Stanley Cup Playoffs TV schedule (2024)

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Where can I watch the Stanley Cup playoffs? ›

Game 4 of the Vancouver Canucks vs. Edmonton Oilers NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs series will be played on May 14, 2024 at 9:30 p.m. ET (6:30 p.m. PT). The game will air on ESPN and stream on Sling TV and the platforms featured below.

The structure of the playoffs is as follows: The division winner with the most points in each conference will face the second Wild Card team in the first round. The division winner with fewer points in each conference will match up with the top Wild Card team in the first round.

16 teams will qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The format is a set bracket that is largely division-based with wild cards. The top three teams in each division will make up the first 12 teams in the playoffs.

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You can see the latest 2024 NHL Stanley Cup odds here, along with how each team fares in the odds throughout the course of the 2023-2024 NHL season. The Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes are currently co-favorites to win the Stanley Cup. These teams are +660 at most NHL betting sites.

Of the 15 staffers who made their predictions for this postseason, seven picked Dallas to win it all. Three went with the New York Rangers, two went with the Edmonton Oilers, two others went with the Carolina Hurricanes, while one predicted the Florida Panthers to win it all.

The odds remain tight at the top with the Hurricanes (+550 to +600) the narrow favorite over the New York Rangers (+650 to +750) and the Florida Panthers (+600 to +650).

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The Montreal Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup 24 times and made the Finals an additional eleven times.

Who gets home ice in the Stanley Cup finals? ›

For the first three rounds, the higher-seeded team has home-ice advantage. In the Stanley Cup Finals, it goes to the team with the better regular season record. The team with home-ice advantage hosts games 1, 2, 5 and 7, while the opponent hosts games 3, 4 and 6 (games 5–7 are played "if needed").

Playoffs Playoffs: In the playoffs, the top teams will be played in a tournament to decide the best team. In the NHL, 16 teams are in the playoffs. In the round of 16, the best western conference team faces the worst western conference team. Play-offs are played in a best of 7.

Only two franchises have gone undefeated in the Stanley Cup Playoffs: the 1946 Canadiens and the 1952 Red Wings, who went 8-0 when winning the Stanley Cup.

Players have quickly taken to the notion of a team in Utah after the NHL's Board of Governors voted on April 18 to establish a team there beginning with the 2024-25 season. The franchise consists of a transfer of the Arizona Coyotes hockey assets.

The Stanley Cup playoffs (French: Les séries éliminatoires de la Coupe Stanley) is the annual elimination tournament to determine the winner of the Stanley Cup, and by default the league champion of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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.