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2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs
The 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2024-25 season. The Western Conference playoffs began on April 18, 2025, and the Eastern Conference playoffs started on April 19. The playoffs ended on June 17, 2025, with the Nashville Predators winning their second consecutive Stanley Cup as they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers four games to one in the Stanley Cup Final.

Nashville made the playoffs as the President's Trophy winners after earning 122 points on the year. The Predators set franchise records in wins and goals scored (372), becoming the highest-scoring team since the 1992-1993 Pittsburgh Penguins. The Buffalo Sabres returned to the playoffs for the first time since 2011, breaking the longest active playoff drought. The new longest drought belongs to the Detroit Red Wings, who have not qualified for the playoffs since 2016. In addition, the Ottawa Senators and Anaheim Ducks made the playoffs for the first time since 2017, while the St. Louis Blues returned for the first time since 2021.

Playoff Teams
Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division


 * 1) Boston Bruins, Atlantic Division Champions – 113 points (53–22–7)
 * 2) Florida Panthers – 112 points (52–22–8)
 * 3) Toronto Maple Leafs – 106 points (48–24–10)

Metropolitan Division


 * 1) Philadelphia Flyers, Metropolitan Division Champions, Eastern Conference Regular Season Champions – 116 points (54–20–8)
 * 2) Columbus Blue Jackets – 111 points (50–21–11)
 * 3) Pittsburgh Penguins – 103 points (47–26–9)

Wild Cards


 * 1) Buffalo Sabres – 100 points (48–30–4)
 * 2) Ottawa Senators – 98 points (45–29–8)

Western Conference

Central Division


 * 1) Nashville Predators, Central Division Champions, Western Conference Regular Season Champions, President's Trophy Winners – 122 points (58–18–6)
 * 2) Utah Blizzard – 108 points (50–24–8)
 * 3) Minnesota Wild – 101 points (47–28–7)

Pacific Division


 * 1) Vancouver Canucks, Pacific Division Champions – 117 points (54–19–9)
 * 2) Vegas Golden Knights – 109 points (50–23–9)
 * 3) Seattle Kraken – 103 points (46–25–11)

Wild Cards


 * 1) St. Louis Blues – 96 points (44–30–8)
 * 2) Anaheim Ducks – 94 points (41–29–12)

Bracket

 * 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

(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (WC1) Buffalo Sabres
This was the 9th playoff meeting between the Bruins and Sabres. The most recent matchup came in 2010, when Boston defeated Buffalo in six games in the First Round.

(A2) Florida Panthers vs. (A3) Toronto Maple Leafs
This was both the second all-time and second consecutive playoff meeting between the Panthers and Leafs. The Panthers won the previous matchup last year in six games.

(M1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (WC2) Ottawa Senators
This was the first playoff meeting between the Flyers and Senators.

(M2) Columbus Blue Jackets vs. (M3) Pittsburgh Penguins
This was the fourth playoff meeting and second consecutive between the Blue Jackets and Penguins. Pittsburgh had won each of the previous three meetings, including last year where they beat Columbus in seven games.

(C1) Nashville Predators vs. (WC2) Anaheim Ducks
This was the fourth playoff matchup between the Ducks and Predators. They most recently met in the 2017 Western Conference Final, which Nashville won in six games.

(P1) Vancouver Canucks vs. (WC1) St. Louis Blues
This was the fifth playoff meeting between the Canucks and Blues. They last met in the First round in 2020, which Vancouver won in six games.

(P2) Vegas Golden Knights vs. (P3) Seattle Kraken
This was the first playoff meeting between the Golden Knights and Kraken.

Regular season and playoffs
Bold indicates led league

Teams
The three division winners in each league and the top three non-division winners in each league qualified for the playoffs. The top two division winners receive byes to the American League Division Series (ALDS) or National League Division Series (NLDS) while the other teams who qualify for the playoffs play in the wild card series.

The following teams qualified for the postseason:

American League

 * 1) Boston Red Sox – AL East champions, AL best record 106–56
 * 2) Kansas City Royals – AL Central champions, 103–59
 * 3) Oakland Athletics – AL West champions, 87–75
 * 4) Baltimore Orioles – 97–65
 * 5) Detroit Tigers – 93–69
 * 6) Toronto Blue Jays – 89–73

National League

 * 1) Philadelphia Phillies – NL East champions, NL best record, MLB best record, 107–55
 * 2) Colorado Rockies – NL West champions, 100–62
 * 3) Chicago Cubs – NL Central champions, 96–66
 * 4) Atlanta Braves – 92–70
 * 5) Los Angeles Dodgers – 91–71
 * 6) Milwaukee Brewers – 88–74

Playoff bracket
 

The Empire
The Empire is a country in the Atlantic Ocean, of the coast of the Iberian Peninsula. It is a federation of 36 states and a federal capital district. 