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Series introduction Round-robin teams
This was the ... playoff series between these two teams. ... won their Round-robin game between these two teams in the 2020 Stanley Cup Qualifiers (game score).

2023–24 to be added
April 15
 * Buffalo ✓ ✓
 * Nashville ✓ ✓
 * New Jersey ✓ ✓
 * NY Rangers ✓ ✓

April 16
 * Boston ✓ ✓
 * Carolina ✓ ✓
 * Columbus ✓ ✓
 * Detroit ✓ ✓
 * Florida ✓ ✓
 * Montreal ✓ ✓
 * Ottawa ✓ ✓
 * Philadelphia ✓ ✓
 * Washington ✓ ✓

April 17
 * Arizona ✓ ✓
 * Dallas ✓ ✓
 * NY Islanders ✓ ✓
 * Pittsburgh ✓ ✓
 * St. Louis ✓ ✓
 * Tampa Bay ✓ ✓
 * Toronto ✓ ✓

April 18
 * Anaheim ✓ ✓
 * Calgary ✓ ✓
 * Chicago ✓ ✓
 * Colorado ✓ ✓
 * Edmonton ✓ ✓
 * Los Angeles ✓ ✓
 * Minnesota ✓ ✓
 * San Jose ✓ ✓
 * Seattle ✓ ✓
 * Vancouver ✓ ✓
 * Vegas ✓ ✓
 * Winnipeg ✓ ✓

VGK vs. STL
This is the first playoff series between these two teams. Vegas won their round-robin game between these two teams in the 2020 Stanley Cup Qualifiers 6–4.

COL vs. MIN
This is the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Minnesota winning two of the three previous series. They last met in the 2014 Western Conference First Round, which Minnesota won in seven games. Colorado won five of eight games in this year's regular season series.

TOR vs. EDM
This is the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

TOR vs. WPG
This is the first playoff meeting between these two teams. This is also the first Stanley Cup playoff meeting between these two cities since 1902, when the Winnipeg Victorias retained the Stanley Cup by defeating the Toronto Wellingtons. Toronto won six of ten games in this year's regular season series.

WPG vs. MTL
This is the first playoff meeting between these two teams. This is also the first Stanley Cup playoff meeting between these two cities since 1908, when the Montreal Wanderers retained the Stanley Cup by defeating the Winnipeg Maple Leafs. Winnipeg won six of nine games in this year's regular season series.

Divisional playoffs
In each round, teams 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 plays at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the other team is at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary). The top three teams in each division make 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 plays against the division winner with the best record while the other wild card plays against the other division winner, and both wild cards are de facto #4 seeds. The other series match the second and third place teams from the divisions. In the first two rounds, home ice advantage is awarded to the team with the better seed. Thereafter, it is awarded to the team that had the better regular season record.


 * 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