Nhl playoffs how does it work

Central Division: 1 Hurricanes vs. The first seed of each division will play the fourth-place team while the No. The winners of these first-round meetings will then face off to crown a division winner. Once the divisions wrap up their play, the four remaining teams advance to the Stanley Cup semifinals. The four teams will be re-seeded based on their regular-season point totals with the team with the most points facing the team with the fewest.

The winners of the semis battle it out in the Stanley Cup Final. Campbell Bowl in The 12 teams in the United States have been allowing fans into their buildings for a while, with some teams upping their capacity recently. In Canada, like the regular season, fans will not be in attendance. NHL playoff fan capacity: Nashville: 12, St. Because of the border closure between the United States and Canada, and Canada's quarantine requirement upon arrival, there have been some discussions regarding whether the team will need to be relocated.

If cross-border travel is not allowed by the Canadian government, it sounds like the Canadian division champ will relocate to an NHL city whose team did not make the playoffs south of the border. ESPN's Greg Wyshynski reports that the NHL has told the Canadian government that it will need to know by June 1, which is one day after the first round can end, if it goes the distance. Ice Hockey. Ducks GM Bob Murray resigns over abuse allegations, will enter alcohol treatment program.

View all Metropolitan Sites. More Central News ». More FS Central News ». View all Central Sites. Louis Blues Winnipeg Jets. More Pacific News ». More FS Pacific News ». View all Pacific Sites. More FanSided News ». More News Around the Network ». Of the remaining teams in each Conference not division the top 2 teams will become the wild card teams.

The wild card team with the lesser record W2 in the bracket will play the overall number 1 seed, the wild card team with the better record W1 will play the other number one seed. A strange feature of this, is that a wild card from one division could actually be playing in another division's section of the bracket.

Once the matchups are determined, the location of the division names in the bracket above could change. The overall number 1 seed in each conference will be at the top of the bracket. One important thing to note is that teams are NOT re-seeded as they were in the past. This allows you to now be able to run a bracket pick'em pool just like the March Madness Tournament!