2023 Stanley Cup playoffs

The 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs is the forthcoming playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL). The playoffs are scheduled to begin on April 17, 2023, a few days after the 2022–23 NHL season, and will end in June 2023 with the 2023 Stanley Cup Finals, to determine the winner of the Stanley Cup.[1]

2023 Stanley Cup playoffs
Tournament details
DatesApril 17 – TBD
Teams16
Defending championsColorado Avalanche
Final positions
ChampionsTBD
Runner-upTBD
← 2022
2024 →

The Boston Bruins will make the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners with the most points (i.e. best record) during the regular season.

Playoff teams
Further information: Stanley Cup playoffs § Current format

This will be the eighth year in which the top three teams in each division make the playoffs, along with two wild cards in each conference (for a total of eight playoff teams from each conference).

As of April 4, the following teams have qualified for the playoffs:[2]

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Playoff seeds

Atlantic Division
  1. Boston Bruins, Atlantic Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners

Television

In Canada, this will be the ninth postseason under Rogers Media's 12-year contract. Games will air across the Sportsnet networks and CBC Television under the Hockey Night in Canada brand, and streamed on Sportsnet Now and CBCSports.ca (for games televised by CBC). For selected U.S.–U.S. series during the first two rounds, Sportsnet may simulcast the U.S. feed instead of producing their own telecast.

In the U.S., this marks the second year of a seven-year agreement with ESPN and Warner Bros. Discovery Sports. In a change from last year, ABC will air Saturday night games during the First Round and Conference Finals (after only airing the 2022 Stanley Cup Finals during the previous postseason).[3] First Round games will also air across ESPN, ESPN2, TBS, and TNT. Each U.S. team's regional broadcaster will also televise local coverage of First Round games. For the Second Round, games will air on either ESPN or TNT. Other ESPN and Warner Bros. Discovery channels (such as ESPNU, ESPNews, and TruTV) may be used in the event of overflow situations during the first two rounds. ESPN/ABC will then have the first choice of which Conference Finals series to air, and TNT will then carry the other Conference Finals series. As per the alternating rotation, the 2023 Stanley Cup Finals will air on TNT. This will mark the first time that the network will carry the Cup Finals, and the first time since 1994 that the entire series will only air in the U.S. on cable television.[4]

References
  1. "NHL Announces Key Dates for Remainder of 2022-23 Season". NHL Enterprises, L.P. March 15, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  2. "2022–2023 Wild Card Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  3. Paulsen (March 9, 2023). "News: WNBA, Black Friday NFL, Van Gundy and more". SportsMediaWatch.com. Sports Media Watch. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  4. Young, Jabari (April 27, 2021). "NHL moving to Turner Sports is $1 billion risk-reward for hockey". CNBC.com. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
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