Playoff hockey continues, with the NHL now in round 2 of 4 and the PWHL underway with its first of two playoff rounds.
I’ve tried to include as much information as possible in a useful and readable format below. Let me know if there’s anything here that’s confusing or could be better. Check the “Overview” panels for the matchups in each round, and the “Upcoming” panels for a night-by-night schedule of upcoming games. As always, all times are Eastern.
NHL Round 1 Overview
Carolina Hurricanes (M1) vs. Ottawa Senators (WC2) – Carolina wins 4-0
Game 1 (Sat 4/18): Carolina 2 – Ottawa 0 (CAR 1-0)
Game 2 (Mon 4/20): Carolina 3 – Ottawa 2 [2OT] (CAR 2–0)
Game 3 (Thu 4/23): Carolina 2 – Ottawa 1 (CAR 3-0)
Game 4 (Sat 4/25): Carolina 4 – Ottawa 2 (CAR 4-0)
Buffalo Sabres (A1) vs. Boston Bruins (WC1) – Buffalo wins 4-2
Game 1 (Sun 4/19): Buffalo 4 – Boston 3 (BUF 1–0)
Game 2 (Tue 4/21): Boston 4 – Buffalo 2 (tied 1–1)
Game 3 (Thu 4/23): Buffalo 3 – Boston 1 (BUF 2-1)
Game 4 (Sun 4/26): Buffalo 6 – Boston 1 (BUF 3-1)
Game 5 (Tue 4/28): Boston 2 – Buffalo 1 [OT] (BUF 3-2)
Game 6 (Fri 5/1): Buffalo 4 – Boston 1 (BUF 4-2)
Tampa Bay Lightning (A2) vs. Montreal Canadiens (A3) – Montreal wins 4-3
Game 1 (Sun 4/19): Montreal 4 – Tampa Bay 3 [OT] (MTL 1–0)
Game 2 (Tue 4/21): Tampa Bay 3 – Montreal 2 [OT] (tied 1–1)
Game 3 (Fri 4/24): Montreal 3 – Tampa Bay 2 [OT] (MTL 2-1)
Game 4 (Sun 4/26): Tampa 3 – Montreal 2 (tied 2-2)
Game 5 (Wed 4/29): Montreal 3 – Tampa Bay 2 (MTL 3-2)
Game 6 (Fri 5/1): Tampa Bay 1 – Montreal 0 [OT] (tied 3-3)
Game 7 (Sun 5/3): Montreal 2 – Tampa Bay 1 (MTL 4-3)
Pittsburgh Penguins (M2) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (M3) – Philadelphia wins 4-2
Game 1 (Sat 4/18): Philadelphia 3 – Pittsburgh 2 (PHI 1–0)
Game 2 (Mon 4/20): Philadelphia 3 – Pittsburgh 0 (PHI 2–0)
Game 3 (Wed 4/22): Philadelphia 5 – Pittsburgh 2 (PHI 3-0)
Game 4 (Sat 4/25): Pittsburgh 4 – Philadelphia 2 (PHI 3-1)
Game 5 (Mon 4/27): Pittsburgh 3 – Philadelphia 2 (PHI 3-2)
Game 6 (Wed 4/29): Philadelphia 1 – Pittsburgh 0 [OT] (PHI 4-2)
Colorado Avalanche (C1) vs. Los Angeles Kings (WC2) – Colorado wins 4-0
Game 1 (Sun 4/19): Colorado 2 – Los Angeles 1 (COL 1–0)
Game 2 (Tue 4/21): Colorado 2 – Los Angeles 1 [OT] (COL 2–0)
Game 3 (Thu 4/23): Colorado 4 – Los Angeles 2 (COL 3-0)
Game 4 (Sun 4/26): Colorado 5 – Los Angeles 1 (COL 4-0)
Vegas Golden Knights (P1) vs. Utah Mammoth (WC1) – Vegas wins 4-2
Game 1 (Sun 4/19): Vegas 4 – Utah 2 (VGK 1–0)
Game 2 (Tue 4/21): Utah 3 – Vegas 2 (tied 1–1)
Game 3 (Fri 4/24): Utah 4 – Vegas 2 (UTA 2-1)
Game 4 (Mon 4/27): Vegas 5 – Utah 4 [OT] (tied 2-2)
Game 5 (Wed 4/29): Vegas 5 – Utah 4 [OT] (VGK 3-2)
Game 6 (Fri 5/1): Vegas 5 – Utah 1 (VGK 4-2)
Dallas Stars (C2) vs. Minnesota Wild (C3) – Minnesota wins 4-2
Game 1 (Sat 4/18): Minnesota 6 – Dallas 1 (MIN 1–0)
Game 2 (Mon 4/20): Dallas 4 – Minnesota 2 (tied 1–1)
Game 3 (Wed 4/22): Dallas 4 – Minnesota 3 [OT] (DAL 2-1)
Game 4 (Sat 4/25): Minnesota 3 – Dallas 2 [OT] (tied 2-2)
Game 5 (Tue 4/28): Minnesota 4 – Dallas 2 (MIN 3-2)
Game 6 (Thu 4/30): Minnesota 5 – Dallas 2 (MIN 4-2)
Edmonton Oilers (P2) vs. Anaheim Ducks (P3) – Anaheim wins 4-2
Game 1 (Mon 4/20): Edmonton 4 – Anaheim 3 (EDM 1–0)
Game 2 (Wed 4/22): Anaheim 6 – Edmonton 4 (tied 1-1)
Game 3 (Fri 4/24): Anaheim 7 – Edmonton 4 (ANA 2-1)
Game 4 (Sun 4/26): Anaheim 4 – Edmonton 3 [OT] (ANA 3-1)
Game 5 (Tue 4/28): Edmonton 4 – Anaheim 1 (ANA 3-2)
Game 6 (Thu 4/30): Anaheim 5 – Edmonton 2 (ANA 4-2)
NHL Round 2 Overview
Carolina Hurricanes (M1) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (M3) – Carolina leads 3-0
Game 1 (Sat 5/2): Carolina 3 – Philadelphia 0 (CAR 1-0)
Game 2 (Mon 5/4): Carolina 3 – Philadelphia 2 [OT] (CAR 2-0)
Game 3 (Thu 5/7): Carolina 4 – Philadelphia 1 (CAR 3-0)
Game 4 (Sat 5/9) at Philadelphia (6:00 PM)
Game 5 (Mon 5/11) at Carolina (TBD) (if necessary)
Game 6 (Wed 5/13) at Philadelphia (TBD) (if necessary)
Game 7 (Sat 5/16) at Carolina (TBD) (if necessary)
Buffalo Sabres (A1) vs. Montreal Canadiens (A3) – Buffalo leads 1-0
Game 1 (Wed 5/6): Buffalo 4 – Montreal 2 (BUF 1-0)
Game 2 (Fri 5/8) at Buffalo (7:00 PM)
Game 3 (Sun 5/10) at Montreal (7:00 PM)
Game 4 (Tue 5/12) at Montreal (TBD)
Game 5 (Thu 5/14) at Buffalo (TBD) (if necessary)
Game 6 (Sat 5/16) at Montreal (TBD) (if necessary)
Game 7 (Mon 5/18) at Buffalo (TBD) (if necessary)
Colorado Avalanche (C1) vs. Minnesota Wild (C3) – Colorado leads 2-0
Game 1 (Sun 5/3): Colorado 9 – Minnesota 6 (COL 1-0)
Game 2 (Tue 5/5): Colorado 5 – Minnesota 2 (COL 2-0)
Game 3 (Sat 5/9) at Minnesota (9:00 PM)
Game 4 (Mon 5/11) at Minnesota (TBD)
Game 5 (Wed 5/13) at Colorado (TBD) (if necessary)
Game 6 (Fri 5/15) at Minnesota (TBD) (if necessary)
Game 7 (Sun 5/17) at Colorado (TBD) (if necessary)
Vegas Golden Knights (P1) vs. Anaheim Ducks (P3) – tied 1-1
Game 1 (Mon 5/4): Vegas 3 – Anaheim 1 (VGK 1-0)
Game 2 (Wed 5/6): Anaheim 3 – Vegas 1 (tied 1-1)
Game 3 (Fri 5/8) at Anaheim (9:30 PM)
Game 4 (Sun 5/10) at Anaheim (9:30 PM)
Game 5 (Tue 5/12) at Vegas (TBD) (if necessary)
Game 6 (Thu 5/14) at Anaheim (TBD) (if necessary)
Game 7 (Sat 5/16) at Vegas (TBD) (if necessary)
NHL (upcoming)
Friday, May 8
Canadiens at Sabres [R2/G2] (7:00 PM)
Golden Knights at Ducks [R2/G3] (9:30 PM)
Saturday, May 9
Hurricanes at Flyers [R2/G4] (6:00 PM)
Avalanche at Wild [R2/G3] (9:00 PM)
Sunday, May 10
Sabres at Canadiens [R2/G3] (7:00 PM)
Golden Knights at Ducks [R2/G4] (9:30 PM)
Monday, May 11
Flyers at Hurricanes [R2/G5] (if necessary) (TBD)
Avalanche at Wild [R2/G4] (TBD)
Tuesday, May 12
Sabres at Canadiens [R2/G4] (7:00 PM)
Ducks at Golden Knights [R2/G5] (9:30 PM)
Wednesday, May 13
Wild at Avalanche [R2/G5] (if necessary) (TBD)
Hurricanes at Flyers [R2/G6] (if necessary) (TBD)
Thursday, May 14
Canadiens at Sabres [R2/G5] (if necessary) (TBD)
Golden Knights at Ducks [R2/G6] (if necessary) (TBD)
PWHL Semifinals Overview
Montreal Victoire (1st seed) vs. Minnesota Frost (3rd seed) – Montreal leads 2-1
Game 1 (Sat 5/2): Minnesota 5 – Montreal 4 [OT] (MIN 1-0)
Game 2 (Tue 5/5) Montreal 1 – Minnesota 0 [3OT] (tied 1-1)
Game 3 (Thu 5/7): Montreal 2 – Minnesota 1 (MTL 2-1)
Game 4 (Fri 5/8) at Minnesota (8:30 PM)
Game 5 (TBD) (if necessary) (TBD)
Boston Fleet (2nd seed) vs. Ottawa Charge (4th seed) – tied 1-1
Game 1 (Thu 4/30): Boston 2 – Ottawa 1 (BOS 1-0)
Game 2 (Sat 5/2): Ottawa 3 – Boston 1 (tied 1-1)
Game 3 (Fri 5/8) at Ottawa (7:00 PM)
Game 4 (Sun 5/10) at Ottawa (3:00 PM)
Game 5 (TBD) (if necessary) (TBD)
PWHL (upcoming)
Friday, May 8
Fleet at Charge [G3] (7:00 PM)
Victoire at Frost [G4] (8:30 PM)
Saturday, May 9
No games scheduled today.
Sunday, May 10
Fleet at Charge [G4] (3:00 PM)
Have fun and happy playoff hockey!