How Does the NHL Playoff Work?

The National Hockey League playoffs are a best-of-seven elimination tournament among 16 teams that have qualified for the playoffs.

Introduction

The NHL playoff is a best-of-seven series played between the top two seeds in each conference. The Stanley Cup Finals is a best-of-seven series played between the winners of the Eastern and Western conferences.

In the first round of the playoffs, the conference’s top seed plays against the wild card team, while the other two divisional winners play each other. The second round features the two remaining divisional winners and the two remaining wild card teams. The conference finals pit the two remaining teams from each conference against each other, with the winners advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals.

TheStanley Cup Finals is a best-of-seven series played between the Eastern and Western conference champions. The team with home-ice advantage hosts Games 1, 2, 5 and 7, while their opponent hosts Games 3, 4 and 6.

How the Playoffs Work

The NHL playoffs is a tournament held every year to determine the champion of the National Hockey League (NHL). The playoffs began on April 11, 2018 and will end in June 2018. This year’s playoffs will involve 16 teams, 8 from each conference. The playoffs will be double elimination, meaning that a team must lose two games in order to be eliminated from the tournament.

The Regular Season

The NHL season is 82 games long, and at the end of the season, the top 16 teams in the league qualify for the playoffs. The playoffs are a single-elimination tournament, and each round is best-of-seven series.

The first two rounds match up the teams within their own division: 1st seed vs. 4th seed and 2nd seed vs. 3rd seed. The winners of those series then move on to face each other in the Conference Finals. The Conference Finals are best-of-seven series, and the winner of each Conference Final moves on to the Stanley Cup Finals.

The Stanley Cup Finals are also a best-of-seven series, and the team that wins four games first is crowned the Stanley Cup champion.

The Stanley Cup Playoffs

The Stanley Cup Playoffs (French: Les séries éliminatoires de la Coupe Stanley) is an elimination tournament in the National Hockey League (NHL) consisting of four rounds of best-of-seven series to determine the league champion and the winner of the Stanley Cup. Eight teams from each of the two conferences qualify for the playoffs based on regular season points totals. These 16 teams compete in a single-elimination bracket, with subsequent rounds re-seeding teams based on their regular season record.

The Stanley Cup Final

The Stanley Cup Final is the championship series of the National Hockey League (NHL). The annual event pits the winner of the Eastern Conference against the Western Conference, with each team playing a best-of-seven series to determine a national champion.

The Stanley Cup Final is preceded by two best-of-seven rounds—the Conference Quarterfinals and Conference Semifinals. The winners of each advance to the next round. The conference champions then face off in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final.

The Stanley Cup is North America’s oldest professional sports trophy and is inscribed with the names of every winning team since 1893, when it was first awarded to Montreal’s amateur squad.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the NHL playoff system is a complex but fair way to determine the Stanley Cup champion. It takes into account both regular season success and recent success, and it gives all teams a chance to make a deep run in the playoffs. There are some criticisms of the system, but overall it is considered to be a fair way to crown a champion.