The Athletic asked its NHL staff to put all 32 teams into five playoff tiers and highlight what's at stake for each club in ...

Here are the Stanley Cup Playoffs clinching scenarios for March 22: The Winnipeg Jets (idle) will clinch a playoff berth if ...

Detroit Red Wings at Washington Capitals (7 p.m. ET; FDSNDET, MNMT, SN360, TVAS) ...

More NHL expansion could be on the way. If it happens, the playoffs should expand as well. An offshoot of potential NHL expansion should be the Stanley Cup playoff format. As it stands, ...

Friday night's action brought a new look to the NHL playoff standings, but it could change again on Saturday. The defending champion Florida Panthers moved into the Atlantic Division lead ...

The NHL regular season is wrapping up with the campaign set to conclude on April 17. As a result, playoff races are really heating up atop the divisions and for the wild card spots. During the ...

Five of the other eight games come against current playoff teams. In fact, Stathletes projects that Columbus has the ninth-toughest remaining schedule in the NHL; the Islanders' schedule ranks ...

The field for the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs is starting to take shape. The Washington Capitals on March 20 became the first team to officially clinch an NHL postseason berth. Alexander Ovechkin ...

Crazy. Really, it speaks to the NHL’s playoff system. When the original Jets joined the league in 1979, 16 of 21 teams made the playoffs. It was almost laughable to think that only five teams ...