2020 Stanley Cup playoffs
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Tournament details | |
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Dates | August 1–September 2020 |
Teams | 24 |
Venue(s) | Rogers Place, Edmonton Scotiabank Arena, Toronto |
Defending champions | St. Louis Blues |
Conference runners-up |
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The 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs is the ongoing playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL). The playoffs began on August 1, 2020, and will conclude no later than September 30, with the Stanley Cup Finals, to determine the winner of the Stanley Cup. The playoffs were originally scheduled to begin in April, a few days after the 2019–20 NHL season, and end in June. However, on March 12, the regular season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
On May 26, commissioner Gary Bettman confirmed that the league was going to use a 24-team playoff format to finish the season, conducted in two or more host cities as "hubs" with players placed under strict health protocols, quarantined from the general public, and all games played behind closed doors with no fans admitted. On July 10, the league ratified an agreement for its protocols with the NHL Players Association (NHLPA). The Eastern Conference played its early-round games at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, while the early rounds for the Western Conference, as well as the Conference Finals and Stanley Cup Finals, are being played at Rogers Place in Edmonton.[2] This is the first Stanley Cup playoffs to be contested entirely in Canada since 1925, as well as the first time that the Stanley Cup will be awarded on Canadian soil since 2011.[3]
The Boston Bruins made the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners with the most points (i.e. best record) during the regular season. The Pittsburgh Penguins increased their postseason appearance streak to fourteen seasons, the current longest streak. For the first time since 1996, all California-based teams, the Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Kings, and San Jose Sharks, missed the playoffs. Six Canadian-based teams made the postseason this year, the most since 1993. It also marks the first time since 1986 that all four teams in cities based in Western Canada made the playoffs. In addition, it marked the first time that both the Winnipeg Jets and Arizona Coyotes (previously the original Jets, before relocation) qualified for the playoffs in the same season, as well as the first time that the Coyotes made the playoffs since 2012. For the first time since 1999, all former World Hockey Association teams (Edmonton Oilers, Arizona Coyotes, Carolina Hurricanes, and Colorado Avalanche) made the playoffs. Game two of the Second Round series between the Vancouver Canucks and Vegas Golden Knights was the 94th game of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs, eclipsing the previous single-year record of 93 established in 2014.
All Second Round games that were originally scheduled on August 27 and 28 were postponed due to a wildcat strike, in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.[4]
Contents
- 1 Playoff format
- 2 Host cities
- 3 Medical protocols
- 4 Playoff teams
- 5 Playoff bracket
- 6 Exhibition games
- 7 Stanley Cup Qualifiers
- 8 First Round
- 9 Second Round
- 10 Conference Finals
- 11 Stanley Cup Finals
- 12 Player statistics
- 13 Activism
- 14 Media
- 15 References
- 16 External links
Playoff format
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On May 26, the league announced that 24 teams (12 per conference) advanced to this special conference-based playoff tournament with teams being seeded based on their points percentage at the time the regular season was suspended on March 12. The top four teams in each conference played in a separate Seeding Round Robin to determine the seeding in the First Round. These games were played with regular season overtime and shootout rules, with the clubs accumulating points like the regular season, and any ties in the round-robin standings were broken by the regular-season points percentage. The eight lower seeded teams in each conference played in the Qualifying Round, a best-of-five series with playoff overtime rules. The winners of these seried advanced to face one of the round-robin teams in the First Round.[5]
On May 28, the NHL stated that both the round-robin and the qualifying round will also count under playoff records, on the same day that the league declared the winners of the stats-based regular-season NHL awards.[6] The league then announced on June 4 that all series after the qualifying round will remain a best-of-seven series but are being re-seeded after each round.[7] With the ratification of an extension to the collective bargaining agreement on July 10, the league also announced that all teams participating in the Qualifying Round are considered to have made the playoffs and have participated in a playoff series.[8]
Host cities
The playoffs are being held in two "hub" cities both in Canada; Edmonton, Alberta at Rogers Place, and Toronto, Ontario at Scotiabank Arena. They were announced as host cities on July 10 with the NHLPA's ratification of the Return to Play plan, and an extension to its collective bargaining agreement with the NHLPA through the 2025–26 season. In the early rounds, each city will host all the games in a conference: the Eastern Conference teams played in Toronto, and the Western Conference teams played in Edmonton. All games in the Conference Finals and Stanley Cup Finals will be played in Edmonton.[3]
Edmonton and Toronto were among a shortlist of ten host cities announced on May 26, along with Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Saint Paul, and Vancouver.[5] After the league cut the shortlist down to six cities on June 22, Las Vegas and Vancouver were considered to be the frontrunners to host games.[9] Shortly after this, Vancouver dropped out of consideration on June 25, after health officials in British Columbia were unable to agree with the league on a protocol in the event that a player tested positive for COVID-19.[10] Las Vegas and the other U.S. cities were passed over after Nevada and other U.S. states began to experience a spike in COVID-19 cases in late June; it was reported that the NHL originally intended to have one host city in Canada and one in the United States.[11][12]
Each group of teams are playing inside what is called a "bubble."[13][14] A secure perimeter was constructed around both venues with various amenities, with Edmonton's covering four hotels in the Ice District and Rogers Place's existing practice facilities, and Toronto's split between Exhibition Place and the Fairmont Royal York hotel (which is connected to Scotiabank Arena). Both sites include fitness, dining and recreation areas. Restaurants are operating within the secure zones, and players are able to order outside food via concierge and local food delivery services. The games are being held behind closed doors, but non-participating players are allowed to watch games.[15] A large "stage" with multiple video screens was constructed to cover the empty stands for both teams in each end of the arena, and in-arena presentation has been customized for each team when they are the designated home team (including use of their goal music, among other features).[16][15]
Although the general public is not admitted within the direct vicinity of the arena or inside, Oilers Entertainment Group announced plans to set up an outdoor "FanFest" at the site of a former casino near Rogers Place with approval of municipal and provincial health officials, including a "drive-in" screening games and a beer garden.[17]
The league implemented a compressed playoff schedule with more back-to-back games than usual to help address "bubble fatigue" among the players, who have to live with monotonous daily routines away from their families for several weeks.[18]
Medical protocols
Under the Return to Play plan that was ratified on July 10, any player could opt out of the restart without providing a reason and without any penalty, provided that they have informed their team by July 13, when formal training camps opened.[3] COVID-19 tests were then to be administered to players and staff every other day. On July 19, testing increased to three times 48 hours apart. The identities of those who test positive will not be released to the public, they will be isolated and designated with the generic description "unfit for play" until they are medically cleared, and all injury updates are being handled by the league instead of the teams.[19][20]
Teams arrived at their hub city on July 26; they are being isolated in a "secure zone" consisting of their hotels, restaurants, practice facilities, and the arena. Testing is now being done every day,[19] as well as daily temperature and symptom checks. Individuals have to wear masks outside their hotel rooms except when eating, exercising, or while on the ice or bench. Other exceptions include during interviews with appropriate social distancing.[21]
Under the Quarantine Act, all travellers entering Canada are currently required to self-isolate for 14 days on arrival. The NHL received an exception to this policy for its players and staff, as long as they remain within the secure zone and are restricted from access to or by the general public.[22][23] Anybody who leaves the bubble without prior approval may face a mandatory 14-day quarantine or may be barred from returning. Teams could also face fines or loss of draft picks.[20][21]
During the conclusions of each Qualifying Round series, teams exchanged fist bumps instead of the traditional handshakes.[24] As players and coaches continued to test negative for COVID-19, the traditional handshake lines returned at the end of each First Round series.[25]
Playoff teams
The following teams qualified for the playoffs:[26]
Eastern Conference
- Seeding Round Robin
- Boston Bruins, Atlantic Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – .714
- Tampa Bay Lightning – .657
- Washington Capitals, Metropolitan Division champions – .652
- Philadelphia Flyers – .645
- Qualifying Round
- Pittsburgh Penguins – .623
- Carolina Hurricanes – .596
- New York Islanders – .588
- Toronto Maple Leafs – .579 (28 RWs)
- Columbus Blue Jackets – .579 (25 RWs)
- Florida Panthers – .565
- New York Rangers – .564
- Montreal Canadiens – .500
Western Conference
- Seeding Round Robin
- St. Louis Blues, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions – .662
- Colorado Avalanche – .657
- Vegas Golden Knights, Pacific Division champions – .606
- Dallas Stars – .594
- Qualifying Round
- Edmonton Oilers – .585
- Nashville Predators – .565 (28 RWs)
- Vancouver Canucks – .565 (27 RWs)
- Calgary Flames – .564
- Winnipeg Jets – .563
- Minnesota Wild – .558
- Arizona Coyotes – .529
- Chicago Blackhawks – .514
Playoff bracket
In each round, the highest remaining seed in each conference is matched against the lowest remaining seed. The higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage. In the Stanley Cup Finals, home ice was determined based on regular season points percentage. Each best-of-five series followed a 2–2–1 format: the higher-seeded team was the designated as the host for games one and two (and game five, if necessary), and the lower-seeded team was the host for games three (and game four, if necessary). Each best-of-seven series followed a 2–2–1–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team was the host for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the lower-seeded team was the host for games three and four (and game six, if necessary). In the First Round, the top four teams in each conference were seeded one through four based on their final standings from the Round-robin. The teams that advanced from the Qualifying Round were re-seeded five through eight based on their regular season points percentage.
Qualifying Round | First Round | Second Round | Conference Finals | Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | Philadelphia | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | Montreal | 3 | 8 | Montreal | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Philadelphia | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | NY Islanders | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Carolina | 3 | 2 | Tampa Bay | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | NY Rangers | 0 | 7 | Columbus | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | NY Islanders | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Tampa Bay | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | NY Islanders | 3 | 3 | Washington | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | Florida | 1 | 6 | NY Islanders | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Tampa Bay | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Boston | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Toronto | 2 | 4 | Boston | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | Columbus | 3 | 5 | Carolina | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
E2 | Tampa Bay | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
(Pairings are re-seeded after each of the first two rounds.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
W3 | Dallas | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Edmonton | 1 | 1 | Vegas | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | Chicago | 3 | 8 | Chicago | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Vegas | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Vancouver | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Nashville | 1 | 2 | Colorado | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | Arizona | 3 | 7 | Arizona | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Vegas | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Dallas | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Vancouver | 3 | 3 | Dallas | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | Minnesota | 1 | 6 | Calgary | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Colorado | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Dallas | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Calgary | 3 | 4 | St. Louis | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | Winnipeg | 1 | 5 | Vancouver | 4 |
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Exhibition games
Prior to the start of the playoffs, all 24 qualified teams played one exhibition game.[27]
July 28
Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–3 | OT | Philadelphia Flyers | Scotiabank Arena | Recap |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–2 | Montreal Canadiens | Scotiabank Arena | Recap |
Edmonton Oilers | 4–1 | Calgary Flames | Rogers Place | Recap |
July 29
Tampa Bay Lightning | 5–0 | Florida Panthers | Scotiabank Arena | Recap |
Colorado Avalanche | 3–2 | Minnesota Wild | Rogers Place | Recap |
Carolina Hurricanes | 2–3 | Washington Capitals | Scotiabank Arena | Recap |
St. Louis Blues | 0–4 | Chicago Blackhawks | Rogers Place | Recap |
New York Islanders | 2–1 | New York Rangers | Scotiabank Arena | Recap |
Vancouver Canucks | 1–4 | Winnipeg Jets | Rogers Place | Recap |
July 30
Nashville Predators | 2–0 | Dallas Stars | Rogers Place | Recap |
Boston Bruins | 1–4 | Columbus Blue Jackets | Scotiabank Arena | Recap |
Vegas Golden Knights | 4–1 | Arizona Coyotes | Rogers Place | Recap |
Stanley Cup Qualifiers
The top four playoff teams in each conference played in a round-robin tournament against each other to determine the final playoff seeding. The round robin games were played with regular season overtime and shootout rules, with the teams accumulating points like the regular season, and any ties in the round-robin standings were broken by the regular-season points percentage instead of regulation wins.
The bottom eight playoff teams in each conference played in a best-of-five series to determine which four teams advanced to the First Round. The Qualifying Round games were played with Stanley Cup playoff overtime rules. Seeding was determined by regular season points percentage.
Eastern Conference seeding round-robin
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. During the first game of Round Robin play, the Flyers' Carter Hart made 34 saves against the Bruins in a 4–1 victory.[28] In the game between Washington and Tampa Bay, with the game forced to go to a shootout (the first in Stanley Cup playoff history), Nikita Kucherov's shot got past Braden Holtby for the winning goal in a 3–2 triumph.[29] The Lightning then faced the Bruins, and Tyler Johnson's goal at 18:33 of the third period won the game for Tampa Bay 3–2.[30] In the Flyers' match-up against the Capitals, Scott Laughton's two goals assisted Philadelphia's 3–1 victory.[31] Between the top two seeds, the Flyers defeated the Lightning 4–1 to take the first seed riding on Nicolas Aube-Kubel's two goals in the first period.[32] Battling out for the third spot, Holtby made 30 saves for Washington in their victory, defeating the Presidents' Trophy-winning Boston Bruins 2–1.[33]
August 2 | Boston Bruins | 4–1 | Philadelphia Flyers | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
18:51 – Chris Wagner (1) | Second period | Michael Raffl (1) – 05:33 Nate Thompson (1) – 09:31 Philippe Myers (1) – 18:59 |
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No scoring | Third period | Scott Laughton (1) – 04:07 | ||||||
Jaroslav Halak 25 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Carter Hart 34 saves / 35 shots |
August 3 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 2–3 | SO | Washington Capitals | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | ||
12:53 – Nikita Kucherov (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
07:48 – Mitchell Stephens (1) | Second period | Richard Panik (1) – 17:24 Evgeny Kuznetsov (1) – pp – 19:32 |
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No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Victor Hedman GOAL Brayden Point GOAL Nikita Kucherov |
overtime period | T. J. Oshie GOAL Evgeny Kuznetsov Nicklas Backstrom |
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Andrei Vasilevskiy 31 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Braden Holtby 26 saves / 28 shots |
August 5 | Boston Bruins | 3–2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Brayden Point (1) – 07:33 Alex Killorn (1) – pp – 10:32 |
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16:43 – Charlie McAvoy (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
01:47 – Chris Wagner (2) | Third period | Tyler Johnson (1) – 18:33 | ||||||
Tuukka Rask 32 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Andrei Vasilevskiy 25 saves / 27 shots |
August 6 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1–3 | Washington Capitals | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
13:03 – Scott Laughton (2) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
11:30 – Travis Sanheim (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
08:37 – Scott Laughton (3) | Third period | Travis Boyd (1) – 08:49 | ||||||
Brian Elliott 16 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Braden Holtby 18 saves / 21 shots |
August 8 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 4–1 | Philadelphia Flyers | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Nicolas Aube-Kubel (1) – 07:40 Nicolas Aube-Kubel (2) – 14:00 |
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05:21 – pp – Tyler Johnson (2) | Second period | Joel Farabee (1) – 14:22 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Tyler Pitlick (1) – en – 18:40 | ||||||
Andrei Vasilevskiy 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Carter Hart 23 saves / 24 shots |
August 9 | Washington Capitals | 1–2 | Boston Bruins | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
19:44 – T. J. Oshie (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
02:49 – Tom Wilson (1) | Third period | Jake DeBrusk (1) – 10:30 | ||||||
Braden Holtby 30 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Tuukka Rask 23 saves / 25 shots |
Western Conference seeding round-robin
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. During the first game between Colorado and St. Louis, Nazem Kadri scored with 0.1 remaining on the clock for the Avalanche emerging victorious 2–1.[34][35] Vegas staged a two-goal comeback in their game against Dallas, coming back from 3–1 down to win 5–3.[36] Avalanche goalie Pavel Francouz shut out the Stars 4–0 taking a 2–0 record in the Round Robin.[37] Vegas forward Alex Tuch and defenceman Shea Theodore both scored twice in their game against St. Louis, emerging victorious 6–4.[38] Battling out for the first seed, the Avalanche and Golden Knights held a back-and-forth affair until Alex Tuch scored in overtime to give Vegas a 4–3 victory, emerging as the top seed in the Western Conference.[39] The round robin finale between the Stars and Blues was to determine the third seed. Joe Pavelski tied the game at one for the Stars with only 32 seconds remaining in regulation, then Denis Gurianov scored the only goal of the shootout to give Dallas the third seed with the 2–1 victory.[40]
August 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 1–2 | St. Louis Blues | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | David Perron (1) – pp – 16:46 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
05:33 – Ryan Graves (1) 19:59 – pp – Nazem Kadri (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Philipp Grubauer 31 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Jordan Binnington 36 saves / 38 shots |
August 3 | Vegas Golden Knights | 3–5 | Dallas Stars | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
01:04 – Chandler Stephenson (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Joe Pavelski (1) – 07:50 Jamie Oleksiak (1) – 08:32 Corey Perry (1) – pp – 12:42 |
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09:46 – Mark Stone (1) 11:15 – Nate Schmidt (1) 14:47 – William Carrier (1) 19:39 – en – William Karlsson (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Robin Lehner 24 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Ben Bishop 28 saves / 32 shots |
August 5 | Dallas Stars | 4–0 | Colorado Avalanche | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Cale Makar (1) – pp – 03:19 Joonas Donskoi (1) – 15:29 |
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No scoring | Second period | Vladislav Namestnikov (1) – 17:30 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Andre Burakovsky (1) – pp – 01:31 | ||||||
Anton Khudobin 36 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Pavel Francouz 27 saves / 27 shots |
August 6 | St. Louis Blues | 6–4 | Vegas Golden Knights | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
04:02 – David Perron (2) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
01:45 – Colton Parayko (1) 14:07 – Colton Parayko (2) 14:28 – Troy Brouwer (1) |
Second period | Shea Theodore (1) – pp – 06:50 Alex Tuch (1) – 10:47 Alex Tuch (2) – pp – 13:13 |
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No scoring | Third period | Zach Whitecloud (1) – 02:01 Mark Stone (2) – 12:31 Shea Theodore (2) – 14:49 |
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Jordan Binnington 32 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Marc-Andre Fleury 13 saves / 17 shots |
August 8 | Colorado Avalanche | 4–3 | OT | Vegas Golden Knights | Rogers Place | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
06:46 – pp – Nathan MacKinnon (1) 14:51 – Joonas Donskoi (2) |
Second period | Jonathan Marchessault (1) – pp – 01:34 Nicolas Roy (1) – 12:55 |
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18:58 – J. T. Compher (1) | Third period | Jonathan Marchessault (2) – ps – 03:02 | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | Alex Tuch (3) – 04:44 | ||||||
Philipp Grubauer 22 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Robin Lehner 32 saves / 35 shots |
August 9 | St. Louis Blues | 2–1 | SO | Dallas Stars | Rogers Place | Recap | ||
03:43 – Robert Thomas (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Joe Pavelski (2) – 19:28 | ||||||
David Perron Vladimir Tarasenko Ryan O'Reilly |
overtime period | Joe Pavelski Denis Gurianov GOAL |
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Jake Allen 37 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 21 saves / 22 shots |
Eastern Conference Qualifying Round
(5) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (12) Montreal Canadiens
Pittsburgh finished fifth in the Eastern Conference with 86 points in 69 games for a points percentage of .623. Montreal gained 71 points in 71 games for a points percentage of .500 to finish twelfth in the Eastern Conference. This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with Montreal winning both previous series. They last met in the 2010 Eastern Conference Semifinals, which Montreal won in seven games. Pittsburgh won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.
The Canadiens upset the Penguins in four games. With game one remaining tied 2–2 after the third period, Jeff Petry scored in overtime to give the Canadiens the victory.[41] Among the 38 shots the Penguins forced on Carey Price in game two, Pittsburgh forward Jason Zucker's goal in the third period was the game-winner in their 3–1 triumph.[42] In game three, Jeff Petry's goal in the third period capped a two-goal comeback for Montreal winning the affair 4–3 and taking the series lead.[43] In game four, Carey Price shut the Penguins out 2–0 advancing the team to the First Round of the playoffs.[44]
August 1 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3–2 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | Jesperi Kotkaniemi (1) – 11:27 | ||||||
09:55 – Sidney Crosby (1) 12:34 – pp – Bryan Rust (1) |
Second period | Nick Suzuki (1) – 06:53 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | Jeff Petry (1) – 13:57 | ||||||
Matt Murray 32 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Carey Price 39 saves / 41 shots |
August 3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1–3 | Montreal Canadiens | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
04:25 – Sidney Crosby (2) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
14:41 – Jason Zucker (1) 19:50 – en – Jake Guentzel (1) |
Third period | Jesperi Kotkaniemi (2) – 17:50 | ||||||
Matt Murray 26 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Carey Price 35 saves / 37 shots |
August 5 | Montreal Canadiens | 3–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
04:57 – Shea Weber (1) | First period | Patric Hornqvist (1) – pp – 08:40 Jason Zucker (2) – pp – 09:39 |
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10:13 – Jonathan Drouin (1) 15:50 – Paul Byron (1) |
Second period | Teddy Blueger (1) – 05:34 | ||||||
05:33 – Jeff Petry (2) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Carey Price 30 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Murray 27 saves / 31 shots |
August 7 | Montreal Canadiens | 0–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
15:49 – Artturi Lehkonen (1) 19:28 – en – Shea Weber (2) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Carey Price 22 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Tristan Jarry 20 saves / 21 shots |
Montreal won series 3–1 | |
(6) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (11) New York Rangers
Carolina finished sixth in the Eastern Conference with 81 points in 68 games for a points percentage of .596. New York gained 79 points in 70 games for a points percentage of .564 to finish eleventh in the Eastern Conference. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. New York won all four games in this year's regular season series.
The Hurricanes defeated the Rangers in a three-game sweep. In game one, Sebastian Aho and Jaccob Slavin both recorded a goal and an assist in the Hurricanes 3–2 victory.[45] Andrei Svechnikov scored the Hurricanes' first playoff hat trick during game two in a 4–1 victory, giving Carolina the chance to clinch in game three.[46] Aho provided two goals and an assist in game three giving Carolina a 4–1 victory and advancing the team to the First Round of the playoffs.[47]
August 1 | Carolina Hurricanes | 2–3 | New York Rangers | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
01:01 – Jaccob Slavin (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
06:29 – pp – Sebastian Aho (1) | Second period | Mika Zibanejad (1) – 14:26 | ||||||
10:51 – Martin Necas (1) | Third period | Marc Staal (1) – sh – 18:05 | ||||||
Petr Mrazek 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Henrik Lundqvist 34 saves / 37 shots |
August 3 | Carolina Hurricanes | 1–4 | New York Rangers | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
04:32 – Andrei Svechnikov (1) | First period | Artemi Panarin (1) – pp – 12:05 | ||||||
01:11 – pp – Andrei Svechnikov (2) 02:22 – Jordan Martinook (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
14:02 – Andrei Svechnikov (3) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Petr Mrazek 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Henrik Lundqvist 30 saves / 34 shots |
August 4 | New York Rangers | 4–1 | Carolina Hurricanes | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
00:12 – Chris Kreider (1) | Second period | Teuvo Teravainen (1) – 03:18 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Warren Foegele (1) – 05:07 Sebastian Aho (2) – 10:26 Sebastian Aho (3) – sh-en – 19:29 |
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Igor Shestyorkin 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | James Reimer 37 saves / 38 shots |
Carolina won series 3–0 | |
(7) New York Islanders vs. (10) Florida Panthers
New York finished seventh in the Eastern Conference with 80 points in 68 games for a points percentage of .588. Florida gained 78 points in 69 games for a points percentage of .565 to finish tenth in the Eastern Conference. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 2016 Eastern Conference First Round, which New York won in six games. New York won all three games in this year's regular season series.
The Islanders defeated the Panthers in four games. In game one, a 27-save performance by New York goalie Semyon Varlamov gave the Islanders a 2–1 victory.[48] Game two had Jordan Eberle score two goals for the Islanders, leading the team to a 4–2 victory.[49] The Panthers, in danger of elimination in game three, scored two power-play goals en route to a 3–2 victory to force a fourth game.[50] In the fourth game, Anthony Beauvillier scored twice for New York to send the Islanders to the first round of the playoffs in a 5–1 victory.[51]
August 1 | New York Islanders | 1–2 | Florida Panthers | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
12:00 – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
03:39 – pp – Anthony Beauvillier (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Jonathan Huberdeau (1) – 00:23 | ||||||
Semyon Varlamov 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Sergei Bobrovsky 26 saves / 28 shots |
August 4 | New York Islanders | 2–4 | Florida Panthers | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Mike Hoffman (1) – 11:16 | ||||||
06:12 – Matt Martin (1) 13:48 – pp – Ryan Pulock (1) 16:27 – Jordan Eberle (1) |
Second period | Aleksander Barkov (1) – pp – 07:54 | ||||||
10:29 – pp – Jordan Eberle (2) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Semyon Varlamov 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Sergei Bobrovsky 30 saves / 34 shots |
August 5 | Florida Panthers | 2–3 | New York Islanders | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
04:02 – pp – Erik Haula (1) | Second period | Jean-Gabriel Pageau (2) – 16:26 | ||||||
00:41 – pp – Mike Hoffman (2) 02:48 – Brian Boyle (1) |
Third period | Brock Nelson (1) – 18:33 | ||||||
Sergei Bobrovsky 20 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Semyon Varlamov 19 saves / 22 shots |
August 7 | Florida Panthers | 5–1 | New York Islanders | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
18:41 – pp – Mike Hoffman (3) | First period | Anthony Beauvillier (2) – 11:32 Anthony Beauvillier (3) – 15:10 |
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No scoring | Second period | Brock Nelson (2) – pp – 08:01 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Mathew Barzal (1) – 10:34 Jean-Gabriel Pageau (3) – en – 17:17 |
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Sergei Bobrovsky 33 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Semyon Varlamov 24 saves / 25 shots |
New York won series 3–1 | |
(8) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (9) Columbus Blue Jackets
Toronto finished eighth in the Eastern Conference with 81 points in 70 games for a points percentage of .579 and 28 RWs. Columbus had the same points percentage, but with 25 RWs they finished ninth. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. These teams split their two-game regular season series.
The Blue Jackets defeated the Maple Leafs in five games. Joonas Korpisalo shut out the Maple Leafs in game one, stopping all 28 shots in a 2–0 victory.[52] Maple Leafs goalie Frederik Andersen responded with his own shut out in game two, stopping 20 shots in the process of a 3–0 victory.[53] Pierre-Luc Dubois's hat-trick, three-goal comeback-fulfilling, overtime goal spurred Columbus' game three victory, winning by a score of 4–3.[54] The Maple Leafs then responded with their own three-goal comeback, all while sporting an extra attacker with the goalie pulled. Auston Matthews then scored the overtime game-winner, the Leafs were victorious by a score of 4–3.[55] In game five, Korpisalo shut the door on the Leafs, stopping all 33 shots in a 3–0 victory to advance to the First Round of the playoffs.[56]
August 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–0 | Columbus Blue Jackets | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Cam Atkinson (1) – 01:05 Alexander Wennberg (1) – en – 19:41 |
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Frederik Andersen 33 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Joonas Korpisalo 28 saves / 28 shots |
August 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 0–3 | Columbus Blue Jackets | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
16:00 – Auston Matthews (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
04:56 – John Tavares (1) 19:17 – en – Morgan Rielly (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Frederik Andersen 20 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Joonas Korpisalo 36 saves / 38 shots |
August 6 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 3–4 | OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | Cody Ceci (1) – sh – 18:52 | ||||||
11:39 – Pierre-Luc Dubois (1) | Second period | William Nylander (1) – pp – 07:08 Nicholas Robertson (1) – 08:48 |
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07:27 – Seth Jones (1) 10:49 – Pierre-Luc Dubois (2) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
18:24 – Pierre-Luc Dubois (3) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Joonas Korpisalo 12 saves / 15 shots Elvis Merzlikins 21 saves / 21 shots |
Goalie stats | Frederik Andersen 39 saves / 43 shots |
August 7 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 4–3 | OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | ||
03:58 – Cam Atkinson (2) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
04:40 – Vladislav Gavrikov (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
14:18 – Boone Jenner (1) | Third period | William Nylander (2) – 16:03 John Tavares (2) – 16:54 Zach Hyman (1) – 19:37 |
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No scoring | First overtime period | Auston Matthews (2) – pp – 13:10 | ||||||
Elvis Merzlikins 49 saves / 53 shots | Goalie stats | Frederik Andersen 36 saves / 39 shots |
August 9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–0 | Columbus Blue Jackets | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Zach Werenski (1) – 06:29 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Liam Foudy (1) – 11:40 Nick Foligno (1) – en – 19:37 |
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Frederik Andersen 19 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Joonas Korpisalo 33 saves / 33 shots |
Columbus won series 3–2 | |
Western Conference Qualifying Round
(5) Edmonton Oilers vs. (12) Chicago Blackhawks
Edmonton finished fifth in the Western Conference with 83 points in 71 games for a points percentage of .585. Chicago gained 72 points in 70 games for a points percentage of .514 to finish twelfth in the Western Conference. This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Edmonton winning three of the four previous series. They last met in the 1992 Clarence Campbell Conference Finals, which Chicago won in a four-game sweep. Chicago won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.
The Blackhawks upset the Oilers in four games. Blackhawks rookie forward Dominik Kubalik scored two goals and assisted three times in game one, resulting in Chicago's 6–4 victory.[57] In game two, Oilers captain Connor McDavid recorded a hat-trick assisted thrice by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins tying the series 1–1 in a 6–3 triumph.[58] In game three, Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews scored twice, including the game-winner with 1:16 remaining in the game, capping off a 4–3 victory.[59] In game four, Kubalik's goal at 8:30 of the third period proved to be the series-winner, defeating the Oilers 3–2.[60]
August 1 | Edmonton Oilers | 6–4 | Chicago Blackhawks | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
02:34 – pp – Connor McDavid (1) | First period | Dylan Strome (1) – 05:51 Jonathan Toews (1) – pp – 07:56 Brandon Saad (1) – 09:17 Jonathan Toews (2) – 12:57 |
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04:13 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (1) | Second period | Dominik Kubalik (1) – pp – 06:32 Dominik Kubalik (2) – pp – 17:35 |
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16:07 – pp – James Neal (1) 16:43 – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Mike Smith 18 saves / 23 shots Mikko Koskinen 18 saves / 19 shots |
Goalie stats | Corey Crawford 25 saves / 29 shots |
August 3 | Edmonton Oilers | 3–6 | Chicago Blackhawks | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
00:19 – Connor McDavid (2) 04:05 – Connor McDavid (3) |
First period | Patrick Kane (1) – 09:06 | ||||||
01:44 – Tyler Ennis (1) 17:10 – pp – Connor McDavid (4) |
Second period | Slater Koekkoek (1) – 04:22 Olli Maatta (1) – 15:13 |
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07:25 – James Neal (2) 08:05 – Alex Chiasson (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Mikko Koskinen 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Corey Crawford 29 saves / 35 shots |
August 5 | Chicago Blackhawks | 3–4 | Edmonton Oilers | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
09:14 – Olli Maatta (2) 19:55 – pp – Jonathan Toews (3) |
First period | Leon Draisaitl (2) – 09:42 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Leon Draisaitl (3) – 04:07 Connor McDavid (5) – pp – 19:52 |
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14:13 – Matthew Highmore (1) 18:44 – Jonathan Toews (4) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Corey Crawford 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Mikko Koskinen 21 saves / 25 shots |
August 7 | Chicago Blackhawks | 2–3 | Edmonton Oilers | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
05:16 – Brandon Saad (2) 07:56 – Matthew Highmore (2) |
First period | Josh Archibald (1) – 00:45 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2) – 02:02 | ||||||
08:30 – Dominik Kubalik (3) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Corey Crawford 43 saves / 45 shots | Goalie stats | Mikko Koskinen 26 saves / 29 shots |
Chicago won series 3–1 | |
(6) Nashville Predators vs. (11) Arizona Coyotes
Nashville finished sixth in the Western Conference with 78 points in 69 games for a points percentage of .565, winning the tiebreaker against Vancouver with 28 RWs. Arizona gained 74 points in 70 games for a points percentage of .529 to finish eleventh in the Western Conference. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 2012 Western Conference Semifinals, which Arizona won in five games. These teams split their two-game regular season series.
The Coyotes defeated the Predators in four games. In game one, the Coyotes jumped out to a 4–1 lead, scoring a power play and a shorthanded goal, and held off a Predators third period rally for the victory.[61] Although the Coyotes had two goals in the final minute of game two, the Predators successfully kept the lead winning 4–2.[62] In game three, Darcy Kuemper stopped 39 of 40 shots and his teammates exploded for three goals in the third period, leading to a 4–1 victory.[63] The Coyotes clinched in game four after much drama; they blew a 2–0 second period lead and allowed Filip Forsberg's tying goal with only 32 seconds left in regulation, but Brad Richardson scored the series-winner 5:27 into overtime.[64]
August 2 | Nashville Predators | 4–3 | Arizona Coyotes | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
19:57 – pp – Filip Forsberg (1) | First period | Oliver Ekman-Larsson (1) – 07:59 Christian Dvorak (1) – 10:52 Clayton Keller (1) – pp – 15:42 |
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No scoring | Second period | Michael Grabner (1) – sh – 16:25 | ||||||
00:30 – Ryan Ellis (1) 08:56 – pp – Filip Forsberg (2) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Juuse Saros 33 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Darcy Kuemper 40 saves / 43 shots |
August 4 | Nashville Predators | 2–4 | Arizona Coyotes | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
07:50 – Nick Bonino (1) 10:27 – Ryan Johansen (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
06:02 – Calle Jarnkrok (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
13:49 – pp – Viktor Arvidsson (1) | Third period | Clayton Keller (2) – 19:03 Lawson Crouse (1) – 19:12 |
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Juuse Saros 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Darcy Kuemper 24 saves / 28 shots |
August 5 | Arizona Coyotes | 1–4 | Nashville Predators | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
05:09 – Christian Dvorak (2) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Viktor Arvidsson (2) – 07:31 | ||||||
07:08 – Conor Garland (1) 15:38 – pp – Taylor Hall (1) 18:06 – en – Carl Soderberg (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Darcy Kuemper 39 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Juuse Saros 24 saves / 27 shots |
August 7 | Arizona Coyotes | 3–4 | OT | Nashville Predators | Rogers Place | Recap | ||
17:27 – Michael Grabner (2) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
01:37 – Phil Kessel (1) | Second period | Matt Duchene (1) – pp – 04:29 Viktor Arvidsson (3) – 08:26 |
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04:21 – Jordan Oesterle (1) | Third period | Filip Forsberg (3) – 19:28 | ||||||
05:27 – Brad Richardson (1) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Darcy Kuemper 49 saves / 52 shots | Goalie stats | Juuse Saros 30 saves / 34 shots |
Arizona won series 3–1 | |
(7) Vancouver Canucks vs. (10) Minnesota Wild
Vancouver finished seventh in the Western Conference with 78 points in 69 games for a points percentage of .565, losing the tiebreaker against Nashville with 27 RWs. Minnesota gained 77 points in 69 games for a points percentage of .558 to finish tenth in the Western Conference. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 2003 Western Conference Semifinals, which Minnesota came back from a 3–1 series deficit to win in seven games. Minnesota won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.
The Canucks defeated the Wild in four games. Alex Stalock stopped all 28 shots he faced in Minnesota's game one victory; the Wild won 3–0.[65] In game two, Bo Horvat and Alexander Edler both had a goal and an assist in game two to help Vancouver even the series 1–1 winning the contest 4–3.[66] Quinn Hughes assisted on all three goals and Jacob Markstrom stopped all 27 shots for Vancouver's game three victory.[67] In game four, the Canucks' Christopher Tanev provided two assists and the series-winning overtime goal to send Vancouver to the First Round of the playoffs. Tanev's goal at eleven seconds into overtime tied the second fastest playoff overtime goal.[68]
August 2 | Vancouver Canucks | 3–0 | Minnesota Wild | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Kevin Fiala (1) – pp – 02:50 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Jared Spurgeon (1) – pp – 10:24 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Jared Spurgeon (2) – en – 19:13 | ||||||
Jacob Markstrom 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Alex Stalock 28 saves / 28 shots |
August 4 | Vancouver Canucks | 3–4 | Minnesota Wild | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
00:24 – Tanner Pearson (1) | First period | Luke Kunin (1) – sh – 17:16 | ||||||
03:01 – J. T. Miller (1) 08:42 – Brock Boeser (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
06:22 – pp – Bo Horvat (1) | Third period | Kevin Fiala (2) – 17:31 Kevin Fiala (3) – 19:51 |
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Jacob Markstrom 32 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Alex Stalock 24 saves / 28 shots |
August 6 | Minnesota Wild | 3–0 | Vancouver Canucks | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Brock Boeser (2) – pp – 13:49 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Antoine Roussel (1) – 02:18 Elias Pettersson (1) – pp – 18:38 |
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Alex Stalock 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Jacob Markstrom 27 saves / 27 shots |
August 7 | Minnesota Wild | 5–4 | OT | Vancouver Canucks | Rogers Place | Recap | ||
02:58 – pp – Luke Kunin (2) 13:32 – Eric Staal (1) |
First period | Tanner Pearson (2) – 12:52 | ||||||
05:39 – Joel Eriksson Ek (1) 19:08 – Nico Sturm (1) |
Second period | Brandon Sutter (1) – 07:20 Quinn Hughes (1) – pp – 08:44 |
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No scoring | Third period | Bo Horvat (2) – 14:14 | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | Christopher Tanev (1) – 00:11 | ||||||
Alex Stalock 26 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Jacob Markstrom 25 saves / 29 shots |
Vancouver won series 3–1 | |
(8) Calgary Flames vs. (9) Winnipeg Jets
Calgary finished eighth in the Western Conference with 79 points in 70 games for a points percentage of .564. Winnipeg gained 80 points in 71 games for a points percentage of .563 to finish ninth in the Western Conference. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. This was also the first Stanley Cup playoff meeting between these two cities since the 1987 Smythe Division Semifinals. Winnipeg won the only game in this year's regular season series, which was played outdoors.
The Flames defeated the Jets in four games. In game one, the Flames scored a power-play goal, then a short-handed goal, followed by another power-play goal in the second period to take a 4–1 victory.[69] The Jets tied the series 1–1 on Connor Hellebuyck's 28-save performance in a 3–2 victory.[70] In game three, Sean Monahan scored a goal and assisted twice in the Flames' 6–2 victory, giving his team a chance to advance in game four.[71] Cam Talbot led the Flames to the series victory in game four, shutting the Jets out by a score of 4–0, stopping all 31 shots in the process.[72]
August 1 | Calgary Flames | 1–4 | Winnipeg Jets | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Andrew Copp (1) – 08:51 | ||||||
07:06 – pp – Johnny Gaudreau (1) 12:51 – sh – Tobias Rieder (1) 18:14 – pp – Mikael Backlund (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
18:19 – en – Andrew Mangiapane (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Cam Talbot 17 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Connor Hellebuyck 30 saves / 33 shots |
August 3 | Calgary Flames | 3–2 | Winnipeg Jets | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Jansen Harkins (1) – 07:18 | ||||||
11:29 – Elias Lindholm (1) 17:29 – Sam Bennett (1) |
Second period | Adam Lowry (1) – 05:43 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Nikolaj Ehlers (1) – pp – 10:24 | ||||||
Cam Talbot 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Connor Hellebuyck 28 saves / 30 shots |
August 4 | Winnipeg Jets | 6–2 | Calgary Flames | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
10:04 – Nikolaj Ehlers (2) | First period | Elias Lindholm (2) – pp – 10:22 | ||||||
08:09 – pp – Andrew Copp (2) | Second period | Mikael Backlund (2) – 05:37 Sean Monahan (1) – pp – 07:49 Matthew Tkachuk (1) – 12:48 |
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No scoring | Third period | Milan Lucic (1) – pp – 08:28 Johnny Gaudreau (2) – en – 17:41 |
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Connor Hellebuyck 26 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Cam Talbot 33 saves / 35 shots |
August 6 | Winnipeg Jets | 4–0 | Calgary Flames | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Dillon Dube (1) – 03:21 Sam Bennett (2) – 19:59 |
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No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Sean Monahan (2) – en – 16:59 Rasmus Andersson (1) – en – 17:18 |
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Connor Hellebuyck 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Cam Talbot 31 saves / 31 shots |
Calgary won series 3–1 | |
First Round
- Note: Teams seeded 1–4 in each conference were based on their final standings from the Round Robin. All teams advancing from the Qualifying Round were re-seeded 5–8 based on their regular season points percentage.
Eastern Conference First Round
(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens
Philadelphia earned the first seed in the Eastern Conference after finishing 3–0 in the Round Robin; during the regular season they finished with 89 points in 69 games for a .645 points percentage. Montreal earned the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference as the lowest advancing seed from the Qualifying Round by defeating Pittsburgh. This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams with both teams splitting the six previous series. They last met in the 2010 Eastern Conference Finals, which Philadelphia won in five games. Philadelphia won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.
The Flyers eliminated the Canadiens in six games. In game one, Carter Hart made 27 saves against the Canadiens, defeating Montreal 2–1.[73] Prior to game two, Canadiens head coach Claude Julien left the bubble due to an emergency stent being placed in his coronary artery. Kirk Muller was named interim head coach for the remainder of the series while Julien recovered in Montreal.[74] Montreal tied the series after game two on Tomas Tatar and Jesperi Kotkaniemi two goals and Carey Price's 30-save 5–0 shut out victory.[75] In game three, Flyers forward Jakub Voracek scored the only goal of the game and Hart turned away all 23 shots in a 1–0 shutout.[76] Hart continued his shutout into game four, stopping all 29 shots in a 2–0 victory.[77] In game five, Joel Armia scored twice for the Canadiens forcing a sixth game after 5–3 victory.[78] Kevin Hayes had a goal and an assist in game six for the Flyers who defeated the Canadiens 3–2 and advanced to the Second Round.[79]
August 12 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1–2 | Montreal Canadiens | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
08:54 – pp – Jakub Voracek (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
14:54 – Joel Farabee (2) | Second period | Shea Weber (3) – pp – 14:38 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Carter Hart 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Carey Price 29 saves / 31 shots |
August 14 | Philadelphia Flyers | 5–0 | Montreal Canadiens | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Tomas Tatar (1) – 01:02 Jesperi Kotkaniemi (3) – 12:36 |
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No scoring | Second period | Tomas Tatar (2) – pp – 01:25 Joel Armia (1) – 17:57 |
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No scoring | Third period | Jesperi Kotkaniemi (4) – pp – 10:35 | ||||||
Carter Hart 22 saves / 26 shots Brian Elliott 5 saves / 6 shots |
Goalie stats | Carey Price 30 saves / 30 shots |
August 16 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–0 | Philadelphia Flyers | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Jakub Voracek (2) – 05:21 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Carey Price 19 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Carter Hart 23 saves / 23 shots |
August 18 | Montreal Canadiens | 2–0 | Philadelphia Flyers | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Michael Raffl (2) – 06:32 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Philippe Myers (2) – 17:04 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Carey Price 20 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Carter Hart 29 saves / 29 shots |
August 19 | Philadelphia Flyers | 5–3 | Montreal Canadiens | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Joel Armia (2) – sh – 02:53 | ||||||
02:35 – pp – Jakub Voracek (3) 06:37 – pp – Jakub Voracek (4) |
Second period | Joel Armia (3) – 10:12 Brendan Gallagher (1) – pp – 11:30 |
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10:37 – pp – Joel Farabee (3) | Third period | Nick Suzuki (2) – 10:59 Phillip Danault (1) – en – 19:42 |
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Carter Hart 28 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Carey Price 26 saves / 29 shots |
August 21 | Montreal Canadiens | 3–2 | Philadelphia Flyers | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
10:03 – pp – Nick Suzuki (3) | First period | Ivan Provorov (1) – 00:28 Kevin Hayes (1) – 05:23 |
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06:05 – Nick Suzuki (4) | Second period | Michael Raffl (3) – 04:26 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Carey Price 14 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Carter Hart 31 saves / 33 shots |
Philadelphia won series 4–2 | |
(2) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (7) Columbus Blue Jackets
Tampa Bay earned the second seed in the Eastern Conference after finishing 2–1 in the Round Robin; during the regular season they finished with 92 points in 70 games for a .657 points percentage. Columbus earned the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference as the second lowest advancing seed from the Qualifying Round by defeating Toronto. This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and second postseason match-up between these two teams. Columbus won last year's playoff meeting in a four-game sweep. Tampa Bay won the only game in this year's regular season series.
The Lightning defeated the Blue Jackets in five games. In game one, with the match tied at two, the teams headed into overtime. At 10:27 of the fifth overtime, Lightning forward Brayden Point ended the 3–2 marathon nearly six hours after its start. It was the fourth-longest game in NHL history.[80] Columbus goalie Joonas Korpisalo made 85 saves during the affair, setting a modern day NHL record for saves in a playoff game.[81] The Blue Jackets tied the series on Pierre-Luc Dubois's two assists and Korpisalo's 36 saves in game two, winning 3–1.[82] In game three, Point continued his point streak scoring the second goal of a 3–2 Lightning victory.[83] Barclay Goodrow and Yanni Gourde both scored and provided an assist for the Lightning in game four, who defeated the Blue Jackets 2–1 and took a 3–1 series lead.[84] In game five, the Blue Jackets overcame a two-goal deficit to take the lead 4–2, however the Lightning were able to tie the score with 1:38 remaining in the game, which required overtime again. At 5:12 of the first overtime, Point's backhanded shot over Korpisalo ended the series, avenging last year's series for the Lightning, and sending them to the Second Round.[85]
August 11 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 2–3 | 5OT | Columbus Blue Jackets | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | ||
06:27 – Brayden Point (2) | First period | Pierre-Luc Dubois (4) – pp – 02:39 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Oliver Bjorkstrand (1) – 19:12 | ||||||
00:23 – Yanni Gourde (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
10:27 – Brayden Point (3) | Fifth overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Andrei Vasilevskiy 61 saves / 63 shots | Goalie stats | Joonas Korpisalo 85 saves / 88 shots |
August 13 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 3–1 | Columbus Blue Jackets | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
05:24 – Nikita Kucherov (2) | First period | Ryan Murray (1) – 12:52 Oliver Bjorkstrand (2) – pp – 18:35 |
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No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Alexander Wennberg (2) – 11:27 | ||||||
Andrei Vasilevskiy 19 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Joonas Korpisalo 36 saves / 37 shots |
August 15 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 3–2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Alex Killorn (2) – 15:48 | ||||||
01:49 – Riley Nash (1) | Second period | Brayden Point (4) – 14:16 Victor Hedman (1) – 18:53 |
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01:37 – Eric Robinson (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Joonas Korpisalo 31 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Andrei Vasilevskiy 15 saves / 17 shots |
August 17 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 2–1 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
05:48 – Cam Atkinson (3) | Second period | Barclay Goodrow (1) – 00:16 Yanni Gourde (2) – 04:09 |
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No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Joonas Korpisalo 20 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Andrei Vasilevskiy 28 saves / 29 shots |
August 19 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 4–5 | OT | Columbus Blue Jackets | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | ||
05:38 – Tyler Johnson (3) 06:39 – Blake Coleman (1) |
First period | Nick Foligno (2) – 11:51 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Kevin Stenlund (1) – pp – 09:35 Alexander Wennberg (3) – 19:44 |
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12:01 – Kevin Shattenkirk (1) 18:22 – Anthony Cirelli (1) |
Third period | Oliver Bjorkstrand (3) – 09:33 | ||||||
05:12 – Brayden Point (5) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Andrei Vasilevskiy 37 saves / 41 shots | Goalie stats | Joonas Korpisalo 20 saves / 25 shots |
Tampa Bay won series 4–1 | |
(3) Washington Capitals vs. (6) New York Islanders
Washington earned the third seed in the Eastern Conference after finishing 1–2 in the Round Robin; during the regular season they finished with 90 points in 69 games for a .652 points percentage. New York earned the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference as the second highest advancing seed from the Qualifying Round by defeating Florida. This was the eighth playoff meeting between these two teams with New York winning five of the seven previous series. They last met in the 2015 Eastern Conference First Round, which Washington won in seven games. These teams split the four games in this year's regular season series.
The Islanders defeated the Capitals in five games. In game one, Josh Bailey's short-handed goal at 6:52 of the third period put the Islanders ahead 3–2 and with Anthony Beauvillier's goal to make it 4–2 New York held onto their lead to take the victory.[86] Jean-Gabriel Pageau's two assists helped the Islanders take game two 5–2 taking a 2–0 series lead.[87] The Islanders took a 3–0 series lead after game three ended in overtime on Mathew Barzal's goal, giving New York a 2–1 victory.[88] In game four, Alexander Ovechkin's two goals extended the series for the Capitals in a 3–2 victory.[89] Beauvillier's two goals helped shut the door against the Capitals, defeating them 4–0 and advancing to Second Round.[90]
August 12 | Washington Capitals | 4–2 | New York Islanders | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
05:27 – pp – T. J. Oshie (2) 11:18 – pp – T. J. Oshie (3) |
Second period | Jordan Eberle (3) – 18:57 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Anders Lee (1) – 00:51 Josh Bailey (1) – sh – 06:52 Anthony Beauvillier (4) – 11:55 |
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Braden Holtby 23 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Semyon Varlamov 24 saves / 26 shots |
August 14 | Washington Capitals | 5–2 | New York Islanders | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
00:56 – Alexander Ovechkin (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
06:39 – Alexander Ovechkin (2) | Second period | Nick Leddy (1) – pp – 02:56 Matt Martin (2) – 05:01 Brock Nelson (3) – 06:54 |
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No scoring | Third period | Cal Clutterbuck (1) – 17:14 Anders Lee (2) – en – 18:21 |
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Braden Holtby 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Semyon Varlamov 23 saves / 25 shots |
August 16 | New York Islanders | 1–2 | OT | Washington Capitals | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | ||
14:50 – Anders Lee (3) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) – pp – 05:50 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
04:28 – Mathew Barzal (2) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Semyon Varlamov 22 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Braden Holtby 32 saves / 34 shots |
August 18 | New York Islanders | 3–2 | Washington Capitals | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
03:50 – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (4) 09:16 – Mathew Barzal (3) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Evgeny Kuznetsov (3) – 03:35 Alexander Ovechkin (3) – pp – 05:29 |
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No scoring | Third period | Alexander Ovechkin (4) – 03:40 | ||||||
Semyon Varlamov 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Braden Holtby 24 saves / 26 shots |
August 20 | Washington Capitals | 4–0 | New York Islanders | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Anthony Beauvillier (5) – pp – 10:19 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Anthony Beauvillier (6) – 09:33 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Nick Leddy (2) – en – 17:47 Josh Bailey (2) – en – 18:31 |
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Braden Holtby 13 saves / 15 shots | Goalie stats | Semyon Varlamov 21 saves / 21 shots |
New York won series 4–1 | |
(4) Boston Bruins vs. (5) Carolina Hurricanes
Boston earned the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference after finishing 0–3 in the Round Robin; during the regular season they finished with 100 points in 70 games for a .714 points percentage. Carolina earned the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference as the highest advancing seed from the Qualifying Round by defeating the New York Rangers. This was the second consecutive postseason match-up and sixth playoff meeting overall between these two teams; with Boston winning four of the five previous series. Boston won last year's series in a four-game sweep. Boston won the only game in this year's regular season series.
The Bruins defeated the Hurricanes in five games. Due to game one of the Blue Jackets-Lightning series extending to the fifth overtime, game one of this series was postponed to the next day.[91] The Bruins and Hurricanes had their own overtime marathon in game one with the game tied at three, but the game ended at 1:13 of the second overtime with Patrice Bergeron's goal.[92] In game two, Martin Necas assisted twice for the Hurricanes who defeated the Bruins 3–2.[93] With Tuukka Rask opting to leave the bubble, Jaroslav Halak started game three for the Bruins during which he made 29 saves, defeating the Hurricanes for a 3–1 victory.[94][95] In game four, the Bruins came back from a 2–0 deficit, scoring four goals in the third period to overtake the Hurricanes by a final score of 4–3.[96] In game five, David Pastrnak assisted twice in a defensive match defeating the Hurricanes 2–1 and advancing to the Second Round.[97]
August 12 | Boston Bruins | 3–4 | 2OT | Carolina Hurricanes | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | ||
17:45 – David Pastrnak (1) | First period | Joel Edmundson (1) – 13:02 | ||||||
04:38 – Charlie Coyle (1) | Second period | Brock McGinn (1) – sh – 04:59 | ||||||
00:59 – David Krejci (1) | Third period | Haydn Fleury (1) – 09:49 | ||||||
01:13 – Patrice Bergeron (1) | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Tuukka Rask 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Petr Mrazek 36 saves / 40 shots |
August 13 | Boston Bruins | 3–2 | Carolina Hurricanes | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
15:41 – pp – David Krejci (2) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
19:55 – pp – Brad Marchand (1) | Second period | Teuvo Teravainen (2) – pp – 15:13 Andrei Svechnikov (4) – 16:41 |
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No scoring | Third period | Dougie Hamilton (1) – 08:30 | ||||||
Tuukka Rask 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | James Reimer 33 saves / 35 shots |
August 15 | Carolina Hurricanes | 3–1 | Boston Bruins | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Charlie Coyle (2) – pp – 00:14 | ||||||
06:30 – pp – Nino Niederreiter (1) | Third period | Sean Kuraly (1) – sh – 01:16 Brad Marchand (2) – en – 19:29 |
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Petr Mrazek 36 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Jaroslav Halak 29 saves / 30 shots |
August 17 | Carolina Hurricanes | 4–3 | Boston Bruins | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
09:17 – Justin Williams (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
12:08 – Jordan Martinook (2) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
18:33 – Teuvo Teravainen (3) | Third period | Jake DeBrusk (2) – 07:26 Connor Clifton (1) – 10:10 Brad Marchand (3) – 11:40 Jake DeBrusk (3) – 14:17 |
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James Reimer 29 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Jaroslav Halak 16 saves / 19 shots |
August 19 | Boston Bruins | 1–2 | Carolina Hurricanes | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Haydn Fleury (2) – 09:35 | ||||||
15:20 – pp – David Krejci (3) 19:56 – pp – Patrice Bergeron (2) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Jaroslav Halak 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Petr Mrazek 25 saves / 27 shots |
Boston won series 4–1 | |
Western Conference First Round
(1) Vegas Golden Knights vs. (8) Chicago Blackhawks
Vegas earned the first seed in the Western Conference after finishing 3–0 in the Round Robin; during the regular season they finished with 86 points in 71 games for a .606 points percentage. Chicago earned the eighth seed in the Western Conference as the lowest advancing seed from the Qualifying Round by defeating Edmonton. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Vegas won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.
The Golden Knights defeated the Blackhawks in five games. In game one, Reilly Smith scored twice and provided an assist for the Golden Knights' 4–1 victory.[98] Smith then ended game two at 7:13 of the first overtime; his team was victorious by a score of 4–3.[99] In game three, the Golden Knights continued their win streak, defeating the Blackhawks 2–1 on Marc-Andre Fleury's 26 saves.[100] Chicago ended Vegas' win streak in game four, riding on Corey Crawford's 48 saves performance to defeat the Golden Knights 3–1.[101] In game five, Alex Tuch scored the go-ahead goal to put Vegas ahead in the third period. From there, they played defensively, turning away seven shots to win 4–3 and advance to the Second Round of the playoffs.[102]
August 11 | Vegas Golden Knights | 1–4 | Chicago Blackhawks | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
07:22 – Shea Theodore (3) 09:39 – William Carrier (2) |
Second period | David Kampf (1) – sh – 10:51 | ||||||
03:32 – Reilly Smith (1) 08:14 – Reilly Smith (2) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Robin Lehner 19 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Corey Crawford 30 saves / 34 shots |
August 13 | Vegas Golden Knights | 3–4 | OT | Chicago Blackhawks | Rogers Place | Recap | ||
10:44 – Paul Stastny (1) 15:35 – Tomas Nosek (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
17:20 – Mark Stone (3) | Second period | Kirby Dach (1) – 03:17 Dominik Kubalik (4) – pp – 12:07 Dylan Strome (2) – 19:46 |
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No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
07:13 – Reilly Smith (3) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Robin Lehner 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Corey Crawford 35 saves / 39 shots |
August 15 | Chicago Blackhawks | 2–1 | Vegas Golden Knights | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | William Karlsson (2) – sh – 04:12 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Patrick Brown (1) – 15:23 | ||||||
06:21 – Olli Maatta (3) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Corey Crawford 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Marc-Andre Fleury 26 saves / 27 shots |
August 16 | Chicago Blackhawks | 1–3 | Vegas Golden Knights | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
04:08 – Drake Caggiula (1) 13:40 – Matthew Highmore (3) |
First period | Shea Theodore (4) – 13:58 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
19:49 – en – Alex DeBrincat (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Corey Crawford 48 saves / 49 shots | Goalie stats | Robin Lehner 22 saves / 24 shots |
August 18 | Vegas Golden Knights | 3–4 | Chicago Blackhawks | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
19:29 – Max Pacioretty (1) | First period | Jonathan Toews (5) – 10:32 Alex DeBrincat (2) – 18:19 |
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00:57 – Mark Stone (4) 07:28 – pp – Alec Martinez (1) |
Second period | Patrick Kane (2) – 04:02 | ||||||
01:34 – Alex Tuch (4) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Robin Lehner 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Corey Crawford 35 saves / 39 shots |
Vegas won series 4–1 | |
(2) Colorado Avalanche vs. (7) Arizona Coyotes
Colorado earned the second seed in the Western Conference after finishing 2–1 in the Round Robin; during the regular season they finished with 92 points in 70 games for a .657 points percentage. Arizona earned the seventh seed in the Western Conference as the second lowest advancing seed from the Qualifying Round by defeating Nashville. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 2000 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Colorado won in five games. These teams split their two-game regular season series.
The Avalanche defeated the Coyotes in five games. The Avalanche limited the Coyotes to fourteen shots in game one and Philipp Grubauer stopped all of them in their 3–0 victory.[103] In game two, Avalanche right wing Andre Burakovsky scored the game-winning goal with 2:53 remaining in the third period to defeat the Coyotes 3–2.[104] Darcy Kuemper made 49 saves in game three, giving the Coyotes a 4–2 victory and their first win of the series.[105] The Avalanche provided a defensive and offensive approach to game four routing out the Coyotes 7–1 and limiting their shots to 15 giving them a chance to clinch in game five.[106] In game five, the Avalanche continued their dominance in a 7–1 victory, advancing to the Second Round on Nathan MacKinnon's two goals and two assists.[107]
August 12 | Colorado Avalanche | 0–3 | Arizona Coyotes | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
13:05 – pp – Nazem Kadri (2) 13:15 – J. T. Compher (2) 14:28 – Mikko Rantanen (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Philipp Grubauer 14 saves / 14 shots | Goalie stats | Darcy Kuemper 37 saves / 40 shots |
August 14 | Colorado Avalanche | 2–3 | Arizona Coyotes | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
03:40 – Nathan MacKinnon (2) | First period | Clayton Keller (3) – 16:49 | ||||||
03:37 – Tyson Jost (1) | Second period | Michael Grabner (3) – 05:06 | ||||||
17:07 – Andre Burakovsky (2) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Philipp Grubauer 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Darcy Kuemper 25 saves / 28 shots |
August 15 | Arizona Coyotes | 2–4 | Colorado Avalanche | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
06:29 – Derek Stepan (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
19:26 – Brad Richardson (2) | Second period | Andre Burakovsky (3) – 13:12 | ||||||
18:40 – en – Taylor Hall (2) 19:55 – en – Lawson Crouse (2) |
Third period | Mikko Rantanen (2) – 19:03 | ||||||
Darcy Kuemper 49 saves / 51 shots | Goalie stats | Pavel Francouz 19 saves / 21 shots |
August 17 | Arizona Coyotes | 7–1 | Colorado Avalanche | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Matt Nieto (1) – 14:07 Nazem Kadri (3) – pp – 16:07 Nazem Kadri (4) – pp – 19:39 |
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13:31 – pp – Jakob Chychrun (1) | Second period | Joonas Donskoi (3) – 11:37 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Cale Makar (2) – 00:19 Matt Calvert (1) – 02:57 Mikko Rantanen (3) – pp – 16:24 |
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Darcy Kuemper 18 saves / 22 shots Antti Raanta 5 saves / 8 shots |
Goalie stats | Philipp Grubauer 14 saves / 15 shots |
August 19 | Colorado Avalanche | 1–7 | Arizona Coyotes | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
04:39 – pp – Nazem Kadri (5) 08:29 – pp – Sam Girard (1) 18:32 – Nazem Kadri (6) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
09:51 – Nathan MacKinnon (3) 10:49 – pp – Nathan MacKinnon (4) 18:16 – Nikita Zadorov (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
15:19 – J. T. Compher (3) | Third period | Clayton Keller (4) – 06:51 | ||||||
Philipp Grubauer 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Darcy Kuemper 24 saves / 30 shots Antti Raanta 5 saves / 6 shots |
Colorado won series 4–1 | |
(3) Dallas Stars vs. (6) Calgary Flames
Dallas earned the third seed in the Western Conference after finishing 1–2 in the Round Robin; during the regular season they finished with 82 points in 69 games for a .594 points percentage. Calgary earned the sixth seed in the Western Conference as the second highest advancing seed from the Qualifying Round by defeating Winnipeg. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1981 Stanley Cup Semifinals, which the then-Minnesota North Stars won in six games. Calgary won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.
The Stars eliminated the Flames in six games. Dillon Dube scored twice for Calgary in game one as the Flames took the victory 3–2.[108] In game two, with forty seconds remaining Jamie Oleksiak scored the game-winning goal for Dallas defeating Calgary 5–4.[109] Cam Talbot stopped all 35 shots he faced in game three defeating the Stars 2–0 and taking a 2–1 series lead.[110] In game four, Stars forward Joe Pavelski scored a hat trick and Alexander Radulov's overtime-game winner tied the series 2–2, defeating the Flames 5–4.[111] Anton Khudobin made 28 saves for the Stars in game five, defeating the Flames 2–1 and taking a 3–2 series lead.[112] In game six, the Stars recovered from a 3–0 deficit led by Denis Gurianov's four goals, completing the series with a 7–3 victory.[113]
August 11 | Dallas Stars | 3–2 | Calgary Flames | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Dillon Dube (2) – pp – 10:54 Dillon Dube (3) – 18:02 |
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10:52 – Denis Gurianov (1) 11:01 – Jamie Benn (1) |
Second period | Rasmus Andersson (2) – 16:01 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Anton Khudobin 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Cam Talbot 24 saves / 26 shots |
August 13 | Dallas Stars | 4–5 | Calgary Flames | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
02:42 – Alexander Radulov (1) 11:14 – Miro Heiskanen (1) |
First period | Dillon Dube (4) – 00:19 | ||||||
04:50 – Miro Heiskanen (2) 15:05 – pp – Corey Perry (2) |
Second period | Derek Forbort (1) – 13:00 | ||||||
19:20 – Jamie Oleksiak (2) | Third period | Tobias Rieder (2) – sh – 12:24 Sam Bennett (3) – pp – 17:11 |
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Ben Bishop 22 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Cam Talbot 31 saves / 36 shots |
August 14 | Calgary Flames | 0–2 | Dallas Stars | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
05:58 – sh – Mikael Backlund (3) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
10:36 – T. J. Brodie (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Cam Talbot 35 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 21 saves / 23 shots |
August 16 | Calgary Flames | 5–4 | OT | Dallas Stars | Rogers Place | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | Joe Pavelski (3) – pp – 18:11 | ||||||
01:54 – pp – Johnny Gaudreau (3) 03:57 – pp – Sam Bennett (4) 14:50 – Sam Bennett (5) |
Second period | Joe Pavelski (4) – 03:14 Denis Gurianov (2) – pp – 19:23 |
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03:11 – sh – Tobias Rieder (3) | Third period | Joe Pavelski (5) – 19:48 | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | Alexander Radulov (2) – 16:05 | ||||||
Cam Talbot 57 saves / 62 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 36 saves / 40 shots |
August 18 | Dallas Stars | 1–2 | Calgary Flames | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
10:13 – sh – Jamie Benn (2) | First period | Mikael Backlund (4) – 19:14 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
01:12 – John Klingberg (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Anton Khudobin 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Cam Talbot 30 saves / 32 shots |
August 20 | Calgary Flames | 7–3 | Dallas Stars | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
03:42 – Andrew Mangiapane (2) 05:38 – pp – Johnny Gaudreau (4) 06:34 – Rasmus Andersson (3) |
First period | Miro Heiskanen (3) – pp – 09:36 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Denis Gurianov (3) – 00:59 Denis Gurianov (4) – 03:25 Radek Faksa (1) – pp – 05:47 Joe Pavelski (6) – 07:22 Denis Gurianov (5) – 15:30 |
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No scoring | Third period | Denis Gurianov (6) – 09:02 | ||||||
Cam Talbot 11 saves / 15 shots David Rittich 6 saves / 9 shots |
Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 38 saves / 41 shots |
Dallas won series 4–2 | |
(4) St. Louis Blues vs. (5) Vancouver Canucks
St. Louis earned the fourth seed in the Western Conference after finishing 0–3 in the Round Robin; during the regular season they finished with 94 points in 71 games for a .662 points percentage. Vancouver earned the fifth seed in the Western Conference as the highest advancing seed from the Qualifying Round by defeating Minnesota. This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Vancouver winning all three previous series. They last met in the 2009 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Vancouver won in a four-game sweep. Vancouver won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.
The Canucks defeated the Blues in six games. Canucks captain Bo Horvat scored twice in game one, defeating the Blues 5–2.[114] Although Blues forward Samuel Blais tied game two with seven seconds remaining, Horvat's second goal of the game at 5:55 of overtime gave the Canucks a 4–3 victory and a 2–0 series lead.[115] In game three, Jake Allen made 39 saves and Brayden Schenn scored the overtime-game winning goal, defeating the Canucks 3–2.[116] The Blues evened up the series in game four, with Ryan O'Reilly scoring twice in a 3–1 victory.[117] Vancouver came back from a two-goal deficit in game five to defeat St. Louis 4–3 and take a 3–2 series lead.[118] Tyler Motte scored twice in game six, sending the Canucks to the Second Round and handily defeating the Blues 6–2.[119]
August 12 | St. Louis Blues | 5–2 | Vancouver Canucks | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
16:37 – pp – David Perron (3) | First period | Bo Horvat (3) – pp – 04:29 | ||||||
09:49 – Jaden Schwartz (1) | Second period | Elias Pettersson (2) – pp – 08:37 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Troy Stecher (1) – 05:37 Bo Horvat (4) – 08:01 J. T. Miller (2) – pp – 19:21 |
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Jordan Binnington 17 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Jacob Markstrom 29 saves / 31 shots |
August 14 | St. Louis Blues | 4–3 | OT | Vancouver Canucks | Rogers Place | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | Bo Horvat (5) – sh – 07:23 | ||||||
18:56 – pp – Ryan O'Reilly (1) | Second period | Tanner Pearson (3) – pp – 13:01 | ||||||
09:02 – Samuel Blais (1) 19:53 – Jaden Schwartz (2) |
Third period | Elias Pettersson (3) – pp – 05:36 | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | Bo Horvat (6) – 05:55 | ||||||
Jordan Binnington 21 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Jacob Markstrom 34 saves / 37 shots |
August 16 | Vancouver Canucks | 3–2 | OT | St. Louis Blues | Rogers Place | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
01:19 – pp – J. T. Miller (3) 18:39 – Elias Pettersson (4) |
Second period | Justin Faulk (1) – 08:16 David Perron (4) – 18:02 |
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No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | Brayden Schenn (1) – 15:06 | ||||||
Jacob Markstrom 46 saves / 49 shots | Goalie stats | Jake Allen 39 saves / 41 shots |
August 17 | Vancouver Canucks | 3–1 | St. Louis Blues | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Ryan O'Reilly (2) – pp – 16:43 | ||||||
00:40 – J. T. Miller (4) | Second period | Ryan O'Reilly (3) – 06:52 Alex Pietrangelo (1) – pp – 15:47 |
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No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Jacob Markstrom 34 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Jake Allen 22 saves / 23 shots |
August 19 | St. Louis Blues | 4–3 | Vancouver Canucks | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
15:41 – Brayden Schenn (2) 19:31 – Ryan O'Reilly (4) |
First period | Tyler Motte (1) – sh – 13:15 | ||||||
05:51 – pp – Zach Sanford (1) | Second period | J. T. Miller (5) – 11:54 Jake Virtanen (1) – 16:08 Tyler Motte (2) – 18:17 |
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No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Jake Allen 26 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Jacob Markstrom 36 saves / 39 shots |
August 21 | Vancouver Canucks | 2–6 | St. Louis Blues | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
03:45 – Jay Beagle (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
02:09 – Antoine Roussel (2) 06:49 – Troy Stecher (2) 08:06 – pp – Brock Boeser (3) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
13:19 – Tyler Motte (3) 19:10 – en – Tyler Motte (4) |
Third period | Jaden Schwartz (3) – 06:32 Jaden Schwartz (4) – 18:38 |
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Jacob Markstrom 34 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Jordan Binnington 14 saves / 18 shots Jake Allen 5 saves / 6 shots |
Vancouver won series 4–2 | |
Second Round
Eastern Conference Second Round
(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (6) New York Islanders
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Philadelphia winning three of the four previous series. They last met in the 1987 Patrick Division Finals, which Philadelphia won in seven games. New York won all three games in this year's regular season series.
The Islanders upset the Flyers in seven games after giving up a 3–1 series lead. Semyon Varlamov posted his second consecutive shutout in game one, stopping all 29 shots for 4–0 Islanders victory.[120] The Flyers prevented a three-goal comeback from the Islanders in game two with Philippe Myers' goal at 2:41 of overtime to defeat New York 4–3.[121] Varlamov made 26 saves for the Islanders in game three, emerging victorious 3–1.[122] In game four, Brock Nelson scored twice and Thomas Greiss made 36 saves for the Islanders in a 3–2 victory.[123] Although the Flyers dropped a 3–1 lead in the third period of game five, they forced a sixth game on Scott Laughton's overtime goal to win 4–3.[124] In game six, the Flyers held a back-and-forth affair reaching the second overtime where Ivan Provorov's goal at 15:03 kept Philadelphia's season alive, defeating New York 5–4.[125] In game seven, Brock Nelson had a goal and two assists and Greiss stopped all sixteen shots he faced in a 4–0 shutout to send the Islanders to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in 27 years.[126]
August 24 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–0 | New York Islanders | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Andy Greene (1) – 06:06 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Jean-Gabriel Pageau (5) – 02:54 Anders Lee (4) – 08:50 Devon Toews (1) – en – 12:21 |
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Carter Hart 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Semyon Varlamov 29 saves / 29 shots |
August 26 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–4 | OT | New York Islanders | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | ||
01:57 – Kevin Hayes (2) 09:43 – Kevin Hayes (3) 15:09 – Sean Couturier (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Anders Lee (5) – pp – 11:45 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Anthony Beauvillier (7) – 11:11 Jean-Gabriel Pageau (6) – 17:51 |
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02:41 – Philippe Myers (3) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Carter Hart 31 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Semyon Varlamov 7 saves / 10 shots Thomas Greiss 20 saves / 21 shots |
August 29 | New York Islanders | 1–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Tyler Pitlick (2) – 14:18 | ||||||
07:12 – Matt Martin (3) 19:54 – Leo Komarov (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
03:41 – pp – Anders Lee (6) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Semyon Varlamov 26 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Carter Hart 26 saves / 29 shots |
August 30 | New York Islanders | 2–3 | Philadelphia Flyers | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
06:52 – Brock Nelson (4) | Second period | Sean Couturier (2) – 15:19 | ||||||
07:18 – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (7) 11:12 – Brock Nelson (5) |
Third period | Ivan Provorov (2) – 18:55 | ||||||
Thomas Greiss 36 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Brian Elliott 30 saves / 33 shots |
September 1 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–4 | OT | New York Islanders | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
15:45 – Claude Giroux (1) 18:18 – James van Riemsdyk (1) |
Second period | Mathew Barzal (4) – pp – 01:20 | ||||||
04:32 – Matt Niskanen (1) | Third period | Brock Nelson (6) – 15:46 Derick Brassard (1) – 17:19 |
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12:20 – Scott Laughton (4) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Carter Hart 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Semyon Varlamov 28 saves / 32 shots |
September 3 | New York Islanders | 5–4 | 2OT | Philadelphia Flyers | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | ||
16:33 – Derick Brassard (2) | First period | Kevin Hayes (4) – 10:16 James van Riemsdyk (2) – 11:52 |
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01:24 – Matt Martin (4) 03:06 – pp – Anders Lee (7) 19:30 – Mathew Barzal (5) |
Second period | Michael Raffl (4) – 13:21 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Scott Laughton (5) – 09:53 | ||||||
No scoring | Second overtime period | Ivan Provorov (3) – 15:03 | ||||||
Semyon Varlamov 26 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Carter Hart 49 saves / 53 shots |
September 5 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–0 | New York Islanders | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Scott Mayfield (1) – 09:27 Andy Greene (2) – 13:12 |
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No scoring | Second period | Brock Nelson (7) – 11:26 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Anthony Beauvillier (8) – en – 13:42 | ||||||
Carter Hart 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Thomas Greiss 16 saves / 16 shots |
New York won series 4–3 | |
(2) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (4) Boston Bruins
This was the third playoff series between these two teams with both teams splitting the two previous series. They last met in the 2018 Eastern Conference Second Round, which Tampa Bay won in five games. Tampa Bay won the Round Robin game between these two teams earlier in this year's playoffs 3–2. Tampa Bay won three of four games in this year's regular season series.
The Lightning defeated the Bruins in five games. Jaroslav Halak made 35 saves for the Bruins in game one who defeated the Lightning 3–2.[127] In game two, Ondrej Palat scored the overtime-winning goal for Tampa Bay, tying the series 1–1 in a 4–3. victory.[128] The Lightning had an offensive outburst in game three, scoring seven goals against Boston in a 7–1 rout.[129] Palat scored twice for the Lightning in game four, defeating the Bruins 3–1 and taking a 3–1 series lead.[130] In game five, Victor Hedman ended the series 14:10 into double-overtime for the Lightning, defeating the Bruins 3–2 and advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals.[131]
August 23 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 3–2 | Boston Bruins | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Charlie Coyle (3) – 18:52 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | David Pastrnak (2) – pp – 04:34 | ||||||
08:50 – Victor Hedman (2) 18:46 – Victor Hedman (3) |
Third period | Brad Marchand (4) – 01:17 | ||||||
Andrei Vasilevskiy 28 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Jaroslav Halak 35 saves / 37 shots |
August 25 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 3–4 | OT | Boston Bruins | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | ||
12:42 – Blake Coleman (2) | First period | Nick Ritchie (1) – 03:14 | ||||||
15:28 – Nikita Kucherov (3) | Second period | Brad Marchand (5) – pp – 14:33 | ||||||
10:40 – Blake Coleman (3) | Third period | Brad Marchand (6) – 16:02 | ||||||
04:40 – Ondrej Palat (1) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Andrei Vasilevskiy 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Jaroslav Halak 36 saves / 40 shots |
August 26 | Boston Bruins | 7–1 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Ondrej Palat (2) – pp – 12:46 Yanni Gourde (3) – 13:01 |
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04:56 – pp – Brad Marchand (7) | Second period | Mikhail Sergachev (1) – pp – 02:14 Alex Killorn (3) – pp – 08:35 Brayden Point (6) – 15:23 Alex Killorn (4) – 18:01 |
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No scoring | Third period | Nikita Kucherov (4) – 03:58 | ||||||
Jaroslav Halak 12 saves / 16 shots Dan Vladar 12 saves / 15 shots |
Goalie stats | Andrei Vasilevskiy 23 saves / 24 shots |
August 29 | Boston Bruins | 3–1 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Ondrej Palat (3) – 08:59 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Ondrej Palat (4) – 12:29 Victor Hedman (4) – pp – 18:04 |
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07:04 – pp – Jake DeBrusk (4) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Jaroslav Halak 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Andrei Vasilevskiy 29 saves / 30 shots |
August 31 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 2–3 | 2OT | Boston Bruins | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
04:21 – Ondrej Palat (5) | Second period | David Pastrnak (3) – pp – 12:38 | ||||||
12:03 – Anthony Cirelli (2) | Third period | David Krejci (4) – 17:27 | ||||||
14:10 – Victor Hedman (5) | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Andrei Vasilevskiy 45 saves / 47 shots | Goalie stats | Jaroslav Halak 32 saves / 35 shots |
Tampa Bay won series 4–1 | |
Western Conference Second Round
(1) Vegas Golden Knights vs. (5) Vancouver Canucks
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. These two teams split their two-game regular season series.
The Golden Knights defeated the Canucks in seven games after giving up a 3–1 series lead. In game one, Robin Lehner stopped all 26 shots he faced as the Golden Knights defeated the Canucks 5–0.[132] Jacob Markstrom made 38 saves for the Canucks in game two, tying the series 1–1 and defeating the Golden Knights 5–2.[133] Lehner posted his second shutout of the series, stopping all 31 shots in game three, defeating the Canucks 3–0.[134] Max Pacioretty scored twice and provided an assist for the Golden Knights in game four, who defeated the Canucks 5–3 to take a 3–1 series lead.[135] In game five, rookie goaltender Thatcher Demko made 42 saves for the Canucks, defeating the Golden Knights 2–1 to force a sixth game.[136] Demko shut out the Golden Knights in game six, stopping all 48 shots he faced in a 4–0 victory.[137] In game seven, the Golden Knights limited the Canucks' shots to fourteen throughout three periods, shutting out Vancouver 3–0 and advancing to the Western Conference Finals.[138]
August 23 | Vegas Golden Knights | 0–5 | Vancouver Canucks | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
11:37 – Jonathan Marchessault (3) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
02:13 – pp – Reilly Smith (4) 11:35 – Mark Stone (5) 16:34 – Alex Tuch (5) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
10:47 – Max Pacioretty (2) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Robin Lehner 26 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Jacob Markstrom 29 saves / 34 shots Thatcher Demko 5 saves / 5 shots |
August 25 | Vegas Golden Knights | 5–2 | Vancouver Canucks | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Tyler Toffoli (1) – 01:29 Bo Horvat (7) – pp – 10:59 |
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06:34 – Alex Tuch (6) | Second period | Elias Pettersson (5) – 18:35 | ||||||
18:34 – pp – Max Pacioretty (3) | Third period | Bo Horvat (8) – 00:18 Tanner Pearson (4) – en – 19:30 |
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Robin Lehner 22 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Jacob Markstrom 38 saves / 40 shots |
August 29 | Vancouver Canucks | 3–0 | Vegas Golden Knights | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | Alex Tuch (7) – 04:05 Zach Whitecloud (2) – 05:28 |
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No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Mark Stone (6) – pp – 02:19 | ||||||
Jacob Markstrom 31 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Robin Lehner 31 saves / 31 shots |
August 30 | Vancouver Canucks | 5–3 | Vegas Golden Knights | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
11:15 – pp – Elias Pettersson (6) | First period | Max Pacioretty (4) – pp – 09:28 Chandler Stephenson (2) – 13:19 |
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04:07 – Bo Horvat (9) 11:26 – pp – Tyler Toffoli (2) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Nate Schmidt (2) – 02:52 Max Pacioretty (5) – 07:02 William Karlsson (3) – 08:29 |
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Jacob Markstrom 28 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Marc-Andre Fleury 28 saves / 31 shots |
September 1 | Vegas Golden Knights | 2–1 | Vancouver Canucks | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
15:12 – Shea Theodore (5) | Second period | Brock Boeser (4) – 15:36 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Elias Pettersson (7) – 03:19 | ||||||
Robin Lehner 15 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Thatcher Demko 42 saves / 43 shots |
September 3 | Vancouver Canucks | 0–4 | Vegas Golden Knights | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
02:50 – Jake Virtanen (2) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
01:03 – J. T. Miller (6) 08:16 – Quinn Hughes (2) 15:22 – en – Bo Horvat (10) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Thatcher Demko 48 saves / 48 shots | Goalie stats | Robin Lehner 19 saves / 22 shots |
September 4 | Vegas Golden Knights | 0–3 | Vancouver Canucks | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
13:52 – pp – Shea Theodore (6) 17:54 – en – Alex Tuch (8) 19:54 – en – Paul Stastny (2) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Robin Lehner 14 saves / 14 shots | Goalie stats | Thatcher Demko 33 saves / 34 shots |
Vegas won series 4–3 | |
(2) Colorado Avalanche vs. (3) Dallas Stars
This was the fifth playoff series between these two teams, with both teams splitting the four previous series. They last met in the 2006 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Colorado won in five games. Colorado won the Round Robin game between these two teams earlier in this year's playoffs 4–0. Dallas won all four games in this year's regular season series.
The Stars defeated the Avalanche in seven games after giving up a 3–1 series lead. In game one, Alexander Radulov scored twice, also providing an assist, in a 5–3 victory for the Stars.[139] After falling behind 2–0 in game two, the Stars rallied past the Avalanche, scoring four goals in the second period and defeating Dallas 5–2.[140] In game three, the Avalanche spoiled a two-goal comeback by the Stars, scoring three straight in the third period with 7:58 remaining to defeat Dallas 6–4.[141] The Stars held off a late rally by the Avalanche in game four, keeping the score at 5–4 and taking a 3–1 series lead with the victory.[142] In game five, the Avalanche had a first period offensive outburst, scoring five goals, including four within a span of 2:36 (one second from equalling the league record for the fastest four goals by one team in a game in playoff history) to win 6–3.[143] Nathan MacKinnon extended his point streak to fourteen games, scoring a goal and recording an assist in game six to defeat the Stars 4–1 and force a seventh game.[144] In game seven, the two teams battled it throughout three periods scoring four against each other, but 7:24 into overtime Joel Kiviranta's hat trick goal gave the Stars the victory, advancing to the Western Conference Finals with a 5–4 victory.[145]
August 22 | Colorado Avalanche | 5–3 | Dallas Stars | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
05:04 – Nathan MacKinnon (5) | First period | Tyler Seguin (1) – 04:00 Blake Comeau (1) – 09:51 Alexander Radulov (3) – 16:28 |
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04:36 – Gabriel Landeskog (1) 18:29 – Nathan MacKinnon (6) |
Second period | Alexander Radulov (4) – 09:09 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Roope Hintz (1) – 08:47 | ||||||
Philipp Grubauer 7 saves / 10 shots Pavel Francouz 18 saves / 20 shots |
Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 28 saves / 31 shots |
August 24 | Colorado Avalanche | 5–2 | Dallas Stars | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
06:08 – pp – Nathan MacKinnon (7) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
08:44 – pp – Mikko Rantanen (4) | Second period | Joe Pavelski (7) – pp – 09:54 Radek Faksa (2) – pp – 10:37 Alexander Radulov (5) – 15:34 Esa Lindell (1) – 19:14 |
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No scoring | Third period | Jamie Oleksiak (3) – en – 19:50 | ||||||
Pavel Francouz 22 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 38 saves / 40 shots |
August 26 | Dallas Stars | 6–4 | Colorado Avalanche | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
11:12 – Tyler Seguin (2) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Nikita Zadorov (2) – 01:00 Andre Burakovsky (4) – 04:41 Gabriel Landeskog (2) – 11:00 |
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04:42 – Denis Gurianov (7) 09:02 – Blake Comeau (2) 10:47 – Jamie Benn (3) |
Third period | Mikko Rantanen (5) – 12:02 Nazem Kadri (7) – 13:54 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (1) – en – 18:26 |
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Anton Khudobin 26 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Pavel Francouz 33 saves / 37 shots |
August 30 | Dallas Stars | 4–5 | Colorado Avalanche | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
06:18 – John Klingberg (2) 08:33 – pp – Radek Faksa (3) 10:45 – pp – Jamie Benn (4) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Valeri Nichushkin (1) – 13:24 Cale Makar (3) – pp – 19:34 |
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07:30 – pp – Roope Hintz (2) 08:02 – Denis Gurianov (8) |
Third period | Valeri Nichushkin (2) – 11:24 Vladislav Namestnikov (2) – 19:56 |
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Anton Khudobin 33 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Pavel Francouz 21 saves / 26 shots Michael Hutchinson 3 saves / 3 shots |
August 31 | Colorado Avalanche | 3–6 | Dallas Stars | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
04:37 – Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (2) 11:51 – Andre Burakovsky (5) 12:32 – Nathan MacKinnon (8) 13:43 – Nazem Kadri (8) 14:27 – Mikko Rantanen (6) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
18:04 – Andre Burakovsky (6) | Second period | Joe Pavelski (8) – 07:50 Miro Heiskanen (4) – pp – 17:31 |
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No scoring | Third period | Jamie Benn (5) – pp – 14:12 | ||||||
Michael Hutchinson 31 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Ben Bishop 15 saves / 19 shots Anton Khudobin 20 saves / 22 shots |
September 2 | Dallas Stars | 4–1 | Colorado Avalanche | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
17:35 – Miro Heiskanen (5) | First period | Nikita Zadorov (3) – 19:28 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | Cale Makar (4) – 07:48 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | Mikko Rantanen (7) – 03:21 Nathan MacKinnon (9) – en – 17:14 |
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Anton Khudobin 20 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Michael Hutchinson 27 saves / 28 shots |
September 4 | Colorado Avalanche | 5–4 | OT | Dallas Stars | Rogers Place | Recap | ||
03:48 – Vladislav Namestnikov (3) 09:43 – Andre Burakovsky (7) |
First period | Alexander Radulov (6) – pp – 02:39 | ||||||
05:45 – pp – Nazem Kadri (9) | Second period | Joel Kiviranta (1) – 03:06 | ||||||
16:20 – Vladislav Namestnikov (4) | Third period | Alexander Radulov (7) – pp – 11:28 Joel Kiviranta (2) – 16:30 |
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No scoring | First overtime period | Joel Kiviranta (3) – 07:24 | ||||||
Michael Hutchinson 30 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 40 saves / 44 shots |
Dallas won series 4–3 | |
Conference Finals
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Eastern Conference Finals
(2) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (6) New York Islanders
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams with Tampa Bay winning both previous series. They last met in the 2016 Eastern Conference Second Round, which Tampa Bay won in five games. This was Tampa Bay's sixth Conference Finals appearance. They last went to the Conference Finals in 2018, which they lost to the Washington Capitals in seven games. This was New York's fifth appearance in the Conference Finals. They last went to the Conference Finals in 1993, which they lost against the Montreal Canadiens in five games. New York won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.
The Lightning defeated the Islanders in six games. In game one, Lightning forwards Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov both had five points in an 8–2 rout: Point had two goals and three assists and Kucherov scored a goal and assisted four times.[146] Kucherov scored the game-winning goal with nine seconds remaining in game two to give the Lightning a 2–1 victory.[147] After giving up a 3–1 lead in game three, Brock Nelson's goal with 3:25 left put the Islanders ahead, emerging victorious 5–3.[148] In game four, three Lightning players had two points and goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy provided an assist in Tampa Bay's 4–1 victory to take a 3–1 series lead.[149] In game five, Islanders forward Jordan Eberle scored at 12:30 of double overtime to win the game 2–1 and extend the series to a sixth game.[150] Anthony Cirelli's goal at 13:18 of the first overtime period in game six gave the Lightning a 2–1 victory sending Tampa Bay to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 2015.[151]
September 7 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 2–8 | New York Islanders | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
01:14 – Brayden Point (7) 08:12 – pp – Victor Hedman (6) 10:46 – Ryan McDonagh (1) |
First period | Jordan Eberle (4) – pp – 04:33 | ||||||
04:03 – Yanni Gourde (4) 13:18 – pp – Brayden Point (8) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
05:51 – Nikita Kucherov (5) 09:31 – Ondrej Palat (6) 13:15 – pp – Yanni Gourde (5) |
Third period | Nick Leddy (3) – 08:46 | ||||||
Andrei Vasilevskiy 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Thomas Greiss 6 saves / 9 shots Semyon Varlamov 20 saves / 25 shots |
September 9 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 1–2 | New York Islanders | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
18:25 – Victor Hedman (7) | First period | Matt Martin (5) – 01:24 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
19:51 – Nikita Kucherov (6) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Andrei Vasilevskiy 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Semyon Varlamov 19 saves / 21 shots |
September 11 | New York Islanders | 3–5 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
12:58 – Cal Clutterbuck (2) | First period | Mikhail Sergachev (2) – 16:31 | ||||||
11:50 – Adam Pelech (1) 13:50 – Anthony Beauvillier (9) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
16:35 – Brock Nelson (8) 19:24 – en – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (8) |
Third period | Ondrej Palat (7) – pp – 02:32 Tyler Johnson (4) – 12:04 |
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Semyon Varlamov 34 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Andrei Vasilevskiy 31 saves / 35 shots |
September 13 | New York Islanders | 4–1 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
11:27 – Brock Nelson (9) | Second period | Blake Coleman (4) – 11:42 Ondrej Palat (8) – 11:54 |
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No scoring | Third period | Brayden Point (9) – 03:33 Patrick Maroon (1) – en – 17:36 |
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Semyon Varlamov 32 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Andrei Vasilevskiy 26 saves / 27 shots |
September 15 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 2–1 | 2OT | New York Islanders | Rogers Place | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | Ryan Pulock (2) – pp – 15:41 | ||||||
04:00 – Victor Hedman (8) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second overtime period | Jordan Eberle (5) – 12:30 | ||||||
Andrei Vasilevskiy 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Semyon Varlamov 36 saves / 37 shots |
September 17 | New York Islanders | 2–1 | OT | Tampa Bay Lightning | Rogers Place | Recap | ||
04:15 – Devon Toews (2) | First period | Victor Hedman (9) – 06:28 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | Anthony Cirelli (3) – 13:18 | ||||||
Semyon Varlamov 46 saves / 48 shots | Goalie stats | Andrei Vasilevskiy 26 saves / 27 shots |
Tampa Bay won series 4–2 | |
Western Conference Finals
(1) Vegas Golden Knights vs. (3) Dallas Stars
This was the first playoff series between these two teams. Vegas won their Round Robin game between these two teams earlier in this year's playoffs 5–3. This was Vegas' second appearance in the Conference Finals. Their only previous Conference Finals was in 2018, which they won against the Winnipeg Jets in five games. This was Dallas' seventh Conference Finals appearance. They last went to the Conference Finals in 2008, which they lost to the Detroit Red Wings in six games. These teams split their two games in this year's regular season series.
The Stars defeated the Golden Knights in five games. Anton Khudobin made 25 saves and John Klingberg scored the only goal of game one for the Stars, shutting out Vegas 1–0.[152] Robin Lehner posted his own shutout in game two, stopping all 24 shots in the Golden Knights' 3–0 victory.[153] In game three, Alexander Radulov gave the Stars a 2–1 series lead after his goal 31 seconds into overtime ensured Dallas a 3–2 victory.[154] Khudobin made 32 saves in game four, leading the Stars to a 2–1 win.[155] In game five, the Stars came back from a 2–0 deficit in the third period to force overtime and at 3:36 of the first overtime, Denis Gurianov scored to send the Stars to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in 20 years with a 3–2 victory.[156]
September 6 | Vegas Golden Knights | 1–0 | Dallas Stars | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | John Klingberg (3) – 02:36 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Marc-Andre Fleury 24 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 25 saves / 25 shots |
September 8 | Vegas Golden Knights | 0–3 | Dallas Stars | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
04:53 – Paul Stastny (3) 08:24 – pp – William Karlsson (4) 14:32 – Tomas Nosek (2) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Robin Lehner 24 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 24 saves / 27 shots Jake Oettinger 5 saves / 5 shots |
September 10 | Dallas Stars | 2–3 | OT | Vegas Golden Knights | Rogers Place | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
19:43 – Jamie Oleksiak (4) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
07:35 – Jamie Benn (6) | Third period | Shea Theodore (7) – pp – 03:49 Mark Stone (7) – 12:46 |
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00:31 – Alexander Radulov (8) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Anton Khudobin 38 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Robin Lehner 20 saves / 23 shots |
September 12 | Dallas Stars | 1–2 | Vegas Golden Knights | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
11:34 – Joe Pavelski (9) 19:01 – pp – Jamie Benn (7) |
Second period | Alec Martinez (2) – pp – 07:44 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Anton Khudobin 32 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Robin Lehner 18 saves / 20 shots |
September 14 | Vegas Golden Knights | 3–2 | OT | Dallas Stars | Rogers Place | Recap | ||
08:14 – Chandler Stephenson (3) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
00:15 – Reilly Smith (5) | Third period | Jamie Benn (8) – 09:54 Joel Kiviranta (4) – pp – 16:13 |
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No scoring | First overtime period | Denis Gurianov (9) – pp – 03:36 | ||||||
Robin Lehner 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 34 saves / 36 shots |
Dallas won series 4–1 | |
Stanley Cup Finals
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This will be the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Tampa Bay will be making their third Finals appearance. They last went to the Finals in 2015, which they lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in six games. This will be Dallas' fifth appearance in the Finals. They last went to the Finals in 2000, which they lost to the New Jersey Devils in six games. Dallas won both games in this year's regular season series.
September 19 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 7:30 p.m. | Dallas Stars | Rogers Place | NBC, CBC, SN |
September 21 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 8:00 p.m. | Dallas Stars | Rogers Place | NBCSN, CBC, SN |
September 23 | Dallas Stars | 8:00 p.m. | Tampa Bay Lightning | Rogers Place | NBCSN, CBC, SN |
September 25 | Dallas Stars | 8:00 p.m. | Tampa Bay Lightning | Rogers Place | NBC, CBC, SN |
September 26 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 8:00 p.m. | Dallas Stars | Rogers Place | NBC, CBC, SN |
September 28 | Dallas Stars | 8:00 p.m. | Tampa Bay Lightning | Rogers Place | NBC, CBC, SN |
September 30 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 8:00 p.m. | Dallas Stars | Rogers Place | NBC, CBC, SN |
Series starts September 19 | |
Player statistics
Skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points, following the conclusion of games played on September 17. Currently active players are in bold.[157]
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
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Nikita Kucherov | Tampa Bay Lightning | 19 | 6 | 20 | 26 | +15 | 20 |
Nathan MacKinnon | Colorado Avalanche | 15 | 9 | 16 | 25 | +13 | 12 |
Brayden Point | Tampa Bay Lightning | 17 | 9 | 16 | 25 | +13 | 8 |
Miro Heiskanen | Dallas Stars | 21 | 5 | 17 | 22 | +3 | 2 |
Mikko Rantanen | Colorado Avalanche | 15 | 7 | 14 | 21 | +11 | 6 |
Josh Bailey | New York Islanders | 22 | 2 | 18 | 20 | +8 | 0 |
Shea Theodore | Vegas Golden Knights | 20 | 7 | 12 | 19 | +7 | 8 |
Nazem Kadri | Colorado Avalanche | 15 | 9 | 9 | 18 | +3 | 10 |
Brock Nelson | New York Islanders | 22 | 9 | 9 | 18 | +4 | 12 |
Jamie Benn | Dallas Stars | 21 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
Goaltenders
This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 420 minutes played. Updated as of games played on September 17. Currently active players are in bold. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.[158]
Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
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Carey Price | Montreal Canadiens | 10 | 5 | 5 | 282 | 18 | 1.78 | .936 | 2 | 605:32 |
Andrei Vasilevskiy | Tampa Bay Lightning | 19 | 14 | 5 | 583 | 40 | 1.82 | .931 | 0 | 1,315:27 |
Joonas Korpisalo | Columbus Blue Jackets | 9 | 3 | 5 | 320 | 19 | 1.90 | .941 | 2 | 599:00 |
Robin Lehner | Vegas Golden Knights | 16 | 9 | 7 | 386 | 32 | 1.99 | .917 | 4 | 965:52 |
Semyon Varlamov | New York Islanders | 20 | 11 | 7 | 559 | 44 | 2.14 | .921 | 2 | 1,232:44 |
Carter Hart | Philadelphia Flyers | 14 | 9 | 5 | 431 | 32 | 2.23 | .926 | 2 | 859:38 |
Cam Talbot | Calgary Flames | 10 | 5 | 4 | 316 | 24 | 2.42 | .924 | 2 | 595:33 |
Activism
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On August 26, 2020, various professional athletes in the U.S began to go on strike from their respective sports contests in response to the August 23 police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the protests which followed. These strikes began with the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).[159] Other players in the NBA, Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), Major League Baseball (MLB), and Major League Soccer (MLS) soon followed suit and also decided not to play their August 26 games.[160]
When these cancellations south of the border began, NHL players were still isolated in the Edmonton and Toronto bubbles, with game two of the Islanders–Flyers series already in progress when the Bucks first announced their decision to not play. The NHL then continued to play the remaining August 26 games, as NHL players did not take a strong stand for the rest of the day. After pressure brought by the postponement of games by the other leagues, and discussions by players of the Hockey Diversity Alliance such as Evander Kane and Mathew Dumba, the NHLPA announced that they would not play their the games on August 27 and August 28. The affected games involved all eight teams remaining: game three between the Flyers and Islanders, game three between the Golden Knights and Canucks, game four between the Lightning and Bruins, and game four between the Avalanche and Stars. The NHL fully supported their decision to postpone the games.[4] On September 1, Dallas Stars president Brad Alberts reported that his team had lost some corporate and personal season ticket holders as a result of the protest.[161]
Media
This marks the sixth postseason under Rogers Sports & Media's 12-year contract for Canadian television rights to the NHL. All games are exclusively broadcast by Sportsnet networks and CBC Television under the Hockey Night in Canada brand, and streamed on Sportsnet Now, CBCSports.ca (for games televised by CBC), or the subscription service Rogers NHL Live.[162][163]
This also marks the ninth postseason under NBC Sports' current 10-year contract for American rights. All national coverage of games are being aired on either NBCSN, the NBC broadcast network, CNBC, NHL Network, or USA Network. During the round-robins, qualifying round, and first round, excluding games exclusively broadcast on NBC, the regional rightsholders of each participating U.S. team will produce local telecasts of their respective games.[164][165]
Only technical staff such as cameramen and producers are present inside the "bubble". A clean host feed is then sent to media partners to add commentary and surrounding coverage, and interviews with players have to be conducted via videoconferencing.[166] Commentators are calling the games remotely off of monitors from either their respective studios or from their home arena press boxes. This same arrangement is also being done for the radio networks of every team.[167][168]
While it was initially stated that all commentators would broadcast remotely, the league has nevertheless allowed a handful of both Sportsnet and NBC commentators and reporters into the hubs to call select games.[20] Chris Cuthbert, who jumped from TSN to Sportsnet during the break in June, and Louie DeBrusk are on-site in Edmonton;[169] and Jim Hughson and Craig Simpson were on-site in Toronto during the Qualifying, First and Second rounds; they have since moved to the Edmonton hub.[170] For NBC, John Forslund, Mike Milbury, and Brian Boucher were initially sent to Toronto; and Pierre McGuire to Edmonton. Milbury was later removed from commentary for the remainder of NBC Sports' coverage after making insensitive comments following the fifth game of the Islanders–Capitals First Round series.[171] Gord Miller later joined Forslund, Milbury and Boucher at the Toronto bubble and alternated with Forslund on a handful of broadcasts.[172] Most of NBC's other commentators began working games remotely from NBC Sports' studios in Stamford, Connecticut, with NBC planning for "the majority of calls" to eventually be conducted on-site, including the last two rounds of the playoffs in Edmonton.[173][174] Kenny Albert, who does double duty for both NBC and the New York Rangers radio broadcasts, traveled to the Edmonton bubble after the Rangers were eliminated in the Qualifying Round. Albert called play-by-play of every game of the Western Conference Second Round and the first three games of the Western Conference Finals before leaving the Edmonton bubble to join the NFL on Fox broadcast team. Forslund, Boucher and Eddie Olczyk later flew to the Edmonton bubble to call the Conference Finals.[175][176] In the case of NBC lead play-by-play commentator Mike "Doc" Emrick, he is instead working games from his home studio in Metro Detroit because he is a cancer survivor over the age of 70, and therefore at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19.[177][176]
Additional cameras are being used to provide new angles not usually possible when a crowd is present,[177] and de-emphasize views of the arenas' stands. The telecasts use simulated crowd noise provided by Electronic Arts, combined with recordings of team-specific chants by season ticketholders of participating teams (the latter of which will also be played in-arena). All games carry a five second broadcast delay in order to censor offensive language.[16][15][178][179]
NBC staff are working on the Toronto broadcasts, while Sportsnet staff are doing the same with the Edmonton broadcasts.[20][180] Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun reported that Canadian freelance broadcast workers were upset that NBC personnel were being allowed into Canada to work in Toronto instead of them.[180] The NHL's EVP of communications Gary Meagher stated that splitting production in this manner had been intended "from the onset". Premier of Ontario Doug Ford admitted that plans of NBC's involvement were not part of the early negotiations with the league.[181]
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