After a six-month grind, the NHL's 2023-24 ... teams that didn't take part in last year's postseason in this year's field (Washington, Vancouver, Nashville). The first round will see three playoff ...

Sixteen teams ... NHL playoffs kick off with the first games of the first round. The format of the Stanley Cup playoffs had been altered in recent seasons due to COVID-19. The 2020 bubble ...

In 2020, the NHL expanded to a 24-team format in the bubble because of the regular season being cut short with the pandemic. Now, the normalcy of the playoff system is back and the anticipation is ...

Then, the 16 teams that will be playing in the conference quarterfinals of the Stanley Cup playoffs ... the NHL returned in two bubble cities (Edmonton and Toronto) earlier this month, 24 teams ...

The NHL became the first North American professional league to unveil a return-to-play plan Tuesday when Commissioner Gary Bettman announced a 24-team playoff format. Teams seeded Nos. 5-12 in ...

The NHL 24-team playoff format favors some teams more than others. The NHL made waves earlier this week with its official announcement of a 24-team playoff for if hockey can return later this year.

The NHL will return to play this year with a 24-team playoff format ... with 12 teams on each side of the bracket. From there, the top four teams in each conference by points percentage at ...

The NHL is officially set to return with a 24-team tournament ... round of the Stanley Cup playoffs are subject to change, though Bettman said the league would like a bracket over re-seeding.

On Tuesday, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced that league will transition into a 24-team, conferenced-based playoff format ... yet decided if it will be a bracket format or determined ...

The NHL has a plan for finishing its 2019-20 ... Sign up If teams remain safe after all of that, a 24-team playoff bracket will immediately begin with the Eastern and Western conference teams ...

The NHL is coming back. The league took a big step toward completing its 2019-20 season amid the coronavirus pandemic. Commissioner Gary Bettman announced a 24-team playoff format that had been ...