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2025 Stanley Cup playoffs

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2025 Stanley Cup playoffs
Tournament details
DatesApril 19 – mid-June
Teams16
Defending championsFlorida Panthers
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The 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs is the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2024–25 season. The playoffs began on April 19, 2025, and will conclude in June 2025 with the Stanley Cup Finals with the series ending no later than June 23.[1]

The Winnipeg Jets made the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners with the most points (i.e. best record) during the regular season, doing so for the first time in the franchise's history. It is also the first time a Canadian-based team has done it since the 2011–12 Vancouver Canucks.[2] The Toronto Maple Leafs extended the longest active playoff streak to nine years, reaching the playoffs every season since 2017. The Boston Bruins missed the playoffs for the first time since 2016, snapping an eight-year playoff streak, which was previously tied with the Maple Leafs for longest active playoff streak in the NHL. The New York Rangers became the fourth defending Presidents' Trophy winner to miss the playoffs and the first to do so twice.[3] The Ottawa Senators qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2017, ending what had been the league's third-longest active playoff drought. For the first time in League history, all four of the U.S.-based Original Six teams missed the playoffs.[4] For the first time since 2017, every team in Eastern Canada (the Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators, and Toronto Maple Leafs) qualified for the playoffs. In addition, five Canadian-based teams qualified for the postseason, the most since the expanded 2020 playoffs.

For the first time since 2004, three Canadian teams advanced to the second round.

Playoff seeds

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Further information: Stanley Cup playoffs § Current format

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

The following teams qualified for the playoffs:[5]

Eastern Conference

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Atlantic Division

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  1. Toronto Maple Leafs, Atlantic Division champions – 108 points
  2. Tampa Bay Lightning – 102 points
  3. Florida Panthers – 98 points

Metropolitan Division

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  1. Washington Capitals, Metropolitan Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions — 111 points
  2. Carolina Hurricanes – 99 points
  3. New Jersey Devils – 91 points

Wild Cards

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  1. Ottawa Senators – 97 points
  2. Montreal Canadiens – 91 points

Western Conference

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Central Division

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  1. Winnipeg Jets, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 116 points
  2. Dallas Stars – 106 points
  3. Colorado Avalanche – 102 points

Pacific Division

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  1. Vegas Golden Knights, Pacific Division champions – 110 points
  2. Los Angeles Kings – 105 points
  3. Edmonton Oilers – 101 points

Wild Cards

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  1. Minnesota Wild – 97 points
  2. St. Louis Blues – 96 points

Playoff bracket

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In each round, teams will 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 will play at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the other team will play 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 will play against the division winner with the best record while the other wild card will play against the other division winner, and both wild cards will be de facto #4 seeds. The other series will match the second and third-place teams from the divisions. In the first two rounds, home-ice advantage will be awarded to the team with the better seed. Thereafter, it will be awarded to the team that had the better regular season record.

First round Second round Conference finals Stanley Cup Finals
            
A1 Toronto 4
WC Ottawa 2
A1 Toronto 2
A3 Florida 0
A2 Tampa Bay 1
A3 Florida 4
 
Eastern Conference
 
M1 Washington 4
WC Montreal 1
M1 Washington 0
M2 Carolina 1
M2 Carolina 4
M3 New Jersey 1
 
 
C1 Winnipeg 4
WC St. Louis 3
C1 Winnipeg 0
C2 Dallas 1
C2 Dallas 4
C3 Colorado 3
 
Western Conference
 
P1 Vegas 4
WC Minnesota 2
P1 Vegas 0
P3 Edmonton 1
P2 Los Angeles 2
P3 Edmonton 4
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

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Eastern Conference first round

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(A1) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (WC1) Ottawa Senators

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The Toronto Maple Leafs finished first in the Atlantic Division with 108 points. The Ottawa Senators earned 97 points to finish as the first wild card in the Eastern Conference. This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two rivals with Toronto winning all four previous series. They last met in the 2004 Eastern Conference quarterfinals, which Toronto won in seven games. Ottawa won all three games in this year's regular season series.

The Maple Leafs defeated the Senators in six games. Mitch Marner scored a goal and provided two assists in game one while goaltender Anthony Stolarz made 31 saves to backstop the Maple Leafs to a 6–2 victory.[6] In game two, the Senators came back from a two-goal deficit to tie the game and force overtime, but in overtime Max Domi scored to give the Maple Leafs a 3–2 victory.[7] Game three also required overtime as Maple Leafs defenceman Simon Benoit scored the overtime-winning goal, giving Toronto a 3–2 victory and 3–0 series lead.[8] In game four, the Maple Leafs came back from a two-goal deficit to force overtime, but in the extra period, Jake Sanderson scored to give the Senators a 4–3 victory, staving off elimination to force a fifth game.[9] Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark stopped all 29 shots he faced in game five, forcing a sixth game with a 4–0 shutout.[10] In game six, the Maple Leafs prevented a two-goal comeback from the Senators by scoring the series-winning goal with 5:39 left in the third period to emerge victorious 4–2 and advance to the second round.[11]


April 20 Ottawa Senators 2–6 Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Arena Recap  
Drake Batherson (1) – 16:18 First period 07:09 – Oliver Ekman-Larsson (1)
12:18 – Mitch Marner (1)
No scoring Second period 04:07 – pp – John Tavares (1)
07:19 – pp – William Nylander (1)
Ridly Greig (1) – 04:00 Third period 04:45 – Morgan Rielly (1)
13:13 – pp – Matthew Knies (1)
Linus Ullmark 18 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Anthony Stolarz 31 saves / 33 shots
April 22 Ottawa Senators 2–3 OT Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 03:43 – Morgan Rielly (2)
08:20 – pp – John Tavares (2)
Brady Tkachuk (1) – pp – 15:41 Second period No scoring
Adam Gaudette (1) – 14:47 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 03:09 – Max Domi (1)
Linus Ullmark 18 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Anthony Stolarz 26 saves / 28 shots
April 24 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 OT Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Matthew Knies (2) – pp – 08:31 Second period 01:38 – pp – Claude Giroux (1)
Auston Matthews (1) – 00:32 Third period 11:22 – Brady Tkachuk (2)
Simon Benoit (1) – 01:19 First overtime period No scoring
Anthony Stolarz 18 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Linus Ullmark 17 saves / 20 shots
April 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–4 OT Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre Recap  
John Tavares (3) – 19:05 First period 09:03 – pp – Tim Stutzle (1)
14:11 – sh – Shane Pinto (1)
Matthew Knies (3) – 10:12 Second period No scoring
Oliver Ekman-Larsson (2) – 14:31 Third period 07:32 – David Perron (1)
No scoring First overtime period 17:42 – Jake Sanderson (1)
Anthony Stolarz 17 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Linus Ullmark 32 saves / 35 shots
April 29 Ottawa Senators 4–0 Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Thomas Chabot (1) – 03:46 Second period No scoring
Dylan Cozens (1) – sh – 08:24
Tim Stutzle (2) – en – 17:09
Brady Tkachuk (3) – en – 19:13 		Third period No scoring
Linus Ullmark 29 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Anthony Stolarz 15 saves / 17 shots
May 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre Recap  
Auston Matthews (2) – pp – 18:50 First period No scoring
William Nylander (2) – 00:43 Second period 07:28 – Brady Tkachuk (4)
Max Pacioretty (1) – 14:21
William Nylander (3) – en – 19:41 		Third period 12:40 – David Perron (2)
Anthony Stolarz 21 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Linus Ullmark 19 saves / 22 shots
Toronto won series 4–2


(A2) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (A3) Florida Panthers

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The Tampa Bay Lightning finished second in the Atlantic Division with 102 points. The Florida Panthers earned 98 points to finish third in the Atlantic. This was the second consecutive and fourth overall playoff meeting between these two rivals with Tampa Bay winning two of the three previous series. Florida won the previous season's Eastern Conference first round series in five games. These teams split their four-game regular season series.

The Panthers defeated the Lightning in five games. In game one, Matthew Tkachuk scored twice and provided an assist for the Panthers, who collected a 6–2 victory in the process.[12] Florida goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky stopped all 19 shots by the Lightning in game two, shutting out Tampa Bay 2–0.[13] Andrei Vasilevskiy made 33 saves for the Lightning in game three who emerged victorious 5–1.[14] In game four, Anton Lundell scored a goal and provided an assist in Florida's 4–2 victory, giving the Panthers a 3–1 series lead.[15] Eetu Luostarinen scored a goal and assisted thrice in game five, giving Florida a 6–3 victory and a second round berth.[16]


April 22 Florida Panthers 6–2 Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena Recap  
Sam Bennett (1) – 03:44
Sam Reinhart (1) – 19:15 		First period 12:21 – pp – Jake Guentzel (1)
Nate Schmidt (1) – 04:41
Matthew Tkachuk (1) – pp – 04:55
Matthew Tkachuk (2) – pp – 09:44 		Second period 13:04 – Brayden Point (1)
Nate Schmidt (2) – pp – 05:09 Third period No scoring
Sergei Bobrovsky 20 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Andrei Vasilevskiy 10 saves / 16 shots
April 24 Florida Panthers 2–0 Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena Recap  
Nate Schmidt (3) – 04:15 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Sam Bennett (2) – en – 19:56 Third period No scoring
Sergei Bobrovsky 19 saves / 19 shots Goalie stats Andrei Vasilevskiy 21 saves / 22 shots
April 26 Tampa Bay Lightning 5–1 Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena Recap  
Brayden Point (2) – 17:15 First period 02:43 – Matthew Tkachuk (3)
Nick Paul (1) – 13:17 Second period No scoring
Jake Guentzel (2) – 00:21
Luke Glendening (1) – 14:19
Anthony Cirelli (1) – en – 15:00 		Third period No scoring
Andrei Vasilevskiy 33 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Sergei Bobrovsky 17 saves / 21 shots
April 28 Tampa Bay Lightning 2–4 Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Mitchell Chaffee (1) – 12:21
Erik Cernak (1) – 12:32 		Second period 09:06 – Anton Lundell (1)
No scoring Third period 16:13 – Aaron Ekblad (1)
16:24 – Seth Jones (1)
18:20 – en – Carter Verhaeghe (1)
Andrei Vasilevskiy 19 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Sergei Bobrovsky 18 saves / 20 shots
April 30 Florida Panthers 6–3 Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena Recap  
Carter Verhaeghe (2) – pp – 05:21
Anton Lundell (2) – 10:06 		First period 02:33 – Gage Goncalves (1)
12:16 – Nick Paul (2)
Aleksander Barkov (1) – 00:52
Sam Bennett (3) – 15:13 		Second period 09:57 – pp – Jake Guentzel (3)
Eetu Luostarinen (1) – 13:02
Sam Reinhart (2) – en – 15:36 		Third period No scoring
Sergei Bobrovsky 26 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Andrei Vasilevskiy 25 saves / 30 shots
Florida won series 4–1


(M1) Washington Capitals vs. (WC2) Montreal Canadiens

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The Washington Capitals finished first in the Metropolitan Division and Eastern Conference earning 111 points. The Montreal Canadiens earned 91 points to finish as the second wild card in the Eastern Conference. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous playoff meeting was in the 2010 Eastern Conference quarterfinals, which Montreal came back from a 3–1 series deficit to defeat Washington in seven games. Washington won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.

The Capitals defeated the Canadiens in five games. In game one, Alexander Ovechkin scored twice, including the overtime-winning goal, for the Capitals, defeating the Canadiens 3–2.[17] Connor McMichael scored twice for the Capitals in game two, giving Washington a 2–0 series lead with a 3–1 victory.[18] Cole Caufield and Alex Newhook both scored a goal and assisted in Montreal's 6–3 victory in game three.[19] In game four, Brandon Duhaime scored twice for the Capitals, defeating the Canadiens 5–2 to take a 3–1 series lead.[20] Goaltender Logan Thompson made 28 saves for Washington in game five, sending the Capitals to the second round with a 4–1 victory.[21]


April 21 Montreal Canadiens 2–3 OT Washington Capitals Capital One Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 18:34 – pp – Alexander Ovechkin (1)
No scoring Second period 12:09 – Anthony Beauvillier (1)
Cole Caufield (1) – pp – 10:32
Nick Suzuki (1) – 15:45 		Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 02:26 – Alexander Ovechkin (2)
Sam Montembeault 29 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Logan Thompson 33 saves / 35 shots
April 23 Montreal Canadiens 1–3 Washington Capitals Capital One Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Christian Dvorak (1) – 01:16 Second period 03:47 – Connor McMichael (1)
04:47 – Dylan Strome (1)
No scoring Third period 19:58 – en – Connor McMichael (2)
Sam Montembeault 29 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Logan Thompson 25 saves / 26 shots
April 25 Washington Capitals 3–6 Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre Recap  
Connor McMichael (3) – 03:20 First period 19:07 – Alexandre Carrier (1)
Jakob Chychrun (1) – 10:47 Second period 08:37 – pp – Nick Suzuki (2)
19:51 – Cole Caufield (2)
Alexander Ovechkin (3) – 02:39 Third period 04:17 – Christian Dvorak (2)
13:23 – Juraj Slafkovsky (1)
17:35 – pp – Alex Newhook (1)
Logan Thompson 30 saves / 35 shots
Charlie Lindgren 4 saves / 5 shots 		Goalie stats Sam Montembeault 11 saves / 13 shots
Jakub Dobes 7 saves / 8 shots
April 27 Washington Capitals 5–2 Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Dylan Strome (2) – 01:25 Second period 10:33 – pp – Juraj Slafkovsky (2)
18:32 – pp – Cole Caufield (3)
Brandon Duhaime (1) – 06:39
Andrew Mangiapane (1) – 16:23
Brandon Duhaime (2) – en – 17:21
Tom Wilson (1) – en – 19:05 		Third period No scoring
Logan Thompson 16 saves / 18 shots Goalie stats Jakub Dobes 22 saves / 25 shots
April 30 Montreal Canadiens 1–4 Washington Capitals Capital One Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 09:12 – pp – Alexander Ovechkin (4)
11:15 – Jakob Chychrun (2)
No scoring Second period 16:59 – pp – Tom Wilson (2)
Emil Heineman (1) – 02:40 Third period 19:34 – en Brandon Duhaime (3)
Jakub Dobes 24 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Logan Thompson 28 saves / 29 shots
Washington won series 4–1


(M2) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (M3) New Jersey Devils

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The Carolina Hurricanes finished second in the Metropolitan Division with 99 points. The New Jersey Devils earned 91 points to finish third in the Metropolitan. This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams with Carolina winning four of the five previous series. They last met in the 2023 Eastern Conference second round, which Carolina won in five games. These teams split their four-game regular season series.

The Hurricanes defeated the Devils in five games. In game one, Logan Stankoven scored twice for Carolina, defeating New Jersey 4–1.[22] Goaltender Frederik Andersen made 25 saves for the Hurricanes in game two, defeating the Devils 3–1.[23] In game three, the Hurricanes came back from a two-goal deficit and forced overtime, but in double-overtime, Simon Nemec scored for New Jersey to give the Devils a 3–2 victory.[24] Andrei Svechnikov scored a hat trick in game four, leading the Hurricanes to a 5–2 victory.[25] In game five, the Hurricanes came back from a three-goal deficit, along with a one-goal deficit, to force overtime, and in double-overtime, Sebastian Aho scored to send Carolina to the second round with a 5–4 victory.[26]


April 20 New Jersey Devils 1–4 Carolina Hurricanes Lenovo Center Recap  
No scoring First period 02:24 – Jalen Chatfield (1)
Nico Hischier (1) – 18:51 Second period 06:37 – Logan Stankoven (1)
13:08 – pp – Logan Stankoven (2)
No scoring Third period 17:32 – en – Andrei Svechnikov (1)
Jacob Markstrom 41 saves / 44 shots Goalie stats Frederik Andersen 23 saves / 24 shots
April 22 New Jersey Devils 1–3 Carolina Hurricanes Lenovo Center Recap  
Jesper Bratt (1) – 03:51 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 02:57 – Shayne Gostisbehere (1)
05:54 – sh – Jordan Martinook (1)
No scoring Third period 19:23 – en – Seth Jarvis (1)
Jacob Markstrom 25 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Frederik Andersen 25 saves / 26 shots
April 25 Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 2OT New Jersey Devils Prudential Center Recap  
No scoring First period 16:11 – Nico Hischier (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Seth Jarvis (2) – pp – 06:11
Sebastian Aho (1) – pp – 12:20 		Third period 01:18 – Dawson Mercer (1)
No scoring Second overtime period 02:36 – Simon Nemec (1)
Frederik Andersen 34 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Jacob Markstrom 25 saves / 27 shots
April 27 Carolina Hurricanes 5–2 New Jersey Devils Prudential Center Recap  
Andrei Svechnikov (2) – 00:52
Jaccob Slavin (1) – 09:47 		First period No scoring
Andrei Svechnikov (3) – pp – 00:42 Second period 02:45 – Nico Hischier (3)
07:34 – Timo Meier (1)
Jordan Martinook (2) – 14:14
Andrei Svechnikov (4) – en – 16:43 		Third period No scoring
Frederik Andersen 6 saves / 7 shots
Pyotr Kochetkov 14 saves / 15 shots 		Goalie stats Jacob Markstrom 24 saves / 28 shots
April 29 New Jersey Devils 4–5 2OT Carolina Hurricanes Lenovo Center Recap  
Dawson Mercer (2) – 03:46
Timo Meier (2) – 05:31
Stefan Noesen (1) – 09:55 		First period No scoring
Nico Hischier (4) – 07:26 Second period 01:46 – Taylor Hall (1)
04:01 – Jackson Blake (1)
05:40 – Andrei Svechnikov (5)
11:27 – pp – Sebastian Aho (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring Second overtime period 04:17 – pp – Sebastian Aho (3)
Jacob Markstrom 49 saves / 54 shots Goalie stats Pyotr Kochetkov 31 saves / 35 shots
Carolina won series 4–1


Western Conference first round

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(C1) Winnipeg Jets vs. (WC2) St. Louis Blues

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The Winnipeg Jets earned the Presidents' Trophy as the NHL's best regular season team with 116 points. The St. Louis Blues earned 96 points to finish as the second wild card in the Western Conference, winning the tiebreaker against Calgary with 32 RWs. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous playoff meeting was in the 2019 Western Conference first round, which St. Louis won in six games. Winnipeg won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

The Jets defeated the Blues in seven games, with the home team victorious in every game. In game one, Kyle Connor scored the game-winning goal with 1:36 left in the third period to give the Jets a 5–3 victory.[27] Mark Scheifele scored a goal and provided an assist in game two for the Jets, defeating the Blues 2–1.[28] Pavel Buchnevich scored a hat trick in game three for the Blues, routing the Jets 7–2.[29] Jake Neighbours assisted twice and provided a goal for the Blues in game four, tying the series 2–2 with a 5–1 victory.[30] In game five, Connor provided a goal and two assists in a 5–3 triumph for the Jets, taking a 3–2 series lead.[31] In the second period of game six, St. Louis scored four goals in the span of 5:23, forcing a seventh game with a 5–2 victory.[32] In game seven, the Jets came back from a two-goal deficit, scoring both goals with less than two minutes left in the third period, to force overtime; Cole Perfetti's goal with three seconds left to force overtime set a new league record for the latest game-tying goal in a seventh game.[33] In double overtime, captain Adam Lowry scored to send the Jets to the second round with a 4–3 victory.[34] This was the longest game seven since the Easter Epic in 1987.[35]


April 19 St. Louis Blues 3–5 Winnipeg Jets Canada Life Centre Recap  
Robert Thomas (1) – pp – 09:31
Oskar Sundqvist (1) – 18:10 		First period 13:38 – pp – Mark Scheifele (1)
15:02 – Jaret Anderson-Dolan (1)
Jordan Kyrou (1) – pp – 01:13 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 09:18 – Alex Iafallo (1)
18:24 – Kyle Connor (1)
19:07 – en – Adam Lowry (1)
Jordan Binnington 21 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Connor Hellebuyck 14 saves / 17 shots
April 21 St. Louis Blues 1–2 Winnipeg Jets Canada Life Centre Recap  
Jimmy Snuggerud (1) – pp – 19:58 First period 16:32 – Mark Scheifele (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 01:43 – Kyle Connor (2)
Jordan Binnington 20 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Connor Hellebuyck 21 saves / 22 shots
April 24 Winnipeg Jets 2–7 St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center Recap  
No scoring First period 00:48 – Pavel Buchnevich (1)
03:11 – pp – Pavel Buchnevich (2)
15:51 – Cam Fowler (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
David Gustafsson (1) – 04:32
Neal Pionk (1) – pp – 12:50 		Third period 05:24 – Pavel Buchnevich (3)
07:56 – pp – Jordan Kyrou (2)
10:32 – Alexey Toropchenko (1)
16:16 – pp –Colton Parayko (1)
Connor Hellebuyck 19 saves / 25 shots
Eric Comrie 2 saves / 3 shots 		Goalie stats Jordan Binnington 16 saves / 18 shots
April 27 Winnipeg Jets 1–5 St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center Recap  
Kyle Connor (3) – 13:58 First period 19:37 – Jake Neighbours (1)
No scoring Second period 10:46 – Tyler Tucker (1)
17:23 – Brayden Schenn (1)
18:54 – Justin Faulk (1)
No scoring Third period 02:01 – Robert Thomas (2)
Connor Hellebuyck 13 saves / 18 shots
Eric Comrie 6 saves / 6 shots 		Goalie stats Jordan Binnington 30 saves / 31 shots
April 30 St. Louis Blues 3–5 Winnipeg Jets Canada Life Centre Recap  
Nathan Walker (1) – 03:42 First period 01:23 – Kyle Connor (4)
08:39 – Nino Niederreiter (1)
Jimmy Snuggerud (2) – 06:06 Second period 11:05 – Dylan DeMelo (1)
18:51 – Vladislav Namestnikov (1)
Nathan Walker (2) – 19:07 Third period 16:47 – en – Adam Lowry (2)
Jordan Binnington 21 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Connor Hellebuyck 16 saves / 19 shots
May 2 Winnipeg Jets 2–5 St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center Recap  
No scoring First period 06:05 – Philip Broberg (1)
Cole Perfetti (1) – pp – 05:43 Second period 11:34 – Nathan Walker (3)
12:27 – Brayden Schenn (2)
13:40 – Cam Fowler (2)
16:57 – Alexey Toropchenko (2)
Nino Niederreiter (2) – pp – 08:54 Third period No scoring
Connor Hellebuyck 18 saves / 23 shots
Eric Comrie 4 saves / 4 shots 		Goalie stats Jordan Binnington 21 saves / 23 shots
May 4 St. Louis Blues 3–4 2OT Winnipeg Jets Canada Life Centre Recap  
Jordan Kyrou (3) – 01:10
Mathieu Joseph (1) – 07:16 		First period No scoring
Radek Faksa (1) – 19:25 Second period 11:41 – pp – Cole Perfetti (2)
No scoring Third period 18:05 – Vladislav Namestnikov (2)
19:57 – Cole Perfetti (3)
No scoring Second overtime period 16:08 – Adam Lowry (3)
Jordan Binnington 43 saves / 47 shots Goalie stats Connor Hellebuyck 26 saves / 29 shots
Winnipeg won series 4–3


(C2) Dallas Stars vs. (C3) Colorado Avalanche

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The Dallas Stars finished second in the Central Division with 106 points. The Colorado Avalanche earned 102 points to finish third in the Central. This was the second consecutive and seventh overall playoff series between these two teams with Dallas winning four of the six previous playoff series. Dallas won the previous season's Western Conference second round in six games. Colorado won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.

The Stars defeated the Avalanche in seven games. Nathan MacKinnon scored twice and provided an assist for the Avalanche in game one who emerged with a 5–1 victory.[36] The Stars tied the series with game two's victory; Colin Blackwell scored the overtime-winning goal for Dallas to end the game 4–3.[37] In game three, Tyler Seguin provided the overtime game-winning goal for the Stars, defeating the Avalanche 2–1.[38] Mackenzie Blackwood stopped all 23 shots he faced in game four, giving Colorado a 4–0 shutout victory and tying the series 2–2.[39] In game five, both Wyatt Johnston and Mikko Rantanen scored three points in Dallas's 6–2 victory, taking a 3–2 series lead in the process.[40] In game six, the Avalanche prevented a two-goal come back from the Stars with Valeri Nichushkin scoring twice in a 7–4 victory to force a seventh game.[41] Rantanen scored a hat trick in the third period of game seven, becoming the first player in League history to complete the feat.[42] The Stars successfully came back from a two-goal deficit in the third period to defeat the Avalanche 4–2 and advance to the second round.[43] With the win, Stars head coach Peter DeBoer improved his game seven record to 9–0, becoming the sole head coach to have nine seventh game victories.[44]


April 19 Colorado Avalanche 5–1 Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Artturi Lehkonen (1) – 09:30
Nathan MacKinnon (1) – pp – 16:38 		Second period No scoring
Devon Toews (1) – 12:56
Nathan MacKinnon (2) – en – 16:52
Charlie Coyle (1) – 17:03 		Third period 06:45 – pp – Roope Hintz (1)
Mackenzie Blackwood 23 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Jake Oettinger 19 saves / 23 shots
April 21 Colorado Avalanche 3–4 OT Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
Nathan MacKinnon (3) – pp – 08:48 First period 19:06 – pp – Tyler Seguin (1)
Jack Drury (1) – 04:42
Logan O'Connor (1) – 19:27 		Second period 03:40 – Thomas Harley (1)
No scoring Third period 10:13 – Evgenii Dadonov (1)
No scoring First overtime period 17:46 – Colin Blackwell (1)
Mackenzie Blackwood 35 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Jake Oettinger 34 saves / 37 shots
April 23 Dallas Stars 2–1 OT Colorado Avalanche Ball Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 08:09 – Valeri Nichushkin (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Jamie Benn (1) – pp – 09:18 Third period No scoring
Tyler Seguin (2) – 05:31 First overtime period No scoring
Jake Oettinger 27 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Mackenzie Blackwood 26 saves / 28 shots
April 26 Dallas Stars 0–4 Colorado Avalanche Ball Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 12:39 – sh – Logan O'Connor (2)
19:36 – pp – Nathan MacKinnon (4)
No scoring Second period 13:10 – Gabriel Landeskog (1)
No scoring Third period 10:46 – Sam Girard (1)
Jake Oettinger 31 saves / 34 shots
Casey DeSmith 13 saves / 14 shots 		Goalie stats Mackenzie Blackwood 23 saves / 23 shots
April 28 Colorado Avalanche 2–6 Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
No scoring First period 00:09 – Wyatt Johnston (1)
19:15 – Thomas Harley (2)
Artturi Lehkonen (2) – 12:11
Nathan MacKinnon (5) – 14:38 		Second period 01:12 – Mikko Rantanen (1)
16:48 – pp – Wyatt Johnston (2)
18:32 – Mason Marchment (1)
No scoring Third period 17:55 – en – Roope Hintz (2)
Mackenzie Blackwood 13 saves / 18 shots
Scott Wedgewood 8 saves / 8 shots 		Goalie stats Jake Oettinger 26 saves / 28 shots
May 1 Dallas Stars 4–7 Colorado Avalanche Ball Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 06:29 – Valeri Nichushkin (2)
18:40 – Artturi Lehkonen (3)
Roope Hintz (3) – pp – 01:18
Mikael Granlund (1) – 03:41
Roope Hintz (4) – 07:51
Mikko Rantanen (2) – 18:35 		Second period 04:34 – Martin Necas (1)
No scoring Third period 06:02 – Valeri Nichushkin (3)
09:04 – Nathan MacKinnon (6)
18:44 – en – Josh Manson (1)
19:03 – en – Cale Makar (1)
Jake Oettinger 41 saves / 46 shots Goalie stats Mackenzie Blackwood 22 saves / 26 shots
May 3 Colorado Avalanche 2–4 Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Josh Manson (2) – sh – 09:50 Second period No scoring
Nathan MacKinnon (7) – 00:31 Third period 07:49 – Mikko Rantanen (3)
13:46 – pp – Mikko Rantanen (4)
16:04 – pp – Wyatt Johnston (3)
19:57 – en – Mikko Rantanen (5)
Mackenzie Blackwood 15 saves / 18 shots Goalie stats Jake Oettinger 25 saves / 27 shots
Dallas won series 4–3


(P1) Vegas Golden Knights vs. (WC1) Minnesota Wild

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The Vegas Golden Knights finished first in the Pacific Division with 110 points. The Minnesota Wild earned 97 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 playoff meeting was in the 2021 West Division first round, which Vegas won in seven games after giving up a 3–1 series lead. Vegas won all three games in this year's regular season series.

The Golden Knights defeated the Wild in six games. Tomas Hertl scored a goal and provided an assist in Vegas's 4–2 victory in game one.[45] Kirill Kaprizov scored twice and provided an assist for the Wild in game two to defeat the Golden Knights 5–2 and tie the series 1–1.[46] In game three, Filip Gustavsson made 30 saves for the Wild in a 5–2 victory.[47] Game four required overtime; Golden Knights forward Ivan Barbashev scored to end the sudden-death period with a 4–3 victory.[48] Game five also required overtime, wherein Brett Howden scored for Vegas to give them a 3–2 win and 3–2 series lead.[49] Three Vegas players provided two points in game six to send the Golden Knights to the second round with a 3–2 victory.[50]


April 20 Minnesota Wild 2–4 Vegas Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena Recap  
Matt Boldy (1) – 17:42 First period 15:22 – Tomas Hertl (1)
No scoring Second period 13:33 – pp – Pavel Dorofeyev (1)
Matt Boldy (2) – 11:46 Third period 02:28 – Brett Howden (1)
19:59 – pp-en – Brett Howden (2)
Filip Gustavsson 23 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Adin Hill 18 saves / 20 shots
April 22 Minnesota Wild 5–2 Vegas Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena Recap  
Matt Boldy (3) – 09:56
Marcus Foligno (1) – 11:35
Mats Zuccarello (1) – 17:15 		First period No scoring
Kirill Kaprizov (1) – 03:59 Second period 12:04 – Noah Hanifin (1)
Kirill Kaprizov (2) – en – 17:34 Third period 02:26 – Tomas Hertl (2)
Filip Gustavsson 30 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Adin Hill 12 saves / 16 shots
April 24 Vegas Golden Knights 2–5 Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center Recap  
Alex Pietrangelo (1) – 10:48 First period 03:13 – pp – Kirill Kaprizov (3)
06:51 – Marco Rossi (1)
No scoring Second period 11:05 – Matt Boldy (4)
19:58 – pp – Kirill Kaprizov (4)
Reilly Smith (1) – sh – 11:34 Third period 18:27 – sh-en – Marcus Foligno (2)
Adin Hill 17 saves / 21 shots
Akira Schmid 9 saves / 9 shots 		Goalie stats Filip Gustavsson 30 saves / 32 shots
April 26 Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 OT Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center Recap  
Shea Theodore (1) – pp – 06:47 First period 10:43 – Marco Rossi (2)
No scoring Second period 01:24 – Marcus Foligno (3)
Nicolas Roy (1) – pp – 04:50
Tomas Hertl (3) – 10:03 		Third period 10:57 – Jared Spurgeon (1)
Ivan Barbashev (1) – 17:26 First overtime period No scoring
Adin Hill 29 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Filip Gustavsson 42 saves / 46 shots
April 29 Minnesota Wild 2–3 OT Vegas Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena Recap  
Kirill Kaprizov (5) – pp – 07:38 First period 08:25 – sh – William Karlsson (1)
13:24 – Mark Stone (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Matt Boldy (5) – 03:31 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 04:05 – Brett Howden (3)
Filip Gustavsson 23 saves / 25 shots
Marc-Andre Fleury 6 saves / 7 shots 		Goalie stats Adin Hill 20 saves / 22 shots
May 1 Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center Recap  
Shea Theodore (2) – pp – 03:30 First period 19:56 – Ryan Hartman (1)
Jack Eichel (1) – 16:12 Second period No scoring
Mark Stone (2) – 16:02 Third period 16:33 – Ryan Hartman (2)
Adin Hill 29 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Filip Gustavsson 20 saves / 23 shots
Vegas won series 4–2


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

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The Los Angeles Kings finished second in the Pacific Division with 105 points. The Edmonton Oilers earned 101 points to finish third in the Pacific. This was the fourth consecutive and eleventh overall playoff meeting between these two rivals with Edmonton winning eight of the ten previous series as well as the previous six series. Edmonton won the previous season's Western Conference first round series in five games. Los Angeles won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

The Oilers defeated the Kings in six games. Although the Kings gave up a four-goal lead in game one, Phillip Danault's second goal of the game in the final minute of the third period sealed a 6–5 victory for Los Angeles.[51] In game two, Anze Kopitar and Adrian Kempe both had four points against the Oilers, defeating Edmonton 6–2.[52] The Oilers gave up an early two-goal lead in game three and eventually trailed heading into the final period, before they rallied and scored four times in the third period allowing Edmonton to obtain a 7–4 victory.[53] In game four, Edmonton came back from a two-goal deficit to force overtime and in the extra period, Leon Draisaitl scored to give the Oilers a 4–3 victory, tying the series 2–2.[54] The Oilers put 44 shots on the Kings in game five, scoring three times to get a 3–1 triumph and a 3–2 series lead.[55] In game six, Connor Brown assisted twice and scored a goal for the Oilers, defeating the Kings for the fourth consecutive season with a 6–4 victory.[56]


April 21 Edmonton Oilers 5–6 Los Angeles Kings Crypto.com Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 02:49 – pp – Andrei Kuzmenko (1)
19:27 – Quinton Byfield (1)
Leon Draisaitl (1) – 19:54 Second period 14:47 – Adrian Kempe (1)
17:43 – Phillip Danault (1)
Mattias Janmark (1) – 02:19
Corey Perry (1) – 07:43
Zach Hyman (1) – 17:56
Connor McDavid (1) –18:32 		Third period 04:59 – pp – Kevin Fiala (1)
19:18 – Phillip Danault (2)
Stuart Skinner 24 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Darcy Kuemper 20 saves / 25 shots
April 23 Edmonton Oilers 2–6 Los Angeles Kings Crypto.com Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 08:44 – pp – Brandt Clarke (1)
Leon Draisaitl (2) – 13:54 Second period 04:14 – Quinton Byfield (2)
10:37 – pp – Andrei Kuzmenko (2)
Viktor Arvidsson (1) – 04:05 Third period 06:46 – Adrian Kempe (2)
09:07 – pp – Anze Kopitar (1)
11:09 – Adrian Kempe (3)
Stuart Skinner 23 saves / 28 shots
Calvin Pickard 2 saves / 3 shots 		Goalie stats Darcy Kuemper 24 saves / 26 shots
April 25 Los Angeles Kings 4–7 Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place Recap  
Adrian Kempe (4) – 17:18 First period 02:49 – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1)
08:43 – pp – Evan Bouchard (1)
Kevin Fiala (2) – pp – 05:43
Drew Doughty (1) – pp – 15:07
Trevor Moore (1) – 17:28 		Second period 17:19 – Connor Brown (1)
No scoring Third period 13:18 – Evander Kane (1)
13:28 – pp – Evan Bouchard (2)
18:20 – en – Connor McDavid (2)
19:52 – en – Connor Brown (2)
Darcy Kuemper 30 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Calvin Pickard 24 saves / 28 shots
April 27 Los Angeles Kings 3–4 OT Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place Recap  
Trevor Moore (2) – 10:35 First period No scoring
Warren Foegele (1) – 01:31
Kevin Fiala (3) – 07:32 		Second period 04:11 – pp – Corey Perry (2)
No scoring Third period 07:51 – Evan Bouchard (3)
19:31 – Evan Bouchard (4)
No scoring First overtime period 18:18 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (3)
Darcy Kuemper 44 saves / 48 shots Goalie stats Calvin Pickard 38 saves / 41 shots
April 29 Edmonton Oilers 3–1 Los Angeles Kings Crypto.com Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Evander Kane (2) –06:16 Second period 03:33 – pp – Andrei Kuzmenko (3)
Mattias Janmark (2) – 07:12
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2) – en – 19:02 		Third period No scoring
Calvin Pickard 21 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Darcy Kuemper 43 saves / 45 shots
May 1 Los Angeles Kings 4–6 Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place Recap  
Quinton Byfield (3) – 01:19
Brandt Clarke (2) – 03:37 		First period 03:04 – Adam Henrique (1)
05:55 – pp – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (3)
12:49 – Zach Hyman (2)
Jordan Spence (1) – 18:01 Second period 14:59 – Darnell Nurse (1)
16:35 – Trent Frederic (1)
Anze Kopitar (2) – 19:05 Third period 19:58 – en – Connor Brown (3)
Darcy Kuemper 23 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Calvin Pickard 23 saves / 27 shots
Edmonton won series 4–2


Second round

[edit]
Note: All times listed are in EDT (UTC–4). Potential games are listed in italics if necessary.

Eastern Conference second round

[edit]

(A1) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (A3) Florida Panthers

[edit]

This is the second playoff meeting between these two teams; their only previous meeting was in the 2023 Eastern Conference second round, which Florida won in five games. Florida won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.


May 5 Florida Panthers 4–5 Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Arena Recap  
Seth Jones (2) – pp – 16:57 First period 00:33 – William Nylander (4)
12:51 – William Nylander (5)
17:16 – Morgan Rielly (3)
No scoring Second period 07:50 – Christopher Tanev (1)
Eetu Luostarinen (2) – 01:39
Uvis Balinskis (1) – 04:30
Sam Bennett (4) – 18:05 		Third period 14:00 – Matthew Knies (4)
Sergei Bobrovsky 24 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Anthony Stolarz 8 saves / 9 shots
Joseph Woll 17 saves / 20 shots
May 7 Florida Panthers 3–4 Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Arena Recap  
Aleksander Barkov (2) – pp – 10:58 First period 18:19 – pp – Max Pacioretty (2)
Brad Marchand (1) – 00:15 Second period 04:18 – William Nylander (6)
17:09 – Max Domi (2)
Anton Lundell (3) – 05:33 Third period 05:50 – Mitch Marner (2)
Sergei Bobrovsky 16 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Joseph Woll 25 saves / 28 shots
May 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 7:00 p.m. Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena CBC, SN, TNT/TruTV
May 11 Toronto Maple Leafs 7:30 p.m. Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena CBC, SN, TBS/TruTV
May 14 Florida Panthers TBD Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Arena ESPN
May 16 Toronto Maple Leafs TBD Florida Panthers Amerant Bank Arena TNT
May 18 Florida Panthers TBD Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Arena TNT
Toronto leads series 2–0


(M1) Washington Capitals vs. (M2) Carolina Hurricanes

[edit]

This is the second playoff meeting between these two teams; their only previous meeting was in the 2019 Eastern Conference first round, which Carolina won in seven games. These teams split the four games in this year's regular season series.


May 6 Carolina Hurricanes 2–1 OT Washington Capitals Capital One Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 03:53 – Aliaksei Protas (1)
Logan Stankoven (3) – 09:42 Third period No scoring
Jaccob Slavin (2) – 03:06 First overtime period No scoring
Frederik Andersen 13 saves / 14 shots Goalie stats Logan Thompson 31 saves / 33 shots
May 8 Carolina Hurricanes 7:00 p.m. Washington Capitals Capital One Arena SN, ESPN
May 10 Washington Capitals 6:00 p.m. Carolina Hurricanes Lenovo Center SN, TNT/TruTV
May 12 Washington Capitals 7:00 p.m. Carolina Hurricanes Lenovo Center SN, TNT/TruTV
May 15 Carolina Hurricanes TBD Washington Capitals Capital One Arena TNT
May 17 Washington Capitals TBD Carolina Hurricanes Lenovo Center
May 19 Carolina Hurricanes TBD Washington Capitals Capital One Arena ESPN
Carolina leads series 1–0


Western Conference second round

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(C1) Winnipeg Jets vs. (C2) Dallas Stars

[edit]

This is the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Winnipeg won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.


May 7 Dallas Stars 3–2 Winnipeg Jets Canada Life Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Mikko Rantanen (6) – 08:43
Mikko Rantanen (7) – 14:21
Mikko Rantanen (8) – pp – 16:38 		Second period 03:30 – Nino Niederreiter (3)
17:35 – Mark Scheifele (3)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Jake Oettinger 29 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Connor Hellebuyck 21 saves / 24 shots
May 9 Dallas Stars 9:30 p.m. Winnipeg Jets Canada Life Centre CBC, SN, TNT/TruTV
May 11 Winnipeg Jets 4:30 p.m. Dallas Stars American Airlines Center CBC, SN, TBS/TruTV
May 13 Winnipeg Jets 8:00 p.m. Dallas Stars American Airlines Center CBC, SN, ESPN
May 15 Dallas Stars TBD Winnipeg Jets Canada Life Centre TNT
May 17 Winnipeg Jets TBD Dallas Stars American Airlines Center
May 19 Dallas Stars TBD Winnipeg Jets Canada Life Centre ESPN
Dallas leads series 1–0


(P1) Vegas Golden Knights vs. (P3) Edmonton Oilers

[edit]

This is the second playoff meeting between these two teams; their only previous meeting was in the 2023 Western Conference second round, which Vegas won in six games. These teams split their four-game regular season series.


May 6 Edmonton Oilers 4–2 Vegas Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena Recap  
Corey Perry (3) – 16:26 First period 02:13 – pp – Mark Stone (3)
09:03 – Mark Stone (4)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Leon Draisaitl (4) – 00:57
Zach Hyman (3) – 16:58
Connor Brown (4) – 18:14 		Third period No scoring
Calvin Pickard 15 saves / 17 shots Goalie stats Adin Hill 24 saves / 28 shots
May 8 Edmonton Oilers 9:30 p.m. Vegas Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena CBC, SN, ESPN
May 10 Vegas Golden Knights 9:00 p.m. Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place CBC, SN, TNT/TruTV
May 12 Vegas Golden Knights 9:30 p.m. Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place CBC, SN, TNT/TruTV
May 14 Edmonton Oilers TBD Vegas Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena ESPN
May 16 Vegas Golden Knights TBD Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place TNT
May 18 Edmonton Oilers TBD Vegas Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena TNT
Edmonton leads series 1–0


Player statistics

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Skaters

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These are the top ten skaters based on points, following the conclusion of games played on May 7, 2025. Players in bold are currently active in the playoffs.[57]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Mikko Rantanen Dallas Stars 8 8 7 15 +1 4
William Nylander Toronto Maple Leafs 8 6 7 13 0 4
Connor McDavid Edmonton Oilers 7 2 11 13 +6 2
Leon Draisaitl Edmonton Oilers 7 4 8 12 +7 2
Kyle Connor Winnipeg Jets 8 4 8 12 +1 0
Nathan MacKinnon Colorado Avalanche 7 7 4 11 +5 2
Adrian Kempe Los Angeles Kings 6 4 6 10 −8 4
Cam Fowler St. Louis Blues 7 2 8 10 +2 0
Mitch Marner Toronto Maple Leafs 8 2 8 10 +3 4
Kirill Kaprizov Minnesota Wild 6 5 4 9 −1 4

Goaltenders

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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 300 minutes played, following the conclusion of games played on May 7, 2025. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded. Players in bold are currently active in the playoffs.[58]

Player Team GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
Logan Thompson Washington Capitals 6 4 2 176 13 2.17 .926 0 358:46
Anthony Stolarz Toronto Maple Leafs 7 4 2 151 15 2.19 .901 0 410:18
Jordan Binnington St. Louis Blues 7 3 4 192 19 2.53 .901 0 450:30
Filip Gustavsson Minnesota Wild 6 2 3 185 16 2.71 .914 0 354:14
Mackenzie Blackwood Colorado Avalanche 7 3 4 176 19 2.71 .892 1 420:45
Jacob Markstrom New Jersey Devils 5 1 4 180 16 2.78 .911 0 345:08
Jake Oettinger Dallas Stars 8 5 3 255 22 2.75 .914 0 480:27

Media

[edit]

Canada

[edit]

In Canada, this marks the 11th postseason under Rogers Sports & Media's 12-year contract. Games will 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 2025 Stanley Cup Finals will be simulcast on both CBC and Sportsnet.[59][60]

Every game will be available to stream on Sportsnet+.[59]

United States

[edit]

In the U.S., this marks the fourth year of a seven-year agreement with the ESPN and TNT Sports.[61]

For games in the first two rounds, games are 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). Each U.S. team's regional broadcaster will also televise local coverage of first-round games, except for any games on ABC.[62][63]

The Stanley Cup playoffs started on the same day as the NBA playoffs, which are also broadcast by ESPN and TNT. As a result, during the first and second round of the playoffs, ESPN and ESPN2 primarily air games on Monday to Wednesday nights, and TNT and TBS primarily on Friday through Sunday nights (except the opening Sunday and the final Saturday in the first round in which it airs on the ESPN networks). Thursdays, and other select days (April 23, 24, 29, and May 1) will have games split between ESPN-produced telecasts and TNT Sports-produced telecasts to ensure both broadcasters have roughly an equal amount of first- and second-round contests.[62][63]

The ESPN networks have the first choice of which conference final series to air, and TNT Sports will broadcast the other conference finals. As per the alternating rotation, TNT Sports has coverage of the 2025 Stanley Cup Finals.[61]

Max streams all TNT Sports-produced telecasts,[63] and ESPN+ streams ABC games.[64]

During game one of the St. Louis–Winnipeg first round series, TNT was criticized for not sending announcers John Forslund and Jennifer Botterill to Winnipeg for the game, instead calling it remotely in the network's Atlanta studios.[65] In response, ESPN decided to send the announce team of John Buccigross and Kevin Weekes to call games in Canada, encompassing game two of the St. Louis–Winnipeg series and the first three games of the Ottawa–Toronto series.[66] Nevertheless, ESPN still received criticism for its audio mix of game 1 of Ottawa–Toronto even with Buccigross and Weekes on site.[67] The Athletic later reported that TNT is producing remote broadcasts of first round games in Edmonton, Ottawa, and Winnipeg (except for any elimination games 5–7) due to financial reasons because "outside of Toronto and Montreal" travel in Canada "presents logistical challenges".[68][69]

This is the fourth and final year under Sports USA Radio Network's deal to syndicate select Stanley Cup playoff games via NHL Radio across the U.S., including the entire conference finals and Stanley Cup Finals.[70]

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