The first team to win 4 games will continue on to the next round. So, if a team loses the first 4 games in the opening round of the playoffs, they are eliminated from competition and the other team advances onto round 2. Meanwhile, a team can play all 7 games in each round, win those series by a margin and totaling 28 games played. The same could be happen to the Stanley Cup Final runner up, except that they lost the last series Keep in mind that the Stanley Cup Champions end up winning 16 games throughout the playoffs.
If you'd like to learn more about how teams qualify for the playoffs, make sure to check out my blog post here. In an game season, the NHL schedules 1, regular season games for all thirty-two teams combined. The NHL did not always follow an game calendar. Since the season, teams played anywhere from games in a season.
The game season took place due to lockouts. A handful of players opted out of this summer's postseason, and there was one-high profile case of a player choosing to leave the bubble after the tournament began Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask , citing a family emergency. It's unclear how many players will choose to sit out , though newly signed Capitals goalie Henrik Lundqvist announced last week he will not be playing this season due to a heart condition.
The NHL has been in contact about procuring the vaccine from private companies to distribute to players, coaches and other staff, but nothing is imminent.
As they did with securing COVID tests over the summer, the NHL is extremely image conscious about jumping the line in front of public need, so this is something that wouldn't come down for a few months.
The NHL has never previously mandated a vaccine to players. Generally, the league will send recommendations to teams and players to get vaccines -- such as the flu shot, or during the mumps outbreak a few years ago -- and doctors who can administer the vaccine will come to training camp or the team facility. However, it is up to the player whether he wants to be vaccinated.
Even if most agree that vaccination is the best path forward, enforcing mandatory vaccinations infringes on players' individual rights and could be a slippery slope going forward.
The regular season will wrap up on May 8 and then the league will return to a team, best-of-seven, four-round playoff format. Four teams from each division will qualify for the playoffs. The first two rounds will be intradvisional play. Then, the four division winners will advance to the semifinals, reseeded based on their regular-season point totals No. The two semifinal teams will play in the Stanley Cup Final -- and if you've been following along, that means it's not necessarily going to be an Eastern Conference team versus a Western Conference team competing for the Cup.
Bring on the chaos! The trade deadline will be on April The Seattle Kraken expansion draft will be on July 21 teams need to submit their protected lists by July The draft will be held July The free agency signing period will begin on July NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has repeatedly said his goal is to return to a normal October-to-June cadence for the season, which is especially important to the league since that's when it is welcoming Seattle into the fold, as well as beginning a new television rights deal in the U.
For the first time, NHL teams will be able to put advertisements on the sides of players' helmets. It will be a way for teams to recoup some revenue, and also make good to pre-existing or naming rights sponsors.
According to league sources, the agreement is only for this season, and the league will sign off on the ad choices knowing the NHL, don't expect to see anything too outlandish.
The prorated season also forced a few other tweaks. For example, typically if a rookie plays 10 games, that means his entry-level contract kicks in for that season.
This season, that threshold for rookies will be seven games. To help alleviate call-up issues, teams will be able to carry taxi squads of four to six players.
The taxi squad would practice with the regular player roster, potentially travel with the varsity club it's an option, not required and have to follow the same COVID protocols.
That game will be followed by the first official contest to include the Kraken, who take on the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena with puck drop scheduled for 10 p.
The Capitals open their season Oct. The original Jets were division rivals with Toronto for their final three seasons in Winnipeg and were longtime Smythe Division foes of Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver All three teams competed in the East Division from to each of the Canucks' first four NHL seasons before the League realigned in With the addition of Anaheim in , the three-team California intrastate rivalry continues for a 27th straight campaign.
Arizona remains in the same division as the California trio for a 22nd consecutive season since Louis share divisional ties as the Kings and Blues were part of the inaugural West Division for seven seasons beginning in when the NHL expanded to 12 teams. They also were joined in that division by the Minnesota North Stars, who then battled the Blues in the Smythe and Norris Divisions for 16 of their 19 remaining seasons before relocating to Dallas Smythe: ; Norris: Chicago and Nashville are next in line with 22 straight campaigns, playing against each other in the Central Division for the Predators' entire history.
PHI in Patrick Division. The Flyers join them for a 46th straight campaign dating to , while the Devils, Flyers, Islanders and Rangers align in the same division for a 38th consecutive season since
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