2024 Stanley Cup playoffs

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

2024 Stanley Cup playoffs

Tournament details
Dates	April 20 – TBD
Teams	16
Defending champions	Vegas Golden Knights
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The New York Rangers made the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners with the most points (i.e. best record) during the regular season. Both the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs extended their playoff streaks to eight consecutive seasons, the longest active streaks in the NHL.^[3] For the second year in a row and third time since entering the NHL as expansion teams in the 1967–68 NHL season, both Pennsylvania-based teams (the Flyers and Penguins) missed the playoffs in the same season.

For the fifth consecutive season, and eighth in the last ten seasons, a Florida-based team will be in the penultimate round.^[4] For the first time since 2015, the penultimate round will feature the Presidents' Trophy winner, the New York Rangers, who also became the only team to hold it twice and make it to their respective conference final in the last 10 years.

Playoff seeds

Further information: Stanley Cup playoffs § Current format

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

The following teams have qualified for the playoffs:^[5]

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

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

Metropolitan Division

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

Wild Cards

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

Western Conference

Central Division

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

Pacific Division

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

Wild Cards

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

Playoff bracket

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

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

First round

Second round

Conference finals

Stanley Cup Finals

A1

Florida

4

WC

Tampa Bay

1

A1

Florida

4

A2

Boston

2

A2

Boston

4

A3

Toronto

3

A1

Florida

0

Eastern Conference

M1

NY Rangers

0

M1

NY Rangers

4

WC

Washington

0

M1

NY Rangers

4

M2

Carolina

2

M2

Carolina

4

M3

NY Islanders

1

C1

Dallas

4

WC

Vegas

3

C1

Dallas

4

C3

Colorado

2

C2

Winnipeg

1

C3

Colorado

4

C1

Dallas

0

Western Conference

P1

Vancouver

4

WC

Nashville

2

P1

Vancouver

3

P2

Edmonton

3

P2

Edmonton

4

P3

Los Angeles

1

Legend

• A1, A2, A3 – The first, second, and third place teams from the Atlantic Division, respectively
• M1, M2, M3 – The first, second, and third place teams from the Metropolitan Division, respectively
• C1, C2, C3 – The first, second, and third place teams from the Central Division, respectively
• P1, P2, P3 – The first, second, and third place teams from the Pacific Division, respectively
• WC – Wild Card teams

First round

Eastern Conference first round

(A1) Florida Panthers vs. (WC1) Tampa Bay Lightning

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

The Panthers defeated the Lightning in five games. Aleksander Barkov assisted twice for the Panthers in game one, emerging victorious for a 3–2 score.^[6] In game two, Carter Verhaeghe scored the overtime game-winning goal for the Panthers, providing a 3–2 victory for Florida and a 2–0 series lead.^[7] Matthew Tkachuk scored twice for the Panthers in game three, pushing the series to a 3–0 series lead with a 5–3 win.^[8] In game four, Steven Stamkos and Brandon Hagel both scored twice for Tampa Bay to prevent a series sweep by Florida, defeating the Panthers 6–3 to force game five.^[9] However, Barkov and Verhaeghe both scored twice and provided an assist for the Panthers in the subsequent game five, routing the Lightning 6–1 to advance to the second round.^[10]

April 21	Tampa Bay Lightning		2–3		Florida Panthers	Amerant Bank Arena	Recap
Brandon Hagel (1) – 16:04		First period			06:17 – Sam Reinhart (1)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Steven Stamkos (1) – pp – 19:50		Third period			00:58 – pp – Carter Verhaeghe (1) 17:55 – en – Matthew Tkachuk (1)
Andrei Vasilevskiy 25 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats			Sergei Bobrovsky 17 saves / 19 shots

April 23	Tampa Bay Lightning		2–3	OT	Florida Panthers	Amerant Bank Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			06:16 – Sam Bennett (1) 15:12 – pp – Vladimir Tarasenko (1)
Brayden Point (1) – 00:48 Steven Stamkos (2) – pp – 05:46		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			02:59 – Carter Verhaeghe (2)
Andrei Vasilevskiy 34 saves / 37 shots		Goalie stats			Sergei Bobrovsky 21 saves / 23 shots

April 25	Florida Panthers		5–3		Tampa Bay Lightning	Amalie Arena	Recap
Matthew Tkachuk (2) – 10:39		First period			No scoring
Sam Reinhart (2) – 09:58 Brandon Montour (1) – 16:30		Second period			00:44 – Steven Stamkos (3) 02:56 – Tyler Motte (1)
Steven Lorentz (1) – 09:41 Matthew Tkachuk (3) – en – 19:28		Third period			14:50 – Nick Paul (1)
Sergei Bobrovsky 26 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Andrei Vasilevskiy 26 saves / 30 shots

April 27	Florida Panthers		3–6		Tampa Bay Lightning	Amalie Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			08:54 – pp – Steven Stamkos (4) 12:09 – sh – Brandon Hagel (2) 15:07 – Brayden Point (2)
Carter Verhaeghe (3) – 04:17 Sam Reinhart (3) – 11:09 Oliver Ekman-Larsson (1) – 14:33		Second period			09:40 – Brandon Hagel (3)
No scoring		Third period			09:34 – Steven Stamkos (5) 16:22 – pp – Nick Paul (2)
Sergei Bobrovsky 26 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Andrei Vasilevskiy 22 saves / 25 shots

April 29	Tampa Bay Lightning		1–6		Florida Panthers	Amerant Bank Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Victor Hedman (1) – 13:37		Second period			00:45 – Carter Verhaeghe (4) 12:38 – sh – Aleksander Barkov (1)
No scoring		Third period			11:06 – Aleksander Barkov (2) 14:16 – Evan Rodrigues (1) 16:03 – en – Carter Verhaeghe (5) 18:50 – en – Niko Mikkola (1)
Andrei Vasilevskiy 33 saves / 37 shots		Goalie stats			Sergei Bobrovsky 31 saves / 32 shots

Florida won series 4–1

(A2) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Toronto Maple Leafs

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

The Bruins defeated the Maple Leafs in seven games after leading the series 3–1. In game one, Jake DeBrusk scored twice and goaltender Jeremy Swayman made 35 saves to backstop the Bruins to a 5–1 victory.^[11] Max Domi scored a goal and provided an assist for the Maple Leafs in game two to tie the series with a 3–2 victory.^[12] Brad Marchand scored twice and provided an assist for the Bruins in game three, emerging victorious over the Maple Leafs 4–2.^[13] Marchand continued his goal-scoring and assisting in game four, providing one of each in Boston's 3–1 victory to take a 3–1 series lead.^[14] Game five required overtime, wherein Toronto forward Matthew Knies scored to give the Maple Leafs a 2–1 victory, extending the series to a sixth game.^[15] In game six, William Nylander scored twice for the Maple Leafs, forcing a seventh game with a 2–1 victory.^[16] David Pastrnak scored the overtime-winning goal for the Bruins in game seven, preventing a 3–1 series comeback from the Maple Leafs with a 2–1 victory.^[17] With the loss, Toronto extends their game seven-losing streak to six games, with four against Boston; in addition Toronto lost their seventh consecutive playoff series against Boston.^[17][18]

April 20	Toronto Maple Leafs		1–5		Boston Bruins	TD Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			02:26 – John Beecher (1)
No scoring		Second period			05:47 – Brandon Carlo (1) 15:02 – pp – Jake DeBrusk (1) 17:34 – pp – Jake DeBrusk (2)
David Kampf (1) – 01:39		Third period			17:52 – en – Trent Frederic (1)
Ilya Samsonov 20 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats			Jeremy Swayman 35 saves / 36 shots

April 22	Toronto Maple Leafs		3–2		Boston Bruins	TD Garden	Recap
Max Domi (1) – 10:32		First period			10:18 – pp – Morgan Geekie (1) 19:52 – David Pastrnak (1)
John Tavares (1) – pp – 18:26		Second period			No scoring
Auston Matthews (1) – 12:06		Third period			No scoring
Ilya Samsonov 27 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Linus Ullmark 31 saves / 34 shots

April 24	Boston Bruins		4–2		Toronto Maple Leafs	Scotiabank Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Trent Frederic (2) – 17:37		Second period			13:10 – Matthew Knies (1)
Jake DeBrusk (3) – pp – 01:07 Brad Marchand (1) – 11:53 Brad Marchand (2) – pp-en – 19:24		Third period			11:25 – Tyler Bertuzzi (1)
Jeremy Swayman 28 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Ilya Samsonov 30 saves / 33 shots

April 27	Boston Bruins		3–1		Toronto Maple Leafs	Scotiabank Arena	Recap
James van Riemsdyk (1) – 15:09		First period			No scoring
Brad Marchand (3) – pp – 08:20 David Pastrnak (2) – 19:18		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			05:43 – Mitch Marner (1)
Jeremy Swayman 24 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Ilya Samsonov 14 saves / 17 shots Joseph Woll 5 saves / 5 shots

April 30	Toronto Maple Leafs		2–1	OT	Boston Bruins	TD Garden	Recap
Jake McCabe (1) – 05:33		First period			13:54 – Trent Frederic (3)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Matthew Knies (2) – 02:26		First overtime period			No scoring
Joseph Woll 27 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Jeremy Swayman 31 saves / 33 shots

May 2	Boston Bruins		1–2		Toronto Maple Leafs	Scotiabank Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			19:05 – William Nylander (1)
Morgan Geekie (2) – 19:59		Third period			17:47 – William Nylander (2)
Jeremy Swayman 24 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Joseph Woll 22 saves / 23 shots

May 4	Toronto Maple Leafs		1–2	OT	Boston Bruins	TD Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
William Nylander (3) – 09:01		Third period			10:22 – Hampus Lindholm (1)
No scoring		First overtime period			01:54 – David Pastrnak (3)
Ilya Samsonov 30 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Jeremy Swayman 30 saves / 31 shots

Boston won series 4–3

(M1) New York Rangers vs. (WC2) Washington Capitals

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

The Rangers defeated the Capitals in a four-game sweep. The Rangers scored three goals in the span of 2:06 in the second period of game one en route to a 4–1 victory.^[19] In game two, Vincent Trocheck and Mika Zibanejad each scored a goal and provided an assist for the Rangers, skating away with a 4–3 victory.^[20] Igor Shesterkin made 29 saves for the Rangers in game three, leading New York to a 3–1 victory and a 3–0 series lead.^[21] In game four, Artemi Panarin scored a goal and provided an assist to the Rangers' 4–2 victory, completing the four-game sweep.^[22] It was the first sweep for the Rangers since 2007, and they became the sixth Presidents' Trophy-winning team to sweep their opening-round series.^[22]

April 21	Washington Capitals		1–4		New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Martin Fehervary (1) – 07:31		Second period			04:17 – Matt Rempe (1) 04:50 – Artemi Panarin (1) 06:23 – Jimmy Vesey (1)
No scoring		Third period			16:17 – Chris Kreider (1)
Charlie Lindgren 27 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Igor Shesterkin 20 saves / 21 shots

April 23	Washington Capitals		3–4		New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
Connor McMichael (1) – 05:09		First period			07:56 – Vincent Trocheck (1) 14:28 – pp – Mika Zibanejad (1)
Dylan Strome (1) – pp – 04:14		Second period			12:26 – pp – Jack Roslovic (1) 16:52 – sh – K'Andre Miller (1)
Tom Wilson (1) – pp – 11:45		Third period			No scoring
Charlie Lindgren 24 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Igor Shesterkin 22 saves / 25 shots

April 26	New York Rangers		3–1		Washington Capitals	Capital One Arena	Recap
Chris Kreider (2) – 06:08 Barclay Goodrow (1) – sh – 08:08		First period			05:34 – John Carlson (1)
Vincent Trocheck (2) – pp – 15:22		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Igor Shesterkin 29 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Charlie Lindgren 19 saves / 22 shots

April 28	New York Rangers		4–2		Washington Capitals	Capital One Arena	Recap
Kaapo Kakko (1) – 00:57 Vincent Trocheck (3) – pp – 19:44		First period			14:54 – Martin Fehervary (2)
No scoring		Second period			07:48 – Hendrix Lapierre (1)
Artemi Panarin (2) – pp – 03:21 Jack Roslovic (2) – pp-en – 19:09		Third period			No scoring
Igor Shesterkin 23 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Charlie Lindgren 19 saves / 22 shots

New York won series 4–0

(M2) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (M3) New York Islanders

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

The Hurricanes defeated the Islanders in five games. Goaltender Frederik Andersen made 33 saves for the Hurricanes in game one, triumphing over the Islanders 3–1.^[23] In game two, the Hurricanes scored twice in nine seconds with 2:15 left in the game to rally and take the lead to emerge victorious 5–3.^[24] In game three, the Hurricanes forced the Islanders to switch out goaltenders after potting three goals on fourteen shots in a 3–2 victory for a 3–0 series lead.^[25] Game four went to overtime, during which forward Mathew Barzal scored his second of the game for the Islanders, forcing a fifth game with a 3–2 victory.^[26] In game five, the Hurricanes scored twice in eight seconds to take a 5–3 lead in the third period, adding an insurance goal to advance to the second round with a 6–3 victory.^[27]

April 20	New York Islanders		1–3		Carolina Hurricanes	PNC Arena	Recap
Kyle MacLean (1) – 08:20		First period			01:35 – pp – Evgeny Kuznetsov (1)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			03:44 – Stefan Noesen (1) 18:28 – en – Martin Necas (1)
Semyon Varlamov 23 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Frederik Andersen 33 saves / 34 shots

April 22	New York Islanders		3–5		Carolina Hurricanes	PNC Arena	Recap
Kyle Palmieri (1) – 16:22 Bo Horvat (1) – 19:45		First period			No scoring
Anders Lee (1) – pp – 03:54		Second period			13:01 – pp – Teuvo Teravainen (1)
No scoring		Third period			10:43 – Seth Jarvis (1) 17:45 – Sebastian Aho (1) 17:54 – Jordan Martinook (1) 19:04 – en – Jake Guentzel (1)
Semyon Varlamov 34 saves / 38 shots		Goalie stats			Frederik Andersen 9 saves / 12 shots

April 25	Carolina Hurricanes		3–2		New York Islanders	UBS Arena	Recap
Brent Burns (1) – 04:46 Dmitry Orlov (1) – 10:25		First period			No scoring
Sebastian Aho (2) – 07:14		Second period			02:48 – Pierre Engvall (1) 17:39 – Brock Nelson (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Frederik Andersen 29 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Ilya Sorokin 11 saves / 14 shots Semyon Varlamov 8 saves / 8 shots

April 27	Carolina Hurricanes		2–3	2OT	New York Islanders	UBS Arena	Recap
Seth Jarvis (2) – pp – 08:00		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			10:10 – Mathew Barzal (1)
Stefan Noesen (2) – pp – 14:08		Third period			01:38 – pp – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (1)
No scoring		Second overtime period			01:24 – Mathew Barzal (2)
Frederik Andersen 32 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats			Semyon Varlamov 42 saves / 44 shots

April 30	New York Islanders		3–6		Carolina Hurricanes	PNC Arena	Recap
Mike Reilly (1) – pp – 03:54		First period			01:23 – Teuvo Teravainen (2) 03:13 – pp – Andrei Svechnikov (1) 13:22 – ps – Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)
Brock Nelson (2) – 03:47 Casey Cizikas (1) – 19:38		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			04:36 – Jack Drury (1) 04:44 – Stefan Noesen (3) 18:21 – en – Seth Jarvis (3)
Semyon Varlamov 32 saves / 37 shots		Goalie stats			Frederik Andersen 21 saves / 24 shots

Carolina won series 4–1

Western Conference first round

(C1) Dallas Stars vs. (WC2) Vegas Golden Knights

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

The Stars defeated the Golden Knights in seven games. Defenceman Brayden McNabb potted a goal and an assist for the Golden Knights in game one who triumphed over the Stars 4–3.^[28] In game two, Jonathan Marchessault and Jack Eichel each scored a goal and provided an assist to the Golden Knights' 3–1 victory.^[29] Dallas forward Wyatt Johnston scored twice in game three, including the overtime-winning goal, granting the Stars a 3–2 victory.^[30] In game four, Jake Oettinger made 32 saves for the Stars, defeating the Golden Knights 4–2 and tying the series 2–2.^[31] Johnston assisted twice for the Stars in game five, granting Dallas a 3–2 victory and a 3–2 series lead.^[32] In game six, Adin Hill stopped all 23 shots he faced for the Golden Knights, defeating the Stars 2–0 to force a seventh game.^[33] In game seven, Oettinger made 22 saves for the Stars and Radek Faksa provided the game-winning goal to send the Stars to the second round with a 2–1 victory.^[34]

April 22	Vegas Golden Knights		4–3		Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center	Recap
Mark Stone (1) – pp – 01:23 Jonathan Marchessault (1) – 08:27 Tomas Hertl (1) – pp – 17:51		First period			16:07 – Jamie Benn (1) 18:29 – Jason Robertson (1)
Brayden McNabb (1) – 01:06		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			11:46 – Mason Marchment (1)
Logan Thompson 26 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Jake Oettinger 11 saves / 15 shots

April 24	Vegas Golden Knights		3–1		Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center	Recap
Jonathan Marchessault (2) – 18:09		First period			16:47 – pp – Jason Robertson (2)
Noah Hanifin (1) – 18:53		Second period			No scoring
Jack Eichel (1) – en – 19:26		Third period			No scoring
Logan Thompson 20 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats			Jake Oettinger 23 saves / 25 shots

April 27	Dallas Stars		3–2	OT	Vegas Golden Knights	T-Mobile Arena	Recap
Wyatt Johnston (1) – 11:11		First period			No scoring
Miro Heiskanen (1) – 05:25		Second period			10:40 – Brayden McNabb (2) 13:50 – sh – Jack Eichel (2)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Wyatt Johnston (2) – 16:23		First overtime period			No scoring
Jake Oettinger 32 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats			Logan Thompson 43 saves / 46 shots

April 29	Dallas Stars		4–2		Vegas Golden Knights	T-Mobile Arena	Recap
Evgenii Dadonov (1) – 17:52		First period			14:25 – Michael Amadio (1)
Wyatt Johnston (3) – pp – 09:45 Ty Dellandrea (1) – 18:34		Second period			03:09 – Jack Eichel (3)
Roope Hintz (1) – en – 18:38		Third period			No scoring
Jake Oettinger 32 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats			Logan Thompson 28 saves / 31 shots

May 1	Vegas Golden Knights		2–3		Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center	Recap
Mark Stone (2) – pp – 04:00 William Carrier (1) – 12:51		First period			05:02 – Evgenii Dadonov (2) 08:04 – pp – Matt Duchene (1)
No scoring		Second period			16:32 – pp – Jason Robertson (3)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Adin Hill 22 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Jake Oettinger 25 saves / 27 shots

May 3	Dallas Stars		0–2		Vegas Golden Knights	T-Mobile Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			09:54 – Noah Hanifin (2) 19:41 – en – Mark Stone (3)
Jake Oettinger 28 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Adin Hill 23 saves / 23 shots

May 5	Vegas Golden Knights		1–2		Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			14:34 – Wyatt Johnston (4)
Brett Howden (1) – 15:25		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			00:44 – Radek Faksa (1)
Adin Hill 22 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats			Jake Oettinger 22 saves / 23 shots

Dallas won series 4–3

(C2) Winnipeg Jets vs. (C3) Colorado Avalanche

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

The Avalanche defeated the Jets in five games. In game one, Kyle Connor and Adam Lowry each scored twice for the Jets, triumphing over the Avalanche 7–6.^[35] Goaltender Alexander Georgiev bounced back in game two for the Avalanche, making 28 saves in a 5–2 victory.^[36] Colorado was granted a five-goal third period, ensuring a 6–2 victory in game three for the Avalanche.^[37] Valeri Nichushkin scored a hat trick in game four for the Avalanche, snatching a 5–1 triumph with a 3–1 series lead.^[38] In game five, Mikko Rantanen scored twice and provided an assist for the Avalanche, defeating the Jets 6–3 to advance to the second round.^[39]

April 21	Colorado Avalanche		6–7		Winnipeg Jets	Canada Life Centre	Recap
Valeri Nichushkin (1) – 06:10 Miles Wood (1) – 14:47 Nathan MacKinnon (1) – 15:05		First period			08:02 – Josh Morrissey (1) 11:57 – Vladislav Namestnikov (1) 15:53 – Mark Scheifele (1)
No scoring		Second period			08:57 – Adam Lowry (1)
Artturi Lehkonen (1) – pp – 06:29 Cale Makar (1) – pp – 12:24 Casey Mittelstadt (1) – 19:30		Third period			03:31 – Adam Lowry (2) 05:51 – pp – Kyle Connor (1) 08:54 – Kyle Connor (2)
Alexandar Georgiev 16 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats			Connor Hellebuyck 40 saves / 46 shots

April 23	Colorado Avalanche		5–2		Winnipeg Jets	Canada Life Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			03:15 – David Gustafsson (1)
Miles Wood (2) – 01:59 Artturi Lehkonen (2) – 14:16 Zach Parise (1) – 17:20 Josh Manson (1) – 19:53		Second period			08:37 – Mark Scheifele (2)
Valeri Nichushkin (2) – en – 19:03		Third period			No scoring
Alexandar Georgiev 28 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Connor Hellebuyck 27 saves / 31 shots

April 26	Winnipeg Jets		2–6		Colorado Avalanche	Ball Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			11:18 – Zach Parise (2)
Tyler Toffoli (1) – 05:03 Josh Morrissey (2) – pp – 10:50		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			02:11 – pp – Nathan MacKinnon (2) 04:39 – pp – Valeri Nichushkin (3) 08:11 – Artturi Lehkonen (3) 12:35 – Ross Colton (1) 16:25 – sh-en – Devon Toews (1)
Connor Hellebuyck 34 saves / 39 shots		Goalie stats			Alexandar Georgiev 22 saves / 24 shots

April 28	Winnipeg Jets		1–5		Colorado Avalanche	Ball Arena	Recap
Nate Schmidt (1) – 13:56		First period			08:10 – Artturi Lehkonen (4)
No scoring		Second period			11:36 – pp – Valeri Nichushkin (4) 15:03 – Cale Makar (2) 19:36 – pp – Valeri Nichushkin (5)
No scoring		Third period			19:47 – en – Valeri Nichushkin (6)
Connor Hellebuyck 26 saves / 30 shots Laurent Brossoit 4 saves / 4 shots		Goalie stats			Alexandar Georgiev 26 saves / 27 shots

April 30	Colorado Avalanche		6–3		Winnipeg Jets	Canada Life Centre	Recap
Valeri Nichushkin (7) – 03:18		First period			01:15 – Kyle Connor (3)
Yakov Trenin (1) – 05:42 Artturi Lehkonen (5) – 13:45		Second period			06:48 – pp – Josh Morrissey (3)
Mikko Rantanen (1) – 04:11 Mikko Rantanen (2) – 08:01 Josh Manson (2) – en – 19:58		Third period			02:06 – Tyler Toffoli (2)
Alexandar Georgiev 33 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats			Connor Hellebuyck 26 saves / 31 shots

Colorado won series 4–1

(P1) Vancouver Canucks vs. (WC1) Nashville Predators

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

The Canucks defeated the Predators in six games. In game one, Dakota Joshua scored twice and added an assist for the Canucks, defeating the Predators 4–2.^[40] Filip Forsberg scored a goal and provided an assist for the Predators in game two, tying the series with a 4–1 victory.^[41] In game three, goaltender Casey DeSmith made 29 saves for the Canucks, defeating the Predators 2–1.^[42] Brock Boeser's hat trick tying goal sent game four to overtime wherein Elias Lindholm scored for Vancouver to give the Canucks a 4–3 victory and a 3–1 series lead.^[43] In game five, Forsberg assisted on both Nashville goals as the Predators forced a sixth game with a 2–1 victory.^[44] Pius Suter scored the only goal of game six with 1:39 left in the game, and with Arturs Silovs' 28 saves, Vancouver moved onto the second round with a 1–0 victory.^[45]

April 21	Nashville Predators		2–4		Vancouver Canucks	Rogers Arena	Recap
Jason Zucker (1) – 16:15		First period			No scoring
Ryan O'Reilly (1) – pp – 10:46		Second period			00:47 – Elias Lindholm (1)
No scoring		Third period			08:59 – Pius Suter (1) 09:11 – Dakota Joshua (1) 18:32 – en – Dakota Joshua (2)
Juuse Saros 17 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats			Thatcher Demko 22 saves / 24 shots

April 23	Nashville Predators		4–1		Vancouver Canucks	Rogers Arena	Recap
Anthony Beauvillier (1) – 01:14		First period			No scoring
Filip Forsberg (1) – 06:29 Colton Sissons (1) – 08:04		Second period			15:33 – Nikita Zadorov (1)
Kiefer Sherwood (1) – en – 18:07		Third period			No scoring
Juuse Saros 17 saves / 18 shots		Goalie stats			Casey DeSmith 12 saves / 15 shots

April 26	Vancouver Canucks		2–1		Nashville Predators	Bridgestone Arena	Recap
J. T. Miller (1) – pp – 13:23		First period			No scoring
Brock Boeser (1) – pp – 04:33		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			16:48 – Luke Evangelista (1)
Casey DeSmith 29 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Juuse Saros 10 saves / 12 shots

April 28	Vancouver Canucks		4–3	OT	Nashville Predators	Bridgestone Arena	Recap
Brock Boeser (2) – 02:55		First period			05:34 – Mark Jankowski (1)
No scoring		Second period			05:21 – Gustav Nyquist (1)
Brock Boeser (3) – 17:11 Brock Boeser (4) – 19:52		Third period			00:12 – Filip Forsberg (2)
Elias Lindholm (2) – 01:02		First overtime period			No scoring
Arturs Silovs 27 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Juuse Saros 17 saves / 21 shots

April 30	Nashville Predators		2–1		Vancouver Canucks	Rogers Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Roman Josi (1) – pp – 07:15 Alexandre Carrier (1) – 12:46		Third period			03:11 – Nikita Zadorov (2)
Juuse Saros 19 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats			Arturs Silovs 20 saves / 22 shots

May 3	Vancouver Canucks		1–0		Nashville Predators	Bridgestone Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Pius Suter (2) – 18:21		Third period			No scoring
Arturs Silovs 28 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Juuse Saros 28 saves / 29 shots

Vancouver won series 4–2

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

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

The Oilers defeated the Kings in five games. In game one, Zach Hyman scored a hat-trick and Connor McDavid provided five assists to hold off the Kings for a 7–4 victory.^[46] Anze Kopitar scored the overtime goal and provided two assists for the Kings in game two, tying the series with a 5–4 win.^[47] The Oilers routed the Kings in game three with Hyman and Leon Draisaitl both scoring twice in Edmonton's 6–1 victory.^[48] In game four, Evan Bouchard scored the only goal and goaltender Stuart Skinner stopped all 33 shots he faced to give the Oilers a 1–0 victory and a 3–1 series lead.^[49] McDavid and Bouchard each assisted thrice in game five, sending the Oilers to the second round with a 4–3 victory.^[50]

April 22	Los Angeles Kings		4–7		Edmonton Oilers	Rogers Place	Recap
No scoring		First period			06:52 – Zach Hyman (1) 09:36 – Adam Henrique (1)
Mikey Anderson (1) – 10:56 Adrian Kempe (1) – 17:56		Second period			04:50 – Zach Hyman (2) 08:24 – pp – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1)
Pierre-Luc Dubois (1) – 16:56 Trevor Moore (1) – 18:49		Third period			01:08 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (1) 06:17 – pp – Zach Hyman (3) 19:34 – en – Warren Foegele (1)
Cam Talbot 38 saves / 44 shots		Goalie stats			Stuart Skinner 33 saves / 37 shots

April 24	Los Angeles Kings		5–4	OT	Edmonton Oilers	Rogers Place	Recap
Adrian Kempe (2) – 03:19 Adrian Kempe (3) – 14:57 Drew Doughty (1) – 18:02		First period			17:33 – Brett Kulak (1)
No scoring		Second period			07:51 – Dylan Holloway (1) 10:33 – pp – Zach Hyman (4)
Kevin Fiala (1) – 01:46		Third period			03:23 – Dylan Holloway (2)
Anze Kopitar (1) – 02:07		First overtime period			No scoring
Cam Talbot 27 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Stuart Skinner 21 saves / 26 shots

April 26	Edmonton Oilers		6–1		Los Angeles Kings	Crypto.com Arena	Recap
Zach Hyman (5) – 06:42 Leon Draisaitl (2) – 15:36 Connor McDavid (1) – pp – 18:34		First period			No scoring
Evander Kane (1) – 07:39		Second period			05:32 – Drew Doughty (2)
Zach Hyman (6) – pp – 06:37 Leon Draisaitl (3) – pp – 12:38		Third period			No scoring
Stuart Skinner 27 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Cam Talbot 34 saves / 40 shots

April 28	Edmonton Oilers		1–0		Los Angeles Kings	Crypto.com Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Evan Bouchard (1) – pp – 11:49		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Stuart Skinner 33 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats			David Rittich 12 saves / 13 shots

May 1	Los Angeles Kings		3–4		Edmonton Oilers	Rogers Place	Recap
Alex Laferriere (1) – 19:32		First period			10:17 – Evander Kane (2)
Blake Lizotte (1) – 03:08		Second period			07:44 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (4) 12:21 – Leon Draisaitl (5) 19:07 – Zach Hyman (7)
Adrian Kempe (4) – 17:42		Third period			No scoring
David Rittich 22 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Stuart Skinner 18 saves / 21 shots

Edmonton won series 4–1

Second round

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

Eastern Conference second round

(A1) Florida Panthers vs. (A2) Boston Bruins

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

The Panthers defeated the Bruins six games. Jeremy Swayman made 38 saves for the Bruins in game one, coming out on top 5–1.^[51] The Panthers stormed back in game two, outscoring the Bruins 6–1 with Aleksander Barkov's two goals and two assists to tie the series 1–1.^[52] In game three, Evan Rodrigues scored twice and Matthew Tkachuk provided three assists for the Panthers, defeating the Bruins 6–2.^[53] The Panthers came back from a two-goal deficit in game four to win 3–2 and take a 3–1 series lead.^[54] In game five, Swayman made 28 saves for the Bruins as they held off the Panthers for a 2–1 victory, forcing a sixth game.^[55] Gustav Forsling scored with 1:33 left in the third period of game six for the Panthers, holding off the Bruins for a 2–1 victory and a second consecutive conference finals appearance.^[56] During the game, Boston set the record for the most "too many men on the ice" penalties in one playoff year with seven.^[57]

May 6	Boston Bruins		5–1		Florida Panthers	Amerant Bank Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Morgan Geekie (3) – 12:52 Mason Lohrei (1) – 16:17 Brandon Carlo (2) – 19:39		Second period			11:45 – Matthew Tkachuk (4)
Justin Brazeau (1) – 07:13 Jake DeBrusk (4) – en – 16:38		Third period			No scoring
Jeremy Swayman 38 saves / 39 shots		Goalie stats			Sergei Bobrovsky 24 saves / 28 shots

May 8	Boston Bruins		1–6		Florida Panthers	Amerant Bank Arena	Recap
Charlie Coyle (1) – 12:12		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			01:56 – Steven Lorentz (2) 09:49 – Aleksander Barkov (3) 19:58 – Gustav Forsling (1)
No scoring		Third period			01:28 – Eetu Luostarinen (1) 10:52 – pp – Aleksander Barkov (4) 11:58 – sh – Brandon Montour (2)
Jeremy Swayman 19 saves / 23 shots Linus Ullmark 8 saves / 10 shots		Goalie stats			Sergei Bobrovsky 14 saves / 15 shots

May 10	Florida Panthers		6–2		Boston Bruins	TD Garden	Recap
Evan Rodrigues (2) – 08:04		First period			No scoring
Vladimir Tarasenko (2) – pp – 16:14 Carter Verhaeghe (6) – pp – 17:14		Second period			No scoring
Brandon Montour (3) – pp – 03:09 Sam Reinhart (4) – en – 18:36 Evan Rodrigues (3) – pp – 19:09		Third period			05:01 – Jakub Lauko (1) 08:31 – Jake DeBrusk (5)
Sergei Bobrovsky 15 saves / 17 shots		Goalie stats			Jeremy Swayman 27 saves / 32 shots

May 12	Florida Panthers		3–2		Boston Bruins	TD Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			08:53 – pp – David Pastrnak (4) 15:12 – Brandon Carlo (3)
Anton Lundell (1) – 14:48		Second period			No scoring
Sam Bennett (2) – pp – 03:41 Aleksander Barkov (5) – 07:31		Third period			No scoring
Sergei Bobrovsky 16 saves / 18 shots		Goalie stats			Jeremy Swayman 38 saves / 41 shots

May 14	Boston Bruins		2–1		Florida Panthers	Amerant Bank Arena	Recap
Morgan Geekie (4) – 04:49		First period			No scoring
Charlie McAvoy (1) – 10:25		Second period			06:23 – Sam Reinhart (5)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Jeremy Swayman 28 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Sergei Bobrovsky 26 saves / 28 shots

May 17	Florida Panthers		2–1		Boston Bruins	TD Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			19:07 – Pavel Zacha (1)
Anton Lundell (2) – 12:44		Second period			No scoring
Gustav Forsling (2) – 18:27		Third period			No scoring
Sergei Bobrovsky 22 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats			Jeremy Swayman 26 saves / 28 shots

Florida won series 4–2

(M1) New York Rangers vs. (M2) Carolina Hurricanes

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

The Rangers defeated the Hurricanes in six games. In game one, Mika Zibanejad scored twice and provided an assist for the Rangers, defeating the Hurricanes 4–3.^[58] Artemi Panarin assisted thrice and Vincent Trocheck scored the overtime goal for the Rangers, taking a 2–0 series lead with a 4–3 victory.^[59] Igor Shesterkin made 45 saves in game three and Panarin scored the overtime goal for the Rangers, defeating the Hurricanes 3–2 for a 3–0 series lead.^[60] With the victory, the Rangers became the first team since the 2008 Pittsburgh Penguins to start 7–0 in the playoffs.^[61] The streak did not continue into game four as Brady Skjei's goal with 3:11 left in the game broke the tie for the Hurricanes, forcing a fith game with a 4–3 victory.^[62] In game five, the Hurricanes scored four unanswered goals in the third period to defeat the Rangers 4–1 and force a sixth game.^[63] In game six, the Rangers came back from a two-goal deficit in the third period, capped off by Chris Kreider's natural hat trick to defeat the Hurricanes 5–3 and advance to the conference finals for the second time in three years, making them the first Presidents' Trophy-winning team to advance to the penultimate round since they did so in 2015.^[64][65]

May 5	Carolina Hurricanes		3–4		New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
Jaccob Slavin (1) – 03:48		First period			02:46 – Mika Zibanejad (2) 10:05 – pp – Mika Zibanejad (3) 16:28 – pp – Vincent Trocheck (4)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Martin Necas (2) – 02:48 Seth Jarvis (4) – 18:13		Third period			08:21 – Artemi Panarin (3)
Frederik Andersen 19 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats			Igor Shesterkin 22 saves / 25 shots

May 7	Carolina Hurricanes		3–4	2OT	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
Jake Guentzel (2) – 15:07 Dmitry Orlov (2) – 19:54		First period			10:53 – Alexis Lafreniere (1)
Jake Guentzel (3) – 18:18		Second period			07:32 – Alexis Lafreniere (2)
No scoring		Third period			06:07 – pp – Chris Kreider (3)
No scoring		Second overtime period			07:24 – pp – Vincent Trocheck (5)
Frederik Andersen 35 saves / 39 shots		Goalie stats			Igor Shesterkin 54 saves / 57 shots

May 9	New York Rangers		3–2	OT	Carolina Hurricanes	PNC Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			10:14 – Jake Guentzel (4)
Chris Kreider (4) – sh – 08:30		Second period			No scoring
Alexis Lafreniere (3) – 06:25		Third period			18:24 – Andrei Svechnikov (2)
Artemi Panarin (4) – 01:43		First overtime period			No scoring
Igor Shesterkin 45 saves / 47 shots		Goalie stats			Pyotr Kochetkov 22 saves / 25 shots

May 11	New York Rangers		3–4		Carolina Hurricanes	PNC Arena	Recap
Will Cuylle (1) – 08:06		First period			01:51 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (3) 06:33 – Stefan Noesen (4) 15:29 – Sebastian Aho (3)
Barclay Goodrow (2) – 12:43		Second period			No scoring
Alexis Lafreniere (4) – 02:04		Third period			16:49 – pp – Brady Skjei (1)
Igor Shesterkin 27 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Frederik Andersen 22 saves / 25 shots

May 13	Carolina Hurricanes		4–1		New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			06:23 – sh – Jacob Trouba (1)
Jordan Staal (1) – 03:33 Evgeny Kuznetsov (4) – 06:39 Jordan Martinook (2) – 09:56 Martin Necas (3) – en – 16:29		Third period			No scoring
Frederik Andersen 20 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats			Igor Shesterkin 24 saves / 27 shots

May 16	New York Rangers		5–3		Carolina Hurricanes	PNC Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			18:38 – Martin Necas (4)
Vincent Trocheck (6) – 05:29		Second period			04:38 – pp – Seth Jarvis (5) 09:23 – Sebastian Aho (4)
Chris Kreider (5) – 06:43 Chris Kreider (6) – pp – 11:54 Chris Kreider (7) – 15:41 Barclay Goodrow (3) – en – 19:11		Third period			No scoring
Igor Shesterkin 33 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats			Frederik Andersen 19 saves / 23 shots

New York won series 4–2

Western Conference second round

(C1) Dallas Stars vs. (C3) Colorado Avalanche

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

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

May 7	Colorado Avalanche		4–3	OT	Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			07:26 – Ryan Suter (1) 10:55 – Wyatt Johnston (5) 16:56 – pp – Jamie Benn (2)
Valeri Nichushkin (8) – pp – 05:31 Cale Makar (3) – pp – 09:08		Second period			No scoring
Nathan MacKinnon (3) – 00:39		Third period			No scoring
Miles Wood (3) – 11:03		First overtime period			No scoring
Alexandar Georgiev 19 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats			Jake Oettinger 22 saves / 26 shots

May 9	Colorado Avalanche		3–5		Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			14:46 – pp – Miro Heiskanen (2)
No scoring		Second period			01:57 – Roope Hintz (2) 15:54 – pp – Miro Heiskanen (3) 18:06 – sh – Tyler Seguin (1)
Joel Kiviranta (1) – 04:06 Brandon Duhaime (1) – 08:00 Valeri Nichushkin (9) – 16:16		Third period			19:39 – en – Esa Lindell (1)
Alexandar Georgiev 27 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Jake Oettinger 28 saves / 31 shots

May 11	Dallas Stars		4–1		Colorado Avalanche	Ball Arena	Recap
Logan Stankoven (1) – 18:39		First period			No scoring
Tyler Seguin (2) – 15:13		Second period			10:24 – Mikko Rantanen (3)
Tyler Seguin (3) – en – 18:23 Logan Stankoven (2) – en – 19:32		Third period			No scoring
Jake Oettinger 28 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Alexandar Georgiev 19 saves / 21 shots

May 13	Dallas Stars		5–1		Colorado Avalanche	Ball Arena	Recap
Wyatt Johnston (6) – sh – 15:37		First period			No scoring
Wyatt Johnston (7) – pp – 05:46 Miro Heiskanen (4) – 11:24		Second period			12:35 – Casey Mittelstadt (2)
Evgenii Dadonov (3) – 09:27 Sam Steel (1) – en – 18:10		Third period			No scoring
Jake Oettinger 24 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Alexandar Georgiev 29 saves / 33 shots

May 15	Colorado Avalanche		5–3		Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center	Recap
Artturi Lehkonen (6) – pp – 19:59		First period			09:03 – Joe Pavelski (1)
Cale Makar (4) – pp – 17:24		Second period			11:39 – pp – Miro Heiskanen (5)
Casey Mittelstadt (3) – 01:12 Cale Makar (5) – 04:28 Nathan MacKinnon (4) – 16:50		Third period			05:44 – Logan Stankoven (3)
Alexandar Georgiev 23 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Jake Oettinger 22 saves / 27 shots

May 17	Dallas Stars		2–1	2OT	Colorado Avalanche	Ball Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			05:48 – pp – Mikko Rantanen (4)
Jamie Benn (3) – 01:56		Third period			No scoring
Matt Duchene (2) – 11:42		Second overtime period			No scoring
Jake Oettinger 29 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Alexandar Georgiev 36 saves / 38 shots

Dallas won series 4–2

(P1) Vancouver Canucks vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers

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

May 8	Edmonton Oilers		4–5		Vancouver Canucks	Rogers Arena	Recap
Zach Hyman (8) – pp – 02:11 Mattias Ekholm (1) – 15:01		First period			No scoring
Cody Ceci (1) – 12:26 Zach Hyman (9) – 13:11		Second period			00:53 – Dakota Joshua (3) 17:01 – Elias Lindholm (3)
No scoring		Third period			09:38 – J. T. Miller (2) 13:47 – Nikita Zadorov (3) 14:26 – Conor Garland (1)
Stuart Skinner 19 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats			Arturs Silovs 14 saves / 18 shots

May 10	Edmonton Oilers		4–3	OT	Vancouver Canucks	Rogers Arena	Recap
Leon Draisaitl (6) – pp – 10:56		First period			04:14 – pp – Elias Pettersson (1)
Mattias Ekholm (2) – 01:16		Second period			00:53 – Brock Boeser (5) 18:17 – Nikita Zadorov (4)
Connor McDavid (2) – 05:27		Third period			No scoring
Evan Bouchard (2) – 05:38		First overtime period			No scoring
Stuart Skinner 16 saves / 19 shots		Goalie stats			Arturs Silovs 27 saves / 31 shots

May 12	Vancouver Canucks		4–3		Edmonton Oilers	Rogers Place	Recap
Elias Lindholm (4) – pp – 08:45 Brock Boeser (6) – 13:18 Brock Boeser (7) – 18:34		First period			05:37 – pp – Mattias Ekholm (3)
Elias Lindholm (5) – pp – 17:35		Second period			03:36 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (7)
No scoring		Third period			18:44 – Evan Bouchard (3)
Arturs Silovs 42 saves / 45 shots		Goalie stats			Stuart Skinner 11 saves / 15 shots Calvin Pickard 3 saves / 3 shots

May 14	Vancouver Canucks		2–3		Edmonton Oilers	Rogers Place	Recap
No scoring		First period			11:10 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (8)
No scoring		Second period			19:20 – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2)
Conor Garland (2) – 06:54 Dakota Joshua (4) – 18:19		Third period			19:21 – Evan Bouchard (4)
Arturs Silovs 27 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Calvin Pickard 19 saves / 21 shots

May 16	Edmonton Oilers		2–3		Vancouver Canucks	Rogers Arena	Recap
Evander Kane (3) – 04:34 Mattias Janmark (1) – 17:50		First period			17:27 – Carson Soucy (1)
No scoring		Second period			05:14 – Phillip Di Giuseppe (1)
No scoring		Third period			19:27 – J. T. Miller (3)
Calvin Pickard 32 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats			Arturs Silovs 21 saves / 23 shots

May 18	Vancouver Canucks		1–5		Edmonton Oilers	Rogers Place	Recap
Nils Hoglander (1) – 10:03		First period			08:18 – Dylan Holloway (3)
No scoring		Second period			07:14 – Zach Hyman (10) 11:20 – Evan Bouchard (5)
No scoring		Third period			03:25 – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (3) 13:04 – Evander Kane (4)
Arturs Silovs 22 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats			Stuart Skinner 14 saves / 15 shots

May 20

Edmonton Oilers

9:00 p.m.

Vancouver Canucks

Rogers Arena

CBC, SN, ESPN

Series tied 3–3

Conference finals

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

Main article: NHL conference finals

Eastern Conference final

(M1) New York Rangers vs. (A1) Florida Panthers

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

May 22

Florida Panthers

8:00 p.m.

New York Rangers

Madison Square Garden

CBC, SN, ESPN

May 24

Florida Panthers

8:00 p.m.

New York Rangers

Madison Square Garden

CBC, SN, ESPN

May 26

New York Rangers

3:00 p.m.

Florida Panthers

Amerant Bank Arena

CBC, SN, ABC

May 28

New York Rangers

8:00 p.m.

Florida Panthers

Amerant Bank Arena

CBC, SN, ESPN

May 30

Florida Panthers

8:00 p.m.

New York Rangers

Madison Square Garden

CBC, SN, ESPN

June 1

New York Rangers

8:00 p.m.

Florida Panthers

Amerant Bank Arena

CBC, SN, ABC

June 3

Florida Panthers

8:00 p.m.

New York Rangers

Madison Square Garden

CBC, SN, ESPN

Series starts May 22

Player statistics

Skaters

These were the top ten skaters based on points, following the conclusion of games played on May 18, 2024. Players in bold are currently active in the playoffs.^[72]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Leon Draisaitl	Edmonton Oilers	11	8	15	23	+2	10
Connor McDavid	Edmonton Oilers	11	2	19	21	+5	4
Evan Bouchard	Edmonton Oilers	11	5	13	18	+10	14
Cale Makar	Colorado Avalanche	11	5	10	15	–3	0
Vincent Trocheck	New York Rangers	10	6	8	14	0	8
Nathan MacKinnon	Colorado Avalanche	11	4	10	14	–1	4
Mikko Rantanen	Colorado Avalanche	11	4	10	14	–1	8
Matthew Tkachuk	Florida Panthers	11	4	10	14	+2	17
Mika Zibanejad	New York Rangers	10	3	11	14	+2	2
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	Edmonton Oilers	11	3	11	14	+3	4

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. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded. Players in bold are currently active in the playoffs.^[73]

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
Jake Oettinger	Dallas Stars	13	8	5	355	29	2.09	.918	0	831:35
Jeremy Swayman	Boston Bruins	12	6	6	373	25	2.15	.933	0	697:31
Sergei Bobrovsky	Florida Panthers	11	8	3	264	26	2.37	.902	0	657:18
Igor Shesterkin	New York Rangers	10	8	2	324	25	2.40	.923	0	626:02
Frederik Andersen	Carolina Hurricanes	10	6	4	267	28	2.62	.895	0	641:54
Arturs Silovs	Vancouver Canucks	9	5	4	254	26	2.89	.898	1	540:10

Media

Canada

In Canada, this marks the tenth postseason under Rogers Media's 12-year contract. Games air across the Sportsnet networks and CBC under the Hockey Night in Canada brand. For first and second-round U.S.–U.S. games not on CBC, Sportsnet generally simulcasts the U.S. feed instead of producing their own telecast. The 2024 Stanley Cup Finals will be simulcast on both CBC and Sportsnet.^[74]

Sportsnet+ streams every game.^[74] CBC Gem will not be streaming games televised on CBC this postseason, and any first round games that appeared on that streaming service was due to an error.^[75]

United States

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

First round games were roughly evenly split between ESPN-produced telecasts (either on ESPN, ABC, or ESPN2) and TNT Sports-produced telecasts (either on TNT or TBS, with selected simulcasts on TruTV), while working around their 2024 NBA playoffs telecasts and other broadcasting commitments. Each U.S. team's regional broadcaster also televised local coverage of first round games, except for games on ABC. With the Stanley Cup playoffs starting on the same day as the NBA playoffs this year, TBS/TruTV aired a majority of TNT Sports-produced first-round games, including the first pair on that Saturday, April 20. ESPN or ESPN2 then aired games on Sunday, April 21 through Tuesday, April 23. Games were then split between ESPN- and TNT Sports-produced telecasts on Wednesday, April 24 and Thursday, April 25; before TNT/TBS/TruTV had the games from Friday, April 26 to Sunday, April 28. ESPN then aired the last game four and the first game five on Monday, April 29. Four game fives were split between ESPN and TNT Sports-produced telecasts on Tuesday, April 30, while ESPN aired both game fives on Wednesday, May 1. TNT/TBS/TruTV then had all game six's on Thursday, May 2 and Friday, May 3. ABC was then given the first game seven on Saturday, May 4, and TBS/TruTV was assigned the other game seven on Sunday, May 5.^[76][77][78]

In the second round, ESPN was assigned games from Sunday, May 5 to Wednesday, May 8 (including all four game ones and both Eastern Conference game twos). TNT or TBS then aired games from Thursday, May 9 to Sunday, May 12 (including both Western Conference game twos, all four game threes, and both Eastern Conference game fours), with simulcasts on truTV. ESPN took over again from Monday, May 13 to Wednesday, May 15 (including both Western Conference game fours and three possible game fives which includes both eastern conference ones). TNT then took over on Thursday, May 16 and Friday, May 17 before ESPN airs a single game on Saturday, May 18 and Monday, May 20.^[79]

ESPN/ABC will air the Eastern Conference finals this season, and TNT will air the Western Conference finals. As per the alternating rotation, ABC will have coverage of the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals.^[80]

This is the first playoffs that the streaming service Max will have live access to all TNT Sports-produced games on its Bleacher Report Sports Add-on tier.^[81] ESPN+ will stream all ABC games and ESPN's Conference final games, along with replays of all games.

This is the third of a four-year deal that Sports USA Radio Network will syndicate select Stanley Cup playoff games via NHL Radio across the U.S., including the entire conference finals and Stanley Cup Finals.^[82]

Announcers

  ESPN/ABC

  TNT Sports

  CBC/Sportsnet

  Sports USA Radio

  NHL International

First round announcers

Series	Play-by-play		Color commentator(s)	Ice level analyst(s)	Rinkside reporter(s)	Network
Florida–Tampa Bay		Bob Wischusen (Games 1 and 2) Steve Levy (Game 5)	Ryan Callahan (Games 1 and 2) Kevin Weekes (Game 5)	—	Leah Hextall (Game 1) Emily Kaplan (Game 5)	ESPN (Games 1 and 5) ESPN2 (Game 2)^[76]^[83]
		Kenny Albert (Game 3) Alex Faust (Game 4)	Brian Boucher (Game 3) Jennifer Botterill (Game 4)	Jody Shelley (Game 3) Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (Game 4)	—	TBS (Games 3 and 4) TruTV (Game 4) Max^[84]
		Simulcast of American broadcast feed				Sportsnet^[74]
Boston–Toronto		Sean McDonough	Ray Ferraro		Emily Kaplan	ESPN (Games 2, 3 and 5) ABC/ESPN+ (Game 7)^[76]^[85]^[86]
		Kenny Albert (Games 1 and 6) Jim Jackson (Game 4)	Eddie Olczyk (Game 1) Jody Shelley (Game 4) Brian Boucher (Game 6)	Brian Boucher (Game 1)	Jackie Redmond (Games 4 and 6)	TBS (Games 1, 4 and 6) TruTV (Games 1 and 4) Max^[77]^[84]^[87]
		Chris Cuthbert	Craig Simpson	—	Kyle Bukauskas	CBC
						Sportsnet^[74]
NY Rangers–Washington		Sean McDonough	Ray Ferraro		Emily Kaplan	ESPN (Games 1 and 2)^[76]
		Kenny Albert	Brian Boucher (Game 3) Jody Shelley (Game 4)	Jody Shelley (Game 3)	Tarik El-Bashir (Game 4)	TNT (Game 3) TBS (Game 4) TruTV (Games 3 and 4) Max^[84]^[88]
		Simulcast of American broadcast feed				Sportsnet^[74]
Carolina–NY Islanders		Roxy Bernstein (Game 2) John Buccigross (Game 3)	Kevin Weekes	—	Blake Bolden (Game 3)	ESPN2 (Games 2 and 3)^[76]
		John Forslund (Game 1) Kenny Albert (Game 4) Jim Jackson (Game 5)	Jennifer Botterill (Game 1) Brian Boucher (Game 4) Jody Shelley (Game 5)	Darren Pang (Game 1) Bryce Salvador (Games 4 and 5)	—	TBS (Games 1, 4 and 5) TruTV (Games 1 and 4) Max^[77]^[84]^[89]
		Simulcast of American broadcast feed				Sportsnet^[74]
Dallas–Vegas		Bob Wischusen	Ryan Callahan	—	Leah Hextall (Games 1, 2 and 4) Emily Kaplan (Game 5)	ESPN (Games 1, 2, 4 and 5)^[76]^[90]^[85]
		John Forslund (Games 3 and 6) Kenny Albert (Game 7)	Eddie Olczyk (Games 3 and 7) Jody Shelley (Game 6) Brian Boucher (Game 7)	Darren Eliot (Game 6)	Alyson Lozoff (Game 3) Jackie Redmond (Game 7)	TBS (Games 3 and 7) TruTV (Games 3, 6 and 7) TNT (Game 6) Max^[84]^[91]^[92]
		Simulcast of American broadcast feed				Sportsnet FX (Game 1)^[74]
Winnipeg–Colorado		John Buccigross (Games 1 and 2) Mike Monaco (Game 5)	Cassie Campbell-Pascall (Game 1) A.J. Mleczko (Games 2 and 5)	—	Leah Hextall (Games 2 and 5)	ESPN2 (Game 1) ESPN (Games 2 and 5)^[76]^[85]
		John Forslund	Eddie Olczyk	Shane Hnidy (Game 3) Brian Boucher (Game 4)	Steve Mears (Game 4)	TNT (Games 3 and 4) TruTV (Games 3 and 4) Max^[84]^[93]
		John Bartlett	Garry Galley	—	Scott Oake	CBC (Games 1–3 and 5)
						Sportsnet (Games 1, 4 and 5)^[74]
Vancouver–Nashville		Mike Monaco	A. J. Mleczko (Game 1) Cassie Campbell-Pascall (Game 2)	—	—	ESPN (Game 1) ESPN2 (Game 2)^[76]
		Brendan Burke (Games 3, 4 and 6) Steve Mears (Game 5)	Colby Armstrong (Game 5)	Darren Pang (Games 3, 4 and 6)	Kathryn Tappen (Games 3 and 4) Nabil Karim (Games 5 and 6)	TBS (Games 3–5) TruTV (Games 4 and 6) TNT (Game 6) Max^[84]^[89]^[91]
		John Shorthouse	Dave Tomlinson	—	Dan Murphy	CBC (Games 1 and 6)
						Sportsnet^[74]
Edmonton–Los Angeles		Mike Monaco	A. J. Mleczko	—	Leah Hextall (Game 5)	ESPN2 (Game 1) ESPN (Game 5)^[76]^[85]
		Steve Mears (Game 2) Randy Hahn (Games 3 and 4)	Colby Armstrong (Game 2) Bret Hedican (Games 3 and 4)	—	Meaghan Mikkelson (Game 2) Alyson Lozoff (Games 3 and 4)	TBS (Games 2–4) TruTV (Game 4) Max^[84]
		Harnarayan Singh	Louie DeBrusk	—	Gene Principe	CBC (Games 1, 2 and 5)
						Sportsnet^[74]
Select games		John Ahlers	Brian Hayward	—		Sports USA^[94]^[95]^[96]^[97]^[98]^[99]

Second round announcers

Series	Play-by-play		Color commentator(s)	Ice level analyst(s)	Rinkside reporter(s)	Network
Florida–Boston		Bob Wischusen	Ryan Callahan	—	Leah Hextall	ESPN (Games 1, 2 and 5)^[100]^[101]
		Brendan Burke	Darren Pang		Jackie Redmond	TNT (Games 3 and 6) TruTV (Games 3, 4 and 6) TBS (Game 4) Max^[102]^[103]
		John Bartlett	Garry Galley	—	Kyle Bukauskas	CBC (Games 1–3, 5 and 6)
		Simulcast of American broadcast feed (Game 4)				Sportsnet^[104]
NY Rangers–Carolina		Sean McDonough	Ray Ferraro		Emily Kaplan	ESPN (Games 1, 2 and 5)^[86]^[100]^[101]
		Kenny Albert	Brian Boucher	Jody Shelley	—	TNT (Games 3, 4 and 6) TruTV (Games 3, 4 and 6) Max^[102]^[105]
		Harnarayan Singh	Louie DeBrusk	—	Shawn McKenzie	CBC (Games 2–6)
		Simulcast of American broadcast feed (Game 1)				Sportsnet^[104]
Dallas–Colorado		Mike Monaco (Game 1) Steve Levy (Games 4 and 5)	A. J. Mleczko (Game 1) Ryan Callahan (Game 4)	Ray Ferraro (Game 5)	Leah Hextall (Games 1 and 4) Emily Kaplan (Game 5)	ESPN (Games 1, 4 and 5)^[100]^[101]
		John Forslund	Eddie Olczyk	Shane Hnidy (Games 3 and 6)	Kathryn Tappen (Game 2)	TNT (Games 2, 3 and 6) TruTV (Games 2, 3 and 6) Max^[102]^[106]
		Simulcast of American broadcast feed				Sportsnet FX (Game 4)^[104]
Vancouver–Edmonton		Mike Monaco (Games 1 and 4) John Buccigross (Games 6 and 7)	Cassie Campbell-Pascall (Game 1) Kevin Weekes (Games 4 and 6)	Ray Ferraro (Game 7)	Leah Hextall (Games 6 and 7)	ESPN (Games 1, 4, 6 and 7)^[100]^[101]^[107]
		Alex Faust (Games 2 and 3) John Forslund (Game 5)	Jennifer Botterill (Games 2 and 3) Eddie Olczyk (Game 5)	—	Nabil Karim	TNT (Games 2 and 5) TruTV (Games 2, 3 and 5) TBS (Game 3) Max^[102]^[105]
		Chris Cuthbert	Craig Simpson	—	Scott Oake	CBC (Games 1–2, 4–7)
						Sportsnet^[104]
Select games		John Ahlers John Forslund	Jim Fox Eddie Olczyk	—		Sports USA^[108]^[109]^[110]^[111]^[112]^[113]

Conference finals announcers

Series	Play-by-play		Color commentator(s)	Ice-level analyst(s)	Rinkside reporter(s)	Network
NY Rangers–Florida		Sean McDonough	Ray Ferraro		Emily Kaplan	ESPN (Games 1–2, 4–5 and 7) ABC (Games 3 and 6) ESPN+
						CBC
						Sportsnet
				—		Sports USA
Dallas–Vancouver/Edmonton		Kenny Albert	Eddie Olczyk	Brian Boucher	Jackie Redmond	TNT TruTV Max
		Chris Cuthbert	Craig Simpson	—		CBC (Games 1–4, and 7)
						Sportsnet
				—		Sports USA

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88. NHL Announcer Schedules [@AnnouncersNHL] (April 28, 2024). "Stanley Cup Playoffs East 1st Round, Game 4 Rangers vs. Capitals TBS/truTV 8:00 p.m. ET Broadcasters Play-By-Play: @KennyAlbert Analyst: @shelleyhawk45 Reporter: @Tarik_ElBashir Studio Host: @liam_mchugh Analyst: @AnsonCarterLA Analyst: @BizNasty2point0 Analyst: @armdog" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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90. ESPN PR [@ESPNPR] (April 29, 2024). "Monday, #StanleyCup Playoff First Round action continues in primetime on ESPN as the Dallas Stars look to even the series against the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 4 🏒9:30p ET #TexasHockey-#VegasBorn 🎙️@espnbob, @TheRealCally24, @leahhextall, @ESPNRefNHL Studio @Buccigross, @PKSubban1" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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92. TNT Sports U.S. PR [@TNTSportsUS] (May 4, 2024). "On the call for tomorrow's @DallasStars-@GoldenKnights, Game 7 in Dallas: 🎙️ @KennyAlbert, Eddie Olczyk, Brian Boucher & @Jackie_Redmond 📺 TBS, truTV & @StreamOnMax" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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94. Sports USA Live [@SportsUSALive] (April 19, 2024). "Tune in this Saturday as the #MapleLeafs take on the #Bruins from Boston! Stream from the link in bio, the #NHL app, Sirius XM Channel 91 or listen on one of our many radio station affiliates throughout the country. 🏒🥅" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
95. Sports USA Live [@SportsUSALive] (April 22, 2024). "Tune in tonight as the #MapleLeafs take on the #Bruins from Boston in Game 2! Stream from the link in bio, the #NHL app, Sirius XM Channel 91 or listen on one of our many radio station affiliates throughout the country. 🏒🥅" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
96. Sports USA Live [@SportsUSALive] (April 28, 2024). "Tune in tonight as the #Rangers take on the #Capitals from DC in Game 4! Stream from the link in bio, the #NHL app, Sirius XM Channel 91 or listen on one of our many radio station affiliates throughout the country. 🏒🥅" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
97. Sports USA Live [@SportsUSALive] (April 29, 2024). "Tune in tonight as the #Lightning take on the #Panthers from Sunrise in Game 5! Stream from the link in bio, the #NHL app, Sirius XM Channel 91 or listen on one of our many radio station affiliates throughout the country. 🏒🥅" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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108. Sports USA Live [@SportsUSALive] (May 9, 2024). "Tune in tonight as the #Rangers take on the #Hurricanes from Raleigh in Game 3! Stream from the link in bio, the #NHL app, Sirius XM Channel 91 or listen on one of our many radio station affiliates throughout the country. 🏒🥅" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
109. Sports USA Live [@SportsUSALive] (May 11, 2024). "Tune in tonight as the #Rangers take on the #Hurricanes from Raleigh in Game 4! Stream from the link in bio, the #NHL app, Sirius XM Channel 91 or listen on one of our many radio station affiliates throughout the country. 🏒🥅" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
110. Sports USA Live [@SportsUSALive] (May 12, 2024). "Tune in tonight as the #Panthers take on the #Bruins from Boston in Game 4! Stream from the link in bio, the #NHL app, Sirius XM Channel 91 or listen on one of our many radio station affiliates throughout the country. 🏒🥅" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
111. Sports USA Live [@SportsUSALive] (May 13, 2024). "Tune in tonight as the #Stars take on the #Avalanche from Denver in Game 4! Stream from the link in bio, the #NHL app, Sirius XM Channel 91 or listen on one of our many radio station affiliates throughout the country. 🏒🥅" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
112. Sports USA Live [@SportsUSALive] (May 15, 2024). "LISTEN: Tune in tonight as #Stars take on the #Avalanche from Dallas in Game 5! Stream from the link in bio, the #NHL app, Sirius XM Channel 91 or listen on one of our many radio station affiliates throughout the country. 🏒📷🥅 #TexasHockey #GoAvsGo #ALLIn #StanleyCup" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
113. Sports USA Live [@SportsUSALive] (May 17, 2024). "LISTEN: Tune in tonight as the #Panthers take on the #Bruins from TD Garden in Boston for Game 6! Stream from the link in bio, Sirius XM Channel 91, or listen on one of our many radio station affiliates throughout the country. 🏒 #NHLBruins #TimeToHunt" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

• Stanley Cup playoffs

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Stanley Cup playoffs 2024

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