NHL playoffs
Spring hockey tournament
The NHL playoffs are the postseason tournament that determines the Stanley Cup champion in professional ice hockey.
Sixteen teams qualify based on regular-season performance and compete in a bracket of best-of-seven series through four rounds.
The playoffs run from April through June and are known for intense, physical play: The Oilers made a deep run in the NHL playoffs.
- Stanley CupPro hockey's top prize
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
- double overtimeAdditional period beyond overtime
- hat trickThree scores, one game
- slap shotForceful hockey strike
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