Playoffs de la Copa Stanley 2017

Playoffs de la Copa Stanley 2017

Detalles del torneo
fechas	12 de abril a 11 de junio de 2017
Equipos	dieciséis
Campeones defensores	Pingüinos de Pittsburgh
Posiciones finales
Campeones	Pingüinos de Pittsburgh
Subcampeón	Depredadores de Nashville
Estadísticas del torneo
Líder (es) de puntuación	Evgeni Malkin (pingüinos) (28 puntos)
MVP	Sidney Crosby (pingüinos)
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Los playoffs de la Copa Stanley 2017 de la Liga Nacional de Hockey (NHL) comenzaron el 12 de abril de 2017, después de la temporada regular 2016-17 y concluyeron el 11 de junio de 2017, cuando los Pittsburgh Penguins derrotaron a los Nashville Predators cuatro juegos a dos en las Finales. para ganar la Copa Stanley por segundo año consecutivo.

Los Washington Capitals llegaron a los playoffs como ganadores del Trofeo de los Presidentes por segundo año consecutivo con la mayor cantidad de puntos (es decir, el mejor récord) durante la temporada regular. Los Detroit Red Wings no pudieron llegar a los playoffs por primera vez desde la temporada 1989-90 , poniendo fin a la racha de playoffs activa más larga de la NHL en 25 temporadas consecutivas; la racha también estuvo empatada por la tercera racha más larga en la historia de la NHL. ^[1] La racha de playoffs activa más larga se trasladó a los Pittsburgh Penguins con once apariciones consecutivas. ^[2] Los Edmonton Oilers llegaron a los playoffs por primera vez desde2006 , poniendo fin a una sequía récord de playoffs para un equipo con diez años perdidos (los Florida Panthers también se perdieron los playoffs entre 2001 y 2011 inclusive). ^[3] Por primera vez desde 2006, ambos equipos de Alberta , los Oilers y los Calgary Flames , se clasificaron para la postemporada en el mismo año. Por primera vez desde 2013 , y cuarta vez desde 2002 , los tres equipos del este de Canadá ( Montreal Canadiens , Ottawa Senators y Toronto Maple Leafs) clasificado para los playoffs. En total, cinco equipos con sede en Canadá llegaron a los playoffs, igualando 2004 y 2015 , después de una temporada en la que ninguno de los siete equipos de Canadá compitió. Cinco equipos de Original Six llegaron a los playoffs, y solo los Red Wings mencionados anteriormente no lo lograron.

La primera ronda vio dieciocho juegos en tiempo extra, eclipsando el récord anterior de diecisiete juegos en tiempo extra en la primera ronda establecida en 2013 . ^{[4] [5]} Hubo 27 juegos de tiempo extra en total en estos playoffs, uno menos que el récord establecido en 1993 . También fue la primera vez desde 2001 que ninguna serie de primera ronda llegó a los siete juegos completos.

Por octava temporada consecutiva (y la duodécima vez en las últimas catorce temporadas), un equipo con sede en California estuvo en la Final de la Conferencia Oeste. ^[6]

Semillas de playoffs

Más información: Playoffs de la Copa Stanley § Formato actual

Este fue el cuarto año en el que los tres mejores equipos de cada división llegan a los playoffs, junto con dos comodines en cada conferencia (para un total de ocho equipos de playoffs de cada conferencia).

Los siguientes equipos se clasificaron para los playoffs: ^[7]

Conferencia Este

División del Atlántico

1. Montreal Canadiens , campeones de la División Atlántica - 103 puntos
2. Senadores de Ottawa - 98 puntos
3. Boston Bruins - 95 puntos (42 filas )

División Metropolitana

1. Washington Capitals, Metropolitan Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 118 points
2. Pittsburgh Penguins – 111 points
3. Columbus Blue Jackets – 108 points

Wild Cards

1. New York Rangers – 102 points
2. Toronto Maple Leafs – 95 points (39 ROWs)

Western Conference

Central Division

1. Chicago Blackhawks, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions – 109 points
2. Minnesota Wild – 106 points
3. St. Louis Blues – 99 points

Pacific Division

1. Anaheim Ducks, Pacific Division champions – 105 points
2. Edmonton Oilers – 103 points
3. San Jose Sharks – 99 points

Wild Cards

1. Calgary Flames – 94 points (41 ROWs)
2. Nashville Predators – 94 points (39 ROWs)

Playoff bracket

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

First Round

Second Round

Conference Finals

Stanley Cup Finals

A1

Montreal

2

WC

NY Rangers

4

WC

NY Rangers

2

A2

Ottawa

4

A2

Ottawa

4

A3

Boston

2

A2

Ottawa

3

Eastern Conference

M2

Pittsburgh

4

M1

Washington

4

WC

Toronto

2

M1

Washington

3

M2

Pittsburgh

4

M2

Pittsburgh

4

M3

Columbus

1

M2

Pittsburgh

4

WC

Nashville

2

C1

Chicago

0

WC

Nashville

4

WC

Nashville

4

C3

St. Louis

2

C2

Minnesota

1

C3

St. Louis

4

WC

Nashville

4

Western Conference

P1

Anaheim

2

P1

Anaheim

4

WC

Calgary

0

P1

Anaheim

4

P2

Edmonton

3

P2

Edmonton

4

P3

San Jose

2

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

First Round

Eastern Conference First Round

(A1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (WC1) New York Rangers

The Montreal Canadiens finished first in the Atlantic Division earning 103 points. The New York Rangers finished as the Eastern Conference's first wild-card, earning 102 points. This was the sixteenth playoff meeting between these two teams with New York winning eight of the fifteen previous series. They last met in the 2014 Eastern Conference Finals, in which New York won in six games. Montreal won all three games in this year's regular-season series.

The Rangers eliminated the Canadiens in six games. In the first game of the series, Tanner Glass and Michael Grabner scored the only goals of the games as the Rangers won the game 2–0 on Henrik Lundqvist's 31-save shutout.^[8] In game two, the Canadiens tied the game with 18 seconds left, then in overtime, Alexander Radulov pushed it past the Rangers' goaltender to give Montreal a 4–3 victory.^[9] Radulov continued his scoring into game three, getting a goal and an assist to help the Canadiens achieve a 3–1 victory.^[10] The Rangers ended a six-game home-losing streak after game four, winning 2–1 over the Canadiens to tie the series 2–2.^[11] Mika Zibanejad got the overtime-winner for the Rangers in game five after Chris Kreider deflected a pass off of Canadiens defenceman Alexei Emelin, landing towards the forward who put it past goaltender Carey Price in a 3–2 win.^[12] Mats Zuccarello scored twice in game six as the Rangers eliminated the Canadiens in a 3–1 victory to advance to the second round.

April 12	New York Rangers		2–0		Montreal Canadiens	Bell Centre	Recap
Tanner Glass (1) – 09:50		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Michael Grabner (1) – en'’ – 18:50		Third period			No scoring
Henrik Lundqvist 31 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Carey Price 29 saves / 30 shots

April 14	New York Rangers		3–4	OT	Montreal Canadiens	Bell Centre	Recap
Michael Grabner (2) – 13:48		First period			04:05 – Jeff Petry (1) 15:42 – Paul Byron (1)
Rick Nash (1) – 09:58 Mats Zuccarello (1) – 14:47		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			19:42 – Tomas Plekanec (1)
No scoring		First overtime period			18:34 – Alexander Radulov (1)
Henrik Lundqvist 54 saves / 58 shots		Goalie stats			Carey Price 35 saves / 38 shots

April 16	Montreal Canadiens		3–1		New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Artturi Lehkonen (1) – pp – 17:37		Second period			No scoring
Shea Weber (1) – pp – 07:42 Alexander Radulov (2) – 15:35		Third period			17:04 – Brady Skjei (1)
Carey Price 20 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats			Henrik Lundqvist 26 saves / 29 shots

April 18	Montreal Canadiens		1–2		New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
Torrey Mitchell (1) – 18:37		First period			11:39 – Jesper Fast (1)
No scoring		Second period			04:28 – Rick Nash (2)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Carey Price 30 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Henrik Lundqvist 23 saves / 24 shots

April 20	New York Rangers		3–2	OT	Montreal Canadiens	Bell Centre	Recap
Jesper Fast (2) – sh – 15:56		First period			12:07 – Artturi Lehkonen (2) 16:20 – pp – Brendan Gallagher (1)
Brady Skjei (2) – 18:28		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Mika Zibanejad (1) – 14:22		First overtime period			No scoring
Henrik Lundqvist 34 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats			Carey Price 33 saves / 36 shots

April 22	Montreal Canadiens		1–3		New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
Alexei Emelin (1) – 06:19		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			02:26 – pp – Mats Zuccarello (2) 13:31 – Mats Zuccarello (3)
No scoring		Third period			19:42 – Derek Stepan - en’’- (1)
Carey Price 20 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats			Henrik Lundqvist 27 saves / 28 shots

New York won series 4–2

(A2) Ottawa Senators vs. (A3) Boston Bruins

The Ottawa Senators finished second in the Atlantic Division, earning 98 points. The Boston Bruins earned 95 points in the regular season to finish third in the Atlantic. This was the first playoff meeting between the contemporary Ottawa franchise and Boston, and the first Boston-Ottawa series since the 1927 Stanley Cup Finals. Ottawa won all four games in this year's regular season series.

The Senators eliminated the Bruins in six games. In the first game, the Senators gained a 1–0 lead into the third on Bobby Ryan's goal in the second period, however, the Bruins scored twice in the final period with Brad Marchand having the final tally 2:33 before the game ended 2–1 for Boston.^[13] In game two, Ottawa came back from a two-goal deficit in the third period and won via Dion Phaneuf whose goal in overtime helped tie the series 1–1 after a 4–3 conquest.^[14] In game three, Ottawa had a three-goal lead with Mike Hoffman scoring twice, but the Bruins came back with three goals in the third period. In overtime, Bruins forward Riley Nash took a roughing penalty and on the ensuing power play, Bobby Ryan tipped in a pass from Kyle Turris ending the game 4–3 for the Senators.^[15] Bobby Ryan scored the only goal in game four, at the 5:49 mark of the third period, allowing the Senators to achieve a 3–1 series lead.^[16] Boston came back from an early 2–0 deficit in game five and the game would go to overtime. In double-overtime, Bruins rookie Sean Kuraly scored his second goal of the game, completing the comeback in a 3–2 feat.^[17] In game six, Clarke MacArthur scored the series-winning goal on the power play in overtime for Ottawa to advance to the second round.^[18]

April 12	Boston Bruins		2–1		Ottawa Senators	Canadian Tire Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			10:28 – Bobby Ryan (1)
Frank Vatrano (1) – 04:55 Brad Marchand (1) – 17:27		Third period			No scoring
Tuukka Rask 26 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats			Craig Anderson 23 saves / 25 shots

April 15	Boston Bruins		3–4	OT	Ottawa Senators	Canadian Tire Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Drew Stafford (1) – 09:47 Tim Schaller (1) – sh – 12:39 Patrice Bergeron (1) – pp – 16:01		Second period			10:57 – pp – Clarke MacArthur (1)
No scoring		Third period			05:28 – Chris Wideman (1) 07:48 – Derick Brassard (1)
No scoring		First overtime period			01:59 – Dion Phaneuf (1)
Tuukka Rask 25 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Craig Anderson 26 saves / 29 shots

April 17	Ottawa Senators		4–3	OT	Boston Bruins	TD Garden	Recap
Mike Hoffman (1) – 07:15 Derick Brassard (2) – 07:40		First period			No scoring
Mike Hoffman (2) – pp – 03:42		Second period			06:05 – Noel Acciari (1) 06:47 – David Backes (1) 13:51 – pp – David Pastrnak (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Bobby Ryan (2) – pp – 05:43		First overtime period			No scoring
Craig Anderson 17 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats			Tuukka Rask 28 saves / 32 shots

April 19	Ottawa Senators		1–0		Boston Bruins	TD Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Bobby Ryan (3) – 05:49		Third period			No scoring
Craig Anderson 22 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats			Tuukka Rask 26 saves / 27 shots

April 21	Boston Bruins		3–2	2OT	Ottawa Senators	Canadian Tire Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			11:19 – Mark Stone (1)
David Pastrnak (2) – 08:40 Sean Kuraly (1) – 17:05		Second period			00:30 – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Sean Kuraly (2) – 10:19		Second overtime period			No scoring
Tuukka Rask 41 saves / 43 shots		Goalie stats			Craig Anderson 36 saves / 39 shots

April 23	Ottawa Senators		3–2	OT	Boston Bruins	TD Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			18:13 – pp – Drew Stafford (2)
Bobby Ryan (4) – pp – 03:26 Kyle Turris (1) – 08:32		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			01:57 – Patrice Bergeron (1)
Clarke MacArthur (2) – pp – 06:30		First overtime period			No scoring
Craig Anderson 28 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Tuukka Rask 26 saves / 29 shots

Ottawa won series 4–2

(M1) Washington Capitals vs. (WC2) Toronto Maple Leafs

The Washington Capitals earned the Presidents' Trophy for the second consecutive year as the NHL's best regular season team this time with 118 points. The Toronto Maple Leafs finished as the Eastern Conference's second wild-card, earning 95 points. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Washington won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.

This became only the third playoff series in NHL history in which five games were decided in overtime (the first being the 1951 Stanley Cup Finals between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens and the second occurring in the 2012 Western Conference Quarterfinals between the Phoenix Coyotes and the Chicago Blackhawks).

The Capitals defeated the Maple Leafs in six games. Although Toronto had a two-goal lead in the first ten minutes of the first game, Washington scored two goals, both from Justin Williams, and won the game 3–2 in overtime from Tom Wilson's goal.^[19] In game two, rookie Kasperi Kapanen scored twice including the game-winner in double-overtime leading the Maple Leafs to a 4–3 victory.^[20] Washington took two two-goal leads in game three; the first pick in the 2016 NHL Draft, Auston Matthews, helped soften the lead with his first playoff goal, but after the Capitals got a 3–1 lead, the Maple Leafs scored twice to tie the game. Then in overtime, Tyler Bozak tipped a shot past the Capitals' goaltender to give the Leafs a 2–1 series lead.^[21] Game four was the only game of the series not to go into overtime; Tom Wilson and T. J. Oshie both scored two goals and Oshie's second goal proved to be the game-winner in a 5–4 victory after an attempted comeback by Toronto was thwarted.^[22] Game five featured the fourth overtime game of this series with Justin Williams scoring for Capitals in a 2–1, taking a 3–2 series lead in the process.^[23] In game six, the game went to overtime for the fifth time this series and at 6:31 of the first overtime period Marcus Johansson scored his second goal for the Capitals in a 2–1 victory and another trip to the second round.^[24]

April 13	Toronto Maple Leafs		2–3	OT	Washington Capitals	Verizon Center	Recap
Mitch Marner (1) – 01:35 Jake Gardiner (1) – 09:44		First period			12:24 – pp – Justin Williams (1)
No scoring		Second period			16:00 – Justin Williams (2)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			05:15 – Tom Wilson (1)
Frederik Andersen 41 saves / 44 shots		Goalie stats			Braden Holtby 35 saves / 37 shots

April 15	Toronto Maple Leafs		4–3	2OT	Washington Capitals	Verizon Center	Recap
James van Riemsdyk (1) – 17:34		First period			No scoring
Kasperi Kapanen (1) – 14:25 Morgan Rielly (1) – pp – 19:46		Second period			03:47 – pp – Alexander Ovechkin (1) 11:06 – pp – John Carlson (1)
No scoring		Third period			12:39 – Nicklas Backstrom (1)
Kasperi Kapanen (2) – 11:53		Second overtime period			No scoring
Frederik Andersen 47 saves / 50 shots		Goalie stats			Braden Holtby 47 saves / 51 shots

April 17	Washington Capitals		3–4	OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	Air Canada Centre	Recap
Nicklas Backstrom (2) – 02:43 Alexander Ovechkin (2) – 04:49		First period			14:08 – Auston Matthews (1)
Evgeny Kuznetsov (1) – 05:39		Second period			15:13 – Nazem Kadri (1) 19:20 – William Nylander (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			01:37 – pp – Tyler Bozak (1)
Braden Holtby 24 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Frederik Andersen 23 saves / 26 shots

April 19	Washington Capitals		5–4		Toronto Maple Leafs	Air Canada Centre	Recap
T. J. Oshie (1) – 02:58 Alexander Ovechkin (3) – pp – 04:34 Tom Wilson (2) – 13:41 Tom Wilson (3) – 16:04		First period			05:16 – Zach Hyman (1)
No scoring		Second period			05:39 – pp – James van Riemsdyk (2)
T. J. Oshie (2) – 12:59		Third period			12:00 – Auston Matthews (2) 19:33 – Tyler Bozak (2)
Braden Holtby 30 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats			Frederik Andersen 22 saves / 27 shots

April 21	Toronto Maple Leafs		1–2	OT	Washington Capitals	Verizon Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			18:15 – pp – T. J. Oshie (3)
Auston Matthews (3) – 06:00		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			01:04 – Justin Williams (3)
Frederik Andersen 26 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Braden Holtby 24 saves / 25 shots

April 23	Washington Capitals		2–1	OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	Air Canada Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Marcus Johansson (1) – 12:49		Third period			07:45 – Auston Matthews (4)
Marcus Johansson (2) – 06:31		First overtime period			No scoring
Braden Holtby 37 saves / 38 shots		Goalie stats			Frederik Andersen 34 saves / 36 shots

Washington won series 4–2

(M2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (M3) Columbus Blue Jackets

The Pittsburgh Penguins finished second in the Metropolitan Division earning 111 points. The Columbus Blue Jackets earned 108 points to finish third in the Metropolitan. This was the second playoff meeting between these teams; they last met in the 2014 Eastern Conference First Round, which Pittsburgh won in six games. The teams split this year's four-game regular season series.

The Penguins defeated the Blue Jackets in five games. Before game one began, Matt Murray, the starting goaltender for the Penguins, injured himself during warm-ups forcing Marc-Andre Fleury, who had been demoted to the backup for the season, to start the game; his team would win the game 3–1, making 31 saves in the process.^[25] Sidney Crosby got a goal and two assists in game two as the Penguins defeated the Blue Jackets 4–1 and took a 2–0 series lead.^[26] In game three, Jake Guentzel scored a hat-trick, his third being the overtime-winner as the Penguins came back from a two-goal deficit and defeated the Blue Jackets 5–4 and take a 3–0 series lead.^[27] Columbus avoided a sweep in game four, scoring with five different players in a 5–4 victory; this was also the franchise's first playoff win in regulation.^[28] In game five, Bryan Rust scored twice, including the series-winner, and Fleury made 49 saves in a 5–2 win for the Penguins to advance to the second round.^[29]

April 12	Columbus Blue Jackets		1–3		Pittsburgh Penguins	PPG Paints Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			01:15 – Bryan Rust (1) 03:35 – pp – Phil Kessel (1) 16:25 – Nick Bonino (1)
Matt Calvert (1) – 12:41		Third period			No scoring
Sergei Bobrovsky 26 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Marc-Andre Fleury 31 saves / 32 shots

April 14	Columbus Blue Jackets		1–4		Pittsburgh Penguins	PPG Paints Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			08:31 – Sidney Crosby (1)
Brandon Saad (1) – 07:00		Second period			07:51 – Jake Guentzel (1)
No scoring		Third period			02:01 – Evgeni Malkin (1) 19:14 – en – Patric Hornqvist (1)
Sergei Bobrovsky 28 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Marc-Andre Fleury 39 saves / 40 shots

April 16	Pittsburgh Penguins		5–4	OT	Columbus Blue Jackets	Nationwide Arena	Recap
Jake Guentzel (2) – 03:17		First period			00:11 – Cam Atkinson (1) 05:02 – Cam Atkinson (2) 06:10 – pp – Zach Werenski (1)
Bryan Rust (2) – 05:21 Evgeni Malkin (2) – 13:25		Second period			No scoring
Jake Guentzel (3) – pp – 11:48		Third period			15:11 – Brandon Dubinsky (1)
Jake Guentzel (4) – 13:10		First overtime period			No scoring
Marc-Andre Fleury 33 saves / 37 shots		Goalie stats			Sergei Bobrovsky 42 saves / 47 shots

April 18	Pittsburgh Penguins		4–5		Columbus Blue Jackets	Nationwide Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			11:46 – Jack Johnson (1) 18:56 – Josh Anderson (1)
Patric Hornqvist (2) – pp – 06:43 Ron Hainsey (1) – 16:24		Second period			04:48 – Markus Nutivaara (1)
Tom Kuhnhackl (1) – 02:10 Jake Guentzel (5) – sh – 19:32		Third period			00:27 – William Karlsson (1) 05:37 – Boone Jenner (1)
Marc-Andre Fleury 29 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats			Sergei Bobrovsky 27 saves / 31 shots

April 20	Columbus Blue Jackets		2–5		Pittsburgh Penguins	PPG Paints Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			09:07 – pp – Phil Kessel (2)
William Karlsson (2) – 09:30 Boone Jenner (2) – pp – 12:24		Second period			01:07 – Bryan Rust (3) 03:50 – Bryan Rust (4)
No scoring		Third period			05:31 – pp – Sidney Crosby (2) 06:22 – Scott Wilson (1)
Sergei Bobrovsky 27 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Marc-Andre Fleury 49 saves / 51 shots

Pittsburgh won series 4–1

Western Conference First Round

(C1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (WC2) Nashville Predators

The Chicago Blackhawks finished first in the Central Division earning 109 points. The Nashville Predators finished as the Western Conference's second wild-card, earning 94 points. This was the third playoff meeting between these teams with Chicago winning both previous series. They last met in the 2015 Western Conference First Round, which Chicago won in six games. Chicago won four of the five games in this year's regular season series.

The Predators defeated the Blackhawks in a four-game sweep; this was the first time in NHL playoff history that an eighth-seeded team swept a playoff series against the top seed in their conference. Viktor Arvidsson scored the only goal in game one as the Predators shut out the Blackhawks, stopping all 29 shots they faced.^[30] The Blackhawks remained scoreless after game two, instead being outscored 5–0 with Pekka Rinne not only stopping all 30 shots he faced, but also providing two assists.^[31] Chicago finally scored a goal in game three and they maintained a two-goal lead throughout the second period, but in the third period, Filip Forsberg scored twice for Nashville to tie the game and send it to overtime. In overtime, Nashville forward Kevin Fiala skated around Chicago goalie Corey Crawford and put the puck past the Chicago netminder to complete the comeback in a 3–2 victory giving them their first 3–0 series lead.^[32] In game four, Roman Josi scored twice in a 4–1 victory and Rinne made 30 saves for the Predators, who swept a playoff opponent for the first time in franchise history.^[33]

April 13	Nashville Predators		1–0		Chicago Blackhawks	United Center	Recap
Viktor Arvidsson (1) – 07:52		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Pekka Rinne 29 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Corey Crawford 19 saves / 20 shots

April 15	Nashville Predators		5–0		Chicago Blackhawks	United Center	Recap
Ryan Ellis (1) – 03:44		First period			No scoring
Harry Zolnierczyk (1) – 02:51 Colton Sissons (1) – 13:00		Second period			No scoring
Ryan Johansen (1) – 13:46 Kevin Fiala (1) – pp – 18:13		Third period			No scoring
Pekka Rinne 30 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Corey Crawford 24 saves / 29 shots

April 17	Chicago Blackhawks		2–3	OT	Nashville Predators	Bridgestone Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Dennis Rasmussen (1) – 01:05 Patrick Kane (1) – pp – 11:15		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			04:24 – Filip Forsberg (1) 14:08 – Filip Forsberg (2)
No scoring		First overtime period			16:44 – Kevin Fiala (2)
Corey Crawford 46 saves / 49 shots		Goalie stats			Pekka Rinne 34 saves / 36 shots

April 20	Chicago Blackhawks		1–4		Nashville Predators	Bridgestone Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			09:41 – Roman Josi (1)
Jonathan Toews (1) – pp – 14:42		Third period			08:52 – Colton Sissons (2) 10:21 – Roman Josi (2) 18:12 – en – Viktor Arvidsson (2)
Corey Crawford 22 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Pekka Rinne 30 saves / 31 shots

Nashville won series 4–0

(C2) Minnesota Wild vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues

The Minnesota Wild finished second in the Central Division earning 106 points. The St. Louis Blues earned 99 points to finish third in the Central. This was the second playoff meeting between these teams; their only previous meeting was the 2015 Western Conference First Round, which Minnesota won in six games. St. Louis won three of the five games in this year's regular season series.

The Blues defeated the Wild in five games. St. Louis won the first game of the series 2–1 17:48 into overtime from Joel Edmundson's wrist shot after the Wild tied the game in the final minute of the game, Jake Allen made 51 saves in the process.^[34] In game two, Jaden Schwartz scored the game-winner with 2:27 left in the third period, giving the Blues another 2–1 victory over the Wild.^[35] The Wild continued to score only one goal in each game this series, losing the game nevertheless, this time 3–1 as Allen made 40 saves and the Blues took a 3–0 series lead.^[36] Devan Dubnyk kept the Wild alive in the series, stopping all 28 shots he faced in a 2–0 victory in game four.^[37] In game five, the Blues took a 3–1 lead in the third period only to see the Wild tie it up in the last ten minutes. However, in overtime, Magnus Paajarvi ended the game for St. Louis, defeating the Wild 4–3 to advance to the second round.^[38]

April 12	St. Louis Blues		2–1	OT	Minnesota Wild	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Vladimir Sobotka (1) – 06:21		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			19:37 – Zach Parise (1)
Joel Edmundson (1) – 17:48		First overtime period			No scoring
Jake Allen 51 saves / 52 shots		Goalie stats			Devan Dubnyk 24 saves / 26 shots

April 14	St. Louis Blues		2–1		Minnesota Wild	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Joel Edmundson (2) – 03:51		Second period			17:44 – pp – Zach Parise (2)
Jaden Schwartz (1) – 17:33		Third period			No scoring
Jake Allen 21 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats			Devan Dubnyk 22 saves / 24 shots

April 16	Minnesota Wild		1–3		St. Louis Blues	Scottrade Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			03:25 – Colton Parayko (1)
Charlie Coyle (1) – 12:59		Second period			15:19 – pp – Jaden Schwartz (2)
No scoring		Third period			18:49 – en – Alexander Steen (1)
Devan Dubnyk 28 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Jake Allen 40 saves / 41 shots

April 19	Minnesota Wild		2–0		St. Louis Blues	Scottrade Center	Recap
Charlie Coyle (2) – 16:50		First period			No scoring
Martin Hanzal (1) – 16:41		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Devan Dubnyk 28 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Jake Allen 26 saves / 28 shots

April 22	St. Louis Blues		4–3	OT	Minnesota Wild	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
Vladimir Tarasenko (1) – 07:16 Alexander Steen (2) – 10:31		First period			18:31 – pp – Ryan Suter (1)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Paul Stastny (1) – 07:23		Third period			10:38 – pp – Mikko Koivu (1) 14:59 – Jason Zucker (1)
Magnus Paajarvi (1) – 09:42		First overtime period			No scoring
Jake Allen 34 saves / 37 shots		Goalie stats			Devan Dubnyk 23 saves / 27 shots

St. Louis won series 4–1

(P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (WC1) Calgary Flames

The Anaheim Ducks finished first in the Pacific Division for the fifth consecutive year, this time earning 105 points. The Calgary Flames finished as the Western Conference's first wild-card, earning 94 points. This was the third playoff meeting between these teams with Anaheim winning both previous series. They last met in the 2015 Western Conference Second Round which Anaheim won in five games. Anaheim won four of the five games in this year's regular season series. Anaheim has also won 25 straight regular-season home games against Calgary.

The Ducks defeated the Flames in a four-game sweep. In game one, both Ryan Getzlaf and Jakob Silfverberg had a goal and an assist, the latter of whom had the game-winning goal in a 3–2 victory for the Ducks.^[39] Anaheim continued their home-dominance over Calgary defeating the Flames 3–2 with a goal and an assist by Getzlaf again.^[40] The Flames had a lead of 4–1 in game three, forcing Ducks goaltender John Gibson to be replaced by Jonathan Bernier. The Ducks came back in this game, scoring three times, in what would become the fourth overtime game of this night. Corey Perry then threw the puck towards the net and it bounced off both Calgary goaltender Brian Elliott and defenceman Michael Stone and into the net, to give the Ducks a 3–0 series lead.^[41] In game four, Gibson stopped 36 shots by the Flames, but allowed only one goal as the Ducks ended the series with a 3–1 win.^[42]

April 13	Calgary Flames		2–3		Anaheim Ducks	Honda Center	Recap
Sean Monahan (1) – pp – 08:43		First period			00:52 – pp – Ryan Getzlaf (1)
Sam Bennett (1) – 09:46		Second period			13:53 – Rickard Rakell (1) 17:47 – pp – Jakob Silfverberg (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Brian Elliott 38 saves / 41 shots		Goalie stats			John Gibson 30 saves / 32 shots

April 15	Calgary Flames		2–3		Anaheim Ducks	Honda Center	Recap
Mikael Backlund (1) – sh – 18:24		First period			03:21 – Jakob Silfverberg (2) 06:44 – Rickard Rakell (2)
Sean Monahan (2) – pp – 07:01		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			15:14 – pp – Ryan Getzlaf (2)
Brian Elliott 26 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			John Gibson 35 saves / 37 shots

April 17	Anaheim Ducks		5–4	OT	Calgary Flames	Scotiabank Saddledome	Recap
Nick Ritchie (1) – 15:33		First period			02:10 – pp – Sean Monahan (3) 09:18 – pp – Kris Versteeg (1)
Shea Theodore (1) – 19:11		Second period			04:34 – Michael Stone (1) 08:33 – pp – Sam Bennett (2)
Nate Thompson (1) – 11:14 Shea Theodore (2) – 15:39		Third period			No scoring
Corey Perry (1) – 01:30		First overtime period			No scoring
John Gibson 12 saves / 16 shots Jonathan Bernier 16 saves / 16 shots		Goalie stats			Brian Elliott 22 saves / 27 shots

April 19	Anaheim Ducks		3–1		Calgary Flames	Scotiabank Saddledome	Recap
Patrick Eaves (1) – 05:38 Nate Thompson (2) – 06:46		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			16:07 – pp – Sean Monahan (4)
Ryan Getzlaf (3) – en – 19:53		Third period			No scoring
John Gibson 36 saves / 37 shots		Goalie stats			Brian Elliott 2 saves / 3 shots Chad Johnson 20 saves / 21 shots

Anaheim won series 4–0

(P2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (P3) San Jose Sharks

The Edmonton Oilers finished second in the Pacific Division with 103 points. The San Jose Sharks earned 99 points in the regular season to finish third in the Pacific. Edmonton started a playoff series at home for the first time since the 1991 Campbell Conference Finals. This was the second playoff meeting between these teams; their only previous series was the 2006 Western Conference Semifinals, which Edmonton won in six games. Edmonton won three of the five games in this year's regular season series.

The Oilers defeated the Sharks in six games. In Edmonton's first playoff game since 2006, the Oilers took a 2–0 lead in the first period, but the Sharks scored three goals over the second, third, and first overtime period winning the game 3–2 from Melker Karlsson's goal.^[43] The Oilers scored two shorthanded goals in game two as they blanked San Jose 2–0.^[44] The shutout streak continued in game three, as Zack Kassian scored the only goal for the Oilers and Cam Talbot stopped 23 shots.^[45] Logan Couture and Joe Pavelski scored two goals each and Martin Jones stopped all 23 shots as the Sharks blanked the Oilers 7–0 in game four to tie the series at two.^[46] The Sharks gained a 3–1 lead over the Oilers in game five, but both Mark Letestu and Oscar Klefbom scored to tie the game and send it to overtime. David Desharnais would end it at 18:15 of overtime to give the Oilers a 4–3 triumph and a 3–2 series lead.^[47] In game six, the Oilers scored twice in the second period, both on breakaways, and closed out the series with a 3–1 win.^[48]

April 12	San Jose Sharks		3–2	OT	Edmonton Oilers	Rogers Place	Recap
No scoring		First period			06:44 – Oscar Klefbom (1) 17:07 – pp – Milan Lucic (1)
Joel Ward (1) – pp – 01:43		Second period			No scoring
Paul Martin (1) – 05:22		Third period			No scoring
Melker Karlsson (1) – 03:22		First overtime period			No scoring
Martin Jones 17 saves / 19 shots		Goalie stats			Cam Talbot 41 saves / 44 shots

April 14	San Jose Sharks		0–2		Edmonton Oilers	Rogers Place	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			00:42 – sh – Zack Kassian (1)
No scoring		Third period			10:31 – sh – Connor McDavid (1)
Martin Jones 34 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats			Cam Talbot 16 saves / 16 shots

April 16	Edmonton Oilers		1–0		San Jose Sharks	SAP Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Zack Kassian (2) – 10:45		Third period			No scoring
Cam Talbot 22 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats			Martin Jones 21 saves / 22 shots

April 18	Edmonton Oilers		0–7		San Jose Sharks	SAP Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			00:15 – Joe Pavelski (1) 11:02 – pp – Logan Couture (1)
No scoring		Second period			02:02 – pp – Patrick Marleau (1) 09:46 – Marcus Sorensen (1) 12:52 – Logan Couture (2) 16:46 – pp – Joe Pavelski (2)
No scoring		Third period			06:45 – pp – David Schlemko (1)
Cam Talbot 19 saves / 24 shots Laurent Brossoit 6 saves / 8 shots		Goalie stats			Martin Jones 23 saves / 23 shots

April 20	San Jose Sharks		3–4	OT	Edmonton Oilers	Rogers Place	Recap
Mikkel Boedker (1) – 10:12 Patrick Marleau (2) – 15:52		First period			05:28 – Patrick Maroon (1)
David Schlemko (2) – 08:58		Second period			18:33 – pp – Mark Letestu (1)
No scoring		Third period			17:14 – Oscar Klefbom (2)
No scoring		First overtime period			18:15 – David Desharnais (1)
Martin Jones 44 saves / 48 shots		Goalie stats			Cam Talbot 27 saves / 30 shots

April 22	Edmonton Oilers		3–1		San Jose Sharks	SAP Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Leon Draisaitl (1) – 00:54 Anton Slepyshev (1) – 01:50		Second period			No scoring
Connor McDavid (2) – en – 19:59		Third period			12:12 – Patrick Marleau (3)
Cam Talbot 27 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Martin Jones 18 saves / 20 shots

Edmonton won series 4–2

Second Round

Eastern Conference Second Round

(A2) Ottawa Senators vs. (WC1) New York Rangers

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams; their only previous series was in the 2012 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which New York won in seven games. This was the second time under the current playoff format and the second year in a row in which a wild-card team had more points than its opponent during the regular season but did not have home ice advantage; the other time was the Tampa Bay Lightning and the New York Islanders in last year's Eastern Conference Second Round. Ottawa won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.

The Senators defeated the Rangers in six games. In the first game, goaltender Craig Anderson made 34 saves in a 2–1 victory for the Senators.^[49] The Rangers had leads of 3–1, 4–2, and 5–3 in game two only to have the Senators tie up the game on Jean-Gabriel Pageau's hat-trick goal with 1:02 remaining. In double-overtime, Pageau's fourth goal of the game gave the Senators a 6–5 win and a 2–0 series lead. In doing this, he became the first player to score four goals in a playoff game since Johan Franzen scored four goals for the Detroit Red Wings in Game 4 of their 2010 second round series against the San Jose Sharks.^[50] Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist in game three as the Rangers won the affair 4–1.^[51] The Rangers defeated the Senators 4–1 again in game four, tying the series 2–2; Oscar Lindberg scored twice in the victory.^[52] The Rangers got an early two-goal lead in game five, but the Senators came back scoring three goals in return. The Rangers regained the lead, but former Ranger Derick Brassard tied the game in the final minutes to send it to overtime. Kyle Turris ended the game 6:28 into overtime to give the Senators a 5–4 victory and a 3–2 series lead.^[53] In game six, Erik Karlsson netted the series-winning goal and added an assist for the Senators who advanced to the Conference Finals for the first time in ten years after a 4–2 victory.

April 27	New York Rangers		1–2		Ottawa Senators	Canadian Tire Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Ryan McDonagh (1) – pp – 07:10		Second period			18:39 – pp – Ryan Dzingel (1)
No scoring		Third period			15:49 – Erik Karlsson (1)
Henrik Lundqvist 41 saves / 43 shots		Goalie stats			Craig Anderson 34 saves / 35 shots

April 29	New York Rangers		5–6	2OT	Ottawa Senators	Canadian Tire Centre	Recap
Michael Grabner (3) – sh – 04:16		First period			13:59 – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (2)
Chris Kreider (1) – 10:39 Derek Stepan (2) – sh – 13:10 Brady Skjei (3) – 15:51		Second period			14:00 – Marc Methot (1)
Brady Skjei (4) – 05:10		Third period			01:28 – Mark Stone (2) 16:41 – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (3) 18:58 – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (4)
No scoring		Second overtime period			02:54 – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (5)
Henrik Lundqvist 28 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats			Craig Anderson 43 saves / 48 shots

May 2	Ottawa Senators		1–4		New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			05:31 – Mats Zuccarello (4) 13:24 – Michael Grabner (4)
Jean-Gabriel Pageau (6) – 18:49		Second period			12:21 – Rick Nash (3) 18:17 – Oscar Lindberg (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Craig Anderson 26 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Henrik Lundqvist 26 saves / 27 shots

May 4	Ottawa Senators		1–4		New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			14:04 – Nick Holden (1)
No scoring		Second period			02:01 – Oscar Lindberg (2) 15:54 – Oscar Lindberg (3)
Kyle Turris (2) – 13:34		Third period			10:45 – pp – Chris Kreider (2)
Craig Anderson 17 saves / 20 shots Mike Condon 9 saves / 10 shots		Goalie stats			Henrik Lundqvist 22 saves / 23 shots

May 6	New York Rangers		4–5	OT	Ottawa Senators	Canadian Tire Centre	Recap
Jesper Fast (3) – 04:07 Nick Holden (2) – 05:13		First period			06:03 – Mark Stone (3)
Ryan McDonagh (2) – 17:49		Second period			08:17 – Mike Hoffman (3) 08:50 – Tom Pyatt (1)
Jimmy Vesey (1) – 12:48		Third period			18:34 – Derick Brassard (3)
No scoring		First overtime period			06:28 – Kyle Turris (3)
Henrik Lundqvist 32 saves / 37 shots		Goalie stats			Craig Anderson 29 saves / 33 shots

May 9	Ottawa Senators		4–2		New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
Mike Hoffman (4) – 04:27 Mark Stone (4) – 14:44		First period			No scoring
Erik Karlsson (2) – 15:53		Second period			13:32 – Mika Zibanejad (2)
Jean-Gabriel Pageau (7) – en – 19:53		Third period			00:53 – Chris Kreider (3)
Craig Anderson 37 saves / 39 shots		Goalie stats			Henrik Lundqvist 22 saves / 25 shots

Ottawa won series 4–2

(M1) Washington Capitals vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins

The Penguins celebrate after winning game seven of their series against the Washington Capitals.

This was the tenth playoff meeting between these teams and the second consecutive in the second round. Pittsburgh has won eight of the nine previous series including last year's confrontation which ended in six games. These teams split their four-game regular season series.

The Penguins defeated the Capitals in seven games after they gave up a 3–1 series lead. In the final eight minutes of game one, Nick Bonino scored the game-winning goal as the Penguins once led 2–0 only to have Washington score twice to tie the game, then with 8:24 left in the third period Bonino gave the Penguins a 3–2 lead and thus the victory.^[54] Phil Kessel and Jake Guentzel both scored twice for the Penguins in a 6–2 victory, gaining a 2–0 series lead as a result.^[55] The Capitals got an early 1–0 lead in game three, then a goal by Evgeny Kuznetsov put them up by two goals, however, in the final two minutes of the game, the Penguins tied the score 2–2. In overtime, Trevor Daley of the Penguins was penalized for holding and on the ensuing power play, Kevin Shattenkirk scored to give the Capitals a 3–2 victory.^[56] Pittsburgh lead 2–0 in game four only to have Washington tie the game, however, 2:49 after Nate Schmidt tied the game for Washington, Justin Schultz on the power play gave the Penguins a 3–2 lead and the victory.^[57] Washington scored three times in the third period of game five after being down one goal to win 4–2.^[58] Andre Burakovsky scored twice in game six, forcing a seventh game in Washington's 5–2 triumph.^[59] In game seven, Marc-Andre Fleury stopped all 29 shots and Bryan Rust scored the series-winning goal to defeat the Capitals 2–0 and advance to the Conference Finals for the second consecutive year.^[60]

April 27	Pittsburgh Penguins		3–2		Washington Capitals	Verizon Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Sidney Crosby (3) – 00:12 Sidney Crosby (4) – 01:04		Second period			18:17 – Alexander Ovechkin (4)
Nick Bonino (2) – 12:36		Third period			08:05 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)
Marc-Andre Fleury 33 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats			Braden Holtby 18 saves / 21 shots

April 29	Pittsburgh Penguins		6–2		Washington Capitals	Verizon Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Matt Cullen (1) – sh – 01:15 Phil Kessel (3) – 13:04 Jake Guentzel (6) – 16:14		Second period			02:09 – pp – Matt Niskanen (1)
Phil Kessel (4) – pp – 02:19 Evgeni Malkin (3) – 05:31 Jake Guentzel (7) – en – 19:17		Third period			03:44 – Nicklas Backstrom (3)
Marc-Andre Fleury 34 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats			Braden Holtby 11 saves / 14 shots Philipp Grubauer 7 saves / 9 shots

May 1	Washington Capitals		3–2	OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	PPG Paints Arena	Recap
Nicklas Backstrom (4) – pp – 13:05		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Evgeny Kuznetsov (3) – 09:46		Third period			18:07 – Evgeni Malkin (4) 18:55 – Justin Schultz (1)
Kevin Shattenkirk (1) – pp – 03:13		First overtime period			No scoring
Braden Holtby 28 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Marc-Andre Fleury 30 saves / 33 shots

May 3	Washington Capitals		2–3		Pittsburgh Penguins	PPG Paints Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			04:39 – Patric Hornqvist (3)
Evgeny Kuznetsov (4) – 07:21 Nate Schmidt (1) – 08:33		Second period			03:51 – Jake Guentzel (8) 11:24 – pp – Justin Schultz (2)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Braden Holtby 16 saves / 19 shots		Goalie stats			Marc-Andre Fleury 36 saves / 38 shots

May 6	Pittsburgh Penguins		2–4		Washington Capitals	Verizon Center	Recap
Carl Hagelin (1) – 10:24		First period			19:30 – Andre Burakovsky (1)
Phil Kessel (5) – pp – 04:20		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			02:49 – Nicklas Backstrom (5) 07:20 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (5) 07:47 – Alexander Ovechkin (5)
Marc-Andre Fleury 28 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Braden Holtby 20 saves / 22 shots

May 8	Washington Capitals		5–2		Pittsburgh Penguins	PPG Paints Arena	Recap
T. J. Oshie (4) – pp – 12:41		First period			No scoring
Andre Burakovsky (2) – 06:36		Second period			No scoring
Nicklas Backstrom (6) – 00:16 John Carlson (2) – pp – 11:17 Andre Burakovsky (3) – 12:29		Third period			16:38 – Jake Guentzel (9) 17:30 – Evgeni Malkin (5)
Braden Holtby 16 saves / 18 shots		Goalie stats			Marc-Andre Fleury 21 saves / 26 shots

May 10	Pittsburgh Penguins		2–0		Washington Capitals	Verizon Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Bryan Rust (5) – 08:49		Second period			No scoring
Patric Hornqvist (4) – 04:14		Third period			No scoring
Marc-Andre Fleury 29 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Braden Holtby 26 saves / 28 shots

Pittsburgh won series 4–3

Western Conference Second Round

(C3) St. Louis Blues vs. (WC2) Nashville Predators

This was the first playoff meeting between these teams. Nashville won three of the five games in this year's regular season series.

The Predators defeated the Blues in six games. The first game of the series had Nashville gain a 3–1 lead, St. Louis then scored twice in the third period to tie the game, but with 5:05 left in the third period, Vernon Fiddler gave the Predators 4–3 lead as well a 1–0 series lead. During the game, Kevin Fiala fractured his left leg after being checked by Robert Bortuzzo; Fiala would require a stretcher to get off the ice.^[61] In game two, Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice including the game-winner, tying the series 1–1 in a 3–2 triumph.^[62] The Predators continued their home-winning streak dating back to last year's first round winning game three, by a final score of 3–1 with Colton Sissons assisting twice, increasing the streak to seven home games.^[63] Nashville won their eighth consecutive playoff home game after game four, defeating the Blues 2–1 and Pekka Rinne making 32 saves.^[64] Jaden Schwartz broke a 1–1 tie in the third period of the fifth game and maintained the 2–1 lead to a victory.^[65] In game six, Ryan Johansen scored the series-winning goal in a 3–1 victory as the Predators moved onto the Conference Finals for the first time in franchise history after eighteen seasons in the league.^[66] This left the Columbus Blue Jackets as the only team that has never made it to the Conference Finals, after the Winnipeg Jets beat the Predators in the 2018 Western Conference Second Round to make it to the Conference Finals.

April 26	Nashville Predators		4–3		St. Louis Blues	Scottrade Center	Recap
Colin Wilson (1) – pp – 11:24		First period			No scoring
P. K. Subban (1) – 02:22 Filip Forsberg (3) – pp – 12:11		Second period			08:04 – Colton Parayko (2)
Vernon Fiddler (1) – 14:55		Third period			06:48 – Jaden Schwartz (3) 09:22 – Vladimir Sobotka (2)
Pekka Rinne 27 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Jake Allen 28 saves / 32 shots

April 28	Nashville Predators		2–3		St. Louis Blues	Scottrade Center	Recap
James Neal (1) – 07:49		First period			19:40 – pp – Vladimir Tarasenko (2)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Ryan Ellis (2) – 03:07		Third period			07:39 – Jori Lehtera (1) 16:09 – Vladimir Tarasenko (3)
Pekka Rinne 17 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats			Jake Allen 22 saves / 24 shots

April 30	St. Louis Blues		1–3		Nashville Predators	Bridgestone Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			10:34 – Ryan Ellis (3)
Alexander Steen (3) – 12:59		Second period			02:29 – Cody McLeod (1)
No scoring		Third period			14:11 – Roman Josi (3)
Jake Allen 31 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats			Pekka Rinne 22 saves / 23 shots

May 2	St. Louis Blues		1–2		Nashville Predators	Bridgestone Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Joel Edmundson (3) – 16:11		Third period			05:09 – pp – Ryan Ellis (4) 13:03 – James Neal (2)
Jake Allen 23 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Pekka Rinne 32 saves / 33 shots

May 5	Nashville Predators		1–2		St. Louis Blues	Scottrade Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
James Neal (3) – pp – 13:50		Second period			05:43 – Dmitrij Jaskin (1)
No scoring		Third period			00:25 – Jaden Schwartz (4)
Pekka Rinne 30 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Jake Allen 21 saves / 22 shots

May 7	St. Louis Blues		1–3		Nashville Predators	Bridgestone Arena	Recap
Paul Stastny (2) – 02:04		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			00:35 – Roman Josi (4)
No scoring		Third period			03:15 – Ryan Johansen (2) 19:00 – en – Calle Jarnkrok (1)
Jake Allen 15 saves / 17 shots		Goalie stats			Pekka Rinne 23 saves / 24 shots

Nashville won series 4–2

(P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers

This was the second playoff meeting between these teams; their only previous series was in the 2006 Western Conference Finals, which Edmonton won in five games. Edmonton won three of the five games in this year's regular season series.

The Ducks defeated the Oilers in seven games. In the first game, Mark Letestu scored twice and Leon Draisaitl had a goal and three assists as the Oilers, who once gained a 3–1 lead in the third period only to see the Ducks tie the game in less than three minutes, scored twice in the final five minutes to achieve a 5–3 lead and thus the victory.^[67] Goalie Cam Talbot stopped 39 shots and former-Duck Patrick Maroon scored the game-winning goal in game two for the Oilers' 2–1 victory.^[68] Anaheim took an early 3–0 lead in game three only to see the Oilers tie the game. The Ducks took the lead back in the second period with Chris Wagner's goal, then Jakob Silfverberg scored his second of the game and Ryan Kesler provided an insurance goal to close out the game 6–3.^[69] In game four, Ryan Getzlaf scored twice to take the lead for the Ducks after being down 2–0 in the game, then in 45 seconds into overtime, Silfverberg scored to give the Ducks the victory and the series tie.^[70] The Oilers gained a 3–0 lead in game five, but with 3:16 left in the game, the Ducks scored three times to tie the game becoming the first team to score three goals in that span of time left to tie the game. The comeback was complete at 6:57 of double-overtime when Corey Perry gave Ducks a 4–3 victory and a 3–2 series lead.^[71] The Oilers scored five times in the first period of game six and Draisaitl had a hat trick along with two assists to defeat the Ducks 7–1 and force a seventh game.^[72] In game seven, Nick Ritchie's goal proved to be the series-winner as the Ducks were able to win a series via seventh game for the first time since 2006 and advance to the Conference Finals with a 2–1 victory.^[73]

April 26	Edmonton Oilers		5–3		Anaheim Ducks	Honda Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Mark Letestu (2) – pp – 06:22		Second period			00:37 – pp – Ryan Getzlaf (4)
Mark Letestu (3) – pp – 06:23 Adam Larsson (1) – 08:03 Adam Larsson (2) – 15:20 Leon Draisaitl (2) – en – 18:55		Third period			09:22 – Patrick Eaves (2) 10:47 – Jakob Silfverberg (3)
Cam Talbot 33 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats			John Gibson 27 saves / 31 shots

April 28	Edmonton Oilers		2–1		Anaheim Ducks	Honda Center	Recap
Andrej Sekera (1) – 01:05		First period			No scoring
Patrick Maroon (2) – pp – 06:41		Second period			15:34 – pp – Jakob Silfverberg (4)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Cam Talbot 39 saves / 40 shots		Goalie stats			John Gibson 21 saves / 23 shots

April 30	Anaheim Ducks		6–3		Edmonton Oilers	Rogers Place	Recap
Rickard Rakell (3) – 00:25 Jakob Silfverberg (5) – 05:33 Ryan Getzlaf (5) – 11:51		First period			19:20 – Patrick Maroon (3)
Chris Wagner (1) – 09:28		Second period			01:28 – Anton Slepyshev (2) 08:40 – Connor McDavid (3)
Jakob Silfverberg (6) – 04:56 Ryan Kesler (1) – 10:38		Third period			No scoring
John Gibson 24 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats			Cam Talbot 22 saves / 28 shots

May 3	Anaheim Ducks		4–3	OT	Edmonton Oilers	Rogers Place	Recap
No scoring		First period			15:38 – pp – Milan Lucic (2) 17:43 – Connor McDavid (4)
Ryan Getzlaf (6) – 01:37 Rickard Rakell (4) – 05:33 Ryan Getzlaf (7) – 14:25		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			18:18 – Drake Caggiula (1)
Jakob Silfverberg (7) – 00:45		First overtime period			No scoring
John Gibson 29 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Cam Talbot 35 saves / 39 shots

May 5	Edmonton Oilers		3–4	2OT	Anaheim Ducks	Honda Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Leon Draisaitl (3) – 00:15 Connor McDavid (5) – pp – 02:55 Drake Caggiula (2) – 12:28		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			16:44 – Ryan Getzlaf (8) 17:19 – Cam Fowler (1) 19:45 – Rickard Rakell (5)
No scoring		Second overtime period			06:57 – Corey Perry (2)
Cam Talbot 60 saves / 64 shots		Goalie stats			John Gibson 35 saves / 38 shots

May 7	Anaheim Ducks		1–7		Edmonton Oilers	Rogers Place	Recap
No scoring		First period			02:45 – Leon Draisaitl (4) 07:22 – Leon Draisaitl (5) 08:25 – Zack Kassian (3) 11:39 – Mark Letestu (4) 18:49 – pp – Mark Letestu (5)
Rickard Rakell (6) – 08:56		Second period			00:45 – Anton Slepyshev (3) 15:27 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (6)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
John Gibson 3 saves / 6 shots Jonathan Bernier 25 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Cam Talbot 34 saves / 35 shots

May 10	Edmonton Oilers		1–2		Anaheim Ducks	Honda Center	Recap
Drake Caggiula (3) – 03:31		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			08:55 – Andrew Cogliano (1)
No scoring		Third period			03:21 – Nick Ritchie (2)
Cam Talbot 28 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			John Gibson 23 saves / 24 shots

Anaheim won series 4–3

Conference Finals

Main article: NHL Conference Finals

Eastern Conference Final

(M2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (A2) Ottawa Senators

Chris Kunitz (left) and Sidney Crosby (right) with the Prince of Wales Trophy after winning game seven of the Eastern Conference Final.

This was the fifth playoff meeting between these teams with Pittsburgh winning three of the four previous series. They last met in the 2013 Eastern Conference Semifinals, which Pittsburgh won in five games. This was the second consecutive Conference Finals appearance for Pittsburgh who defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning last year in seven games. Ottawa last went to the Conference Finals in 2007; they defeated the Buffalo Sabres in five games. Ottawa won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.

The Penguins defeated the Senators in seven games. In game one, the Senators held onto a one-goal lead until Evgeni Malkin tied the game in the third period, but in overtime, Bobby Ryan scored to give Ottawa a 2–1 victory.^[74] The second game remained scoreless until Phil Kessel scored with 6:55 left in the game to give the Penguins a 1–0 lead and the victory; Marc-Andre Fleury made 23 saves in the process.^[75] In the first period of game three, the Senators scored four times including three in a span of 2:18 leading them into a 5–1 victory.^[76] In his first playoff game since his injury before the first game of the playoffs, goaltender Matt Murray made 24 saves and stopped a comeback from Ottawa in a 3–2 victory for Pittsburgh.^[77] Murray stopped all 26 shots and the Penguins routed the Senators 7–0 in game five to take a 3–2 series lead.^[78] Craig Anderson made 45 saves in game six, forcing a seventh game in a 2–1 victory.^[79] In game seven, Chris Kunitz of the Penguins and Mark Stone of the Senators started the scoring 20 seconds apart in the second period. After both Justin Schultz and Ryan Dzingel made the game 2–2, the match headed into overtime. In double-overtime, Kunitz scored his second of the game to send the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Finals for the second consecutive year.^[80]

May 13	Ottawa Senators		2–1	OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	PPG Paints Arena	Recap
Jean-Gabriel Pageau (8) – 14:32		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			14:25 – Evgeni Malkin (6)
Bobby Ryan (5) – 04:59		First overtime period			No scoring
Craig Anderson 27 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Marc-Andre Fleury 33 saves / 35 shots

May 15	Ottawa Senators		0–1		Pittsburgh Penguins	PPG Paints Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			13:05 – Phil Kessel (6)
Craig Anderson 28 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Marc-Andre Fleury 23 saves / 23 shots

May 17	Pittsburgh Penguins		1–5		Ottawa Senators	Canadian Tire Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			00:48 – Mike Hoffman (5) 10:34 – Marc Methot (2) 12:28 – Derick Brassard (4) 12:52 – Zack Smith (1)
No scoring		Second period			18:18 – Kyle Turris (4)
Sidney Crosby (5) – pp – 06:07		Third period			No scoring
Marc-Andre Fleury 5 saves / 9 shots Matt Murray 19 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats			Craig Anderson 25 saves / 26 shots

May 19	Pittsburgh Penguins		3–2		Ottawa Senators	Canadian Tire Centre	Recap
Olli Maatta (1) – 19:14		First period			No scoring
Sidney Crosby (6) – pp – 07:41 Brian Dumoulin (1) – 11:30		Second period			18:22 – Clarke MacArthur (3)
No scoring		Third period			14:59 – Tom Pyatt (2)
Matt Murray 24 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Craig Anderson 32 saves / 35 shots

May 21	Ottawa Senators		0–7		Pittsburgh Penguins	PPG Paints Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			08:14 – Olli Maatta (2) 12:03 – pp – Sidney Crosby (7) 16:04 – Bryan Rust (6) 18:17 – Scott Wilson (2)
No scoring		Second period			01:54 – Matt Cullen (2)
No scoring		Third period			00:50 – pp – Phil Kessel (7) 08:49 – pp – Trevor Daley (1)
Craig Anderson 10 saves / 14 shots Mike Condon 19 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats			Matt Murray 25 saves / 25 shots

May 23	Pittsburgh Penguins		1–2		Ottawa Senators	Canadian Tire Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Evgeni Malkin (7) – 04:51		Second period			13:15 – pp – Bobby Ryan (6)
No scoring		Third period			01:34 – Mike Hoffman (6)
Matt Murray 28 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Craig Anderson 45 saves / 46 shots

May 25	Ottawa Senators		2–3	2OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	PPG Paints Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Mark Stone (5) – 10:15		Second period			09:55 – Chris Kunitz (1)
Ryan Dzingel (2) – 14:41		Third period			11:44 – pp – Justin Schultz (3)
No scoring		Second overtime period			05:09 – Chris Kunitz (2)
Craig Anderson 39 saves / 42 shots		Goalie stats			Matt Murray 27 saves / 29 shots

Pittsburgh won series 4–3

Western Conference Final

(P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (WC2) Nashville Predators

This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and the third overall between these teams with Nashville winning both previous series, including a seven-game win in last year's first round. This was Anaheim's fifth Conference Finals appearance. They last made the Conference Finals in 2015 where they were defeated in seven games by the Chicago Blackhawks. This was Nashville's first Conference Finals appearance in their 19-year history. Anaheim won two of the three games in this year's regular season series.

The Predators defeated the Ducks in six games. The first game of the series went into overtime, and at 9:24 James Neal put the puck past the Ducks goaltender to take game one, 3–2.^[81] In game two, the Ducks rallied from an early-two-goal deficit to defeat the Predators 5–3 and Ryan Getzlaf assisted thrice in the victory.^[82] Nashville kept their home playoff win streak alive in game three, winning 2–1; after a pair of goals were disallowed due to goaltender interference, Roman Josi scored for the Predators with 2:43 left in the game.^[83] Although Nashville tied the game after being down by two goals in game four, Anaheim won the game on Corey Perry's goal 10:25 into overtime, tying the series 2–2 in a 3–2 victory.^[84] Pekka Rinne made 32 saves in game five for the Predators as Nashville took a 3–2 series lead in a 3–1 victory.^[85] In game six, Colton Sissons' hat trick goal was the series-winning goal in a 6–3 victory, putting the Nashville Predators in the Finals for the first time in their 19-year history.^[86]

May 12	Nashville Predators		3–2	OT	Anaheim Ducks	Honda Center	Recap
Filip Forsberg (4) – 12:34		First period			05:15 – Jakob Silfverberg (8)
Austin Watson (1) – 02:42		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			07:21 – Hampus Lindholm (1)
James Neal (4) – 09:24		First overtime period			No scoring
Pekka Rinne 27 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			John Gibson 43 saves / 46 shots

May 14	Nashville Predators		3–5		Anaheim Ducks	Honda Center	Recap
Ryan Johansen (3) – 04:18 James Neal (5) – pp – 08:32		First period			19:00 – pp – Sami Vatanen (1)
Filip Forsberg (5) – 07:59		Second period			00:39 – Jakob Silfverberg (9) 10:41 – Ondrej Kase (1) 17:07 – Nick Ritchie (3)
No scoring		Third period			19:16 – en – Antoine Vermette (1)
Pekka Rinne 22 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			John Gibson 30 saves / 33 shots

May 16	Anaheim Ducks		1–2		Nashville Predators	Bridgestone Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Corey Perry (3) – pp – 15:35		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			03:54 – Filip Forsberg (6) 17:17 – pp – Roman Josi (5)
John Gibson 38 saves / 40 shots		Goalie stats			Pekka Rinne 19 saves / 20 shots

May 18	Anaheim Ducks		3–2	OT	Nashville Predators	Bridgestone Arena	Recap
Rickard Rakell (7) – 11:30		First period			No scoring
Nick Ritchie (4) – 10:22		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			13:33 – P. K. Subban (2) 19:24 – Filip Forsberg (7)
Corey Perry (4) – 10:25		First overtime period			No scoring
John Gibson 32 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats			Pekka Rinne 33 saves / 36 shots

May 20	Nashville Predators		3–1		Anaheim Ducks	Honda Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Colin Wilson (2) – pp – 19:19		Second period			12:46 – Chris Wagner (2)
Pontus Aberg (1) – 11:01 Austin Watson (2) – en – 19:12		Third period			No scoring
Pekka Rinne 32 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats			John Gibson 10 saves / 10 shots Jonathan Bernier 16 saves / 18 shots

May 22	Anaheim Ducks		3–6		Nashville Predators	Bridgestone Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			01:21 – Austin Watson (3) 08:47 – Colton Sissons (3)
Ondrej Kase (2) – 04:45		Second period			No scoring
Chris Wagner (3) – 05:00 Cam Fowler (2) – 08:52		Third period			03:00 – Colton Sissons (4) 14:00 – Colton Sissons (5) 17:38 – en – Filip Forsberg (8) 18:26 – en – Austin Watson (4)
Jonathan Bernier 12 saves / 16 shots		Goalie stats			Pekka Rinne 38 saves / 41 shots

Nashville won series 4–2

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 2017 Stanley Cup Finals

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Pittsburgh made their second consecutive Stanley Cup Finals appearance and their sixth overall; they won in the previous year defeating the San Jose Sharks in six games. Nashville made their first Finals appearance in their nineteenth season since entering the league in 1998–99. These teams split their two-game regular season series.

May 29	Nashville Predators		3–5		Pittsburgh Penguins	PPG Paints Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			15:38 – pp – Evgeni Malkin (8) 16:37 – Conor Sheary (1) 19:43 – Nick Bonino (3)
Ryan Ellis (5) – pp – 08:21		Second period			No scoring
Colton Sissons (6) – pp – 10:06 Frederick Gaudreau (1) – 13:29		Third period			16:43 – Jake Guentzel (10) 18:58 – en – Nick Bonino (4)
Pekka Rinne 7 saves / 11 shots		Goalie stats			Matt Murray 23 saves / 26 shots

May 31	Nashville Predators		1–4		Pittsburgh Penguins	PPG Paints Arena	Recap
Pontus Aberg (2) – 12:57		First period			16:36 – Jake Guentzel (11)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			00:10 – Jake Guentzel (12) 03:13 – Scott Wilson (3) 03:28 – Evgeni Malkin (9)
Pekka Rinne 21 saves / 25 shots Juuse Saros 2 saves / 2 shots		Goalie stats			Matt Murray 37 saves / 38 shots

June 3	Pittsburgh Penguins		1–5		Nashville Predators	Bridgestone Arena	Recap
Jake Guentzel (13) – 02:46		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			05:51 – pp – Roman Josi (6) 06:33 – Frederick Gaudreau (2) 19:37 – James Neal (6)
No scoring		Third period			04:54 – Craig Smith (1) 13:10 – pp – Mattias Ekholm (1)
Matt Murray 28 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats			Pekka Rinne 27 saves / 28 shots

June 5	Pittsburgh Penguins		1–4		Nashville Predators	Bridgestone Arena	Recap
Sidney Crosby (8) – 15:57		First period			14:51 – Calle Jarnkrok (2)
No scoring		Second period			03:45 – Frederick Gaudreau (3) 13:08 – Viktor Arvidsson (3)
No scoring		Third period			16:37 – en – Filip Forsberg (9)
Matt Murray 22 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Pekka Rinne 23 saves / 24 shots

June 8	Nashville Predators		0–6		Pittsburgh Penguins	PPG Paints Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			01:31 – pp – Justin Schultz (4) 06:43 – Bryan Rust (7) 19:49 – Evgeni Malkin (10)
No scoring		Second period			01:19 – Conor Sheary (2) 08:02 – Phil Kessel (8) 16:40 – Ron Hainsey (2)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Pekka Rinne 6 saves / 9 shots Juuse Saros 12 saves / 15 shots		Goalie stats			Matt Murray 24 saves / 24 shots

June 11	Pittsburgh Penguins		2–0		Nashville Predators	Bridgestone Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Patric Hornqvist (5) – 18:25 Carl Hagelin (2) – en – 19:46		Third period			No scoring
Matt Murray 27 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats			Pekka Rinne 27 saves / 28 shots

Pittsburgh won series 4–2

Player statistics

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points.^[87]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Evgeni Malkin	Pittsburgh Penguins	25	10	18	28	+9	53
Sidney Crosby	Pittsburgh Penguins	24	8	19	27	+4	10
Phil Kessel	Pittsburgh Penguins	25	8	15	23	+12	2
Jake Guentzel	Pittsburgh Penguins	25	13	8	21	+1	10
Ryan Getzlaf	Anaheim Ducks	17	8	11	19	+7	8
Erik Karlsson	Ottawa Senators	19	2	16	18	+13	10
Filip Forsberg	Nashville Predators	22	9	7	16	+14	14
Leon Draisaitl	Edmonton Oilers	13	6	10	16	+8	19
Bobby Ryan	Ottawa Senators	19	6	9	15	+1	14
Jakob Silfverberg	Anaheim Ducks	17	9	5	14	–4	6
Roman Josi	Nashville Predators	22	6	8	14	+2	12

Goaltenders

This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.^[88]

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
Matt Murray	Pittsburgh Penguins	11	7	3	303	19	1.70	.937	3	668:55
Jake Allen	St. Louis Blues	11	6	5	336	22	1.96	.935	0	674:56
Pekka Rinne	Nashville Predators	22	14	8	599	42	1.96	.930	2	1288:44
Henrik Lundqvist	New York Rangers	12	6	6	395	29	2.25	.927	1	774:34
Craig Anderson	Ottawa Senators	19	11	8	590	46	2.34	.922	1	1178:08
Cam Talbot	Edmonton Oilers	13	7	6	437	33	2.48	.924	2	799:23
Marc-Andre Fleury	Pittsburgh Penguins	15	9	6	490	37	2.56	.924	2	866:31

Television

This marked the sixth postseason under NBC Sports' current 10-year contract for American television rights to the NHL. All national coverage of games aired on either NBCSN, the NBC broadcast network, NHL Network, USA Network, or CNBC. During the first round, excluding games exclusively broadcast on NBC, the regional rightsholders of each participating U.S. team produced local telecasts of their respective games; NBCUniversal held exclusive rights to all games from the second round onward. Unlike past seasons, the national broadcasts were no longer blacked out on television in the markets of participating teams, and could co-exist with the local broadcasts (however, NBC-provided streaming was still restricted in Boston and Pittsburgh).^[89]

For first-round games involving Chicago, San Jose and Washington—teams whose regional rights are held by the co-owned NBC Sports Regional Networks—the national broadcasts shared the same video as the local broadcasts but overdubbed with national commentators. This was done so NBC would not have to bring additional equipment to these games to produce an entirely separate telecast for the national audience.^[89]

In Canada, for the third postseason under Rogers Media's current 12-year contract, coverage was broadcast by Sportsnet networks and CBC Television under the Hockey Night in Canada brand, and streamed on Sportsnet Now, CBCSports.ca (for games televised by CBC), or the subscription service Rogers NHL GameCentre Live.^[90] French-language coverage was on TVA Sports. Rogers agreed not to schedule games on CBC for the first four Sunday nights of the playoffs, so that the network could broadcast Canada: The Story of Us, a documentary series it had commissioned as part of programming commemorating the 150th anniversary of Canadian confederation.^[91]

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