2026 National Hockey League Playoffs

Last Update: Fri Jun 5 05:42:11 EDT 2026

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Standings

Eastern
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts
Buffalo Sabres	82	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay Lightning	82	50	26	6	106
Montreal Canadiens	82	48	24	10	106

Carolina Hurricanes	82	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh Penguins	82	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia Flyers	82	43	27	12	98

Boston Bruins	82	45	27	10	100
Ottawa Senators	82	44	27	11	99

Washington Capitals	82	43	30	9	95
Detroit Red Wings	82	41	31	10	92
Columbus Blue Jackets	82	40	30	12	92
New York Islanders	82	43	34	5	91
New Jersey Devils	82	42	37	3	87
Florida Panthers	82	40	38	4	84
Toronto Maple Leafs	82	32	36	14	78
New York Rangers	82	34	39	9	77

Western
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts
Colorado Avalanche	82	55	16	11	121
Dallas Stars	82	50	20	12	112
Minnesota Wild	82	46	24	12	104

Vegas Golden Knights	82	39	26	17	95
Edmonton Oilers	82	41	30	11	93
Anaheim Mighty Ducks	82	43	33	6	92

Utah Mammoth	82	43	33	6	92
Los Angeles Kings	82	35	27	20	90

St. Louis Blues	82	37	33	12	86
Nashville Predators	82	38	34	10	86
San Jose Sharks	82	39	35	8	86
Winnipeg Jets	82	35	35	12	82
Seattle Kraken	82	34	37	11	79
Calgary Flames	82	34	39	9	77
Chicago Black Hawks	82	29	39	14	72
Vancouver Canucks	82	25	49	8	58

Conference Quarterfinals

Eastern Conference
Buffalo wins 4-2	19	21	23	26	28	1
Boston	3	4*	1	1	2+	1
Buffalo	4*	2	3*	6*	1	4*
Montreal wins 4-3	19	21	24	26	29	1	3
Montreal	4+	2	3+	2	3*	0	2*
Tampa Bay	3	3+	2	3*	2	1+	1
Carolina sweeps 4-0	18	20	23	25
Ottawa	0	2	1	2
Carolina	2*	3+	2*	4*
Philadelphia wins 4-2	18	20	22	25	27	29
Philadelphia	3*	3*	5*	2	2	1+
Pittsburgh	2	0	2	4*	3*	0

Western Conference
Colorado sweeps 4-0	19	21	23	26
Los Angeles	1	1	2	1
Colorado	2*	2+	4*	5*
Minnesota wins 4-2	18	20	22	25	28	30
Minnesota	6*	2	3	3+	4*	5*
Dallas	1	4*	4+	2	2	2
Vegas wins 4-2	19	21	24	27	29	1
Utah	2	3*	4*	4	4	1
Vegas	4*	2	2	5+	5+	5*
Anaheim wins 4-2	20	22	24	26	28	30
Anaheim	3	6*	7*	4+	1	5*
Edmonton	4*	4	4	3	4*	2

Conference Semifinals

Eastern Conference
Montreal wins 4-3	6	8	10	12	14	16	18
Montreal	2	5*	6*	2	6*	3	3+
Buffalo	4*	1	2	3*	3	8*	2
Carolina sweeps 4-0	2	4	7	9
Philadelphia	0	2	1	2
Carolina	3*	3+	4*	3+

Western Conference
Colorado wins 4-1	3	5	9	11	13
Minnesota	6	2	5*	2	3
Colorado	9*	5*	1	5*	4+
Vegas wins 4-2	4	6	8	10	12	14
Anaheim	1	2	6*	4*	2	1
Vegas	3*	6*	2	3	3+	5*

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference
Carolina wins 4-1	21	23	25	27	29
Montreal	6*	2	2	0	1
Carolina	2	3+	3+	4*	6*

Western Conference
Vegas sweeps 4-0	20	22	24	26
Vegas	4*	3*	5*	2*
Colorado	2	1	3	1

Stanley Cup Finals

Stanley Cup Final
Series tied 1-1	2	4	6	9	11	14	17
Vegas	5*	3
Carolina	4	4+

Team Stats

Team	GP	W	L	Avg	GF	GA	Home	Away	OT	SO
Carolina	15	13	2	0.867	50	29	7-2	6-0	6-0	3
Vegas	18	13	5	0.722	67	49	7-1	6-4	3-1	0
Colorado	13	8	5	0.615	44	37	5-2	3-3	2-0	0
Buffalo	13	7	6	0.538	43	39	2-5	5-1	0-2	0
Anaheim	12	6	6	0.500	42	43	5-1	1-5	1-1	0
Montreal	19	9	10	0.474	54	56	2-6	7-4	3-4	0
Minnesota	11	5	6	0.455	41	39	3-2	2-4	1-2	0
Tampa Bay	7	3	4	0.429	15	16	1-3	2-1	2-2	1
Philadelphia	10	4	6	0.400	21	24	2-3	2-3	1-2	2
Edmonton	6	2	4	0.333	21	26	2-1	0-3	0-1	0
Utah	6	2	4	0.333	18	23	1-2	1-2	0-2	0
Dallas	6	2	4	0.333	15	23	1-2	1-2	1-1	0
Boston	6	2	4	0.333	12	20	0-3	2-1	1-0	0
Pittsburgh	6	2	4	0.333	11	16	1-2	1-2	0-1	0
Ottawa	4	0	4	0.000	5	11	0-2	0-2	0-1	0
Los Angeles	4	0	4	0.000	5	13	0-2	0-2	0-1	0

21 overtime games played, 24 overtime periods, 257:50 total overtime

Schedule

April
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
12	13	14	15	16	17	18 Ottawa 0, Carolina 2 Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 2 Minnesota 6, Dallas 1
19 Boston 3, Buffalo 4 Montreal 4, Tampa Bay 3 (1:22 OT) Los Angeles 1, Colorado 2 Utah 2, Vegas 4	20 Ottawa 2, Carolina 3 (13:53 OT-2) Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 0 Minnesota 2, Dallas 4 Anaheim 3, Edmonton 4	21 Boston 4, Buffalo 2 Montreal 2, Tampa Bay 3 (12:48 OT) Los Angeles 1, Colorado 2 (7:44 OT) Utah 3, Vegas 2	22 Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 5 Dallas 4, Minnesota 3 (12:10 OT-2) Anaheim 6, Edmonton 4	23 Buffalo 3, Boston 1 Carolina 2, Ottawa 1 Colorado 4, Los Angeles 2	24 Tampa Bay 2, Montreal 3 (2:09 OT) Vegas 2, Utah 4 Edmonton 4, Anaheim 7	25 Carolina 4, Ottawa 2 Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 2 Dallas 2, Minnesota 3 (19:31 OT)
26 Buffalo 6, Boston 1 Tampa Bay 3, Montreal 2 Colorado 5, Los Angeles 1 Edmonton 3, Anaheim 4 (2:29 OT)	27 Philadelphia 2, Pittsburgh 3 Vegas 5, Utah 4 (19:08 OT)	28 Boston 2, Buffalo 1 (9:14 OT) Minnesota 4, Dallas 2 Anaheim 1, Edmonton 4	29 Montreal 3, Tampa Bay 2 Pittsburgh 0, Philadelphia 1 (17:32 OT) Utah 4, Vegas 5 (5:28 OT-2)	30 Dallas 2, Minnesota 5 Edmonton 2, Anaheim 5
May
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1 Tampa Bay 1, Montreal 0 (9:02 OT) Buffalo 4, Boston 1 Vegas 5, Utah 1	2 Philadelphia 0, Carolina 3
3 Montreal 2, Tampa Bay 1 Minnesota 6, Colorado 9	4 Philadelphia 2, Carolina 3 (18:54 OT) Anaheim 1, Vegas 3	5 Minnesota 2, Colorado 5	6 Montreal 2, Buffalo 4 Anaheim 2, Vegas 6	7 Carolina 4, Philadelphia 1	8 Montreal 5, Buffalo 1 Vegas 2, Anaheim 6	9 Carolina 3, Philadelphia 2 (5:31 OT) Colorado 1, Minnesota 5
10 Buffalo 2, Montreal 6 Vegas 3, Anaheim 4	11 Colorado 5, Minnesota 2	12 Buffalo 3, Montreal 2 Anaheim 2, Vegas 3 (4:10 OT)	13 Minnesota 3, Colorado 4 (3:52 OT)	14 Montreal 6, Buffalo 3 Vegas 5, Anaheim 1	15	16 Buffalo 8, Montreal 3
17	18 Montreal 3, Buffalo 2 (11:22 OT)	19	20 Vegas 4, Colorado 2	21 Montreal 6, Carolina 2	22 Vegas 3, Colorado 1	23 Montreal 2, Carolina 3 (3:29 OT)
24 Colorado 3, Vegas 5	25 Carolina 3, Montreal 2 (14:06 OT)	26 Colorado 1, Vegas 2	27 Carolina 4, Montreal 0	28	29 Montreal 1, Carolina 6	30
31
June
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1	2 Vegas 5, Carolina 4	3	4 Vegas 3, Carolina 4 (3:56 OT)	5	6 Carolina at Vegas
7	8	9 Carolina at Vegas	10	11 Vegas at Carolina	12	13
14 Carolina at Vegas	15	16	17 Vegas at Carolina	18	19	20

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