Conference Quarterfinals: The first round of the playoffs, also known as the Conference Quarterfinals, features the top-seeded team in each conference facing the eighth-seeded team, the second-seeded team facing the seventh-seeded team, and so on.Here's how the NHL playoffs bracket works: The teams are seeded within their respective conferences based on their regular-season performance, with the top-seeded team facing off against the lowest-seeded team in each round. The NHL playoffs bracket is structured as a bracket-style tournament, with 16 teams competing in four rounds of best-of-seven series to determine the Stanley Cup champion. NHL playoff standings NHL Eastern Conference Playoffs picture
In the Conference Final and Stanley Cup Final, home-ice advantage goes to the team with the better regular-season record, regardless of their division. Home-ice advantage through the first two rounds is given to the team that placed higher in the regular-season standings. The winners of the First Round within each bracket will play each other in the Second Round to determine the four participants in the Conference Finals. The teams finishing second and third in each division will play each other in the First Round within their respective division's bracket. In the First Round of the playoffs, the division winner with the best record in each conference will play against the wild card team with the worse record, while the wild card team with the better record will play the other division winner. This means one division can have five teams in the postseason while the other has just three. The top three teams from each division make up the first 12 teams in the playoffs, while the remaining four spots are filled by the following two highest-placed finishers in each conference, regardless of their division.
The current playoff format is a set bracket, mostly division-based, with wild cards. In the NHL playoffs, 16 teams qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OUR PRINTABLE BRACKET NHL playoff format
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