Stanley Cup Playoffs 2020

Stanley Cup Playoffs 2020
Period	August 1, 2020 to October 2020
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The playoffs for the Stanley Cup of 2020 began on August 1, 2020 and are expected to be played until October 2020. On May 26, 2020, the National Hockey League (NHL) released a plan to resume game operations interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic . This provides for a significantly changed playoff mode with 24 participating teams and an additional round. In mid-July 2020, the Canadian cities of Toronto and Edmonton were announced as venues and a specific schedule was published.

Despite the increased number of participants, all three California teams - namely Anaheim , Los Angeles and San Jose  - missed the playoffs for the first time since 1996 . In contrast, six Canadian teams qualified, as many as last in 1993 . Meanwhile, the Arizona Coyotes , who were last represented in the 2012 playoffs , ended their negative run of seven seasons without participating in the post-season . Among the active franchises , this was previously the second-longest series of this kind, which was only surpassed by the Buffalo Sabers , who are not playing for the Stanley Cup for the ninth time in a row this year.

mode

This year the top twelve teams from each conference are qualified for the playoffs. However, these are determined by the point quota, i.e. the ratio of the points won and the maximum achievable points, as not all teams have played the same number of games. The four best teams of both conferences, regardless of the division , are set by a bye directly for the first round. As a result, teams 5 to 12 on the seeding list compete against each other in a qualifying round , according to the pattern 5 against 12, 6 against 11, etc. These series should be played according to the best-of-five mode. Meanwhile, the four best teams play in a round robin tournament, each against each other, for the position in the seeding list for the first round. Thus, the first round consists of the usual 16 teams, while the usual best-of-seven mode is used from the first round . However, unlike in recent years, the pairings are re-set after each round, as opposed to a pre-determined playoff tree. That is, in each round the best team plays against the weakest remaining team on the seeding list. The other classic playoff regulations such as continuous overtime with sudden death remain unchanged.

Venues

For the time being, two cities (hub cities) should be chosen as the venues , one each for the Eastern and Western Conference. The game and training operations as well as the accommodation of players and officials in hotels should be carried out on these under conditions that meet hygiene regulations. The choice fell in mid-July 2020 on Toronto for the east and Edmonton for the west. Chicago , Columbus , Dallas , Las Vegas , Los Angeles , Minneapolis / Saint Paul , Pittsburgh and Vancouver were also considered beforehand . As expected, all games without spectators should be played as ghost games .

Qualified teams

Eastern Conference E1: Boston Bruins E2: Tampa Bay Lightning E3: Washington Capitals E4: Philadelphia Flyers E5: Pittsburgh Penguins E6: Carolina Hurricanes E7: New York Islanders E8: Toronto Maple Leafs E9: Columbus Blue Jackets E10: Florida Panthers E11: New York Rangers E12: Canadiens de Montréal

Western Conference W1: St. Louis Blues W2: Colorado Avalanche W3: Vegas Golden Knights W4: Dallas Stars W5: Edmonton Oilers W6: Nashville Predators W7: Vancouver Canucks W8: Calgary Flames W9: Winnipeg Jets W10: Minnesota Wild W11: Arizona Coyotes W12: Chicago Blackhawks

Playoff tree

	Qualification round					Conference quarterfinals					Conference semifinals					Conference finals					Stanley Cup Final
	5	Pittsburgh Penguins	1			1	Philadelphia Flyers	4th
	12	Canadiens de Montréal	3			8th	Canadiens de Montréal	2
											1	Philadelphia Flyers	1
											6th	New York Islanders	3
	6th	Carolina Hurricanes	3			2	Tampa Bay Lightning	4th
	11	New York Rangers	0			7th	Columbus Blue Jackets	1
	Eastern Conference
																2	Tampa Bay Lightning
	7th	New York Islanders	3			3	Washington Capitals	1
	10	Florida panthers	1			6th	New York Islanders	4th
											2	Tampa Bay Lightning	4th
											4th	Boston Bruins	1
	8th	Toronto Maple Leafs	2			4th	Boston Bruins	4th
	9	Columbus Blue Jackets	3			5	Carolina Hurricanes	1
	(The teams are reset after the first two rounds.)
	5	Edmonton Oilers	1			1	Vegas Golden Knights	4th
	12	Chicago Blackhawks	3			8th	Chicago Blackhawks	1
											1	Vegas Golden Knights	3
											5	Vancouver Canucks	1
	6th	Nashville Predators	1			2	Colorado Avalanche	4th
	11	Arizona Coyotes	3			7th	Arizona Coyotes	1
	Western Conference
	7th	Vancouver Canucks	3			3	Dallas Stars	4th
	10	Minnesota Wild	1			6th	Calgary Flames	2
											2	Colorado Avalanche	2
											3	Dallas Stars	3
	8th	Calgary Flames	3			4th	St. Louis Blues	2
	9	Winnipeg Jets	1			5	Vancouver Canucks	4th

Round robin

Abbreviations: Division: ATL = Atlantic , MET = Metropolitan , CEN = Central and PAC = Pacific , GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = defeats after overtime or shootout , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points

Eastern Conference

0Aug 2, 2020 3:00 p.m. (local time)

Boston Bruins Chris Wagner (38:51)

1: 4 (0: 0, 1: 3, 0: 1) game report

Philadelphia Flyers Michael Raffl (25:33) Nate Thompson (29:31) Philippe Myers (38:59) Scott Laughton (44:07)

Scotiabank Arena , Toronto , Ontario

0Aug 3, 2020 4 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kutscherow (12:53) Mitchell Stephens (27:48) Penalty Shootout: Victor Hedman  Brayden Point Nikita Kutscherow

3: 2 n.P. (1: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Washington Capitals Richard Pánik (37:24) Yevgeny Kuznetsov (39:32) Penalty Shootout: TJ Oshie  Yevgeny Kuznetsov Nicklas Bäckström

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

0Aug 5, 2020 at 4 p.m.

Boston Bruins Charlie McAvoy (36:43) Chris Wagner (41:47)

2: 3 (0: 2, 1: 0, 1: 1) game report

Tampa Bay Lightning Brayden Point (7:33) Alexander Killorn (10:32) Tyler Johnson (58:33)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

0Aug 6, 2020 4 p.m.

Philadelphia Flyers Scott Laughton (13:03) Travis Sanheim (31:30) Scott Laughton (48:37)

3: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1) game report

Washington Capitals Travis Boyd (48:49)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

08 Aug 2020, 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning Tyler Johnson (25:21)

1: 4 (0: 2, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report

Philadelphia Flyers Nicolas Aubé-Kubel (7:40) Nicolas Aubé-Kubel (14:00) Joel Farabee (34:22) Tyler Pitlick (58:40)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

09 Aug 2020 at 12 noon

Washington Capitals T. J. Oshie (19:44) Tom Wilson (42:49)

2: 1 (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1) game report

Boston Bruins Jake DeBrusk (50:30)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

rank		division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Philadelphia Flyers	MET	3	3	0	0	11	3	6th
2.	Tampa Bay Lightning	ATL	3	2	1	0	7th	8th	4th
3.	Washington Capitals	MET	3	1	1	1	5	7th	3
4th	Boston Bruins	ATL	3	0	3	0	4th	9	0

Western Conference

0Aug 2, 2020 4.30 p.m. (local time)

Colorado Avalanche Ryan Graves (45:33) Nazem Kadri (59:59)

2: 1 (0: 1, 0: 0, 2: 0) game report

St. Louis Blues David Perron (16:46)

Rogers Place , Edmonton , Alberta

03 Aug 2020 4.30 p.m.

Vegas Golden Knights Chandler Stephenson (1:04) Mark Stone (49:46) Nate Schmidt (51:15) William Carrier (54:47) William Karlsson (59:39)

5: 3 (1: 0, 0: 3, 4: 0) game report

Dallas Stars Joe Pavelski (27:50) Jamie Oleksiak (28:32) Corey Perry (32:42)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

05th Aug 2020 5.30 p.m.

Dallas Stars

0: 4 (0: 2, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Colorado Avalanche Cale Makar (3:19) Joonas Donskoi (15:29) Wladislaw Namestnikow (37:30) André Burakovsky (41:31)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

06 Aug 2020 at 5.30 p.m.

St. Louis Blues David Perron (4:02) Colton Parayko (21:45) Colton Parayko (34:07) Troy Brouwer (34:28)

4: 6 (1: 0, 3: 3, 0: 3) game report

Vegas Golden Knights Shea Theodore (26:50) Alex Tuch (30:47) Alex Tuch (33:13) Zach Whitecloud (42:01) Mark Stone (52:31) Shea Theodore (54:49)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

08 Aug 2020 1 p.m.

Colorado Avalanche Nathan MacKinnon (26:46) Joonas Donskoi (34:51) JT Compher (58:58)

3: 4 a.d. (0: 0, 2: 2, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report

Vegas Golden Knights Jonathan Marchessault (21:34) Nicolas Roy (32:55) Jonathan Marchessault (43:02) Alex Tuch (64:44)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

09 Aug 2020 1 p.m.

St. Louis Blues Robert Thomas (3:43) Penalty Shootout: David Perron  Wladimir Tarassenko Ryan O'Reilly

1: 2 n.P. (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Dallas Stars Joe Pavelski (59:28) Penalty Shootout:  Joe Pavelski Denis Gurjanow

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

rank		division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Vegas Golden Knights	PAC	3	3	0	0	15th	10	6th
2.	Colorado Avalanche	CEN	3	2	0	1	9	5	5
3.	Dallas Stars	CEN	3	0	2	1	5	10	2
4th	St. Louis Blues	CEN	3	1	2	0	6th	10	1

Qualification round

Eastern Conference

(5) Pittsburgh Penguins - (12) Canadiens de Montréal

The Canadiens de Montréal , who with only 71 points had played the weakest regular season of all playoff participants, won their series against the favored Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1. In the first playoff match between the two teams since 2010 , it was Carey Price in goal for the Canadiens who showed outstanding performances with a catch rate of 94.7% and a goalscoring average of 1.67. In addition, he managed a shutout in the ultimately decisive fourth game . On the side of the Penguins, who unsuccessfully switched from goalkeeper Matt Murray to Tristan Jarry in the fourth game , no player recorded more than three scorer points .

0Aug 1, 2020 8:00 p.m. (local time)

Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (29:55) Bryan Rust (32:34)

. 2: 3 n V. (0: 1, 2: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) of game status: 0: 1

Canadiens de Montréal Jesperi Kotkaniemi (11:27) Nick Suzuki (26:53) Jeff Petry (73:57)

Scotiabank Arena , Toronto , Ontario

0Aug 3, 2020 at 8 p.m.

Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (4:25) Jason Zucker (54:41) Jake Guentzel (59:50)

3: 1 (1: 0, 0: 0, 2: 1) Match report as of: 1: 1

Canadiens de Montréal Jesperi Kotkaniemi (57:50)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

0Aug 5, 2020 at 8 p.m.

Canadiens de Montréal Shea Weber (4:57) Jonathan Drouin (30:13) Paul Byron (35:50) Jeff Petry (45:33)

4: 3 (1: 2, 2: 1, 1: 0) Match report as of: 2: 1

Pittsburgh Penguins Patric Hörnqvist (8:40) Jason Zucker (9:39) Teodors Bļugers (25:34)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

07 Aug 2020 4 p.m.

Canadiens de Montréal Artturi Lehkonen (55:49) Shea Weber (59:28)

2: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 2: 0) Match report as of: 3: 1

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

(6) Carolina Hurricanes - (11) New York Rangers

For the first time in NHL history, the Carolina Hurricanes met the New York Rangers in the playoffs and prevailed 3-0, the only sweep of the qualifying round. On the side of the Hurricanes, Sebastian Aho was particularly convincing with eight points , while Andrei Swetschnikow managed the first playoff hat-trick in franchise history in the second game . At the Rangers, who led the entire series for just under three minutes, goalkeeper Henrik Lundqvist ended a series of 129 consecutive playoff starts when he formed the backup of Igor Schestjorkin for the third game . Both could not convince with catch quotas of 90 percent each compared to Petr Mrázek (94.0%) and James Reimer (97.4%) from Carolina. In addition, no Rangers player recorded more than two scorer points.

0Aug 1, 2020 at 12:00 noon (local time)

Carolina Hurricanes Jaccob Slavin (1:01) Sebastian Aho (26:29) Martin Nečas (50:51)

3: 2 (1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1) Match report as of: 1: 0

New York Rangers Mika Zibanejad (34:26) Marc Staal (58:06)

Scotiabank Arena , Toronto , Ontario

03 Aug 2020 at 12 noon

Carolina Hurricanes Andrei Swetschnikow (4:32) Andrei Swetschnikow (21:11) Jordan Martinook (22:22) Andrei Swetschnikow (54:02)

4: 1 (1: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 2: 0

New York Rangers Artemi Panarin (12:05)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

0Aug. 4, 2020 at 8 p.m.

New York Rangers Chris Kreider (20:12)

1: 4 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 3) Match report as of: 0: 3

Carolina Hurricanes Teuvo Teräväinen (23:18) Warren Foegele (45:07) Sebastian Aho (50:26) Sebastian Aho (59:29)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

(7) New York Islanders - (10) Florida Panthers

For the second time after 2016 , the New York Islanders and Florida Panthers faced each other in the playoffs , with the Islanders moving into the next round with a 3-1. In a comparison of Russian goalkeepers, New York's Semyon Varlamow showed significantly better performances than Sergei Bobrowski on the side of the Panthers (90.1%; 3.07) with a catch rate of 93.2% and an average goal conceded of 1.77 . On the Islanders side, Anthony Beauvillier also impressed with five points and Jean-Gabriel Pageau , who was obliged to meet the Trade Deadline , scored three goals, while Florida's Mike Hoffman also scored five points.

0Aug 1, 2020 4:00 p.m. (local time)

New York Islanders Jean-Gabriel Pageau (12:00) Anthony Beauvillier (23:39)

2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1) Match report as of: 1: 0

Florida Panthers Jonathan Huberdeau (40:23)

Scotiabank Arena , Toronto , Ontario

04 Aug 2020 at 12 noon

New York Islanders Matt Martin (26:12) Ryan Pulock (33:48) Jordan Eberle (36:27) Jordan Eberle (50:29)

4: 2 (0: 1, 3: 1, 1: 0) Match report as of: 2: 0

Florida Panthers Mike Hoffman (11:16) Aleksander Barkov (27:54)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

0Aug 5, 2020 at 12 noon

Florida Panthers Erik Haula (24:02) Mike Hoffman (40:41) Brian Boyle (42:48)

3: 2 (0: 0, 1: 1, 2: 1) Match report as of: 1: 2

New York Islanders Jean-Gabriel Pageau (36:26) Brock Nelson (58:33)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

07 Aug 2020 at 12 noon

Florida Panthers Mike Hoffman (18:41)

1: 5 (1: 2, 0: 1, 0: 2) Match report as of: 1: 3

New York Islanders Anthony Beauvillier (11:32) Anthony Beauvillier (15:10) Brock Nelson (28:01) Mathew Barzal (50:34) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (57:17)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

(8) Toronto Maple Leafs - (9) Columbus Blue Jackets

For the first time in NHL history, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Columbus Blue Jackets met in the playoffs . The only series that went the full distance of five games in the qualifying round ended with a 3-2 win for Columbus. Cam Atkinson convinced with five points and Pierre-Luc Dubois with three goals for the Blue Jackets , while Toronto in the person of Auston Matthews provided the top scorer (6 points). In an overall rather defensive encounter, all goalkeepers showed appealing performances, they each recorded catch rates of over 93.5% and ended three games with a shutout . Joonas Korpisalo reached two of them with only three inserts, as he shared the goal of the Blue Jackets with Elvis Merzļikins , while the Maple Leafs used Frederik Andersen , as expected . In the fourth game Toronto managed to equalize a 3-0 deficit within about three and a half minutes and with the sixth field player on the ice and finally win the game in overtime .

0Aug 2, 2020 8:00 p.m. (local time)

Toronto Maple Leafs

0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 2) Match report as of: 0: 1

Columbus Blue Jackets Cam Atkinson (41:05) Alexander Wennberg (59:41)

Scotiabank Arena , Toronto , Ontario

04 Aug 2020 4 p.m.

Toronto Maple Leafs Auston Matthews (36:00) John Tavares (44:56) Morgan Rielly (59:17)

3: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0) Match report as of: 1: 1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

06 Aug 2020, 8 p.m.

Columbus Blue Jackets Pierre-Luc Dubois (31:39) Seth Jones (47:27) Pierre-Luc Dubois (50:49) Pierre-Luc Dubois (78:24)

4: 3 n.V. (0: 1, 1: 2, 2: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 2: 1

Toronto Maple Leafs Cody Ceci (18:52) William Nylander (27:08) Nicholas Robertson (28:48)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

07 Aug 2020, 8 p.m.

Columbus Blue Jackets Cam Atkinson (3:58) Wladislaw Gawrikow (24:40) Boone Jenner (54:18)

3: 4 n.V. (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 3, 0: 1) Match report as of: 2: 2

Toronto Maple Leafs William Nylander (56:03) John Tavares (56:54) Zach Hyman (59:37) Auston Matthews (73:10)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

09 Aug 2020, 8 p.m.

Toronto Maple Leafs

0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 2) Match report as of: 2: 3

Columbus Blue Jackets Zach Werenski (6:29) Liam Foudy (51:40) Nick Foligno (59:37)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

Western Conference

(5) Edmonton Oilers - (12) Chicago Blackhawks

As in the Eastern Conference, the 12-seeded team prevailed against number 5 on the seeding list in the West when the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 . Although the Oilers had the best goalscorer (5) and scorer (9) with captain Connor McDavid and the best preparer (6) in the qualifying round with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins , the lack of breadth of the squad was once again apparent, with McDavid and Nugent -Hopkins (8) and Leon Draisaitl (6) no Edmonton's player more than three points. On the Chicago side, Jonathan Toews and Dominik Kubalík , who scored five of his six points in the first game, convinced among others . In an overall more offensive series, none of the goalkeepers deployed - Corey Crawford for Chicago and Mikko Koskinen (3 games) and Mike Smith (1) for Edmonton - achieved a catch rate of over 90%, while the Blackhawks only scored one goal more than the Oilers.

0Aug 1, 2020 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid (2:34) Leon Draisaitl (24:13) James Neal (56:07) Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (56:43)

4: 6 (1: 4, 1: 2, 2: 0) Match report as of: 0: 1

Chicago Blackhawks Dylan Strome (5:51) Jonathan Toews (7:56) Brandon Saad (9:17) Jonathan Toews (12:57) Dominik Kubalík (26:32) Dominik Kubalík (37:35)

Rogers Place , Edmonton , Alberta

0Aug 3, 2020 at 8:30 p.m.

Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid (0:19) Connor McDavid (4:05) Tyler Ennis (21:44) Connor McDavid (37:10) James Neal (47:25) Alex Chiasson (48:05)

6: 3 (2: 1, 2: 2, 2: 0) Match report as of 1: 1

Chicago Blackhawks Patrick Kane (9:06) Slater Koekkoek (24:22) Olli Määttä (35:13)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

0Aug 5, 2020 at 8:30 p.m.

Chicago Blackhawks Olli Määttä (9:14) Jonathan Toews (19:55) Matthew Highmore (54:13) Jonathan Toews (58:44)

4: 3 (2: 1, 0: 2, 2: 0) Match report as of: 2: 1

Edmonton Oilers Leon Draisaitl (9:42) Leon Draisaitl (24:07) Connor McDavid (39:52)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

0Aug 7, 2020 at 5 p.m.

Chicago Blackhawks Brandon Saad (5:16) Matthew Highmore (7:56) Dominik Kubalík (48:30)

3: 2 (2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0) Match report as of: 3: 1

Edmonton Oilers Josh Archibald (0:45) Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (10:02)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

(6) Nashville Predators - (11) Arizona Coyotes

In their only second clash in the playoffs after 2012 , the Arizona Coyotes decided their series against the Nashville Predators 3-1 for themselves. The Coyotes showed themselves to be broadly positioned, so 16 of the 19 field players used scored at least one scorer point, while Taylor Hall , Phil Kessel , Oliver Ekman Larsson and Clayton Keller each recorded four points. In addition, goalkeeper Darcy Kuemper convinced with a catch rate of 93.3% against Juuse Saros on the side of the Predators, who could only parry 89.5% of the shots. For Nashville, Filip Forsberg and Ryan Johansen emerged as the best scorers of the series with 5 points each.

0Aug 2, 2020 at 12:00 noon (local time)

Nashville Predators Filip Forsberg (19:57) Ryan Ellis (40:30) Filip Forsberg (48:56)

3: 4 (1: 3, 0: 1, 2: 0) Match report as of: 0: 1

Arizona Coyotes Oliver Ekman Larsson (7:59) Christian Dvorak (10:52) Clayton Keller (15:42) Michael Grabner (36:25)

Rogers Place , Edmonton , Alberta

04th Aug 2020 12.30 p.m.

Nashville Predators Nick Bonino (7:50) Ryan Johansen (10:27) Calle Järnkrok (26:02) Viktor Arvidsson (53:49)

4: 2 (2: 0, 1: 0, 1: 2) Match report as of: 1: 1

Arizona Coyotes Clayton Keller (59:02) Lawson Crouse (59:12)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

0Aug 5, 2020 at 12.30 p.m.

Arizona Coyotes Christian Dvorak (5:09) Conor Garland (47:08) Taylor Hall (55:38) Carl Söderberg (58:06)

4: 1 (1: 0, 0: 1, 3: 0) Match report as of: 2: 1

Nashville Predators Viktor Arvidsson (27:31)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

07 Aug 2020 12.30 p.m.

Arizona Coyotes Michael Grabner (17:27) Phil Kessel (21:37) Jordan Oesterle (44:21) Brad Richardson (65:27)

4: 3 n.V. (1: 0, 1: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0) Match report as of: 3: 1

Nashville Predators Matt Duchene (24:29) Viktor Arvidsson (28:26) Filip Forsberg (59:28)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

(7) Vancouver Canucks - (10) Minnesota Wild

For the second time since 2003 , the Vancouver Canucks and Minnesota Wild faced each other in the post-season , with the Canucks winning 3-1. In the person of Quinn Hughes, Vancouver not only provided the best scorer (6) of the series, but also the defender with the highest points in the entire qualifying round. In addition, goalkeeper Jacob Markström convinced with a catch rate of 92.6%, which was well ahead of Minnesota's Alex Stalock (89.7%), with both succeeding in a shutout . Stalock had meanwhile been given preference over Devan Dubnyk . Eric Staal with five points and Kevin Fiala with three goals also appeared for the Wild .

0Aug 2, 2020 8.30 p.m. (local time)

Vancouver Canucks

0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1) Match report as of: 0: 1

Minnesota Wild Kevin Fiala (2:50) Jared Spurgeon (30:24) Jared Spurgeon (59:13)

Rogers Place , Edmonton , Alberta

0Aug. 4, 2020 8:45 p.m.

Vancouver Canucks Tanner Pearson (0:24) JT Miller (23:01) Brock Boeser (28:42) Bo Horvat (46:22)

4: 3 (1: 1, 2: 0, 1: 2) Match report as of: 1: 1

Minnesota Wild Luke Kunin (17:16) Kevin Fiala (57:31) Kevin Fiala (59:51)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

0Aug 6, 2020 1.30 p.m.

Minnesota Wild

0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 2) Match report as of: 1: 2

Vancouver Canucks Brock Boeser (33:49) Antoine Roussel (42:18) Elias Pettersson (58:38)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

0Aug 7, 2020 at 8:45 p.m.

Minnesota Wild Luke Kunin (2:58) Eric Staal (13:32) Joel Eriksson Ek (25:39) Nico Sturm (39:08)

4: 5 n.V. (2: 1, 2: 2, 0: 1, 0: 1) Match report : 1: 3

Vancouver Canucks Tanner Pearson (12:52) Brandon Sutter (27:20) Quinn Hughes (28:44) Bo Horvat (54:14) Christopher Tanev (60:11)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

(8) Calgary Flames - (9) Winnipeg Jets

The Calgary Flames and Winnipeg Jets competed against each other in this form for the first time in the playoffs, before they last faced each other in 1987 as the first Winnipeg Jets franchise . For Calgary, 16 of the 19 field players used were involved in at least one hit, while Winnipeg only got six hits. For the Flames, Sean Monahan with six scorer points and goalkeeper Cam Talbot with a catch rate of 94.5% and a shutout were particularly convincing . On the side of the Jets, who had to do without Mark Scheifele and Patrik Laine due to injury after the first game , no player scored more than three points, while Connor Hellebuyck parried 90.4% of his shots.

0Aug 1, 2020 8.30 p.m. (local time)

Calgary Flames Johnny Gaudreau (27:06) Tobias Rieder (32:51) Mikael Backlund (38:14) Andrew Mangiapane (58:19)

4: 1 (0: 1, 3: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 1: 0

Winnipeg Jets Andrew Copp (8:51)

Rogers Place , Edmonton , Alberta

03 Aug 2020 at 12.30 p.m.

Calgary Flames Elias Lindholm (31:29) Sam Bennett (37:29)

2: 3 (0: 1, 2: 1, 0: 1) Match report as of: 1: 1

Winnipeg Jets Jansen Harkins (7:18) Adam Lowry (25:43) Nikolaj Ehlers (50:24)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

04 Aug 2020, 4:45 p.m.

Winnipeg Jets Nikolaj Ehlers (10:04) Andrew Copp (28:09)

2: 6 (1: 1, 1: 3, 0: 2) Match report as of: 1: 2

Calgary Flames Elias Lindholm (10:22) Mikael Backlund (25:37) Sean Monahan (27:49) Matthew Tkachuk (32:48) Milan Lucic (48:28) Johnny Gaudreau (57:41)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

0Aug 6, 2020 at 8:30 p.m.

Winnipeg Jets

0: 4 (0: 2, 0: 0, 0: 2) Match report as of: 1: 3

Calgary Flames Dillon Dubé (3:21) Sam Bennett (19:59) Sean Monahan (56:59) Rasmus Andersson (57:18)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

Conference quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

(1) Philadelphia Flyers - (8) Canadiens de Montréal

For the first time since the conference finals of the playoffs 2010 , the Philadelphia Flyers and Canadiens de Montréal faced each other again in the post-season , with the Flyers winning the series 4-2. For Philadelphia, especially the young goalkeeper Carter Hart showed outstanding performances with two shutouts and a catch rate of 93.6%, who faced an established NHL great in the goalkeeping position in Montreal's Carey Price (1 shutout, 92.6% catch rate). In addition, the Flyers provided Jakub Voráček (4 goals, 3 assists), the best scorer of the series, while the Canadiens had to do without their head coach Claude Julien , who had to undergo an emergency heart surgery from the second game .

Aug 12, 2020 8:00 p.m. (local time)

Philadelphia Flyers Jakub Voráček (8:54) Joel Farabee (34:54)

2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0) Match report as of: 1: 0

Canadiens de Montréal Shea Weber (34:38)

Scotiabank Arena , Toronto , Ontario

14 Aug 2020 3 p.m.

Philadelphia Flyers

0: 5 (0: 2, 0: 2, 0: 1) Match report as of: 1: 1

Canadiens de Montréal Tomáš Tatar (1:02) Jesperi Kotkaniemi (12:36) Tomáš Tatar (21:25) Joel Armia (37:57) Jesperi Kotkaniemi (50:35)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

16 Aug 2020 8 p.m.

Canadiens de Montréal

0: 1 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0) Match report as of: 1: 2

Philadelphia Flyers Jakub Voráček (5:21)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

18 Aug 2020 3 p.m.

Canadiens de Montréal

0: 2 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0) Match report as of: 1: 3

Philadelphia Flyers Michael Raffl (6:32) Philippe Myers (37:04)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

Aug. 19, 2020, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia Flyers Jakub Voráček (22:35) Jakub Voráček (26:37) Joel Farabee (50:37)

3: 5 (0: 1, 2: 2, 1: 2) Match report as of: 3: 2

Canadiens de Montréal Joel Armia (2:53) Joel Armia (30:12) Brendan Gallagher (31:30) Nick Suzuki (50:59) Phillip Danault (59:42)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

Aug 21, 2020 at 7 p.m.

Canadiens de Montréal Nick Suzuki (10:03) Nick Suzuki (26:05)

2: 3 (1: 2, 1: 1, 0: 0) Match report as of: 2: 4

Philadelphia Flyers Ivan Proworow (0:28) Kevin Hayes (5:23) Michael Raffl (24:26)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

(2) Tampa Bay Lightning - (7) Columbus Blue Jackets

In the Conference quarter-finals, the Tampa Bay Lightning met the Columbus Blue Jackets and prevailed 4-1. This was the re - edition of the clash of the previous year , in which the Blue Jackets had caused one of the biggest surprises in NHL history in the first round with a sweep of the Presidents' Trophy winner from Tampa Bay. In the first game in this series, the teams made history again by playing the fourth longest game in playoff history . In the fifth overtime , the Lightning prevailed 3: 2, with Seth Jones (65:06 minutes) and Joonas Korpisalo (85 shots saved ) from Columbus each setting new NHL records . Ultimately, Nikita Kutscherow and Brayden Point were particularly convincing for the Lightning with seven scorer points each , while with Joonas Korpisalo and Andrei Wassilewski both goalkeepers achieved an above-average catch rate of over 93%.

11 Aug 2020 3 p.m. (local time)

Tampa Bay Lightning Brayden Point (6:27) Yanni Gourde (40:23) Brayden Point (150: 27)

3: 2 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of 1: 0

Columbus Blue Jackets Pierre-Luc Dubois (2:39) Oliver Bjorkstrand (39:12)

Scotiabank Arena , Toronto , Ontario

13 Aug 2020 3 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kutscherow (5:24)

1: 3 (1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report as of: 1: 1

Columbus Blue Jackets Ryan Murray (12:52) Oliver Bjorkstrand (18:35) Alexander Wennberg (51:27)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

15 Aug 2020 7.30 p.m.

Columbus Blue Jackets Riley Nash (21:49) Eric Robinson (41:37)

2: 3 (0: 1, 1: 2, 1: 0) Match report as of: 1: 2

Tampa Bay Lightning Alexander Killorn (15:48) Brayden Point (34:16) Victor Hedman (38:53)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

17 Aug 2020 3 p.m.

Columbus Blue Jackets Cam Atkinson (25:48)

1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0) Match report as of: 1: 3

Tampa Bay Lightning Barclay Goodrow (20:16) Yanni Gourde (24:09)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

19 Aug 2020 at 12 noon

Tampa Bay Lightning Tyler Johnson (5:38) Blake Coleman (6:39) Kevin Shattenkirk (52:01) Anthony Cirelli (58:22) Brayden Point (65:12)

5: 4 n.V. (2: 1, 0: 2, 2: 1, 1: 0) Match report as of: 4: 1

Columbus Blue Jackets Nick Foligno (11:51) Kevin Stenlund (29:35) Alexander Wennberg (39:44) Oliver Bjorkstrand (49:33)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

(3) Washington Capitals - (6) New York Islanders

As the only lower-ranked team, the New York Islanders succeeded in the quarterfinals of the Eastern Conference to advance against the Washington Capitals , which they defeated 4-1. Above all, the defensive of the "Isles" was convincing, allowing only eight goals against in five games, while Washington only scored three players as goalscorers. In goal, Semyon Varlamov bribed his old employer with a shutout and a catch quota of 93.5% against Braden Holtby (89.5%) on the part of the Capitals, who also had to forego the alternative Ilya Samsonov due to injury . In the offensive of New York, Josh Bailey (6 points scorer ) as well as Anthony Beauvillier and captain Anders Lee (3 goals each) showed good performances.

Aug 12, 2020 3:00 p.m. (local time)

Washington Capitals T. J. Oshie (25:27) TJ Oshie (31:18)

2: 4 (0: 0, 2: 1, 0: 3) Match report as of: 0: 1

New York Islanders Jordan Eberle (38:57) Anders Lee (40:51) Josh Bailey (46:52) Anthony Beauvillier (51:55)

Scotiabank Arena , Toronto , Ontario

14 Aug 2020 8 p.m.

Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (0:56) Alexander Ovechkin (26:39)

2: 5 (1: 0, 1: 3, 0: 2) Match report as of: 0: 2

New York Islanders Nick Leddy (22:56) Matt Martin (25:01) Brock Nelson (26:54) Cal Clutterbuck (57:14) Anders Lee (58:21)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

16 Aug 2020 at 12 noon

New York Islanders Anders Lee (14:50) Mathew Barzal (64:28)

2: 1 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 3: 0

Washington Capitals Yevgeny Kuznetsov (25:50)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

Aug. 18, 2020, 8 p.m.

New York Islanders Jean-Gabriel Pageau (3:50) Mathew Barzal (9:16)

2: 3 (2: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1) Match report as of: 3: 1

Washington Capitals Yevgeny Kuznetsov (23:35) Alexander Ovetschkin (25:29) Alexander Ovetschkin (43:40)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

20 Aug 2020, 8 p.m.

Washington Capitals

0: 4 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 2) Match report as of: 1: 4

New York Islanders Anthony Beauvillier (10:19) Anthony Beauvillier (29:33) Nick Leddy (57:47) Josh Bailey (58:31)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

(4) Boston Bruins - (5) Carolina Hurricanes

Also between the Boston Bruins and the Carolina Hurricanes there was a re-run of the previous year, which after the sweep of the Bruins in the Conference finals 2019 had a similar outcome in these playoffs with a 4-1 victory in Boston. In the Bruins it was mainly David Krejčí (8 points), who got more time for David Pastrňák , who was missing in three out of five games , and Brad Marchand (7 points) who made the difference on the offensive. In addition, the Bruins had to do without regular goalkeeper Tuukka Rask from the third game , who left Toronto for family reasons, but was easily represented by Jaroslav Halák (93.2% catch quota ). On the side of the Hurricanes, who again sent a goalkeeper duo into the race with Petr Mrázek (92.4%) and James Reimer (91.2%), no player except Sebastian Aho achieved 4 points. In addition, Carolina's attacker Andrei Swetschnikow was injured in game three and was no longer used.

12 Aug 2020 11 a.m. (local time)

Boston Bruins David Pastrňák (17:45) Charlie Coyle (24:38) David Krejčí (40:59) Patrice Bergeron (81:13)

4: 3 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 1: 0

Carolina Hurricanes Joel Edmundson (13:02) Brock McGinn (24:59) Haydn Fleury (49:49)

Scotiabank Arena , Toronto , Ontario

Aug 13, 2020 at 8 p.m.

Boston Bruins David Krejčí (15:41) Brad Marchand (39:55)

2: 3 (1: 0, 1: 2, 0: 1) Match report as of: 1: 1

Carolina Hurricanes Teuvo Teräväinen (35:13) Andrei Swetschnikow (36:41) Dougie Hamilton (48:30)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

15 Aug 2020 at 12 noon

Carolina Hurricanes Nino Niederreiter (46:30)

1: 3 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 2) Match report as of: 1: 2

Boston Bruins Charlie Coyle (20:14) Sean Kuraly (41:16) Brad Marchand (59:29)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

17 Aug 2020, 8 p.m.

Carolina Hurricanes Justin Williams (9:17) Jordan Martinook (32:08) Teuvo Teräväinen (58:33)

3: 4 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 4) Match report as of: 1: 3

Boston Bruins Jake DeBrusk (47:26) Connor Clifton (50:10) Brad Marchand (51:40) Jake DeBrusk (54:17)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

19 Aug 2020 4 p.m.

Boston Bruins David Krejčí (35:20) Patrice Bergeron (39:56)

2: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0, 0: 0) Match report as of: 4: 1

Carolina Hurricanes Haydn Fleury (9:35)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

Western Conference

(1) Vegas Golden Knights - (8) Chicago Blackhawks

The Vegas Golden Knights made the first playoff encounter of both teams with a 4-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks . Although Chicago's Corey Crawford (92.0% catch quota ) outperformed his opponent Robin Lehner (90.5%) statistically (Game 3 was played by Marc-André Fleury for Vegas), it was ultimately the aggressive fore-checking and the squad depth of the Golden Knights - only three Outfield players remained without a scorer point - which made the difference in the series. For Vegas, Reilly Smith impressed offensively with six points and Jonathan Marchessault with five assists, while on the Blackhawks side only Patrick Kane (5 points) was able to score more than four points. Jonathan Toews and Dominik Kubalík in particular did not succeed in building on the convincing performances of the previous round.

Aug 11, 2020 8.30 p.m. (local time)

Vegas Golden Knights Shea Theodore (27:22) William Carrier (29:39) Reilly Smith (43:32) Reilly Smith (48:14)

4: 1 (0: 0, 2: 1, 2: 0) Match report as of: 1: 0

Chicago Blackhawks David Kämpf (30:51)

Rogers Place , Edmonton , Alberta

13 Aug 2020 3:30 p.m.

Vegas Golden Knights Paul Stastny (10:44) Tomáš Nosek (15:35) Mark Stone (37:20) Reilly Smith (67:13)

4: 3 n.V. (2: 0, 1: 3, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 2: 0

Chicago Blackhawks Kirby Dach (23:17) Dominik Kubalík (32:07) Dylan Strome (39:46)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

Aug 15, 2020 6:00 p.m.

Chicago Blackhawks Olli Määttä (46:21)

1: 2 (0: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0) Match report as of: 0: 3

Vegas Golden Knights William Karlsson (4:12) Patrick Brown (35:23)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

16 Aug 2020 4.30 p.m.

Chicago Blackhawks Drake Caggiula (4:08) Matthew Highmore (13:40) Alex DeBrincat (59:49)

3: 1 (2: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 1: 3

Vegas Golden Knights Shea Theodore (13:58)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

Aug. 18, 2020 at 8:30 p.m.

Vegas Golden Knights Max Pacioretty (19:29) Mark Stone (20:57) Alec Martinez (27:28) Alex Tuch (41:34)

4: 3 (1: 2, 2: 1, 1: 0) Match report as of: 4: 1

Chicago Blackhawks Jonathan Toews (10:32) Alex DeBrincat (18:19) Patrick Kane (24:02)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

(2) Colorado Avalanche - (7) Arizona Coyotes

For the first time in 20 years, since the Conference quarterfinals of the playoffs in 2000 , the Colorado Avalanche met the Arizona Coyotes again and prevailed 4-1, as they did then. In what was probably the most one-sided series of this round, which ended with 22: 8 goals for Colorado, Nathan MacKinnon in particular impressed with 10 scorer points , who also led the entire league (together with Elias Pettersson ) with 13 points at the end of the Conference quarter-finals , as well Nazem Kadri with 5 hits. In the end, the statistics on the goalkeeper position were also clear: Philipp Grubauer achieved a catch rate of over 95%, while Darcy Kuemper stayed below 90% for Arizona. In addition, none of the Coyotes players achieved more than three scorer points.

12 Aug 2020 3:30 p.m. (local time)

Colorado Avalanche Nazem Kadri (53:05) JT Compher (53:15) Mikko Rantanen (54:28)

3: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 3: 0) Match report as of: 1: 0

Arizona Coyotes

Rogers Place , Edmonton , Alberta

14 Aug 2020 at 12 noon

Colorado Avalanche Nathan MacKinnon (3:40) Tyson Jost (23:37) André Burakovsky (57:07)

3: 2 (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0) Match report as of: 2: 0

Arizona Coyotes Clayton Keller (16:49) Michael Grabner (25:06)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

15 Aug 2020 1 p.m.

Arizona Coyotes Derek Stepan (6:29) Brad Richardson (39:26) Taylor Hall (58:40) Lawson Crouse (59:55)

4: 2 (1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 1) Match report as of: 2: 1

Colorado Avalanche André Burakovsky (33:12) Mikko Rantanen (59:03)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

17 Aug 2020 3:30 p.m.

Arizona Coyotes Jakob Chychrun (33:31)

1: 7 (0: 3, 1: 1, 0: 3) Match report as of: 1: 3

Colorado Avalanche Matt Nieto (14:07) Nazem Kadri (16:07) Nazem Kadri (19:39) Joonas Donskoi (31:37) Cale Makar (40:19) Matt Calvert (42:57) Mikko Rantanen (56:24 )

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

19 Aug 2020 3:30 p.m.

Colorado Avalanche Nazem Kadri (4:39) Samuel Girard (8:29) Nazem Kadri (18:32) Nathan MacKinnon (29:51) Nathan MacKinnon (30:49) Nikita Sadorow (38:16) JT Compher (55:19 )

7: 1 (3: 0, 3: 0, 1: 1) Match report as of: 4: 1

Arizona Coyotes Clayton Keller (46:51)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

(3) Dallas Stars - (6) Calgary Flames

In the Conference quarter-finals, the Dallas Stars won their series against the Calgary Flames 4-2, with the two franchises only facing each other for the second time in playoff history. The last time this was the case with the same result was in 1981 , when Dallas was still operating as Minnesota North Stars . On the side of the stars, defender Miro Heiskanen was the top scorer (8) of the series and Denis Gurjanow with six goals, four of which he scored in the ultimately decisive sixth game, Dallas after 3-0 deficit with 7: 3 decided for itself. Anton Chudobin (91.8% catch rate ) and Cam Talbot for Calgary (91.3%) met at eye level in the goalkeeping position . The Flames' best scorer was Sam Bennett with five points.

11 Aug 2020 3:30 p.m. (local time)

Dallas Stars Denis Gurjanow (30:52) Jamie Benn (31:01)

2: 3 (0: 2, 2: 1, 0: 0) Match report as of: 0: 1

Calgary Flames Dillon Dubé (10:54) Dillon Dubé (18:02) Rasmus Andersson (36:01)

Rogers Place , Edmonton , Alberta

Aug 13, 2020 at 8:30 p.m.

Dallas Stars Alexander Radulow (2:42) Miro Heiskanen (11:14) Miro Heiskanen (24:50) Corey Perry (35:05) Jamie Oleksiak (59:20)

5: 4 (2: 1, 2: 1, 1: 2) Match report as of: 1: 1

Calgary Flames Dillon Dubé (0:19) Derek Forbort (33:00) Tobias Rieder (52:34) Sam Bennett (57:11)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

14 Aug 2020 at 8.30 p.m.

Calgary Flames Mikael Backlund (25:58) TJ Brodie (50:36)

2: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 2: 1

Dallas Stars

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

16 Aug 2020 at 12 noon

Calgary Flames Johnny Gaudreau (21:54) Sam Bennett (23:57) Sam Bennett (34:50) Tobias Rieder (43:11)

4: 5 a.d. (0: 1, 3: 2, 1: 1, 0: 1) Match report as of: 2: 2

Dallas Stars Joe Pavelski (18:11) Joe Pavelski (23:14) Denis Gurjanow (39:23) Joe Pavelski (59:48) Alexander Radulow (76:05)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

Aug 18, 2020 3:30 p.m.

Dallas Stars Jamie Benn (10:13) John Klingberg (41:12)

2: 1 (1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 3: 2

Calgary Flames Mikael Backlund (19:14)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

20 Aug 2020, 8.30 p.m.

Calgary Flames Andrew Mangiapane (3:42) Johnny Gaudreau (5:38) Rasmus Andersson (6:34)

3: 7 (3: 1, 0: 5, 0: 1) Match report as of: 2: 4

Dallas Stars Miro Heiskanen (9:36) Denis Gurjanow (20:59) Denis Gurjanow (23:25) Radek Faksa (25:47) Joe Pavelski (27:22) Denis Gurjanow (35:30) Denis Gurjanow (49:02 )

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

(4) St. Louis Blues - (5) Vancouver Canucks

The St. Louis Blues were eliminated as defending champions in the Conference quarter-finals by a 2-4 loss to the Vancouver Canucks . While the offensive performers of the previous year confirmed their achievements in the Blues ( Ryan O'Reilly with 8 and David Perron with 7 scorer points ), Jordan Binnington did not even come close in goal, he lost the first two games and was during the series, as well like in the middle of the ultimately decisive sixth game, replaced by Jake Allen . In the end, he ended the series with a catch rate of only 80%, so statistically every fifth shot passed. Jacob Markström on the other side convinced with 93% saved shots, while Elias Pettersson (9 points) as well as JT Miller , Bo Horvat and Tyler Motte (4 hits each) appeared. In addition, the Blues had to do without Wladimir Tarassenko and Alexander Steen for most of the series due to injuries .

Aug 12, 2020 8.30 p.m. (local time)

St. Louis Blues David Perron (16:37) Jaden Schwartz (29:49)

2: 5 (1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 3) Match report as of: 0: 1

Vancouver Canucks Bo Horvat (4:29) Elias Pettersson (28:37) Troy Stecher (45:37) Bo Horvat (48:01) JT Miller (59:21)

Rogers Place , Edmonton , Alberta

14 Aug 2020 4.30 p.m.

St. Louis Blues Ryan O'Reilly (38:56) Samuel Blais (49:02) Jaden Schwartz (59:53)

3: 4 n.V. (0: 1, 1: 1, 2: 1, 0: 1) Match report as of: 0: 2

Vancouver Canucks Bo Horvat (7:23) Tanner Pearson (33:01) Elias Pettersson (45:36) Bo Horvat (65:55)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

16 Aug 2020, 8.30 p.m.

Vancouver Canucks J. T. Miller (21:19) Elias Pettersson (38:39)

2: 3 n.V. (0: 0, 2: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report : 1: 2

St. Louis Blues Justin Faulk (28:16) David Perron (38:02) Brayden Schenn (75:06)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

17 Aug 2020, 8.30 p.m.

Vancouver Canucks J. T. Miller (20:40)

1: 3 (0: 1, 1: 2, 0: 0) Match report as of: 2: 2

St. Louis Blues Ryan O'Reilly (16:43) Ryan O'Reilly (26:52) Alex Pietrangelo (35:47)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

19 Aug 2020, 8.30 p.m.

St. Louis Blues Brayden Schenn (15:41) Ryan O'Reilly (19:31) Zach Sanford (25:51)

3: 4 (2: 1, 1: 3, 0: 0) Match report as of: 2: 3

Vancouver Canucks Tyler Motte (13:15) JT Miller (31:54) Jake Virtanen (36:08) Tyler Motte (38:17)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

Aug 21, 2020 7.45 p.m.

Vancouver Canucks Jay Beagle (3:45) Antoine Roussel (22:09) Troy Stecher (26:49) Brock Boeser (28:06) Tyler Motte (53:19) Tyler Motte (59:10)

6: 2 (1: 0, 3: 0, 2: 2) Match report as of: 4: 2

St. Louis Blues Jaden Schwartz (46:32) Jaden Schwartz (58:38)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference

(1) Philadelphia Flyers - (6) New York Islanders

24 Aug 2020 7:00 p.m. (local time)

Philadelphia Flyers

0: 4 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 3) Match report as of: 0: 1

New York Islanders Andy Greene (6:06) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (42:54) Anders Lee (48:50) Devon Toews (52:21)

Scotiabank Arena , Toronto , Ontario

26 Aug 2020 3 p.m.

Philadelphia Flyers Kevin Hayes (1:57) Kevin Hayes (9:43) Sean Couturier (15:09) Philippe Myers (62:41)

4: 3 n.V. (3: 0, 0: 1, 0: 2, 1: 0) Match report as of 1: 1

New York Islanders Anders Lee (31:45) Anthony Beauvillier (51:11) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (57:51)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

29 Aug 2020 7 p.m.

New York Islanders Matt Martin (27:12) Leo Komarov (39:54) Anders Lee (43:41)

3: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 2: 1

Philadelphia Flyers Tyler Pitlick (14:18)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

30 Aug 2020 8 p.m.

New York Islanders Brock Nelson (26:52) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (47:18) Brock Nelson (51:12)

3: 2 (0: 0, 1: 1, 2: 1) Match report as of: 3: 1

Philadelphia Flyers Sean Couturier (35:19) Ivan Provorov (58:55)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

0Sep 1 2020 7 p.m.

Philadelphia Flyers

-: - (-: -, -: -, - :-) Match report as of: -: -

New York Islanders

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

(2) Tampa Bay Lightning - (4) Boston Bruins

23 Aug 2020, 8 p.m. (local time)

Tampa Bay Lightning Victor Hedman (48:50) Victor Hedman (58:46)

2: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 2: 1) Match report as of: 0: 1

Boston Bruins Charlie Coyle (18:52) David Pastrňák (24:34) Brad Marchand (41:17)

Scotiabank Arena , Toronto , Ontario

25 Aug 2020 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning Blake Coleman (12:42) Nikita Kutscherow (35:28) Blake Coleman (50:40) Ondřej Palát (64:40)

4: 3 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0) Match report as of: 1: 1

Boston Bruins Nick Ritchie (3:14) Brad Marchand (34:33) Brad Marchand (56:02)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

26 Aug 2020, 8 p.m.

Boston Bruins Brad Marchand (24:56)

1: 7 (0: 2, 1: 4, 0: 1) Match report as of: 1: 2

Tampa Bay Lightning Ondřej Palát (12:46) Yanni Gourde (13:01) Michail Sergatschow (22:14) Alexander Killorn (28:35) Brayden Point (35:23) Alexander Killorn (38:01) Nikita Kutscherow (43: 58)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

29 Aug 2020 at 12 noon

Boston Bruins Jake DeBrusk (47:04)

1: 3 (0: 1, 0: 2, 1: 0) Match report as of: 1: 3

Tampa Bay Lightning Ondřej Palát (8:59) Ondřej Palát (32:29) Victor Hedman (38:04)

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

31 Aug 2020 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning

3: 2 n.V. (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 4: 1

Boston Bruins

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario

Western Conference

(1) Vegas Golden Knights - (5) Vancouver Canucks

23 Aug 2020 8.30 p.m. (local time)

Vegas Golden Knights Jonathan Marchessault (11:37) Reilly Smith (22:13) Mark Stone (31:35) Alex Tuch (36:34) Max Pacioretty (50:47)

5: 0 (1: 0, 3: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 1: 0

Vancouver Canucks

Rogers Place , Edmonton , Alberta

25 Aug 2020 7.45 p.m.

Vegas Golden Knights Alex Tuch (26:34) Max Pacioretty (58:34)

2: 5 (0: 2, 1: 1, 1: 2) Match report as of 1: 1

Vancouver Canucks Tyler Toffoli (1:29) Bo Horvat (10:59) Elias Pettersson (28:35) Bo Horvat (40:18) Tanner Pearson (59:30)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

29 Aug 2020 7.45 p.m.

Vancouver Canucks

0: 3 (0: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report as of: 1: 2

Vegas Golden Knights Alex Tuch (4:05) Zach Whitecloud (5:28) Mark Stone (42:19)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

30 Aug 2020, 8.30 p.m.

Vancouver Canucks Elias Pettersson (11:15) Bo Horvat (24:07) Tyler Toffoli (31:26)

3: 5 (1: 2, 2: 0, 0: 3) Match report as of 1: 3

Vegas Golden Knights Max Pacioretty (9:28) Chandler Stephenson (13:19) Nate Schmidt (42:52) Max Pacioretty (47:02) William Karlsson (48:29)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

0Sep 1 2020 7.45 p.m.

Vegas Golden Knights

-: - (-: -, -: -, - :-) Match report as of: -: -

Vancouver Canucks

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

(2) Colorado Avalanche - (3) Dallas Stars

22 Aug 2020 6:00 p.m. (local time)

Colorado Avalanche Nathan MacKinnon (5:04) Gabriel Landeskog (24:36) Nathan MacKinnon (38:29)

3: 5 (1: 3, 2: 1, 0: 1) Match report as of: 0: 1

Dallas Stars Tyler Seguin (4:00) Blake Comeau (9:51) Alexander Radulow (16:28) Alexander Radulow (29:09) Roope Hintz (48:47)

Rogers Place , Edmonton , Alberta

24 Aug 2020 7.45 p.m.

Colorado Avalanche Nathan MacKinnon (6:08) Mikko Rantanen (28:44)

2: 5 (1: 0, 1: 4, 0: 1) Match report as of: 0: 2

Dallas Stars Joe Pavelski (29:54) Radek Faksa (30:37) Alexander Radulow (35:34) Esa Lindell (39:14) Jamie Oleksiak (59:50)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

26 Aug 2020, 8.30 p.m.

Dallas Stars Tyler Seguin (11:12) Denis Gurjanow (44:42) Blake Comeau (49:02) Jamie Benn (50:47)

4: 6 (1: 0, 0: 3, 3: 3) Match report as of: 2: 1

Colorado Avalanche Nikita Sadorow (21:00) André Burakovsky (24:41) Gabriel Landeskog (31:00) Mikko Rantanen (52:02) Nazem Kadri (53:54) Pierre-Édouard Bellemare (58:26)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

30 Aug 2020 4 p.m.

Dallas Stars John Klingberg (6:18) Radek Faksa (8:33) Jamie Benn (10:45) Roope Hintz (47:30) Denis Gurjanow (48:02)

5: 4 (3: 0, 0: 2, 2: 2) Match report as of: 3: 1

Colorado Avalanche Valeri Nitschuschkin (33:24) Cale Makar (39:34) Valeri Nitschuschkin (51:24) Wladislav Namestnikow (59:56)

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

31 Aug 2020 7.45 p.m.

Colorado Avalanche

6: 3 (5: 0, 1: 2, 0: 1) Match report as of: 2: 3

Dallas Stars

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

0Sep 2 2020 6 p.m.

Dallas Stars

-: - (-: -, -: -, - :-) Match report as of: -: -

Colorado Avalanche

Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

Web links

• NHL announces Return to Play Plan (accessed May 27, 2020)
• Stanley Cup Playoffs 2020 on hockey-reference.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tom Gulitti: Edmonton, Toronto chosen as hub cities for NHL Return to Play Plan. nhl.com, July 11, 2020, accessed on July 17, 2020 .