The NHL playoffs consist of four rounds, each of which is a best-of-seven series. This means that teams must win four out of a possible seven games in each round to advance to the next round. The first team to win four games in a round moves on to the next round, while the losing team is eliminated from the playoffs.

NHL® Playoffs are a best of seven series. The home-ice advantage goes to the team with the higher seed and the games are played in a 2-2-1-1-1 format. This format means the team with the higher seed will host games one, two, five, and seven, while the lower seed will host games three, four and six.

the Vegas Golden Knights On Tuesday, the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers 9-3 to win the 2023 Stanley Cup in front of their rapturous fans in T-Mobile Arena, right on the Las Vegas Strip.

16 spots There are 16 spots in the NHL playoffs, with the qualifying teams determined by the regular season standings. The first 12 spots go to the teams that finished in the top three of each of the four divisions in the NHL – the Atlantic, Metropolitan, Pacific and Central divisions.

To win the Stanley Cup, a team must win 16 playoff games, 4 in each of the 4 rounds. The playoffs have 4 rounds. Each round is a best-of-seven series. This means up to seven games are played until one team wins 4 of the games.

The 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs are in their final stage, with the Vegas Golden Knights and Florida Panthers battling it out in the Stanley Cup Final. VGK has taken a 3-1 series lead over Florida in the best-of-seven series.

The trophy was commissioned in 1892 as the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup and is named after Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor General of Canada, who donated it as an award to Canada's top-ranking amateur ice hockey club.

Format. The Stanley Cup playoffs consists of four rounds of best-of-seven series. Each series is played in a 2–2–1–1–1 format, meaning the team with home-ice advantage hosts games one, two, five, and seven, while their opponent hosts games three, four, and six. Games five, six, and seven are only played if needed.

From 1915 to the end of the 2022–23 season, the trophy has been won 107 times. 26 teams have won the cup, 21 of which are still active in the NHL. Prior to that, the challenge cup was held by nine teams. The Montreal Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup 24 times and made the Finals an additional eleven times.

The 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, after quite a wild ride, are over. The Vegas Golden Knights made relatively quick work of the Florida Panthers in the Final, ending the series with a 9-3 Game 5 win on Tuesday.

The playoffs have 4 rounds. Each round is a best-of-seven series. This means up to seven games are played until one team wins 4 of the games. The first three rounds decide which team from each conference will move on to the last round.

Each bracket consists of the top three divisional qualifiers and one of the wild cards. The lower seeded wild card 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 No.