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The two-game total goals format was abolished in 1937, with those series being changed to best-of-three affairs. [3] The 1951 playoffs saw the last tie in NHL playoff history when the Boston Bruins and the Toronto Maple Leafs ended game 2 of the 1951 Stanley Cup Finals ahead of the Sunday curfew in Toronto.
In 1924, the NHL playoffs expanded from two to three teams (with the top team getting a bye to the two-game total goal NHL finals), but because the first-place Hamilton Tigers refused to play under this format, the second and third place teams played for the NHL championship in a two-game total goals affair. The Stanley Cup Finals series ...
This is a complete listing of National Hockey League (NHL) playoff series, grouped by franchise. Series featuring relocated teams [nb 1] are kept with their ultimate relocation franchises. [1] Bolded years indicate wins. Years in italics indicate series in progress. Tables are sorted first by the number of series, then the number of wins, and ...
The following is a list of the all-time records for each of the 32 active National Hockey League (NHL) teams, beginning with the first NHL season (), with regular season stats accurate as of the end of all games on October 26, 2023, and playoff stats accurate as of the end of the 2020–21 NHL season and 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs. [1]
The Stanley Cup. The Stanley Cup is a trophy awarded annually to the playoff champion club of the National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey league. It was donated by the Governor General of Canada Lord Stanley of Preston in 1892, and is the oldest professional sports trophy in North America. [1]
The 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2023–24 season.The playoffs began on April 20, 2024, and concluded on June 24, 2024, with the Florida Panthers winning their first Stanley Cup in franchise history, defeating the Edmonton Oilers four games to three in the Stanley Cup Finals.
v Before the 2005–06 season, the NHL instituted a penalty shootout for regular-season games that remained tied after a five-minute overtime period, which prevented ties. [105] w The season was shortened to 48 games because of the 2012–13 NHL lockout. [106] x The NHL realigned prior to the 2013–14 season.
A postseason appearance drought is continued by not making the NHL playoffs after the regular season. Since the first round of the playoffs normally consists of eight series (sixteen teams) and there were thirty-two active teams in the NHL during the 2023–24 season, there are sixteen teams that did not make the most recent playoffs on this list.