The quest for the Stanley Cup is underway as the NHL set up shop with a 24-game tournament in secure hubs in Toronto and Edmonton.
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Eastern Conference teams are in Toronto and Western Conference in Edmonton. The top four teams in each conference will play a round robin to determine seeding while the remaining eight teams will play a best-of-five series to see who advances to the 16-team playoff pool.
After reseeding, there were be the usual four rounds of best-of-seven series to determine the winner of the 2020 Stanley Cup in late September or early October.
Aug. 2: Columbus Blue Jackets captain Nick Foligno and goalie Joonas Korpisalo celebrate after their Game 1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Aug. 2: Nazem Kadri (91) celebrates his last-second goal that gave the Colorado Avalanche the win over the St. Louis Blues in their round-robin game.
Aug. 2: The Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins get in a scrum during their round-robin game.
Aug. 2: Michael Grabner of the Arizona Coyotes scores a short-handed goal during Game 1 against the Nashville Predators.
Aug. 1: The Winnipeg Jets and Calgary Flames get in a scrum after the final whistle of Game 1.
Aug. 1: Montreal Canadiens defenseman Jeff Petry celebrates his overtime goal with teammate Brendan Gallagher during a 3-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Aug. 1: Winnipeg Jets center Mark Scheifele is helped off the ice after being injured in the first period against the Calgary Flames.
Aug. 1: Chicago Blackhawks forward Dominik Kubalik is congratulated after his power-play goal. He set an NHL record with five points in his playoff debut.
Aug. 1: Edmonton Oilers forward Andreas Athanasiou falls to the ice after colliding with the Chicago Blackhawks’ Dylan Strome.
Aug. 1: The Florida Panthers’ Noel Acciari collides with New York Islanders goalie Semyon Varlamov.
Aug. 1: The New York Islanders’ Adam Pelech and Florida Panthers’ Aleksander Barkov battle during the second period.
Aug. 1: The Carolina Hurricanes celebrate a 3-2 victory against the New York Rangers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference qualification round.
Aug. 1: New York’s Adam Fox celebrates a goal by Rangers defenseman Marc Staal at 18:05 of the third period against Carolina Hurricanes goalie Petr Mrazek.
Aug. 1: New York’s Brendan Smith and Pavel Buchnevich check Carolina’s Martin Necas.
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Aug. 1: The Winnipeg Jets and Calgary Flames get in a scrum after the final whistle of Game 1.
Aug. 1: Montreal Canadiens defenseman Jeff Petry celebrates his overtime goal with teammate Brendan Gallagher during a 3-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Aug. 1: Winnipeg Jets center Mark Scheifele is helped off the ice after being injured in the first period against the Calgary Flames.
Aug. 1: Chicago Blackhawks forward Dominik Kubalik is congratulated after his power-play goal. He set an NHL record with five points in his playoff debut.
Aug. 1: Edmonton Oilers forward Andreas Athanasiou falls to the ice after colliding with the Chicago Blackhawks’ Dylan Strome.
Aug. 1: The Florida Panthers’ Noel Acciari collides with New York Islanders goalie Semyon Varlamov.
Aug. 1: The New York Islanders’ Adam Pelech and Florida Panthers’ Aleksander Barkov battle during the second period.
Aug. 1: The Carolina Hurricanes celebrate a 3-2 victory against the New York Rangers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference qualification round.
Aug. 1: New York’s Adam Fox celebrates a goal by Rangers defenseman Marc Staal at 18:05 of the third period against Carolina Hurricanes goalie Petr Mrazek.
Aug. 1: New York’s Brendan Smith and Pavel Buchnevich check Carolina’s Martin Necas.