2024 Stanley Cup playoffs
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 20 – TBD |
| Teams | 16 |
| Defending champions | Vegas Golden Knights |
The 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs is the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2023–24 season. The playoffs began on April 20, 2024, and will conclude no later than June 24, 2024, with the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals, to determine the winner of the Stanley Cup.[1][2]
The New York Rangers made the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners with the most points (i.e. best record) during the regular season. Both the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs extended their playoff streaks to eight consecutive seasons, the longest active streaks in the NHL.[3] For the second year in a row and third time since entering the NHL as expansion teams in the 1967–68 NHL season, both Pennsylvania-based teams (the Flyers and Penguins) missed the playoffs in the same season.
Playoff seeds
This is the ninth year in which the top three teams in each division make the playoffs, along with two wild cards in each conference (for a total of eight playoff teams from each conference).
The following teams have qualified for the playoffs:[4]
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
- Florida Panthers, Atlantic Division champions – 110 points
- Boston Bruins – 109 points
- Toronto Maple Leafs – 102 points
Metropolitan Division
- New York Rangers, Metropolitan Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 114 points
- Carolina Hurricanes – 111 points
- New York Islanders – 94 points
Wild Cards
- Tampa Bay Lightning – 98 points
- Washington Capitals – 91 points
Western Conference
Central Division
- Dallas Stars, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions – 113 points
- Winnipeg Jets – 110 points
- Colorado Avalanche – 107 points
Pacific Division
- Vancouver Canucks, Pacific Division champions – 109 points
- Edmonton Oilers – 104 points
- Los Angeles Kings – 99 points
Wild Cards
- Nashville Predators – 99 points
- Vegas Golden Knights – 98 points
Playoff bracket
In each round, teams compete in a best-of-seven series following a 2–2–1–1–1 format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). The team with home ice advantage plays at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the other team plays at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary). The top three teams in each division made the playoffs, along with two wild cards in each conference, for a total of eight teams from each conference.
In the first round, the lower seeded wild card in the conference 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 #4 seeds. The other series match the second and third-place teams from the divisions. In the first two rounds, home-ice advantage is awarded to the team with the better seed. Thereafter, it is awarded to the team that had the better regular season record.
| First round | Second round | Conference finals | Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Florida | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| WC | Tampa Bay | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Florida | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Boston | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Boston | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Toronto | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| M1 | NY Rangers | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| WC | Washington | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| M1 | NY Rangers | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| M2 | Carolina | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| M2 | Carolina | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| M3 | NY Islanders | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Dallas | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| WC | Vegas | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Colorado | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Winnipeg | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Colorado | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Vancouver | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| WC | Nashville | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Vancouver | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| P2 | Edmonton | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| P2 | Edmonton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| P3 | Los Angeles | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
- Legend
- A1, A2, A3 – The first, second, and third place teams from the Atlantic Division, respectively
- M1, M2, M3 – The first, second, and third place teams from the Metropolitan Division, respectively
- C1, C2, C3 – The first, second, and third place teams from the Central Division, respectively
- P1, P2, P3 – The first, second, and third place teams from the Pacific Division, respectively
- WC – Wild Card teams
First round
Eastern Conference first round
(A1) Florida Panthers vs. (WC1) Tampa Bay Lightning
The Florida Panthers finished first in the Atlantic Division earning 110 points. The Tampa Bay Lightning finished as the Eastern Conference's first wild card earning 98 points. This was the third playoff meeting between these two rivals with Tampa Bay winning both previous series. They last met in the 2022 Eastern Conference second round, which Tampa Bay won in a four-game sweep. Florida won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.
The Panthers defeated the Lightning in five games. Aleksander Barkov assisted twice for the Panthers in game one, emerging victorious for a 3–2 score.[5] In game two, Carter Verhaeghe scored the overtime game-winning goal for the Panthers, providing a 3–2 victory for Florida and a 2–0 series lead.[6] Matthew Tkachuk scored twice for the Panthers in game three, pushing the series to a 3–0 series lead with a 5–3 win.[7] In game four, Steven Stamkos and Brandon Hagel both scored twice for Tampa Bay to prevent a series sweep by Florida, defeating the Panthers 6–3 to force game five.[8] However, Barkov and Verhaeghe both scored twice and provided an assist for the Panthers in the subsequent game five, routing the Lightning 6–1 to advance to the second round.[9]
| April 21 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 2–3 | Florida Panthers | Amerant Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| Brandon Hagel (1) – 16:04 | First period | 06:17 – Sam Reinhart (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steven Stamkos (1) – pp – 19:50 | Third period | 00:58 – pp – Carter Verhaeghe (1) 17:55 – en – Matthew Tkachuk (1) | ||||||
| Andrei Vasilevskiy 25 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Sergei Bobrovsky 17 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 2–3 | OT | Florida Panthers | Amerant Bank Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 06:16 – Sam Bennett (1) 15:12 – pp – Vladimir Tarasenko (1) | ||||||
| Brayden Point (1) – 00:48 Steven Stamkos (2) – pp – 05:46 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:59 – Carter Verhaeghe (2) | ||||||
| Andrei Vasilevskiy 34 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Sergei Bobrovsky 21 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Florida Panthers | 5–3 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Amalie Arena | Recap | |||
| Matthew Tkachuk (2) – 10:39 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sam Reinhart (2) – 09:58 Brandon Montour (1) – 16:30 |
Second period | 00:44 – Steven Stamkos (3) 02:56 – Tyler Motte (1) | ||||||
| Steven Lorentz (1) – 09:41 Matthew Tkachuk (3) – en – 19:28 |
Third period | 14:50 – Nick Paul (1) | ||||||
| Sergei Bobrovsky 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Andrei Vasilevskiy 26 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Florida Panthers | 3–6 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Amalie Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:54 – pp – Steven Stamkos (4) 12:09 – sh – Brandon Hagel (2) 15:07 – Brayden Point (2) | ||||||
| Carter Verhaeghe (3) – 04:17 Sam Reinhart (3) – 11:10 Oliver Ekman-Larsson (1) – 14:33 |
Second period | 08:40 – Brandon Hagel (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 09:34 – Steven Stamkos (5) 16:22 – pp – Nick Paul (2) | ||||||
| Sergei Bobrovsky 26 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Andrei Vasilevskiy 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 1–6 | Florida Panthers | Amerant Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Victor Hedman (1) – 13:37 | Second period | 00:45 – Carter Verhaeghe (4) 12:38 – sh – Aleksander Barkov (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:06 – Aleksander Barkov (2) 14:16 – Evan Rodrigues (1) 16:03 – en – Carter Verhaeghe (5) 18:50 – en – Niko Mikkola (1) | ||||||
| Andrei Vasilevskiy 33 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Sergei Bobrovsky 31 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| Florida won series 4–1 | |
(A2) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Toronto Maple Leafs
The Boston Bruins finished second in the Atlantic Division earning 109 points. The Toronto Maple Leafs earned 102 points to finish third in the Atlantic. This was the seventeenth playoff meeting between these two rivals with both teams splitting the sixteen previous series, but with Boston winning the past six playoff series. They last met in the 2019 Eastern Conference first round, which Boston won in seven games. Boston won all four games in this year's regular season series.
The Bruins defeated the Maple Leafs in seven games after leading the series 3–1. In game one, Jake DeBrusk scored twice and goaltender Jeremy Swayman made 35 saves to backstop the Bruins to a 5–1 victory.[10] Max Domi scored a goal and provided an assist for the Maple Leafs in game two to tie the series with a 3–2 victory.[11] Brad Marchand scored twice and provided an assist for the Bruins in game three, emerging victorious over the Maple Leafs 4–2.[12] Marchand continued his goal-scoring and assisting in game four, providing one of each in Boston's 3–1 victory to take a 3–1 series lead.[13] Game five required overtime, wherein Toronto forward Matthew Knies scored to give the Maple Leafs a 2–1 victory, extending the series to a sixth game.[14] In game six, William Nylander scored twice for the Maple Leafs, forcing a seventh game with a 2–1 victory.[15] David Pastrnak scored the overtime-winning goal for the Bruins in game seven, preventing a 3–1 series comeback from the Maple Leafs with a 2–1 victory.[16]
| April 20 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–5 | Boston Bruins | TD Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:26 – John Beecher (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:47 – Brandon Carlo (1) 15:02 – pp – Jake DeBrusk (1) 17:34 – pp – Jake DeBrusk (2) | ||||||
| David Kampf (1) – 01:39 | Third period | 17:52 – en – Trent Frederic (1) | ||||||
| Ilya Samsonov 19 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Jeremy Swayman 35 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–2 | Boston Bruins | TD Garden | Recap | |||
| Max Domi (1) – 10:32 | First period | 10:18 – pp – Morgan Geekie (1) 19:52 – David Pastrnak (1) | ||||||
| John Tavares (1) – pp – 18:26 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Auston Matthews (1) – 12:06 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ilya Samsonov 27 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Linus Ullmark 30 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Boston Bruins | 4–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Trent Frederic (2) – 17:37 | Second period | 13:10 – Matthew Knies (1) | ||||||
| Jake DeBrusk (3) – pp – 01:07 Brad Marchand (1) – 11:53 Brad Marchand (2) – pp-en – 19:24 |
Third period | 11:25 – Tyler Bertuzzi (1) | ||||||
| Jeremy Swayman 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Ilya Samsonov 30 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Boston Bruins | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
| James van Riemsdyk (1) – 15:09 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brad Marchand (3) – pp – 08:20 David Pastrnak (2) – 19:18 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:43 – Mitch Marner (1) | ||||||
| Jeremy Swayman 24 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Ilya Samsonov 13 saves / 16 shots Joseph Woll 6 saves / 6 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–1 | OT | Boston Bruins | TD Garden | Recap | ||
| Jake McCabe (1) – 05:33 | First period | 13:54 – Trent Frederic (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matthew Knies (2) – 02:26 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joseph Woll 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Jeremy Swayman 31 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | Boston Bruins | 1–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 19:05 – William Nylander (1) | ||||||
| Morgan Geekie (2) – 19:59 | Third period | 17:47 – William Nylander (2) | ||||||
| Jeremy Swayman 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Joseph Woll 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–2 | OT | Boston Bruins | TD Garden | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| William Nylander (3) – 09:01 | Third period | 10:22 – Hampus Lindholm (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 01:54 – David Pastrnak (3) | ||||||
| Ilya Samsonov 29 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Jeremy Swayman 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| Boston won series 4–3 | |
(M1) New York Rangers vs. (WC2) Washington Capitals
The New York Rangers earned the Presidents' Trophy as the NHL's best regular season team with 114 points. Washington finished as the Eastern Conference's second wild card earning 91 points, winning the tiebreaker against Detroit with 32 RWs. This was the tenth playoff meeting between these two rivals with New York winning five of the nine previous series. They last met in the 2015 Eastern Conference second round, which New York came back from a 3–1 series deficit to win in seven games. These teams split their four-game regular season series.
The Rangers defeated the Capitals in a four-game sweep. The Rangers scored three goals in the span of 2:06 in the second period of game one en route to a 4–1 victory.[17] In game two, Vincent Trocheck and Mika Zibanejad each scored a goal and provided an assist for the Rangers, skating away with a 4–3 victory.[18] Igor Shesterkin made 28 saves for the Rangers in game three, leading New York to a 3–1 victory and a 3–0 series lead.[19] In game four, Artemi Panarin scored a goal and provided an assist to the Rangers' 4–2 victory, completing the four-game sweep.[20] It was the first sweep for the Rangers since 2007, and they became the sixth Presidents' Trophy-winning team to sweep their opening-round series.[20]
| April 21 | Washington Capitals | 1–4 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Fehervary (1) – 07:31 | Second period | 04:17 – Matt Rempe (1) 04:50 – Artemi Panarin (1) 06:23 – Jimmy Vesey (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:17 – Chris Kreider (1) | ||||||
| Charlie Lindgren 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Igor Shesterkin 20 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Washington Capitals | 3–4 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | Recap | |||
| Connor McMichael (1) – 05:09 | First period | 07:56 – Vincent Trocheck (1) 14:28 – pp – Mika Zibanejad (1) | ||||||
| Dylan Strome (1) – pp – 04:14 | Second period | 12:26 – pp – Jack Roslovic (1) 16:52 – sh – K'Andre Miller (1) | ||||||
| Tom Wilson (1) – pp – 11:45 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Charlie Lindgren 23 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Igor Shesterkin 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | New York Rangers | 3–1 | Washington Capitals | Capital One Arena | Recap | |||
| Chris Kreider (2) – 06:08 Barclay Goodrow (1) – sh – 08:08 |
First period | 05:34 – John Carlson (1) | ||||||
| Vincent Trocheck (2) – pp – 15:22 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Igor Shesterkin 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Charlie Lindgren 19 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | New York Rangers | 4–2 | Washington Capitals | Capital One Arena | Recap | |||
| Kaapo Kakko (1) – 00:57 Vincent Trocheck (3) – pp – 19:44 |
First period | 14:54 – Martin Fehervary (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:48 – Hendrix Lapierre (1) | ||||||
| Artemi Panarin (2) – pp – 03:21 Jack Roslovic (2) – pp-en – 19:09 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Igor Shesterkin 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Charlie Lindgren 19 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| New York won series 4–0 | |
(M2) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (M3) New York Islanders
The Carolina Hurricanes finished second in the Metropolitan Division earning 111 points. The New York Islanders earned 94 points to finish third in the Metropolitan. This was the second consecutive and third overall playoff meeting between these two teams with Carolina winning both previous series. Carolina won the previous year's Eastern Conference first round in six games. These teams split their four-game regular season series.
The Hurricanes defeated the Islanders in five games. Goaltender Frederik Andersen made 33 saves for the Hurricanes in game one, triumphing over the Islanders 3–1.[21] In game two, the Hurricanes scored twice in nine seconds with 2:15 left in the game to rally and take the lead to emerge victorious 5–3.[22] In game three, the Hurricanes forced the Islanders to switch out goaltenders after potting three goals on fourteen shots in a 3–2 victory for a 3–0 series lead.[23] Game four went to overtime, during which forward Mathew Barzal scored his second of the game for the Islanders, forcing a fifth game with a 3–2 victory.[24] In game five, the Hurricanes scored twice in eight seconds to take a 5–3 lead in the third period, adding an insurance goal to advance to the second round with a 6–3 victory.[25]
| April 20 | New York Islanders | 1–3 | Carolina Hurricanes | PNC Arena | Recap | |||
| Kyle MacLean (1) – 08:20 | First period | 01:35 – pp – Evgeny Kuznetsov (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:44 – Stefan Noesen (1) 18:28 – en – Martin Necas (1) | ||||||
| Semyon Varlamov 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Frederik Andersen 33 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | New York Islanders | 3–5 | Carolina Hurricanes | PNC Arena | Recap | |||
| Kyle Palmieri (1) – 16:22 Bo Horvat (1) – 19:45 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Anders Lee (1) – pp – 03:54 | Second period | 13:01 – pp – Teuvo Teravainen (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:43 – Seth Jarvis (1) 17:45 – Sebastian Aho (1) 17:54 – Jordan Martinook (1) 19:04 – en – Jake Guentzel (1) | ||||||
| Semyon Varlamov 34 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Frederik Andersen 9 saves / 12 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Carolina Hurricanes | 3–2 | New York Islanders | UBS Arena | Recap | |||
| Brent Burns (1) – 04:46 Dmitry Orlov (1) – 10:25 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sebastian Aho (2) – 07:14 | Second period | 02:48 – Pierre Engvall (1) 17:39 – Brock Nelson (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Frederik Andersen 29 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Ilya Sorokin 11 saves / 14 shots Semyon Varlamov 8 saves / 8 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Carolina Hurricanes | 2–3 | 2OT | New York Islanders | UBS Arena | Recap | ||
| Seth Jarvis (2) – pp – 08:00 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:10 – Mathew Barzal (1) | ||||||
| Stefan Noesen (2) – pp – 14:08 | Third period | 01:38 – pp – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 01:24 – Mathew Barzal (2) | ||||||
| Frederik Andersen 32 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Semyon Varlamov 42 saves / 44 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | New York Islanders | 3–6 | Carolina Hurricanes | PNC Arena | Recap | |||
| Mike Reilly (1) – pp – 03:54 | First period | 01:23 – Teuvo Teravainen (2) 03:13 – pp – Andrei Svechnikov (1) 13:22 – ps – Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) | ||||||
| Brock Nelson (2) – 03:47 Casey Cizikas (1) – 19:38 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:36 – Jack Drury (1) 04:44 – Stefan Noesen (3) 18:21 – en – Seth Jarvis (3) | ||||||
| Semyon Varlamov 32 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Frederik Andersen 22 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| Carolina won series 4–1 | |
Western Conference first round
(C1) Dallas Stars vs. (WC2) Vegas Golden Knights
The Dallas Stars finished first in the Central Division and Western Conference earning 113 points. The Vegas Golden Knights earned 98 points to finish as the Western Conference's second wild card. This is the second consecutive and third overall playoff series between these two teams with both teams splitting the previous two series. Vegas won the previous year's Western Conference final in six games. Vegas won all three games in this year's regular season series.
| April 22 | Vegas Golden Knights | 4–3 | Dallas Stars | American Airlines Center | Recap | |||
| Mark Stone (1) – pp – 01:23 Jonathan Marchessault (1) – 08:27 Tomas Hertl (1) – pp – 17:51 |
First period | 16:07 – Jamie Benn (1) 18:29 – Jason Robertson (1) | ||||||
| Brayden McNabb (1) – 01:06 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:46 – Mason Marchment (1) | ||||||
| Logan Thompson 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Jake Oettinger 11 saves / 15 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Vegas Golden Knights | 3–1 | Dallas Stars | American Airlines Center | Recap | |||
| Jonathan Marchessault (2) – 18:09 | First period | 16:47 – pp – Jason Robertson (2) | ||||||
| Noah Hanifin (1) – 18:53 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jack Eichel (1) – en – 19:26 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Logan Thompson 20 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Jake Oettinger 23 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Dallas Stars | 3–2 | OT | Vegas Golden Knights | T-Mobile Arena | Recap | ||
| Wyatt Johnston (1) – 11:11 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Miro Heiskanen (1) – 05:25 | Second period | 10:40 – Brayden McNabb (2) 13:50 – sh – Jack Eichel (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Wyatt Johnston (2) – 16:23 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jake Oettinger 32 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Logan Thompson 43 saves / 46 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Dallas Stars | 4–2 | Vegas Golden Knights | T-Mobile Arena | Recap | |||
| Evgenii Dadonov (1) – 17:52 | First period | 14:25 – Michael Amadio (1) | ||||||
| Wyatt Johnston (3) – pp – 09:45 Ty Dellandrea (1) – 18:34 |
Second period | 03:09 – Jack Eichel (3) | ||||||
| Roope Hintz (1) – en – 18:38 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jake Oettinger 32 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Logan Thompson 28 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | Vegas Golden Knights | 2–3 | Dallas Stars | American Airlines Center | Recap | |||
| Mark Stone (2) – pp – 04:00 William Carrier (1) – 12:51 |
First period | 05:02 – Evgenii Dadonov (2) 08:04 – pp – Matt Duchene (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 16:32 – pp – Jason Robertson (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adin Hill 22 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Jake Oettinger 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Dallas Stars | 0–2 | Vegas Golden Knights | T-Mobile Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 09:54 – Noah Hanifin (2) 19:41 – en – Mark Stone (3) | ||||||
| Jake Oettinger 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Adin Hill 23 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 5 | Vegas Golden Knights | 7:30 p.m. | Dallas Stars | American Airlines Center | SN, TBS, TruTV |
| Series tied 3–3 | |
(C2) Winnipeg Jets vs. (C3) Colorado Avalanche
The Winnipeg Jets finished second in the Central Division earning 110 points. The Colorado Avalanche earned 107 points to finish third in the Central. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Winnipeg won all three games in this year's regular season series.
The Avalanche defeated the Jets in five games. In game one, Kyle Connor and Adam Lowry each scored twice for the Jets, triumphing over the Avalanche 7–6.[26] Goaltender Alexander Georgiev bounced back in game two for the Avalanche, making 28 saves in a 5–2 victory.[27] Colorado was granted a five-goal third period, ensuring a 6–2 victory in game three for the Avalanche.[28] Valeri Nichushkin scored a hat trick in game four for the Avalanche, snatching a 5–1 triumph with a 3–1 series lead.[29] In game five, Mikko Rantanen scored twice and provided an assist for the Avalanche, defeating the Jets 6–3 to advance to the second round.[30]
| April 21 | Colorado Avalanche | 6–7 | Winnipeg Jets | Canada Life Centre | Recap | |||
| Valeri Nichushkin (1) – 06:10 Miles Wood (1) – 14:47 Nathan MacKinnon (1) – 15:05 |
First period | 08:02 – Josh Morrissey (1) 11:57 – Vladislav Namestnikov (1) 15:53 – Mark Scheifele (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:57 – Adam Lowry (1) | ||||||
| Artturi Lehkonen (1) – pp – 06:29 Cale Makar (1) – pp – 12:24 Casey Mittelstadt (1) – 19:30 |
Third period | 03:31 – Adam Lowry (2) 05:51 – pp – Kyle Connor (1) 08:54 – Kyle Connor (2) | ||||||
| Alexandar Georgiev 16 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Connor Hellebuyck 40 saves / 46 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Colorado Avalanche | 5–2 | Winnipeg Jets | Canada Life Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 03:15 – David Gustafsson (1) | ||||||
| Miles Wood (2) – 01:59 Artturi Lehkonen (2) – 14:16 Zach Parise (1) – 17:20 Josh Manson (1) – 19:53 |
Second period | 08:37 – Mark Scheifele (2) | ||||||
| Valeri Nichushkin (2) – en – 19:03 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alexandar Georgiev 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Connor Hellebuyck 27 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Winnipeg Jets | 2–6 | Colorado Avalanche | Ball Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 11:18 – Zach Parise (2) | ||||||
| Tyler Toffoli (1) – 05:03 Josh Morrissey (2) – pp – 10:50 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:11 – pp – Nathan MacKinnon (2) 04:39 – pp – Valeri Nichushkin (3) 08:11 – Artturi Lehkonen (3) 12:36 – Ross Colton (1) 16:25 – sh-en – Devon Toews (1) | ||||||
| Connor Hellebuyck 34 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Alexandar Georgiev 22 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Winnipeg Jets | 1–5 | Colorado Avalanche | Ball Arena | Recap | |||
| Nate Schmidt (1) – 13:56 | First period | 08:10 – Artturi Lehkonen (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:36 – pp – Valeri Nichushkin (4) 15:03 – Cale Makar (2) 19:36 – pp – Valeri Nichushkin (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:47 – en – Valeri Nichushkin (6) | ||||||
| Connor Hellebuyck 26 saves / 30 shots Laurent Brossoit 4 saves / 4 shots |
Goalie stats | Alexandar Georgiev 26 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Colorado Avalanche | 6–3 | Winnipeg Jets | Canada Life Centre | Recap | |||
| Valeri Nichushkin (7) – 03:18 | First period | 01:15 – Kyle Connor (3) | ||||||
| Yakov Trenin (1) – 05:42 Artturi Lehkonen (5) – 13:45 |
Second period | 06:48 – pp – Josh Morrissey (3) | ||||||
| Mikko Rantanen (1) – 04:11 Mikko Rantanen (2) – 08:01 Josh Manson (2) – en – 19:58 |
Third period | 02:06 – Tyler Toffoli (2) | ||||||
| Alexandar Georgiev 33 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Connor Hellebuyck 26 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| Colorado won series 4–1 | |
(P1) Vancouver Canucks vs. (WC1) Nashville Predators
The Vancouver Canucks finished first in the Pacific Division earning 109 points. The Nashville Predators earned 99 points to finish as the first wild card in the Western Conference. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 2011 Western Conference semifinals, which Vancouver won in six games. Vancouver won all three games in this year's regular season series.
The Canucks defeated the Predators in six games. In game one, Dakota Joshua scored twice and added an assist for the Canucks, defeating the Predators 4–2.[31] Filip Forsberg scored a goal and provided an assist for the Predators in game two, tying the series with a 4–1 victory.[32] In game three, goaltender Casey DeSmith made 29 saves for the Canucks, defeating the Predators 2–1.[33] Brock Boeser's hat trick tying goal sent game four to overtime wherein Elias Lindholm scored for Vancouver to give the Canucks a 4–3 victory and a 3–1 series lead.[34] In game five, Forsberg assisted on both Nashville goals as the Predators forced a sixth game with a 2–1 victory.[35] Pius Suter scored the only goal of game six with 1:39 left in the game, and with Arturs Silovs' 28 saves, Vancouver moved onto the second round with a 1–0 victory.[36]
| April 21 | Nashville Predators | 2–4 | Vancouver Canucks | Rogers Arena | Recap | |||
| Jason Zucker (1) – 16:15 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan O'Reilly (1) – pp – 10:46 | Second period | 00:47 – Elias Lindholm (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:59 – Pius Suter (1) 09:11 – Dakota Joshua (1) 18:32 – en – Dakota Joshua (2) | ||||||
| Juuse Saros 17 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Thatcher Demko 20 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Nashville Predators | 4–1 | Vancouver Canucks | Rogers Arena | Recap | |||
| Anthony Beauvillier (1) – 01:14 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Filip Forsberg (1) – 06:29 Colton Sissons (1) – 08:04 |
Second period | 15:33 – Nikita Zadorov (1) | ||||||
| Kiefer Sherwood (1) – en – 18:07 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Juuse Saros 17 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Casey DeSmith 12 saves / 15 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Vancouver Canucks | 2–1 | Nashville Predators | Bridgestone Arena | Recap | |||
| J. T. Miller (1) – pp – 13:23 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brock Boeser (1) – pp – 04:33 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:48 – Luke Evangelista (1) | ||||||
| Casey DeSmith 29 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Juuse Saros 10 saves / 12 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Vancouver Canucks | 4–3 | OT | Nashville Predators | Bridgestone Arena | Recap | ||
| Brock Boeser (2) – 02:55 | First period | 05:34 – Mark Jankowski (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:21 – Gustav Nyquist (1) | ||||||
| Brock Boeser (3) – 17:11 Brock Boeser (4) – 19:52 |
Third period | 00:12 – Filip Forsberg (2) | ||||||
| Elias Lindholm (2) – 01:02 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Arturs Silovs 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Juuse Saros 16 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Nashville Predators | 2–1 | Vancouver Canucks | Rogers Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Roman Josi (1) – pp – 07:15 Alexandre Carrier (1) – 12:46 |
Third period | 03:11 – Nikita Zadorov (2) | ||||||
| Juuse Saros 19 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Arturs Silovs 20 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Vancouver Canucks | 1–0 | Nashville Predators | Bridgestone Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pius Suter (2) – 18:21 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Arturs Silovs 28 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Juuse Saros 28 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| Vancouver won series 4–2 | |
(P2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (P3) Los Angeles Kings
The Edmonton Oilers finished second in the Pacific Division earning 104 points. The Los Angeles Kings finished third in the Pacific with 99 points. This was the third consecutive and tenth overall playoff meeting between these two rivals with Edmonton winning seven of the nine previous series. Edmonton won the previous year's Western Conference first round series in six games. Edmonton won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.
The Oilers defeated the Kings in five games. In game one, Zach Hyman scored a hat-trick and Connor McDavid provided five assists to hold off the Kings for a 7–4 victory.[37] Anze Kopitar scored the overtime goal and provided two assists for the Kings in game two, tying the series with a 5–4 win.[38] The Oilers routed the Kings in game three with Hyman and Leon Draisaitl both scoring twice in Edmonton's 6–1 victory.[39] In game four, Evan Bouchard scored the only goal and goaltender Stuart Skinner stopped all 33 shots he faced to give the Oilers a 1–0 victory and a 3–1 series lead.[40] McDavid and Bouchard each assisted thrice in game five, sending the Oilers to the second round with a 4–3 victory.[41]
| April 22 | Los Angeles Kings | 4–7 | Edmonton Oilers | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 06:52 – Zach Hyman (1) 09:36 – Adam Henrique (1) | ||||||
| Mikey Anderson (1) – 10:56 Adrian Kempe (1) – 17:56 |
Second period | 04:50 – Zach Hyman (2) 08:24 – pp – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1) | ||||||
| Pierre-Luc Dubois (1) – 16:56 Trevor Moore (1) – 18:49 |
Third period | 01:08 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (1) 06:17 – pp – Zach Hyman (3) 19:34 – en – Warren Foegele (1) | ||||||
| Cam Talbot 38 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Stuart Skinner 33 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Los Angeles Kings | 5–4 | OT | Edmonton Oilers | Rogers Place | Recap | ||
| Adrian Kempe (2) – 03:19 Adrian Kempe (3) – 14:57 Drew Doughty (1) – 18:02 |
First period | 17:33 – Brett Kulak (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:51 – Dylan Holloway (1) 10:33 – pp – Zach Hyman (4) | ||||||
| Kevin Fiala (1) – 01:46 | Third period | 03:23 – Dylan Holloway (2) | ||||||
| Anze Kopitar (1) – 02:07 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cam Talbot 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Stuart Skinner 21 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Edmonton Oilers | 6–1 | Los Angeles Kings | Crypto.com Arena | Recap | |||
| Zach Hyman (5) – 06:42 Leon Draisaitl (2) – 15:36 Connor McDavid (1) – pp – 18:34 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Evander Kane (1) – 07:39 | Second period | 05:32 – Drew Doughty (2) | ||||||
| Zach Hyman (6) – pp – 06:37 Leon Draisaitl (3) – pp – 12:38 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Stuart Skinner 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Cam Talbot 34 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Edmonton Oilers | 1–0 | Los Angeles Kings | Crypto.com Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Evan Bouchard (1) – pp – 11:49 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Stuart Skinner 33 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | David Rittich 12 saves / 13 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | Los Angeles Kings | 3–4 | Edmonton Oilers | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
| Alex Laferriere (1) – 19:32 | First period | 10:17 – Evander Kane (2) | ||||||
| Blake Lizotte (1) – 03:08 | Second period | 07:44 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (4) 12:21 – Leon Draisaitl (5) 19:07 – Zach Hyman (7) | ||||||
| Adrian Kempe (4) – 17:42 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| David Rittich 22 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Stuart Skinner 18 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| Edmonton won series 4–1 | |
Second round
Eastern Conference second round
(A1) Florida Panthers vs. (A2) Boston Bruins
This will be the third playoff meeting between these two teams with Florida winning both of the prior two series. They last met in last season's first round, which Florida won in seven games. Boston won all four games in this year's regular season series.
| May 6 | Boston Bruins | 8:00 p.m. | Florida Panthers | Amerant Bank Arena | CBC, SN, ESPN |
| May 8 | Boston Bruins | TBD | Florida Panthers | Amerant Bank Arena | ||||
| May 10 | Florida Panthers | TBD | Boston Bruins | TD Garden | ||||
| May 12 | Florida Panthers | TBD | Boston Bruins | TD Garden | ||||
| May 14 | Boston Bruins | TBD | Florida Panthers | Amerant Bank Arena | ||||
| May 17 | Florida Panthers | TBD | Boston Bruins | TD Garden | ||||
| May 19 | Boston Bruins | TBD | Florida Panthers | Amerant Bank Arena | ||||
| Series starts May 6 | |
(M1) New York Rangers vs. (M2) Carolina Hurricanes
This will be the third playoff meeting between these two teams with both teams splitting the two previous series. They last met in the 2022 Eastern Conference second round, which New York won in seven games. New York won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.
| May 5 | Carolina Hurricanes | 4:00 p.m. | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | SN, ESPN |
| May 7 | Carolina Hurricanes | TBD | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | ||||
| May 9 | New York Rangers | TBD | Carolina Hurricanes | PNC Arena | ||||
| May 11 | New York Rangers | TBD | Carolina Hurricanes | PNC Arena | ||||
| May 13 | Carolina Hurricanes | TBD | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | ||||
| May 16 | New York Rangers | TBD | Carolina Hurricanes | PNC Arena | ||||
| May 18 | Carolina Hurricanes | TBD | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden | ||||
| Series starts May 5 | |
Western Conference second round
(P1) Vancouver Canucks vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers
This will be the third playoff meeting between these two teams with Edmonton winning both previous series. They last met in the 1992 Smythe Division final, which Edmonton won in six games. Vancouver won all four games in this year's regular season series.
| TBD | Edmonton Oilers | TBD | Vancouver Canucks | Rogers Arena | ||||
| TBD | Edmonton Oilers | TBD | Vancouver Canucks | Rogers Arena | ||||
| TBD | Vancouver Canucks | TBD | Edmonton Oilers | Rogers Place | ||||
| TBD | Vancouver Canucks | TBD | Edmonton Oilers | Rogers Place | ||||
| TBD | Edmonton Oilers | TBD | Vancouver Canucks | Rogers Arena | ||||
| TBD | Vancouver Canucks | TBD | Edmonton Oilers | Rogers Place | ||||
| TBD | Edmonton Oilers | TBD | Vancouver Canucks | Rogers Arena | ||||
| Series starts TBD | |
Player statistics
Skaters
These were the top ten skaters based on points, following the conclusion of games played on May 3, 2024. Players in bold are currently active in the playoffs.[42]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor McDavid | Edmonton Oilers | 5 | 1 | 11 | 12 | +3 | 2 |
| Leon Draisaitl | Edmonton Oilers | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +2 | 2 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | Florida Panthers | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +7 | 6 |
| Matthew Tkachuk | Florida Panthers | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +4 | 2 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | Colorado Avalanche | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +5 | 2 |
| Cale Makar | Colorado Avalanche | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +3 | 0 |
| Mikko Rantanen | Colorado Avalanche | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +6 | 2 |
| Evan Bouchard | Edmonton Oilers | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | +3 | 14 |
| Zach Hyman | Edmonton Oilers | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | +4 | 2 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | Colorado Avalanche | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +5 | 2 |
Goaltenders
This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 240 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded. Players in bold are currently active in the playoffs.[43]
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Swayman | Boston Bruins | 5 | 3 | 2 | 150 | 8 | 1.60 | .947 | 0 | 299:34 |
| Igor Shesterkin | New York Rangers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 101 | 7 | 1.75 | .931 | 0 | 240:00 |
| Juuse Saros | Nashville Predators | 6 | 2 | 4 | 120 | 12 | 2.02 | .900 | 0 | 357:18 |
| Jake Oettinger | Dallas Stars | 6 | 3 | 3 | 164 | 13 | 2.10 | .921 | 1 | 370:40 |
| Frederik Andersen | Carolina Hurricanes | 5 | 4 | 1 | 136 | 12 | 2.25 | .912 | 0 | 320:16 |
| Logan Thompson | Vegas Golden Knights | 4 | 2 | 2 | 127 | 10 | 2.35 | .921 | 0 | 255:00 |
| Semyon Varlamov | New York Islanders | 5 | 1 | 3 | 152 | 13 | 2.70 | .914 | 0 | 289:09 |
Media
Canada
In Canada, this marks the tenth postseason under Rogers Media's 12-year contract. Games air across the Sportsnet networks and CBC under the Hockey Night in Canada brand. For first and second-round U.S.–U.S. games not on CBC, Sportsnet generally simulcasts the U.S. feed instead of producing their own telecast. The 2024 Stanley Cup Finals will be simulcast on both CBC and Sportsnet. Sportsnet+ streams all games, and CBC Gem will also stream games televised on CBC.[44]
United States
In the U.S., this marks the third year of a seven-year agreement with the ESPN family of Networks and TNT Sports. Games air across ESPN, ESPN2, ABC; and TNT, TBS. TruTV is also simulcasting selected TNT Sports-produced games. Each U.S. team's regional broadcaster is also televising local coverage of first round games, except for games on ABC.[45][46]
First and second-round games are roughly evenly split between ESPN-produced telecasts and TNT Sports-produced telecasts, while working around their broadcast commitments to the 2024 NBA playoffs, and ESPN's commitments to Sunday Night Baseball. With the Stanley Cup playoffs starting on the same day as the NBA playoffs this year, TBS/TruTV aired a majority of TNT Sports-produced first-round games, including the first pair on that Saturday, April 20. ESPN or ESPN2 then aired games on Sunday, April 21 through Tuesday, April 23. Games were then split between ESPN- and TNT Sports-produced telecasts on Wednesday, April 24 and Thursday, April 25; before TNT/TBS/TruTV had the games from Friday, April 26 to Sunday, April 28. ESPN then aired games on Monday, April 29, including the final game four and the first game five. Four game fives were split between ESPN and TNT Sports-produced telecasts on Tuesday, April 30, while ESPN aired both game fives on Wednesday, May 1. TNT/TBS/TruTV then had all game sixes on Thursday, May 2 and Friday, May 3. ABC was then given a game seven on Saturday, May 4, and TBS/TruTV was assigned the other game seven on Sunday, May 5.[47]
ESPN was given the first second round game on Sunday afternoon, May 5.[48]
ESPN/ABC will have the first choice of which conference finals series to broadcast, and TNT will air the other series. As per the alternating rotation, ABC will have coverage of the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals.[49]
This is the first playoffs that the streaming service Max will have live access to all TNT Sports-produced games on its Bleacher Report Sports Add-on tier.[50] ESPN+ will stream all ABC games and selected ESPN games.
This is the third of a four-year deal that Sports USA Radio Network will syndicate select Stanley Cup playoff games via NHL Radio across the U.S., including the entire conference finals and Stanley Cup Finals.[51]
Announcers
First round announcers
| Series | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Ice level analyst(s) | Rinkside reporter(s) | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida–Tampa Bay | Bob Wischusen (Games 1 and 2) Steve Levy (Game 5) |
Ryan Callahan (Games 1 and 2) Kevin Weekes (Game 5) |
— | Leah Hextall (Game 1) Emily Kaplan (Game 5) |
ESPN (Games 1 and 5) ESPN2 (Game 2)[45][52] | |
| Kenny Albert (Game 3) Alex Faust (Game 4) |
Brian Boucher (Game 3) Jennifer Botterill (Game 4) |
Jody Shelley (Game 3) Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (Game 4) |
— | TBS (Games 3 and 4) TruTV (Game 4) Max[53] | ||
| Simulcast of American broadcast feed | Sportsnet[44] | |||||
| Boston–Toronto | Sean McDonough | Ray Ferraro | Emily Kaplan | ESPN (Games 2, 3 and 5) ABC/ESPN+ (Game 7)[45][54][55] | ||
| Kenny Albert (Games 1 and 6) Jim Jackson (Game 4) |
Eddie Olczyk (Game 1) Jody Shelley (Game 4) Brian Boucher (Game 6) |
Brian Boucher (Game 1) | Jackie Redmond (Games 4 and 6) | TBS (Games 1, 4 and 6) TruTV (Games 1 and 4) Max[46][53][56] | ||
| Chris Cuthbert | Craig Simpson | — | Kyle Bukauskas | CBC | ||
| Sportsnet[44] | ||||||
| NY Rangers–Washington | Sean McDonough | Ray Ferraro | Emily Kaplan | ESPN (Games 1 and 2)[45] | ||
| Kenny Albert | Brian Boucher (Game 3) Jody Shelley (Game 4) |
Jody Shelley (Game 3) | Tarik El-Bashir (Game 4) | TNT (Game 3) TBS (Game 4) TruTV (Games 3 and 4) Max[53][57] | ||
| Simulcast of American broadcast feed | Sportsnet[44] | |||||
| Carolina–NY Islanders | Roxy Bernstein (Game 2) John Buccigross (Game 3) |
Kevin Weekes | — | Blake Bolden (Game 3) | ESPN2 (Games 2 and 3)[45] | |
| John Forslund (Game 1) Kenny Albert (Game 4) Jim Jackson (Game 5) |
Jennifer Botterill (Game 1) Brian Boucher (Game 4) Jody Shelley (Game 5) |
Darren Pang (Game 1) Bryce Salvador (Games 4 and 5) |
— | TBS (Games 1, 4 and 5) TruTV (Games 1 and 4) Max[46][53][58] | ||
| Simulcast of American broadcast feed | Sportsnet[44] | |||||
| Dallas–Vegas | Bob Wischusen | Ryan Callahan | — | Leah Hextall (Games 1, 2 and 4) Emily Kaplan (Game 5) |
ESPN (Games 1, 2, 4 and 5)[45][59][54] | |
| John Forslund (Games 3 and 6) Kenny Albert (Game 7) |
Eddie Olczyk (Games 3 and 7) Jody Shelley (Game 6) |
Darren Eliot (Game 6) Brian Boucher (Game 7) |
Alyson Lozoff (Game 3) Jackie Redmond (Game 7) |
TBS (Games 3 and 7) TruTV (Games 3, 6 and 7) TNT (Game 6) Max[53][60][61] | ||
| Simulcast of American broadcast feed | Sportsnet FX (Game 1)[44] | |||||
| Winnipeg–Colorado | John Buccigross (Games 1 and 2) Mike Monaco (Game 5) |
Cassie Campbell-Pascall (Game 1) A.J. Mleczko (Games 2 and 5) |
— | Leah Hextall (Games 2 and 5) | ESPN2 (Game 1) ESPN (Games 2 and 5)[45][54] | |
| John Forslund | Eddie Olczyk | Shane Hnidy (Game 3) Brian Boucher (Game 4) |
Steve Mears (Game 4) | TNT (Games 3 and 4) TruTV (Games 3 and 4) Max[53][62] | ||
| John Bartlett | Garry Galley | — | Scott Oake | CBC (Games 1–3 and 5) | ||
| Sportsnet (Games 1, 4 and 5)[44] | ||||||
| Vancouver–Nashville | Mike Monaco | A. J. Mleczko (Game 1) Cassie Campbell-Pascall (Game 2) |
— | — | ESPN (Game 1) ESPN2 (Game 2)[45] | |
| Brendan Burke (Games 3, 4 and 6) Steve Mears (Game 5) |
Colby Armstrong (Game 5) | Darren Pang (Games 3, 4 and 6) | Kathryn Tappen (Games 3 and 4) Nabil Karim (Games 5 and 6) |
TBS (Games 3–5) TruTV (Games 4 and 6) TNT (Game 6) Max[53][58][60] | ||
| John Shorthouse | Dave Tomlinson | — | Dan Murphy | CBC (Games 1 and 6) | ||
| Sportsnet[44] | ||||||
| Edmonton–Los Angeles | Mike Monaco | A. J. Mleczko | — | Leah Hextall (Game 5) | ESPN2 (Game 1) ESPN (Game 5)[45][54] | |
| Steve Mears (Game 2) Randy Hahn (Games 3 and 4) |
Colby Armstrong (Game 2) Bret Hedican (Games 3 and 4) |
— | Meaghan Mikkelson (Game 2) Alyson Lozoff (Games 3 and 4) |
TBS (Games 2–4) TruTV (Game 4) Max[53] | ||
| Harnarayan Singh | Louie DeBrusk | — | Gene Principe | CBC (Games 1, 2 and 5) | ||
| Sportsnet[44] | ||||||
| Select games | John Ahlers | Brian Hayward | — | Sports USA[63][64][65][66][67][68] | ||
Second round announcers
| Series | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Ice level analyst(s) | Rinkside reporter(s) | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida–Boston | ESPN (Game 1) | |||||
| TNT Max | ||||||
| Sportsnet | ||||||
| NY Rangers–Carolina | ESPN (Game 1) | |||||
| TNT Max | ||||||
| John Bartlett | Garry Galley | — | Scott Oake | CBC | ||
| Dallas–Colorado/Colorado–Vegas | ESPN (Game 1) | |||||
| TNT Max | ||||||
| Harnarayan Singh | Louie DeBrusk | — | Scott Oake | CBC | ||
| Sportsnet[44] | ||||||
| Vancouver–Edmonton | ESPN | |||||
| TNT Max | ||||||
| Chris Cuthbert | Craig Simpson | — | Kyle Bukauskas | CBC | ||
| Sportsnet | ||||||
| Select games | John Ahlers | Brian Hayward | — | Sports USA | ||
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- ^ Sports USA Live [@SportsUSALive] (April 29, 2024). "Tune in tonight as the #Lightning take on the #Panthers from Sunrise in Game 5! Stream from the link in bio, the #NHL app, Sirius XM Channel 91 or listen on one of our many radio station affiliates throughout the country. 🏒🥅" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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