NFL playoffs
| Current season, competition or edition: 2019–20 NFL playoffs |
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| Founded | 1933 |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Most recent champion(s) | Kansas City Chiefs (2nd title) |
| Most titles | Green Bay Packers (13 titles) |
OTL means OverTime Loss. In hockey, you get two points if you win in regulation time, i.e., 60 minutes, but if the game is tied at that point, each team gets one point. Then, there is a five-minute overtime period and the team that scores first gets another point.
GF – Goals for – Number of goals the team has scored. GA – Goals against – Number of goals scored against the team. OTW - Overtime Win. SOW - Shoot Out Win.
| Atlantic | GP |
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| 1 | Montréal y | 82 |
| 2 | Ottawa x | 82 |
| 3 | Boston x | 82 |
| 4 | Toronto x | 82 |
The Stanley Cup is the most valuable trophy among major North American sports, coming in at a reported $650,000. It's one of the oldest championship trophies around and is not recreated each year. The Super Bowl trophy is valued at $50,000, but the silver used to make the seven-pound trophy is only worth $1,700.
The Stanley Cup playoffs consists of four rounds of best-of-seven series. Each series is played in a 2–2–1–1–1 format, meaning the team with home-ice advantage hosts games one, two, five, and seven, while their opponent hosts games three, four, and six. Eight teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs.
The postseason can consist of anywhere from 12-22 depending on how quickly a team wins their games. The league currently has 30 teams, with 10 making the playoffs. automatically make the playoffs, and each league has two “wild-card” teams that play a one game elimination round to see who advances.
Teams
| Team name | Location | Joined the NHL |
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| Montreal Canadiens | Montreal, Quebec | 1917 (founded in 1909) |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | Toronto, Ontario | 1917 |
| Boston Bruins | Boston, Massachusetts | 1924 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago, Illinois | 1926 |
NHL Winners
- Montreal Canadiens: 23. (The Canadiens also have one pre-NHL win, listed below)
- Toronto Maple Leafs: 13. (Includes wins under previous franchise names: Toronto Arenas and Toronto St.
- Detroit Red Wings: 11.
- Boston Bruins: 6.
- Chicago Blackhawks: 6.
- Edmonton Oilers: 5.
- Pittsburgh Penguins: 5.
- New York Rangers: 4.
If Ovechkin continues to produce over multiple seasons, he could potentially challenge Wayne Gretzky, whose 894 goals in 1,487 games (.60 goals per game) are the most in NHL history. Ovechkin has 636 through 1,036 games and would need 258 goals, an average of 36 for the next seven seasons, to tie Gretzky.
NHL fantasy team power rankings for 2019-20
- Washington Capitals (SAME) Players in top 200: 9.
- Toronto Maple Leafs (SAME) Players in top 200: 8.
- Tampa Bay Lightning (SAME) Players in top 200: 9.
- Boston Bruins (SAME) Players in top 200: 8.
- Pittsburgh Penguins (+2) Players in top 200: 9.
- Colorado Avalanche (-1)
- Carolina Hurricanes (-1)
- Dallas Stars (SAME)
The general concept is that a wild-card is the team within a conference with the best record that did not finish Top X in their division. In the NFL it's “Top 1”, aka the division winners; in the NHL, it's Top 3. Right now, the top three teams in each division get into the playoffs automatically.
Playoff Format
The top three teams in each division will make up the first 12 teams in the playoffs. The remaining four spots will be filled by the next two highest-placed finishers in each conference, based on regular-season record and regardless of division.This means up to seven games are played until one team wins 4 of the games. The first three rounds decide which team from each conference will move on to the last round. The last round is called the Stanley Cup Finals. The winner of that set of games becomes the NHL and Stanley Cup winner.
At SportsClubStats, the Oilers are given an 81 per cent chance of making the playoffs, which is the eighth highest percentage in the league. Calgary is at 55.5 per cent.
This year, however, most analysts are bullish on Edmonton, who are second in the Western Conference with 35 points in 27 games. At Moneypuck.com, the Oilers are given a 73.5 per cent of making the playoffs and a 3.9 per cent chance of winning the Stanley Cup.
The verdict is in? Edmonton Oilers given 0.0 per cent chance of winning Stanley Cup in 2020.
2020 marks a new year and a new decade. The Vancouver Canucks can start it off by punching a ticket to the postseason for the first time in five years. The Vancouver Canucks closed out 2019 — and the 2010s decade — on a high note by winning five consecutive contests, but the real game begins now. Make the playoffs.
In the team's first 12 seasons, after joining the NHL as an expansion franchise in 2000, the Blue Jackets won zero playoff games. The Blue Jackets are one of only two current NHL franchises that have never won a playoff series, along with the Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets.
The Maple Leafs are still expected to make the playoffs — despite being currently situated outside the playoffs. Their skill and forward depth have produced a lot of believers.
Digging a little deeper, it is clear that fans throughout the NHL do not have much faith in Buffalo's ability to make it to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. According to FanPulse voters, only 7.86% of voters believe the Buffalo Sabres will make an appearance in the 2019-20 postseason.
Edmonton has not reached postseason since 2017
"Certainly in the short term, try to make it playoffs in 2019-20," Holland said of his goals. "Over the next two or three years, become deeper, become better so maybe we can have better regular seasons.According to Hockey Reference, the Blackhawks have a 33.8 percent chance of making the playoffs.
Contents
- 3.1.1 (A1) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. ( WC2) Columbus Blue Jackets.
- 3.1.2 (A2) Boston Bruins vs. ( A3) Toronto Maple Leafs.
- 3.1.3 (M1) Washington Capitals vs. ( WC1) Carolina Hurricanes.
- 3.1.4 (M2) New York Islanders vs. ( M3) Pittsburgh Penguins.
The original 1892 Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, purchased and donated by Lord Stanley, was physically awarded to the Champions until 1970, and is now displayed in the Vault Room at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Ontario.
There are five channels you'll need to watch the 2019 NHL playoffs: NBC, NBCSN, USA, CNBC, and NHL Network. Only one service checks all of those boxes—Sling TV—but you can probably do without NHL Network. The specialty channel is only confirmed for one game at the moment (tonight's St. Louis Blues vs.
The Blues qualified for the playoffs in all but nine of their 52 seasons, appeared in the Stanley Cup Finals four times, and won the Stanley Cup in 2019.
In Summary: Here are the 11 NHL teams that have never won the Stanley Cup.
- Buffalo Sabres.
- Vancouver Canucks.
- San Jose Sharks.
- Florida Panthers.
- Arizona Coyotes.
- Nashville Predators.
- Winnipeg Jets.
- Minnesota Wild.
The 2020 IIHF World Championship will be hosted from 8 to 24 May 2020 by Switzerland, as the IIHF announced on 15 May 2015.
If you want to watch the Stanley Cup playoffs on your mobile device, set top box, or game console, here are the apps you'll need: Android: Hulu, NBC Sports, CNBC, USA. iOS: Hulu, NBC Sports, CNBC, USA. Amazon devices: Hulu, NBC Sports, CNBC, USA.
Blues games are available for streaming on the FOX Sports GO app and at FOXSportsGO.com to customers of participating pay-TV providers who receive FOX Sports Midwest as part of their video subscription. For more information, read below or visit FOXSportsGO.com.
