 – Sebastian Aho (1)
17:54 – Jordan Martinook (1)
19:04 – en – Jake Guentzel (1)
Semyon Varlamov 34 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Frederik Andersen 9 saves / 12 shots
April 25 Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 New York Islanders UBS Arena Recap  
Brent Burns (1) – 04:46
Dmitry Orlov (1) – 10:25 		First period No scoring
Sebastian Aho (2) – 07:14 Second period 02:48 – Pierre Engvall (1)
17:39 – Brock Nelson (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Frederik Andersen 29 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Ilya Sorokin 11 saves / 14 shots
Semyon Varlamov 8 saves / 8 shots
April 27 Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 2OT New York Islanders UBS Arena Recap  
Seth Jarvis (2) – pp – 08:00 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 10:10 – Mathew Barzal (1)
Stefan Noesen (2) – pp – 14:08 Third period 01:38 – pp – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (1)
No scoring Second overtime period 01:24 – Mathew Barzal (2)
Frederik Andersen 32 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Semyon Varlamov 42 saves / 44 shots
April 30 New York Islanders 3–6 Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena Recap  
Mike Reilly (1) – pp – 03:54 First period 01:23 – Teuvo Teravainen (2)
03:13 – pp – Andrei Svechnikov (1)
13:22 – ps – Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)
Brock Nelson (2) – 03:47
Casey Cizikas (1) – 19:38 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 04:36 – Jack Drury (1)
04:44 – Stefan Noesen (3)
18:21 – en – Seth Jarvis (3)
Semyon Varlamov 32 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Frederik Andersen 21 saves / 24 shots
Carolina won series 4–1


Western Conference first round[edit]

(C1) Dallas Stars vs. (WC2) Vegas Golden Knights[edit]

The Dallas Stars finished first in the Central Division and Western Conference earning 113 points. The Vegas Golden Knights earned 98 points to finish as the Western Conference's second wild card. This was the second consecutive and third overall playoff series between these two teams with both teams splitting the previous two series. Vegas won the previous year's Western Conference final in six games. Vegas won all three games in this year's regular season series.

The Stars defeated the Golden Knights in seven games. Defenceman Brayden McNabb potted a goal and an assist for the Golden Knights in game one who triumphed over the Stars 4–3.[30] In game two, Jonathan Marchessault and Jack Eichel each scored a goal and provided an assist to the Golden Knights' 3–1 victory.[31] Dallas forward Wyatt Johnston scored twice in game three, including the overtime-winning goal, granting the Stars a 3–2 victory.[32] In game four, Jake Oettinger made 32 saves for the Stars, defeating the Golden Knights 4–2 and tying the series 2–2.[33] Johnston assisted twice for the Stars in game five, granting Dallas a 3–2 victory and a 3–2 series lead.[34] In game six, Adin Hill stopped all 23 shots he faced for the Golden Knights, defeating the Stars 2–0 to force a seventh game.[35] In game seven, Oettinger made 22 saves for the Stars and Radek Faksa provided the game-winning goal to send the Stars to the second round with a 2–1 victory.[36]


April 22 Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
Mark Stone (1) – pp – 01:23
Jonathan Marchessault (1) – 08:27
Tomas Hertl (1) – pp – 17:51 		First period 16:07 – Jamie Benn (1)
18:29 – Jason Robertson (1)
Brayden McNabb (1) – 01:06 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 11:46 – Mason Marchment (1)
Logan Thompson 26 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Jake Oettinger 11 saves / 15 shots
April 24 Vegas Golden Knights 3–1 Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
Jonathan Marchessault (2) – 18:09 First period 16:47 – pp – Jason Robertson (2)
Noah Hanifin (1) – 18:53 Second period No scoring
Jack Eichel (1) – en – 19:26 Third period No scoring
Logan Thompson 20 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Jake Oettinger 23 saves / 25 shots
April 27 Dallas Stars 3–2 OT Vegas Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena Recap  
Wyatt Johnston (1) – 11:11 First period No scoring
Miro Heiskanen (1) – 05:25 Second period 10:40 – Brayden McNabb (2)
13:50 – sh – Jack Eichel (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Wyatt Johnston (2) – 16:23 First overtime period No scoring
Jake Oettinger 32 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Logan Thompson 43 saves / 46 shots
April 29 Dallas Stars 4–2 Vegas Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena Recap  
Evgenii Dadonov (1) – 17:52 First period 14:25 – Michael Amadio (1)
Wyatt Johnston (3) – pp – 09:45
Ty Dellandrea (1) – 18:34 		Second period 03:09 – Jack Eichel (3)
Roope Hintz (1) – en – 18:38 Third period No scoring
Jake Oettinger 32 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Logan Thompson 28 saves / 31 shots
May 1 Vegas Golden Knights 2–3 Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
Mark Stone (2) – pp – 04:00
William Carrier (1) – 12:51 		First period 05:02 – Evgenii Dadonov (2)
08:04 – pp – Matt Duchene (1)
No scoring Second period 16:32 – pp – Jason Robertson (3)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Adin Hill 22 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Jake Oettinger 25 saves / 27 shots
May 3 Dallas Stars 0–2 Vegas Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 09:54 – Noah Hanifin (2)
19:41 – en – Mark Stone (3)
Jake Oettinger 28 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Adin Hill 23 saves / 23 shots
May 5 Vegas Golden Knights 1–2 Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
No scoring First period 14:34 – Wyatt Johnston (4)
Brett Howden (1) – 15:25 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 00:44 – Radek Faksa (1)
Adin Hill 22 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Jake Oettinger 22 saves / 23 shots
Dallas won series 4–3


(C2) Winnipeg Jets vs. (C3) Colorado Avalanche[edit]

The Winnipeg Jets finished second in the Central Division earning 110 points. The Colorado Avalanche earned 107 points to finish third in the Central. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Winnipeg won all three games in this year's regular season series.

The Avalanche defeated the Jets in five games. In game one, Kyle Connor and Adam Lowry each scored twice for the Jets, triumphing over the Avalanche 7–6.[37] Goaltender Alexander Georgiev bounced back in game two for the Avalanche, making 28 saves in a 5–2 victory.[38] Colorado was granted a five-goal third period, ensuring a 6–2 victory in game three for the Avalanche.[39] Valeri Nichushkin scored a hat trick in game four for the Avalanche, snatching a 5–1 triumph with a 3–1 series lead.[40] In game five, Mikko Rantanen scored twice and provided an assist for the Avalanche, defeating the Jets 6–3 to advance to the second round.[41]


April 21 Colorado Avalanche 6–7 Winnipeg Jets Canada Life Centre Recap  
Valeri Nichushkin (1) – 06:10
Miles Wood (1) – 14:47
Nathan MacKinnon (1) – 15:05 		First period 08:02 – Josh Morrissey (1)
11:57 – Vladislav Namestnikov (1)
15:53 – Mark Scheifele (1)
No scoring Second period 08:57 – Adam Lowry (1)
Artturi Lehkonen (1) – pp – 06:29
Cale Makar (1) – pp – 12:24
Casey Mittelstadt (1) – 19:30 		Third period 03:31 – Adam Lowry (2)
05:51 – pp – Kyle Connor (1)
08:54 – Kyle Connor (2)
Alexandar Georgiev 16 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Connor Hellebuyck 40 saves / 46 shots
April 23 Colorado Avalanche 5–2 Winnipeg Jets Canada Life Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 03:15 – David Gustafsson (1)
Miles Wood (2) – 01:59
Artturi Lehkonen (2) – 14:16
Zach Parise (1) – 17:20
Josh Manson (1) – 19:53 		Second period 08:37 – Mark Scheifele (2)
Valeri Nichushkin (2) – en – 19:03 Third period No scoring
Alexandar Georgiev 28 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Connor Hellebuyck 27 saves / 31 shots
April 26 Winnipeg Jets 2–6 Colorado Avalanche Ball Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 11:18 – Zach Parise (2)
Tyler Toffoli (1) – 05:03
Josh Morrissey (2) – pp – 10:50 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 02:11 – pp – Nathan MacKinnon (2)
04:39 – pp – Valeri Nichushkin (3)
08:11 – Artturi Lehkonen (3)
12:35 – Ross Colton (1)
16:25 – sh-en – Devon Toews (1)
Connor Hellebuyck 34 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Alexandar Georgiev 22 saves / 24 shots
April 28 Winnipeg Jets 1–5 Colorado Avalanche Ball Arena Recap  
Nate Schmidt (1) – 13:56 First period 08:10 – Artturi Lehkonen (4)
No scoring Second period 11:36 – pp – Valeri Nichushkin (4)
15:03 – Cale Makar (2)
19:36 – pp – Valeri Nichushkin (5)
No scoring Third period 19:47 – en – Valeri Nichushkin (6)
Connor Hellebuyck 26 saves / 30 shots
Laurent Brossoit 4 saves / 4 shots 		Goalie stats Alexandar Georgiev 26 saves / 27 shots
April 30 Colorado Avalanche 6–3 Winnipeg Jets Canada Life Centre Recap  
Valeri Nichushkin (7) – 03:18 First period 01:15 – Kyle Connor (3)
Yakov Trenin (1) – 05:42
Artturi Lehkonen (5) – 13:45 		Second period 06:48 – pp – Josh Morrissey (3)
Mikko Rantanen (1) – 04:11
Mikko Rantanen (2) – 08:01
Josh Manson (2) – en – 19:58 		Third period 02:06 – Tyler Toffoli (2)
Alexandar Georgiev 33 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Connor Hellebuyck 26 saves / 31 shots
Colorado won series 4–1


(P1) Vancouver Canucks vs. (WC1) Nashville Predators[edit]

The Vancouver Canucks finished first in the Pacific Division earning 109 points. The Nashville Predators earned 99 points to finish as the first wild card in the Western Conference. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 2011 Western Conference semifinals, which Vancouver won in six games. Vancouver won all three games in this year's regular season series.

The Canucks defeated the Predators in six games. In game one, Dakota Joshua scored twice and added an assist for the Canucks, defeating the Predators 4–2.[42] Filip Forsberg scored a goal and provided an assist for the Predators in game two, tying the series with a 4–1 victory.[43] In game three, goaltender Casey DeSmith made 29 saves for the Canucks, defeating the Predators 2–1.[44] Brock Boeser's hat trick tying goal sent game four to overtime wherein Elias Lindholm scored for Vancouver to give the Canucks a 4–3 victory and a 3–1 series lead.[45] In game five, Forsberg assisted on both Nashville goals as the Predators forced a sixth game with a 2–1 victory.[46] Pius Suter scored the only goal of game six with 1:39 left in the game, and with Arturs Silovs' 28 saves, Vancouver moved onto the second round with a 1–0 victory.[47]


April 21 Nashville Predators 2–4 Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena Recap  
Jason Zucker (1) – 16:15 First period No scoring
Ryan O'Reilly (1) – pp – 10:46 Second period 00:47 – Elias Lindholm (1)
No scoring Third period 08:59 – Pius Suter (1)
09:11 – Dakota Joshua (1)
18:32 – en – Dakota Joshua (2)
Juuse Saros 17 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Thatcher Demko 22 saves / 24 shots
April 23 Nashville Predators 4–1 Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena Recap  
Anthony Beauvillier (1) – 01:14 First period No scoring
Filip Forsberg (1) – 06:29
Colton Sissons (1) – 08:04 		Second period 15:33 – Nikita Zadorov (1)
Kiefer Sherwood (1) – en – 18:07 Third period No scoring
Juuse Saros 17 saves / 18 shots Goalie stats Casey DeSmith 12 saves / 15 shots
April 26 Vancouver Canucks 2–1 Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena Recap  
J. T. Miller (1) – pp – 13:23 First period No scoring
Brock Boeser (1) – pp – 04:33 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 16:48 – Luke Evangelista (1)
Casey DeSmith 29 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Juuse Saros 10 saves / 12 shots
April 28 Vancouver Canucks 4–3 OT Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena Recap  
Brock Boeser (2) – 02:55 First period 05:34 – Mark Jankowski (1)
No scoring Second period 05:21 – Gustav Nyquist (1)
Brock Boeser (3) – 17:11
Brock Boeser (4) – 19:52 		Third period 00:12 – Filip Forsberg (2)
Elias Lindholm (2) – 01:02 First overtime period No scoring
Arturs Silovs 27 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Juuse Saros 17 saves / 21 shots
April 30 Nashville Predators 2–1 Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Roman Josi (1) – pp – 07:15
Alexandre Carrier (1) – 12:46 		Third period 03:11 – Nikita Zadorov (2)
Juuse Saros 19 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Arturs Silovs 20 saves / 22 shots
May 3 Vancouver Canucks 1–0 Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Pius Suter (2) – 18:21 Third period No scoring
Arturs Silovs 28 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Juuse Saros 28 saves / 29 shots
Vancouver won series 4–2


(P2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (P3) Los Angeles Kings[edit]

The Edmonton Oilers finished second in the Pacific Division earning 104 points. The Los Angeles Kings finished third in the Pacific with 99 points. This was the third consecutive and tenth overall playoff meeting between these two rivals with Edmonton winning seven of the nine previous series. Edmonton won the previous year's Western Conference first round series in six games. Edmonton won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

The Oilers defeated the Kings in five games. In game one, Zach Hyman scored a hat-trick and Connor McDavid provided five assists to hold off the Kings for a 7–4 victory.[48] Anze Kopitar scored the overtime goal and provided two assists for the Kings in game two, tying the series with a 5–4 win.[49] The Oilers routed the Kings in game three with Hyman and Leon Draisaitl both scoring twice in Edmonton's 6–1 victory.[50] In game four, Evan Bouchard scored the only goal and goaltender Stuart Skinner stopped all 33 shots he faced to give the Oilers a 1–0 victory and a 3–1 series lead.[51] McDavid and Bouchard each assisted thrice in game five, sending the Oilers to the second round with a 4–3 victory.[52]


April 22 Los Angeles Kings 4–7 Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place Recap  
No scoring First period 06:52 – Zach Hyman (1)
09:36 – Adam Henrique (1)
Mikey Anderson (1) – 10:56
Adrian Kempe (1) – 17:56 		Second period 04:50 – Zach Hyman (2)
08:24 – pp – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1)
Pierre-Luc Dubois (1) – 16:56
Trevor Moore (1) – 18:49 		Third period 01:08 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (1)
06:17 – pp – Zach Hyman (3)
19:34 – en – Warren Foegele (1)
Cam Talbot 38 saves / 44 shots Goalie stats Stuart Skinner 33 saves / 37 shots
April 24 Los Angeles Kings 5–4 OT Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place Recap  
Adrian Kempe (2) – 03:19
Adrian Kempe (3) – 14:57
Drew Doughty (1) – 18:02 		First period 17:33 – Brett Kulak (1)
No scoring Second period 07:51 – Dylan Holloway (1)
10:33 – pp – Zach Hyman (4)
Kevin Fiala (1) – 01:46 Third period 03:23 – Dylan Holloway (2)
Anze Kopitar (1) – 02:07 First overtime period No scoring
Cam Talbot 27 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Stuart Skinner 21 saves / 26 shots
April 26 Edmonton Oilers 6–1 Los Angeles Kings Crypto.com Arena Recap  
Zach Hyman (5) – 06:42
Leon Draisaitl (2) – 15:36
Connor McDavid (1) – pp – 18:34 		First period No scoring
Evander Kane (1) – 07:39 Second period 05:32 – Drew Doughty (2)
Zach Hyman (6) – pp – 06:37
Leon Draisaitl (3) – pp – 12:38 		Third period No scoring
Stuart Skinner 27 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Cam Talbot 34 saves / 40 shots
April 28 Edmonton Oilers 1–0 Los Angeles Kings Crypto.com Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Evan Bouchard (1) – pp – 11:49 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Stuart Skinner 33 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats David Rittich 12 saves / 13 shots
May 1 Los Angeles Kings 3–4 Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place Recap  
Alex Laferriere (1) – 19:32 First period 10:17 – Evander Kane (2)
Blake Lizotte (1) – 03:08 Second period 07:44 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (4)
12:21 – Leon Draisaitl (5)
19:07 – Zach Hyman (7)
Adrian Kempe (4) – 17:42 Third period No scoring
David Rittich 22 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Stuart Skinner 18 saves / 21 shots
Edmonton won series 4–1


Second round[edit]

Eastern Conference second round[edit]

(A1) Florida Panthers vs. (A2) Boston Bruins[edit]

This was the second consecutive and third overall playoff meeting between these two teams with Florida winning both previous series. Florida won the previous year's Eastern Conference first round which they won by coming back from a 3–1 series deficit to win in seven games. Boston won all four games in this year's regular season series.

The Panthers defeated the Bruins six games. Jeremy Swayman made 38 saves for the Bruins in game one, coming out on top 5–1.[53] The Panthers stormed back in game two, outscoring the Bruins 6–1 with Aleksander Barkov's two goals and two assists to tie the series 1–1.[54] In game three, Evan Rodrigues scored twice and Matthew Tkachuk provided three assists for the Panthers, defeating the Bruins 6–2.[55] The Panthers came back from a two-goal deficit in game four to win 3–2 and take a 3–1 series lead.[56] In game five, Swayman made 28 saves for the Bruins as they held off the Panthers for a 2–1 victory, forcing a sixth game.[57] Gustav Forsling scored with 1:33 left in the third period of game six for the Panthers, holding off the Bruins for a 2–1 victory and a second consecutive conference finals appearance.[58] During the game, Boston set the record for the most "too many men on the ice" penalties in one playoff year with seven.[59]


May 6 Boston Bruins 5–1 Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Morgan Geekie (3) – 12:52
Mason Lohrei (1) – 16:17
Brandon Carlo (2) – 19:39 		Second period 11:45 – Matthew Tkachuk (4)
Justin Brazeau (1) – 07:13
Jake DeBrusk (4) – en – 16:38 		Third period No scoring
Jeremy Swayman 38 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Sergei Bobrovsky 24 saves / 28 shots
May 8 Boston Bruins 1–6 Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena Recap  
Charlie Coyle (1) – 12:12 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 01:56 – Steven Lorentz (2)
09:49 – Aleksander Barkov (3)
19:58 – Gustav Forsling (1)
No scoring Third period 01:28 – Eetu Luostarinen (1)
10:52 – pp – Aleksander Barkov (4)
11:58 – sh – Brandon Montour (2)
Jeremy Swayman 19 saves / 23 shots
Linus Ullmark 8 saves / 10 shots 		Goalie stats Sergei Bobrovsky 14 saves / 15 shots
May 10 Florida Panthers 6–2 Boston Bruins TD Garden Recap  
Evan Rodrigues (2) – 08:04 First period No scoring
Vladimir Tarasenko (2) – pp – 16:14
Carter Verhaeghe (6) – pp – 17:14 		Second period No scoring
Brandon Montour (3) – pp – 03:09
Sam Reinhart (4) – en – 18:36
Evan Rodrigues (3) – pp – 19:09 		Third period 05:01 – Jakub Lauko (1)
08:31 – Jake DeBrusk (5)
Sergei Bobrovsky 15 saves / 17 shots Goalie stats Jeremy Swayman 27 saves / 32 shots
May 12 Florida Panthers 3–2 Boston Bruins TD Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 08:53 – pp – David Pastrnak (4)
15:12 – Brandon Carlo (3)
Anton Lundell (1) – 14:48 Second period No scoring
Sam Bennett (2) – pp – 03:41
Aleksander Barkov (5) – 07:31 		Third period No scoring
Sergei Bobrovsky 16 saves / 18 shots Goalie stats Jeremy Swayman 38 saves / 41 shots
May 14 Boston Bruins 2–1 Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena Recap  
Morgan Geekie (4) – 04:49 First period No scoring
Charlie McAvoy (1) – 10:25 Second period 06:23 – Sam Reinhart (5)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Jeremy Swayman 28 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Sergei Bobrovsky 26 saves / 28 shots
May 17 Florida Panthers 2–1 Boston Bruins TD Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 19:07 – Pavel Zacha (1)
Anton Lundell (2) – 12:44 Second period No scoring
Gustav Forsling (2) – 18:27 Third period No scoring
Sergei Bobrovsky 22 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Jeremy Swayman 26 saves / 28 shots
Florida won series 4–2


(M1) New York Rangers vs. (M2) Carolina Hurricanes[edit]

This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams with both teams splitting the two previous series. They last met in the 2022 Eastern Conference second round, which New York won in seven games. New York won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.

The Rangers defeated the Hurricanes in six games. In game one, Mika Zibanejad scored twice and provided an assist for the Rangers, defeating the Hurricanes 4–3.[60] Artemi Panarin assisted thrice and Vincent Trocheck scored the overtime goal for the Rangers, taking a 2–0 series lead with a 4–3 victory.[61] Igor Shesterkin made 45 saves in game three and Panarin scored the overtime goal for the Rangers, defeating the Hurricanes 3–2 for a 3–0 series lead.[62] With the victory, the Rangers became the first team since the 2008 Pittsburgh Penguins to start 7–0 in the playoffs. The streak did not continue into game four as Brady Skjei's goal with 3:11 left in the game broke the tie for the Hurricanes, forcing a fith game with a 4–3 victory.[63] In game five, the Hurricanes scored four unanswered goals in the third period to defeat the Rangers 4–1 and force a sixth game.[64] In game six, the Rangers came back from a two-goal deficit in the third period, capped off by Chris Kreider's natural hat trick to defeat the Hurricanes 5–3 and advance to the conference finals for the second time in three years, making them the first Presidents' Trophy-winning team to advance to the penultimate round since they did so in 2015.[65][5]


May 5 Carolina Hurricanes 3–4 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
Jaccob Slavin (1) – 03:48 First period 02:46 – Mika Zibanejad (2)
10:05 – pp – Mika Zibanejad (3)
16:28 – pp – Vincent Trocheck (4)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Martin Necas (2) – 02:48
Seth Jarvis (4) – 18:13 		Third period 08:21 – Artemi Panarin (3)
Frederik Andersen 19 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Igor Shesterkin 22 saves / 25 shots
May 7 Carolina Hurricanes 3–4 2OT New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
Jake Guentzel (2) – 15:07
Dmitry Orlov (2) – 19:54 		First period 10:53 – Alexis Lafreniere (1)
Jake Guentzel (3) – 18:18 Second period 07:32 – Alexis Lafreniere (2)
No scoring Third period 06:07 – pp – Chris Kreider (3)
No scoring Second overtime period 07:24 – pp – Vincent Trocheck (5)
Frederik Andersen 35 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Igor Shesterkin 54 saves / 57 shots
May 9 New York Rangers 3–2 OT Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 10:14 – Jake Guentzel (4)
Chris Kreider (4) – sh – 08:30 Second period No scoring
Alexis Lafreniere (3) – 06:25 Third period 18:24 – Andrei Svechnikov (2)
Artemi Panarin (4) – 01:43 First overtime period No scoring
Igor Shesterkin 45 saves / 47 shots Goalie stats Pyotr Kochetkov 22 saves / 25 shots
May 11 New York Rangers 3–4 Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena Recap  
Will Cuylle (1) – 08:06 First period 01:51 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (3)
06:33 – Stefan Noesen (4)
15:29 – Sebastian Aho (3)
Barclay Goodrow (2) – 12:43 Second period No scoring
Alexis Lafreniere (4) – 02:04 Third period 16:49 – pp – Brady Skjei (1)
Igor Shesterkin 27 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Frederik Andersen 22 saves / 25 shots
May 13 Carolina Hurricanes 4–1 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 06:23 – sh – Jacob Trouba (1)
Jordan Staal (1) – 03:33
Evgeny Kuznetsov (4) – 06:39
Jordan Martinook (2) – 09:56
Martin Necas (3) – en – 16:29 		Third period No scoring
Frederik Andersen 20 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Igor Shesterkin 24 saves / 27 shots
May 16 New York Rangers 5–3 Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 18:38 – Martin Necas (4)
Vincent Trocheck (6) – 05:29 Second period 04:38 – pp – Seth Jarvis (5)
09:23 – Sebastian Aho (4)
Chris Kreider (5) – 06:43
Chris Kreider (6) – pp – 11:54
Chris Kreider (7) – 15:41
Barclay Goodrow (3) – en – 19:11 		Third period No scoring
Igor Shesterkin 33 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Frederik Andersen 19 saves / 23 shots
New York won series 4–2


Western Conference second round[edit]

(C1) Dallas Stars vs. (C3) Colorado Avalanche[edit]

This was the sixth playoff series between these two teams with Dallas winning three of the five previous series. They last met in the 2020 Western Conference second round, which Dallas won in seven games. Colorado won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

The Stars defeated the Avalanche in six games. In game one, the Avalanche mounted a three-goal comeback to force overtime during which, Miles Wood scored to give a Colorado a 4–3 victory.[66] The Stars prevented a four-goal comeback from the Avalanche in game two, holding off Colorado for a 5–3 victory and tying the series.[67] In game three, Jake Oettinger made 28 saves and both Tyler Seguin and Logan Stankoven scored twice to give the Stars a 4–1 victory.[68] Wyatt Johnston scored twice and provided an assist for the Stars in game four, triumphing over the Avalanche 5–1 to take a 3–1 series lead.[69] In game five, Cale Makar scored twice for Colorado who forced a sixth game with a 5–3 victory.[70] Game six went into double overtime, during which Stars forward Matt Duchene scored to give Dallas a 2–1 victory and a second consecutive conference finals appearance.[71]


May 7 Colorado Avalanche 4–3 OT Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
No scoring First period 07:26 – Ryan Suter (1)
10:55 – Wyatt Johnston (5)
16:56 – pp – Jamie Benn (2)
Valeri Nichushkin (8) – pp – 05:31
Cale Makar (3) – pp – 09:08 		Second period No scoring
Nathan MacKinnon (3) – 00:39 Third period No scoring
Miles Wood (3) – 11:03 First overtime period No scoring
Alexandar Georgiev 19 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Jake Oettinger 22 saves / 26 shots
May 9 Colorado Avalanche 3–5 Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
No scoring First period 14:46 – pp – Miro Heiskanen (2)
No scoring Second period 01:57 – Roope Hintz (2)
15:54 – pp – Miro Heiskanen (3)
18:06 – sh – Tyler Seguin (1)
Joel Kiviranta (1) – 04:06
Brandon Duhaime (1) – 08:00
Valeri Nichushkin (9) – 16:16 		Third period 19:39 – en – Esa Lindell (1)
Alexandar Georgiev 27 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Jake Oettinger 28 saves / 31 shots
May 11 Dallas Stars 4–1 Colorado Avalanche Ball Arena Recap  
Logan Stankoven (1) – 18:39 First period No scoring
Tyler Seguin (2) – 15:13 Second period 10:24 – Mikko Rantanen (3)
Tyler Seguin (3) – en – 18:23
Logan Stankoven (2) – en – 19:32 		Third period No scoring
Jake Oettinger 28 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Alexandar Georgiev 19 saves / 21 shots
May 13 Dallas Stars 5–1 Colorado Avalanche Ball Arena Recap  
Wyatt Johnston (6) – sh – 15:37 First period No scoring
Wyatt Johnston (7) – pp – 05:46
Miro Heiskanen (4) – 11:24 		Second period 12:35 – Casey Mittelstadt (2)
Evgenii Dadonov (3) – 09:27
Sam Steel (1) – en – 18:10 		Third period No scoring
Jake Oettinger 24 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Alexandar Georgiev 29 saves / 33 shots
May 15 Colorado Avalanche 5–3 Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
Artturi Lehkonen (6) – pp – 19:59 First period 09:03 – Joe Pavelski (1)
Cale Makar (4) – pp – 17:24 Second period 11:39 – pp – Miro Heiskanen (5)
Casey Mittelstadt (3) – 01:12
Cale Makar (5) – 04:28
Nathan MacKinnon (4) – 16:50 		Third period 05:44 – Logan Stankoven (3)
Alexandar Georgiev 23 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Jake Oettinger 22 saves / 27 shots
May 17 Dallas Stars 2–1 2OT Colorado Avalanche Ball Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 05:48 – pp – Mikko Rantanen (4)
Jamie Benn (3) – 01:56 Third period No scoring
Matt Duchene (2) – 11:42 Second overtime period No scoring
Jake Oettinger 29 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Alexandar Georgiev 36 saves / 38 shots
Dallas won series 4–2


(P1) Vancouver Canucks vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers[edit]

This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams with Edmonton winning both previous series. They last met in the 1992 Smythe Division final, which Edmonton won in six games. Vancouver won all four games in this year's regular season series.

The Oilers defeated the Canucks in seven games. Vancouver came back from a three-goal deficit in game one to take the lead with 5:34 left in the third period, defeating the Oilers 5–4.[72] In game two, Evan Bouchard scored the overtime game-winning goal for the Oilers, emerging victorious 4–3.[73] Arturs Silovs made 42 saves for the Canucks in game three, helping Vancouver win 4–3.[74] Although the Canucks came back from a two-goal deficit in game four to tie the game, Bouchard scored with 39 seconds remaining in the game to give the Oilers a 3–2 victory to tie the series 2–2.[75] In game five, J. T. Miller scored with 33 seconds remaining in the third period to give the Canucks a 3–2 victory and a 3–2 series lead.[76] Connor McDavid assisted three times in game six, pushing the series to a seventh game with a 5–1 victory.[77] In game seven, the Oilers prevented a three-goal third period comeback from the Canucks, defeating Vancouver 3–2 to advance to the conference finals.[78]


May 8 Edmonton Oilers 4–5 Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena Recap  
Zach Hyman (8) – pp – 02:11
Mattias Ekholm (1) – 15:01 		First period No scoring
Cody Ceci (1) – 12:26
Zach Hyman (9) – 13:11 		Second period 00:53 – Dakota Joshua (3)
17:01 – Elias Lindholm (3)
No scoring Third period 09:38 – J. T. Miller (2)
13:47 – Nikita Zadorov (3)
14:26 – Conor Garland (1)
Stuart Skinner 19 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Arturs Silovs 14 saves / 18 shots
May 10 Edmonton Oilers 4–3 OT Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena Recap  
Leon Draisaitl (6) – pp – 10:56 First period 04:14 – pp – Elias Pettersson (1)
Mattias Ekholm (2) – 01:16 Second period 00:53 – Brock Boeser (5)
18:17 – Nikita Zadorov (4)
Connor McDavid (2) – 05:27 Third period No scoring
Evan Bouchard (2) – 05:38 First overtime period No scoring
Stuart Skinner 16 saves / 19 shots Goalie stats Arturs Silovs 27 saves / 31 shots
May 12 Vancouver Canucks 4–3 Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place Recap  
Elias Lindholm (4) – pp – 08:45
Brock Boeser (6) – 13:18
Brock Boeser (7) – 18:34 		First period 05:37 – pp – Mattias Ekholm (3)
Elias Lindholm (5) – pp – 17:35 Second period 03:36 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (7)
No scoring Third period 18:44 – Evan Bouchard (3)
Arturs Silovs 42 saves / 45 shots Goalie stats Stuart Skinner 11 saves / 15 shots
Calvin Pickard 3 saves / 3 shots
May 14 Vancouver Canucks 2–3 Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place Recap  
No scoring First period 11:10 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (8)
No scoring Second period 19:20 – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2)
Conor Garland (2) – 06:54
Dakota Joshua (4) – 18:19 		Third period 19:21 – Evan Bouchard (4)
Arturs Silovs 27 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Calvin Pickard 19 saves / 21 shots
May 16 Edmonton Oilers 2–3 Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena Recap  
Evander Kane (3) – 04:34
Mattias Janmark (1) – 17:50 		First period 17:27 – Carson Soucy (1)
No scoring Second period 05:14 – Phillip Di Giuseppe (1)
No scoring Third period 19:27 – J. T. Miller (3)
Calvin Pickard 32 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Arturs Silovs 21 saves / 23 shots
May 18 Vancouver Canucks 1–5 Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place Recap  
Nils Hoglander (1) – 10:03 First period 08:18 – Dylan Holloway (3)
No scoring Second period 07:14 – Zach Hyman (10)
11:20 – Evan Bouchard (5)
No scoring Third period 03:25 – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (3)
13:04 – Evander Kane (4)
Arturs Silovs 22 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Stuart Skinner 14 saves / 15 shots
May 20 Edmonton Oilers 3–2 Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Cody Ceci (2) – 01:16
Zach Hyman (11) – 05:50
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (4) – pp – 15:22 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 11:27 – Conor Garland (3)
15:24 – Filip Hronek (1)
Stuart Skinner 15 saves / 17 shots Goalie stats Arturs Silovs 26 saves / 29 shots
Edmonton won series 4–3


Conference finals[edit]

Main article: NHL conference finals

Eastern Conference final[edit]

(M1) New York Rangers vs. (A1) Florida Panthers[edit]

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1997 Eastern Conference quarterfinals, which New York won in five games. The Rangers made their eighth semifinals/conference finals appearance since the league began using a 16-team or greater playoff format in 1980. They lost their most recent appearance in the 2022 Eastern Conference final to the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games. This was Florida's second consecutive and third overall conference finals appearance. They won the previous year's Eastern Conference final in a four-game sweep against the Carolina Hurricanes. Florida won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.

The Panthers defeated the Rangers in six games. In game one, goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky shut out the Rangers with a 24-save 3–0 victory for the Panthers.[79] Barclay Goodrow scored the overtime-winning goal for the Rangers in game two, evening the series with a 2–1 triumph.[80] Although Florida tied game three after being down by two goals, Alexander Wennberg scored in overtime to give New York a 5–4 victory.[81] In game four, and for the third straight game, the match ended in overtime with Sam Reinhart of the Panthers scoring to even the series 2–2 with a 3–2 win.[82] Sam Bennett provided a goal and an assist for the Panthers in game five, leading Florida to a 3–2 victory and a 3–2 series lead.[83] In game six, the Panthers held off a late push in the third period to win 2–1, advancing to a second consecutive Finals appearance.[84]


May 22 Florida Panthers 3–0 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
Matthew Tkachuk (5) – 16:26 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Carter Verhaeghe (7) – 16:12
Sam Bennett (3) – en – 18:41 		Third period No scoring
Sergei Bobrovsky 23 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Igor Shesterkin 24 saves / 26 shots
May 24 Florida Panthers 1–2 OT New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
Carter Verhaeghe (8) – pp – 18:09 First period 04:12 – Vincent Trocheck (7)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 14:01 – Barclay Goodrow (4)
Sergei Bobrovsky 28 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Igor Shesterkin 26 saves / 27 shots
May 26 New York Rangers 5–4 OT Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena Recap  
Alexis Lafreniere (5) – 07:17
Barclay Goodrow (5) – 07:42 		First period 02:50 – pp – Sam Reinhart (6)
14:46 – pp – Sam Reinhart (7)
Alexis Lafreniere (6) – 15:23
Barclay Goodrow (6) – sh – 18:14 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 05:04 – Aleksander Barkov (6)
06:58 – Gustav Forsling (3)
Alexander Wennberg (1) – 05:35 First overtime period No scoring
Igor Shesterkin 34 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Sergei Bobrovsky 18 saves / 23 shots
May 28 New York Rangers 2–3 OT Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena Recap  
Vincent Trocheck (8) – pp – 08:51 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 08:45 – Sam Bennett (4)
12:16 – pp – Carter Verhaeghe (9)
Alexis Lafreniere (7) – 03:28 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 01:12 – pp – Sam Reinhart (8)
Igor Shesterkin 37 saves / 40 shots Goalie stats Sergei Bobrovsky 21 saves / 23 shots
May 30 Florida Panthers 3–2 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Gustav Forsling (4) – 08:21 Second period 02:04 – sh – Chris Kreider (8)
Anton Lundell (3) – 10:22
Sam Bennett (5) – en – 18:08 		Third period 19:10 – Alexis Lafreniere (8)
Sergei Bobrovsky 25 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Igor Shesterkin 34 saves / 36 shots
June 1 New York Rangers 1–2 Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 19:10 – Sam Bennett (6)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Artemi Panarin (5) – 18:20 Third period 09:08 – Vladimir Tarasenko (3)
Igor Shesterkin 32 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Sergei Bobrovsky 23 saves / 24 shots
Florida won series 4–2


Western Conference final[edit]

(C1) Dallas Stars vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers[edit]

This was the ninth playoff meeting between these two teams with Dallas winning six of the eight previous series and the past five playoff series. They last met in the 2003 Western Conference quarterfinals, which Dallas won in six games. This was Dallas's second consecutive and ninth semifinals/conference finals appearance overall since the league began using a 16-team or greater playoff format in 1980. They lost the previous year's Western Conference final to the Vegas Golden Knights in six games. Edmonton made their eleventh conference finals appearance. They last made the conference finals in 2022, which they lost to the Colorado Avalanche in a four-game sweep. Dallas won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.

The Oilers defeated the Stars in six games and won a playoff series against the Stars for the first time since 1997, ending a five series losing streak. In game one, Oilers captain Connor McDavid scored the double-overtime-winning goal, giving Edmonton a 3–2 victory.[85] Stars captain Jamie Benn provided a goal and an assist in game two for the Stars, evening the series with a 3–1 victory.[86] Jason Robertson scored a hat trick in game three for the Stars, defeating the Oilers 5–3.[87] In game four, the Oilers came back from a two-goal deficit by scoring five unanswered goals, easing past the Stars 5–2 to tie the series 2–2.[88] Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored twice in game five, defeating the Stars with a 3–1 victory.[89] In game six, Stuart Skinner made 34 saves as the Oilers advanced to the Finals for the first time in 18 years with a 2–1 victory.[90]


May 23 Edmonton Oilers 3–2 2OT Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Leon Draisaitl (9) – 00:58
Zach Hyman (12) – 04:17 		Second period 06:11 – Tyler Seguin (4)
No scoring Third period 16:37 – Tyler Seguin (5)
Connor McDavid (3) – 00:32 Second overtime period No scoring
Stuart Skinner 31 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Jake Oettinger 35 saves / 38 shots
May 25 Edmonton Oilers 1–3 Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
Connor Brown (1) – 04:23 First period 03:39 – Jamie Benn (4)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 03:41 – Mason Marchment (2)
17:57 – en – Esa Lindell (2)
Stuart Skinner 22 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Jake Oettinger 28 saves / 29 shots
May 27 Dallas Stars 5–3 Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place Recap  
No scoring First period 02:02 – Zach Hyman (13)
07:37 – Connor McDavid (4)
Jason Robertson (4) – 05:35
Jason Robertson (5) – 08:05
Wyatt Johnston (8) – 09:08 		Second period 19:07 – Adam Henrique (2)
Jason Robertson (6) – 11:54
Miro Heiskanen (6) – en – 18:08 		Third period No scoring
Jake Oettinger 27 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Stuart Skinner 17 saves / 21 shots
May 29 Dallas Stars 2–5 Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place Recap  
Wyatt Johnston (9) – 00:58
Esa Lindell (3) – 05:29 		First period 13:30 – Ryan McLeod (1)
16:17 – Evan Bouchard (6)
No scoring Second period 14:31 – sh – Mattias Janmark (2)
15:22 – Leon Draisaitl (10)
No scoring Third period 18:07 – en – Mattias Ekholm (4)
Jake Oettinger 24 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Stuart Skinner 20 saves / 22 shots
May 31 Edmonton Oilers 3–1 Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (5) – pp – 14:09 First period No scoring
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (6) – pp – 01:06
Philip Broberg (1) – 05:09 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 14:09 – Wyatt Johnston (10)
Stuart Skinner 19 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Jake Oettinger 23 saves / 26 shots
June 2 Dallas Stars 1–2 Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place Recap  
No scoring First period 04:17 – pp – Connor McDavid (5)
15:42 – pp – Zach Hyman (14)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Mason Marchment (3) – 09:18 Third period No scoring
Jake Oettinger 8 saves / 10 shots Goalie stats Stuart Skinner 34 saves / 35 shots
Edmonton won series 4–2


Stanley Cup Finals[edit]

Note: All times listed are in EDT (UTC−4).
Main article: 2024 Stanley Cup Finals

This will be the first playoff meeting between these two teams. This will be the second consecutive and third overall Finals appearance for the Panthers. They lost the previous year's Finals against the Vegas Golden Knights in five games. This will be Edmonton's eighth Finals appearance. They lost their most recent appearance against the Carolina Hurricanes in seven games in 2006. Florida won both games in this year's regular season series.


June 8 Edmonton Oilers 8:00 p.m. Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena CBC, SN, ABC
June 10 Edmonton Oilers 8:00 p.m. Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena CBC, SN, ABC
June 13 Florida Panthers 8:00 p.m. Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place CBC, SN, ABC
June 15 Florida Panthers 8:00 p.m. Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place CBC, SN, ABC
June 18 Edmonton Oilers 8:00 p.m. Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena CBC, SN, ABC
June 21 Florida Panthers 8:00 p.m. Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place CBC, SN, ABC
June 24 Edmonton Oilers 8:00 p.m. Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena CBC, SN, ABC
Series starts June 8


Player statistics[edit]

Skaters[edit]

These were the top ten skaters based on points, following the conclusion of games played on June 2, 2024. Players in bold are currently active in the playoffs.[91]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Connor McDavid Edmonton Oilers 18 5 26 31 +7 8
Leon Draisaitl Edmonton Oilers 18 10 18 28 +2 12
Evan Bouchard Edmonton Oilers 18 6 21 27 +14 16
Vincent Trocheck New York Rangers 16 8 12 20 +3 10
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Edmonton Oilers 18 6 14 20 +3 4
Matthew Tkachuk Florida Panthers 17 5 14 19 +5 19
Zach Hyman Edmonton Oilers 18 14 4 18 +9 10
Carter Verhaeghe Florida Panthers 17 9 8 17 +2 16
Aleksander Barkov Florida Panthers 17 6 11 17 0 4
Wyatt Johnston Dallas Stars 19 10 6 16 +4 2

Goaltenders[edit]

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 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded. Players in bold are currently active in the playoffs.[92]

Player Team GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
Jeremy Swayman Boston Bruins 12 6 6 373 25 2.15 .933 0 697:31
Sergei Bobrovsky Florida Panthers 17 12 5 415 38 2.20 .908 1 1,037:18
Jake Oettinger Dallas Stars 19 10 9 516 45 2.24 .915 0 1,206:47
Igor Shesterkin New York Rangers 16 10 6 524 39 2.34 .927 0 999:51
Stuart Skinner Edmonton Oilers 16 11 5 390 40 2.50 .897 1 961:54
Arturs Silovs Vancouver Canucks 10 5 5 283 29 2.91 .898 1 598:18

Media[edit]

Canada[edit]

In Canada, this marks the tenth postseason under Rogers Media's 12-year contract. Games air across the Sportsnet networks and CBC under the Hockey Night in Canada brand. For first and second-round U.S.–U.S. games not on CBC, Sportsnet generally simulcasts the U.S. feed instead of producing their own telecast. The 2024 Stanley Cup Finals will be simulcast on both CBC and Sportsnet.[93]

Sportsnet+ streams every game.[93] CBC Gem will not be streaming games televised on CBC this postseason, and any first round games that appeared on that streaming service was due to an error.[94]

United States[edit]

In the U.S., this marks the third year of a seven-year agreement with the ESPN family of Networks and TNT Sports.

First round games were split between ESPN-produced telecasts (either on ESPN, ABC, or ESPN2) and TNT Sports-produced telecasts (either on TNT or TBS, with selected simulcasts on TruTV), while working around their 2024 NBA playoffs telecasts and other broadcasting commitments. Each U.S. team's regional broadcaster also televised local coverage of first round games, except for games on ABC.

With the Stanley Cup playoffs starting on the same day as the NBA playoffs this year, in the first round, ESPN or ESPN2 aired games on Monday through Thursday nights, TNT on Friday nights, TBS on Saturdays and Sundays and TruTV simulcasts all TNT-Sports produced games with some exceptions (ESPN and ESPN2 aired the opening Sunday of games, TNT airing one Sunday game on the middle weekend, TBS aired select games on Tuesday–Thursdays and ABC aired one Saturday night game on the final weekend).[95][96][97]

In the second round, ESPN aired games on Monday through Wednesday nights, TNT on Thursday and Friday nights, with weekend games split between all broadcasters (with ESPN airing the opening Sunday, and TBS airing the following weekend, TNT airing the Saturday games in the middle weekend and ESPN airing one the following weekend).[98]

ESPN/ABC had the first choice of which conference final series to air, choosing the Eastern Conference finals this season, and TNT aired the Western Conference finals. As per the alternating rotation, ABC will have coverage of the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals.[99]

This is the first playoffs that the streaming service Max will have live access to all TNT Sports-produced games on its Bleacher Report Sports add-on tier.[100] ESPN+ will stream all ABC games and ESPN's Conference final games, along with replays of all games.

This is the third of a four-year deal that Sports USA Radio Network will syndicate select Stanley Cup playoff games via NHL Radio across the U.S., including the entire conference finals and Stanley Cup Finals.[101]

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