2025 Stanley Cup playoffs
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The 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs is the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2024–25 season. The playoffs began on April 19, 2025, and will conclude in June 2025 with the Stanley Cup Finals with the series ending no later than June 23.[1]
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| Dates | April 19 – mid-June |
| Teams | 16 |
| Defending champions | Florida Panthers |
The Winnipeg Jets made the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners with the most points (i.e. best record) during the regular season, doing so for the first time in the franchise's history. It is also the first time a Canadian-based team has done it since the 2011–12 Vancouver Canucks.[2] The Toronto Maple Leafs extended the longest active playoff streak to nine years, reaching the playoffs every season since 2017. The Boston Bruins missed the playoffs for the first time since 2016, snapping an eight-year playoff streak, which was previously tied with the Maple Leafs for longest active playoff streak in the NHL. The New York Rangers became the fourth defending Presidents' Trophy winner to miss the playoffs and the first to do so twice.[3] The Ottawa Senators qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2017, ending what had been the league's third-longest active playoff drought. For the first time in League history, all four of the U.S.-based Original Six teams missed the playoffs.[4] For the first time since 2017, every team in Eastern Canada (the Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs) qualified for the playoffs. In addition, five Canadian-based teams qualified for the postseason, the most since the expanded 2020 playoffs.
Playoff seeds
This is the tenth year in which the top three teams in each division made the playoffs, along with two wild cards in each conference (for a total of eight playoff teams from each conference).
The following teams qualified for the playoffs:[5]
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
- Toronto Maple Leafs, Atlantic Division champions – 108 points
- Tampa Bay Lightning – 102 points
- Florida Panthers – 98 points
Metropolitan Division
- Washington Capitals, Metropolitan Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions — 111 points
- Carolina Hurricanes – 99 points
- New Jersey Devils – 91 points
Wild Cards
- Ottawa Senators – 97 points
- Montreal Canadiens – 91 points
Western Conference
Central Division
- Winnipeg Jets, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 116 points
- Dallas Stars – 106 points
- Colorado Avalanche – 102 points
Pacific Division
- Vegas Golden Knights, Pacific Division champions – 110 points
- Los Angeles Kings – 105 points
- Edmonton Oilers – 101 points
Wild Cards
- Minnesota Wild – 97 points
- St. Louis Blues – 96 points
Playoff bracket
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Perspective
In each round, teams will 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 will play at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the other team will play 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 will play against the division winner with the best record while the other wild card will play against the other division winner, and both wild cards will be de facto #4 seeds. The other series will match the second and third-place teams from the divisions. In the first two rounds, home-ice advantage will be awarded to the team with the better seed. Thereafter, it will be awarded to the team that had the better regular season record.
| First round | Second round | Conference finals | Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Toronto | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| WC | Ottawa | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Tampa Bay | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Florida | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| M1 | Washington | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| WC | Montreal | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| M2 | Carolina | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| M3 | New Jersey | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Winnipeg | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| WC | St. Louis | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Dallas | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Colorado | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Vegas | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| WC | Minnesota | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| P2 | Los Angeles | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| P3 | Edmonton | 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
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Eastern Conference first round
(A1) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (WC1) Ottawa Senators
The Toronto Maple Leafs finished first in the Atlantic Division with 108 points. The Ottawa Senators earned 97 points to finish as the first wild card in the Eastern Conference. This is the fifth playoff meeting between these two rivals with Toronto winning all four previous series. They last met in the 2004 Eastern Conference quarterfinals, which Toronto won in seven games. Ottawa won all three games in this year's regular season series.
| April 20 | Ottawa Senators | 2–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | |||
| Drake Batherson (1) – 16:18 | First period | 07:09 – Oliver Ekman-Larsson (1) 12:18 – Mitch Marner (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:07 – pp – John Tavares (1) 07:19 – pp – William Nylander (1) | ||||||
| Ridly Greig (1) – 04:00 | Third period | 04:45 – Morgan Rielly (1) 13:13 – pp – Matthew Knies (1) | ||||||
| Linus Ullmark 18 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Anthony Stolarz 31 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Ottawa Senators | 2–3 | OT | Toronto Maple Leafs | Scotiabank Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 03:43 – Morgan Rielly (2) 08:20 – pp – John Tavares (2) | ||||||
| Brady Tkachuk (1) – pp – 15:41 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adam Gaudette (1) – 14:47 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 03:09 – Max Domi (1) | ||||||
| Linus Ullmark 18 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Anthony Stolarz 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–2 | OT | Ottawa Senators | Canadian Tire Centre | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matthew Knies (2) – pp – 08:31 | Second period | 01:38 – pp – Claude Giroux (1) | ||||||
| Auston Matthews (1) – 00:32 | Third period | 11:22 – Brady Tkachuk (2) | ||||||
| Simon Benoit (1) – 01:19 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Anthony Stolarz 18 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Linus Ullmark 17 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–4 | OT | Ottawa Senators | Canadian Tire Centre | Recap | ||
| John Tavares (3) – 19:05 | First period | 09:03 – pp – Tim Stutzle (1) 14:11 – sh – Shane Pinto (1) | ||||||
| Matthew Knies (3) – 10:12 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson (2) – 14:31 | Third period | 07:32 – David Perron (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 17:42 – Jake Sanderson (1) | ||||||
| Anthony Stolarz 17 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Linus Ullmark 32 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Ottawa Senators | 7:00 p.m. | Toronto Maple Leafs | Scotiabank Arena | ||||
| May 1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | TBD | Ottawa Senators | Canadian Tire Centre | ||||
| May 3 | Ottawa Senators | TBD | Toronto Maple Leafs | Scotiabank Arena | ||||
| Toronto leads series 3–1 | |
(A2) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (A3) Florida Panthers
The Tampa Bay Lightning finished second in the Atlantic Division with 102 points. The Florida Panthers earned 98 points to finish third in the Atlantic. This is the second consecutive and fourth overall playoff meeting between these two rivals with Tampa Bay winning two of the three previous series. Florida won the previous season's Eastern Conference first round series in five games. These teams tied their four-game regular season series.
| April 22 | Florida Panthers | 6–2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Amalie Arena | Recap | |||
| Sam Bennett (1) – 03:44 Sam Reinhart (1) – 19:15 |
First period | 12:21 – pp – Jake Guentzel (1) | ||||||
| Nate Schmidt (1) – 04:41 Matthew Tkachuk (1) – pp – 04:55 Matthew Tkachuk (2) – pp – 09:44 |
Second period | 13:04 – Brayden Point (1) | ||||||
| Nate Schmidt (2) – pp – 05:09 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sergei Bobrovsky 20 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Andrei Vasilevskiy 10 saves / 16 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Florida Panthers | 2–0 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Amalie Arena | Recap | |||
| Nate Schmidt (3) – 04:15 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sam Bennett (2) – en – 19:56 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sergei Bobrovsky 19 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Andrei Vasilevskiy 21 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 5–1 | Florida Panthers | Amerant Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| Brayden Point (2) – 17:15 | First period | 02:43 – Matthew Tkachuk (3) | ||||||
| Nick Paul (1) – 13:17 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jake Guentzel (2) – 00:21 Luke Glendening (1) – 14:19 Anthony Cirelli (1) – en – 15:00 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andrei Vasilevskiy 33 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Sergei Bobrovsky 17 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 7:00 p.m. | Florida Panthers | Amerant Bank Arena | SN, ESPN |
| April 30 | Florida Panthers | 7:30 p.m. | Tampa Bay Lightning | Amalie Arena | ||||
| May 2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | TBD | Florida Panthers | Amerant Bank Arena | ||||
| May 4 | Florida Panthers | TBD | Tampa Bay Lightning | Amalie Arena | ||||
| Florida leads series 2–1 | |
(M1) Washington Capitals vs. (WC2) Montreal Canadiens
The Washington Capitals finished first in the Metropolitan Division and Eastern Conference earning 111 points. The Montreal Canadiens earned 91 points to finish as the second wild card in the Eastern Conference. This is the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous playoff meeting was in the 2010 Eastern Conference quarterfinals, which Montreal came back from a 3–1 series deficit to defeat Washington in seven games. Washington won two of the three games in the regular season series.
| April 21 | Montreal Canadiens | 2–3 | OT | Washington Capitals | Capital One Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 18:34 – pp – Alexander Ovechkin (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:09 – Anthony Beauvillier (1) | ||||||
| Cole Caufield (1) – pp – 10:32 Nick Suzuki (1) – 15:45 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:26 – Alexander Ovechkin (2) | ||||||
| Sam Montembeault 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Logan Thompson 33 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–3 | Washington Capitals | Capital One Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Christian Dvorak (1) – 01:16 | Second period | 03:47 – Connor McMichael (1) 04:47 – Dylan Strome (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:58 – en – Connor McMichael (2) | ||||||
| Sam Montembeault 29 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Logan Thompson 25 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Washington Capitals | 3–6 | Montreal Canadiens | Bell Centre | Recap | |||
| Connor McMichael (3) – 03:20 | First period | 19:07 – Alexandre Carrier (1) | ||||||
| Jakob Chychrun (1) – 10:47 | Second period | 08:37 – pp – Nick Suzuki (2) 19:51 – Cole Caufield (2) | ||||||
| Alexander Ovechkin (3) – 02:39 | Third period | 04:17 – Christian Dvorak (2) 13:23 – Juraj Slafkovsky (1) 17:35 – pp – Alex Newhook (1) | ||||||
| Logan Thompson 30 saves / 35 shots Charlie Lindgren 4 saves / 5 shots |
Goalie stats | Sam Montembeault 11 saves / 13 shots Jakub Dobes 7 saves / 8 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Washington Capitals | 6:30 p.m. | Montreal Canadiens | Bell Centre | CBC, SN, TBS, truTV |
| April 30 | Montreal Canadiens | 7:00 p.m. | Washington Capitals | Capital One Arena | ||||
| May 2 | Washington Capitals | TBD | Montreal Canadiens | Bell Centre | ||||
| May 4 | Montreal Canadiens | TBD | Washington Capitals | Capital One Arena | ||||
| Washington leads series 2–1 | |
(M2) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (M3) New Jersey Devils
The Carolina Hurricanes finished second in the Metropolitan Division with 99 points. The New Jersey Devils earned 91 points to finish third in the Metropolitan. This is the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams with Carolina winning four of the five previous series. They last met in the 2023 Eastern Conference second round, which Carolina won in five games. These teams tied their four-game regular season series.
| April 20 | New Jersey Devils | 1–4 | Carolina Hurricanes | Lenovo Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:24 – Jalen Chatfield (1) | ||||||
| Nico Hischier (1) – 18:51 | Second period | 06:37 – Logan Stankoven (1) 13:08 – pp – Logan Stankoven (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 17:32 – en – Andrei Svechnikov (1) | ||||||
| Jacob Markstrom 41 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Frederik Andersen 23 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | New Jersey Devils | 1–3 | Carolina Hurricanes | Lenovo Center | Recap | |||
| Jesper Bratt (1) – 03:51 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:57 – Shayne Gostisbehere (1) 05:54 – sh – Jordan Martinook (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:23 – en – Seth Jarvis (1) | ||||||
| Jacob Markstrom 25 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Frederik Andersen 25 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Carolina Hurricanes | 2–3 | 2OT | New Jersey Devils | Prudential Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 16:11 – Nico Hischier (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Seth Jarvis (2) – pp – 06:11 Sebastian Aho (1) – pp – 12:20 |
Third period | 01:18 – Dawson Mercer (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 02:36 – Simon Nemec (1) | ||||||
| Frederik Andersen 34 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Jacob Markstrom 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Carolina Hurricanes | 5–2 | New Jersey Devils | Prudential Center | Recap | |||
| Andrei Svechnikov (2) – 00:52 Jaccob Slavin (1) – 09:47 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andrei Svechnikov (3) – pp – 00:42 | Second period | 02:45 – Nico Hischier (3) 07:34 – Timo Meier (1) | ||||||
| Jordan Martinook (2) – 14:14 Andrei Svechnikov (4) – en – 16:43 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Frederik Andersen 6 saves / 7 shots Pyotr Kochetkov 14 saves / 15 shots |
Goalie stats | Jacob Markstrom 24 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | New Jersey Devils | 7:30 p.m. | Carolina Hurricanes | Lenovo Center | ||||
| May 2 | Carolina Hurricanes | TBD | New Jersey Devils | Prudential Center | ||||
| May 4 | New Jersey Devils | TBD | Carolina Hurricanes | Lenovo Center | ||||
| Carolina leads series 3–1 | |
Western Conference first round
(C1) Winnipeg Jets vs. (WC2) St. Louis Blues
The Winnipeg Jets earned the Presidents' Trophy as the NHL's best regular season team with 116 points. The St. Louis Blues earned 96 points to finish as the second wild card in the Western Conference, winning the tiebreaker against Calgary with 32 RWs. This is the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous playoff meeting was in the 2019 Western Conference first round, which St. Louis won in six games. Winnipeg won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.
| April 19 | St. Louis Blues | 3–5 | Winnipeg Jets | Canada Life Centre | Recap | |||
| Robert Thomas (1) – pp – 09:31 Oskar Sundqvist (1) – 18:10 |
First period | 13:38 – pp – Mark Scheifele (1) 15:02 – Jaret Anderson-Dolan (1) | ||||||
| Jordan Kyrou (1) – pp – 01:13 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 09:18 – Alex Iafallo (1) 18:24 – Kyle Connor (1) 19:07 – en – Adam Lowry (1) | ||||||
| Jordan Binnington 21 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Connor Hellebuyck 14 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | St. Louis Blues | 1–2 | Winnipeg Jets | Canada Life Centre | Recap | |||
| Jimmy Snuggerud (1) – pp – 19:58 | First period | 16:32 – Mark Scheifele (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:43 – Kyle Connor (2) | ||||||
| Jordan Binnington 20 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Connor Hellebuyck 21 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Winnipeg Jets | 2–7 | St. Louis Blues | Enterprise Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 00:48 – Pavel Buchnevich (1) 03:11 – pp – Pavel Buchnevich (2) 15:51 – Cam Fowler (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| David Gustafsson (1) – 04:32 Neal Pionk (1) – pp – 12:50 |
Third period | 05:24 – Pavel Buchnevich (3) 07:56 – pp – Jordan Kyrou (2) 10:32 – Alexey Toropchenko (1) 16:16 – pp –Colton Parayko (1) | ||||||
| Connor Hellebuyck 19 saves / 25 shots Eric Comrie 2 saves / 3 shots |
Goalie stats | Jordan Binnington 16 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Winnipeg Jets | 1–5 | St. Louis Blues | Enterprise Center | Recap | |||
| Kyle Connor (3) – 13:58 | First period | 19:37 – Jake Neighbours (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:46 – Tyler Tucker (1) 17:23 – Brayden Schenn (1) 18:54 – Justin Faulk (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:01 – Robert Thomas (2) | ||||||
| Connor Hellebuyck 13 saves / 18 shots Eric Comrie 6 saves / 6 shots |
Goalie stats | Jordan Binnington 30 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | St. Louis Blues | 9:30 p.m. | Winnipeg Jets | Canada Life Centre | ||||
| May 2 | Winnipeg Jets | TBD | St. Louis Blues | Enterprise Center | ||||
| May 4 | St. Louis Blues | TBD | Winnipeg Jets | Canada Life Centre | ||||
| Series tied 2–2 | |
(C2) Dallas Stars vs. (C3) Colorado Avalanche
The Dallas Stars finished second in the Central Division with 106 points. The Colorado Avalanche earned 102 points to finish third in the Central. This is the second consecutive and seventh overall playoff series between these two teams with Dallas winning four of the six previous playoff series. Dallas won the previous season's Western Conference second round in six games. Colorado won two of the three games in the regular season series.
| April 19 | Colorado Avalanche | 5–1 | Dallas Stars | American Airlines Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Artturi Lehkonen (1) – 09:30 Nathan MacKinnon (1) – pp – 16:38 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Devon Toews (1) – 12:56 Nathan MacKinnon (2) – en – 16:52 Charlie Coyle (1) – 17:03 |
Third period | 06:45 – pp – Roope Hintz (1) | ||||||
| Mackenzie Blackwood 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Jake Oettinger 19 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Colorado Avalanche | 3–4 | OT | Dallas Stars | American Airlines Center | Recap | ||
| Nathan MacKinnon (3) – pp – 08:48 | First period | 19:06 – pp – Tyler Seguin (1) | ||||||
| Jack Drury (1) – 04:42 Logan O'Connor (1) – 19:27 |
Second period | 03:40 – Thomas Harley (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:13 – Evgenii Dadonov (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 17:46 – Colin Blackwell (1) | ||||||
| Mackenzie Blackwood 35 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Jake Oettinger 34 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Dallas Stars | 2–1 | OT | Colorado Avalanche | Ball Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 08:09 – Valeri Nichushkin (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jamie Benn (1) – pp – 09:18 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Seguin (2) – 05:31 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jake Oettinger 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Mackenzie Blackwood 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Dallas Stars | 0–4 | Colorado Avalanche | Ball Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:39 – sh – Logan O'Connor (2) 19:36 – pp – Nathan MacKinnon (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 13:10 – Gabriel Landeskog (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:46 – Sam Girard (1) | ||||||
| Jake Oettinger 31 saves / 34 shots Casey DeSmith 13 saves / 14 shots |
Goalie stats | Mackenzie Blackwood 23 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Colorado Avalanche | 9:30 p.m. | Dallas Stars | American Airlines Center | SN, SN360, ESPN |
| May 1 | Dallas Stars | TBD | Colorado Avalanche | Ball Arena | ||||
| May 3 | Colorado Avalanche | TBD | Dallas Stars | American Airlines Center | ||||
| Series tied 2–2 | |
(P1) Vegas Golden Knights vs. (WC1) Minnesota Wild
The Vegas Golden Knights finished first in the Pacific Division with 110 points. The Minnesota Wild earned 97 points to finish as the first wild card in the Western Conference. This is the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous playoff meeting was in the 2021 West Division first round, which Vegas won in seven games after giving up a 3–1 series lead. Vegas won all three games in this year's regular season series.
| April 20 | Minnesota Wild | 2–4 | Vegas Golden Knights | T-Mobile Arena | Recap | |||
| Matt Boldy (1) – 17:42 | First period | 15:22 – Tomas Hertl (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 13:33 – pp – Pavel Dorofeyev (1) | ||||||
| Matt Boldy (2) – 11:46 | Third period | 02:28 – Brett Howden (1) 19:59 – pp-en – Brett Howden (2) | ||||||
| Filip Gustavsson 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Adin Hill 18 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Minnesota Wild | 5–2 | Vegas Golden Knights | T-Mobile Arena | Recap | |||
| Matt Boldy (3) – 09:56 Marcus Foligno (1) – 11:35 Mats Zuccarello (1) – 17:15 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kirill Kaprizov (1) – 03:59 | Second period | 12:04 – Noah Hanifin (1) | ||||||
| Kirill Kaprizov (2) – en – 17:34 | Third period | 02:26 – Tomas Hertl (2) | ||||||
| Filip Gustavsson 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Adin Hill 12 saves / 16 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Vegas Golden Knights | 2–5 | Minnesota Wild | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| Alex Pietrangelo (1) – 10:48 | First period | 03:13 – pp – Kirill Kaprizov (3) 06:51 – Marco Rossi (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:05 – Matt Boldy (4) 19:58 – pp – Kirill Kaprizov (4) | ||||||
| Reilly Smith (1) – sh – 11:34 | Third period | 18:27 – sh-en – Marcus Foligno (2) | ||||||
| Adin Hill 17 saves / 21 shots Akira Schmid 9 saves / 9 shots |
Goalie stats | Filip Gustavsson 30 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Vegas Golden Knights | 4–3 | OT | Minnesota Wild | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | ||
| Shea Theodore (1) – pp – 06:47 | First period | 10:43 – Marco Rossi (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:24 – Marcus Foligno (3) | ||||||
| Nicolas Roy (1) – pp – 04:50 Tomas Hertl (3) – 10:03 |
Third period | 10:57 – Jared Spurgeon (1) | ||||||
| Ivan Barbashev (1) – 17:26 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adin Hill 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Filip Gustavsson 42 saves / 46 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Minnesota Wild | 9:30 p.m. | Vegas Golden Knights | T-Mobile Arena | ||||
| May 1 | Vegas Golden Knights | TBD | Minnesota Wild | Xcel Energy Center | ||||
| May 3 | Minnesota Wild | TBD | Vegas Golden Knights | T-Mobile Arena | ||||
| Series tied 2–2 | |
(P2) Los Angeles Kings vs. (P3) Edmonton Oilers
The Los Angeles Kings finished second in the Pacific Division with 105 points. The Edmonton Oilers earned 101 points to finish third in the Pacific. This is the fourth consecutive and eleventh overall playoff meeting between these two rivals with Edmonton winning eight of the ten previous series as well as the previous six series. Edmonton won the previous season's Western Conference first round series in five games. Los Angeles won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.
| April 21 | Edmonton Oilers | 5–6 | Los Angeles Kings | Crypto.com Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:49 – pp – Andrei Kuzmenko (1) 19:27 – Quinton Byfield (1) | ||||||
| Leon Draisaitl (1) – 19:54 | Second period | 14:47 – Adrian Kempe (1) 17:43 – Phillip Danault (1) | ||||||
| Mattias Janmark (1) – 02:19 Corey Perry (1) – 07:43 Zach Hyman (1) – 17:56 Connor McDavid (1) –18:32 |
Third period | 04:59 – pp – Kevin Fiala (1) 19:18 – Phillip Danault (2) | ||||||
| Stuart Skinner 24 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Darcy Kuemper 20 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Edmonton Oilers | 2–6 | Los Angeles Kings | Crypto.com Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:44 – pp – Brandt Clarke (1) | ||||||
| Leon Draisaitl (2) – 13:54 | Second period | 04:14 – Quinton Byfield (2) 10:37 – pp – Andrei Kuzmenko (2) | ||||||
| Viktor Arvidsson (1) – 04:05 | Third period | 06:46 – Adrian Kempe (2) 09:07 – pp – Anze Kopitar (1) 11:09 – Adrian Kempe (3) | ||||||
| Stuart Skinner 23 saves / 28 shots Calvin Pickard 2 saves / 3 shots |
Goalie stats | Darcy Kuemper 24 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Los Angeles Kings | 4–7 | Edmonton Oilers | Rogers Place | Recap | |||
| Adrian Kempe (4) – 17:18 | First period | 02:49 – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1) 08:43 – pp – Evan Bouchard (1) | ||||||
| Kevin Fiala (2) – pp – 05:43 Drew Doughty (1) – pp – 15:07 Trevor Moore (1) – 17:28 |
Second period | 17:19 – Connor Brown (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:18 – Evander Kane (1) 13:28 – pp – Evan Bouchard (2) 18:20 – en – Connor McDavid (2) 19:52 – en – Connor Brown (2) | ||||||
| Darcy Kuemper 30 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Calvin Pickard 24 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Los Angeles Kings | 9:30 p.m. | Edmonton Oilers | Rogers Place | CBC, SN, TBS, truTV |
| April 29 | Edmonton Oilers | 10:00 p.m. | Los Angeles Kings | Crypto.com Arena | ||||
| May 1 | Los Angeles Kings | TBD | Edmonton Oilers | Rogers Place | ||||
| May 3 | Edmonton Oilers | TBD | Los Angeles Kings | Crypto.com Arena | ||||
| Los Angeles leads series 2–1 | |
Player statistics
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Skaters
These were the top ten skaters based on points, following the conclusion of games played on April 26, 2025. Players in bold are currently active in the playoffs.[6]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Kempe | Los Angeles Kings | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 2 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | Minnesota Wild | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +3 | 2 |
| Connor McDavid | Edmonton Oilers | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +3 | 0 |
| Anze Kopitar | Los Angeles Kings | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 0 |
| Cam Fowler | St. Louis Blues | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 0 |
| Mitch Marner | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +4 | 0 |
| Matt Boldy | Minnesota Wild | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +3 | 2 |
| Pavel Buchnevich | St. Louis Blues | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| William Nylander | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | Colorado Avalanche | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | +2 | 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 60 minutes played, following the conclusion of games played on April 26, 2025. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded. Players in bold are currently active in the playoffs.[7]
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederik Andersen | Carolina Hurricanes | 3 | 2 | 1 | 87 | 5 | 1.48 | .943 | 0 | 202:09 |
| Mackenzie Blackwood | Colorado Avalanche | 4 | 2 | 2 | 114 | 7 | 1.60 | .939 | 1 | 262:56 |
| Sergei Bobrovsky | Florida Panthers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 62 | 6 | 2.01 | .903 | 1 | 179:26 |
| Jacob Markstrom | New Jersey Devils | 3 | 1 | 2 | 98 | 7 | 2.08 | .929 | 0 | 201:37 |
| Anthony Stolarz | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4 | 3 | 1 | 102 | 10 | 2.29 | .902 | 0 | 262:10 |
| Filip Gustavsson | Minnesota Wild | 4 | 2 | 2 | 136 | 11 | 2.58 | .919 | 0 | 256:18 |
| Logan Thompson | Washington Capitals | 3 | 2 | 1 | 96 | 8 | 2.72 | .917 | 0 | 175:49 |
Media
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Canada
In Canada, this marks the 11th postseason under Rogers Media's 12-year contract. Games will 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 2025 Stanley Cup Finals will be simulcast on both CBC and Sportsnet.[8]
Every game will be available to stream on Sportsnet+.[8]
United States
In the U.S., this marks the fourth year of a seven-year agreement with the ESPN and TNT Sports.[9]
For games in the first two rounds, games are split between ESPN-produced telecasts (either on ESPN, ABC, or ESPN2) and TNT Sports-produced telecasts (either on TNT or TBS, with selected simulcasts on TruTV). Each U.S. team's regional broadcaster will also televise local coverage of first-round games, except for any games on ABC.[10][11]
The Stanley Cup playoffs started on the same day as the NBA playoffs, which are also broadcast by ESPN and TNT. As a result, during the first two rounds of the playoffs, ESPN and ESPN2 primarily air games on Monday to Wednesday nights, and TNT and TBS on Friday nights. Thursdays, Weekends, and other select days will have games split between ESPN-produced telecasts and TNT Sports-produced telecasts to ensure both broadcasters have roughly an equal amount of first- and second-round contests.[10][11]
The ESPN networks have the first choice of which conference final series to air, and TNT Sports will broadcast the other conference finals. As per the alternating rotation, TNT Sports has coverage of the 2025 Stanley Cup Finals.[9]
Max will stream all TNT Sports-produced telecasts.[11]
During game one of the St. Louis–Winnipeg first round series, TNT was criticized for not sending announcers John Forslund and Jennifer Botterill to Winnipeg for the game, instead calling it remotely in the network's Atlanta studios.[12] In response, ESPN decided to send the announce team of John Buccigross and Kevin Weekes to call games in Canada, encompassing game two of the St. Louis–Winnipeg series and the first three games of the Ottawa–Toronto series.[13] Nevertheless, ESPN still received criticism for its audio mix of game 1 of Ottawa–Toronto even with Buccigross and Weekes on site.[14] The Athletic later reported that TNT is producing remote broadcasts of first round games in Edmonton, Ottawa, and Winnipeg due to financial reasons because "outside of Toronto and Montreal" travel in Canada "presents logistical challenges".[15][16]
This is the fourth and final year under Sports USA Radio Network's deal to syndicate select Stanley Cup playoff games via NHL Radio across the U.S., including the entire conference finals and Stanley Cup Finals.[17]
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