2022 NHL Playoffs: The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.
2022 NHL Playoffs: Schedule| Scores| Bracket| Standings
Schedule:
The playoff format has the team with the most points taking on the second Wild Card team in the opening round in each conference. The division winner with the second-most points will face off with the top Wild Card team.
Each series will be in a best-of-seven format
The home ice advantage goes to the team with the top seed in the opening two rounds of the playoffs. The team with the most regular season points has home ice in the conference finals and Stanley Cup Finals.
Scores:
The Stanley Cup Playoffs are one of the most exciting postseason formats that the sports world has to offer. For the first time in three years, each NHL team played a full 82-game regular season schedule without an interruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The divisions were completely back to normal with teams being permitted to cross the border and play in Canada and vice versa.
Bracket:
The Florida Panthers captured the President’s Trophy as the team with the most points around the league.
Equipped with one of the deepest rosters in the NHL, the Panthers finished with a 58-18-6 record and a grand total of 122 points when the regular season dust settled.
The Stanley Cup playoffs is an elimination tournament in the National Hockey League consisting of four rounds of best-of-seven series to determine the league champion and the winner of the Stanley Cup.
Standings:
Eight teams from each of the two conferences qualify for the playoffs based on regular season points totals.
Game 1: Monday, May 3, 7:30 p.m. | at FLA | TV: ESPN2
Game 2: Thursday, May 5, 7:30 p.m. | at FLA | TV: TBS
Game 3: Saturday, May 7, 1 p.m. | at WSH | TV: ESPN
Game 4: Monday, May 9, 7 p.m. | at WSH | TV: TBS
Game 5*: Wednesday, May 11, TBD | at FLA | TV: TBD
Game 6*: Friday, May 13, TBD | at WSH | TV: TBD
