NHL playoff bracket: 2025 schedule, times, scores, TV for first-round series
Three NHL second-round playoff series have been determined and the fourth matchup will have to wait until Sunday.
The St. Louis Blues downed the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 on Friday, forcing a Game 7 on Sunday night in Winnipeg. Vezina and Hart Trophy finalist Connor Hellebuyck was pulled for the third time in the series.
The winner will face the Dallas Stars, who ousted the Colorado Avalanche in Game 7 Saturday night behind Mikko Rantanen's third-period hat trick.
The other second-round series are the Washington Capitals vs. Carolina Hurricanes, Toronto Maple Leafs vs. the defending champion Florida Panthers, and Vegas Golden Knights vs. Edmonton Oilers.
Here are the playoff matchups, schedule and results for the first round of the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs (all times p.m. ET, series are best of seven):
How to stream NHL playoffs
Fubo carries ESPN games. Sling carries TNT games
NHL playoff game today (Saturday, May 3)
Eastern Conference NHL playoff schedule
Key: M-Metropolitan; A-Atlantic; WC-wild card; x-if necessary
Washington Capitals (M1) vs. Montreal Canadiens (WC2)
Capitals win series 4-1
- Game 1: Capitals 3, Canadiens 2 (OT) | Story
- Game 2: Capitals 3, Canadiens 1
- Game 3: Canadiens 6, Capitals 3 | Story
- Game 4: Capitals 5, Canadiens 2
- Game 5: Capitals 4, Canadiens 1 | Story
Carolina Hurricanes (M2) vs. New Jersey Devils (M3)
Hurricanes win series 4-1
- Game 1: Hurricanes 4, Devils 1
- Game 2: Hurricanes 3, Devils 1
- Game 3: Devils 3, Hurricanes 2 (2OT) | Story
- Game 4: Hurricanes 5, Devils 2
- Game 5: Hurricanes 5, Devils 4 (2OT)
Toronto Maple Leafs (A1) vs. Ottawa Senators (WC1)
Maple Leafs win series 4-2
- Game 1: Maple Leafs 6, Senators 2
- Game 2: Maple Leafs 3, Senators 2 (OT)
- Game 3: Maple Leafs 3, Senators 2 (OT)
- Game 4: Senators 4, Maple Leafs 3 (OT)
- Game 5: Senators 4, Maple Leafs 0
- Game 6: Maple Leafs 4, Senators 2
Tampa Bay Lightning (A2) vs. Florida Panthers (A3)
Panthers win series 4-1
- Game 1: Panthers 6, Lightning 2
- Game 2: Panthers 2, Lightning 0 | Story
- Game 3: Lightning 5, Panthers 1 | Story
- Game 4: Panthers 4, Lightning 2 | Story
- Game 5: Panthers 6, Lightning 3 | Story
Western Conference NHL playoff schedule
Key: C-Central; P-Pacific; WC-wild card, x-if necessary
Winnipeg Jets (C1) vs. St. Louis Blues (WC2)
Series tied 3-3
- Game 1: Jets 5, Blues 3
- Game 2: Jets 2, Blues 1
- Game 3: Blues 7, Jets 2
- Game 4: Blues 5, Jets 1
- Game 5: Jets 5, Blues 3
- Game 6: Blues 5, Jets 2
- Game 7: Sunday, May 4, Blues at Jets, 7, TBS
Dallas Stars (C2) vs. Colorado Avalanche (C3)
Stars win series 4-3
- Game 1: Avalanche 5, Stars 1
- Game 2: Stars 4, Avalanche 3 (OT) | Story
- Game 3: Stars 2, Avalanche 1 (OT) | Story
- Game 4: Avalanche 4, Stars 0
- Game 5: Stars 6, Avalanche 2
- Game 6: Avalanche 7, Stars 4
- Game 7: Stars 4, Avalanche 2
Vegas Golden Knights (P1) vs. Minnesota Wild (WC1)
Golden Knights win series 4-2
- Game 1: Golden Knights 4, Wild 2
- Game 2: Wild 5, Golden Knights 2
- Game 3: Wild 5, Golden Knights 2
- Game 4: Golden Knights 4, Wild 3 (OT)
- Game 5: Golden Knights 3, Wild 2 (OT)
- Game 6: Golden Knights 3, Wild 2
Los Angeles Kings (P2) vs. Edmonton Oilers (P3)
Oilers win 4-2
- Game 1: Kings 6, Oilers 5 | Story
- Game 2: Kings 6, Oilers 2
- Game 3: Oilers 7, Kings 4 | Story
- Game 4: Oilers 4, Kings 3 (OT)
- Game 5: Oilers 3, Kings 1
- Game 6: Oilers 6, Kings 4