NHL playoffs

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elimination tournament ice hockey competition postseason tournament sports tournament

The NHL playoffs are the National Hockey League’s annual postseason elimination tournament that determines the winner of the Stanley Cup.

Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form Occurrences
Stanley Cup Finals 11
Stanley Cup playoffs 9
Stanley Cup playoff games 2
2018 Stanley Cup playoffs 1
NHL Stanley Cup Finals games 1
NHL Stanley Cup playoffs 1
National Hockey League championship (modern era) 1
National Hockey League playoffs 1
Stanley Cup Final 1
Stanley Cup Final (shared rights) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf elimination tournament ⓘ
ice hockey competition ⓘ
postseason tournament ⓘ
sports tournament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs NHL playoffs ⓘ
surface form: Stanley Cup playoffs
broadcastInCountry Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
competitionForTrophy Stanley Cup ⓘ
conference Eastern Conference ⓘ
Western Conference ⓘ
conferenceChampionTrophy Clarence S. Campbell Bowl ⓘ
Prince of Wales Trophy ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
determinesWinnerOf Stanley Cup ⓘ
earliestSeason 1917–18 NHL season ⓘ
finalSeries Stanley Cup ⓘ
surface form: Stanley Cup Final
follows NHL regular season ⓘ
formerlyInvolved interleague competition with Pacific Coast Hockey Association ⓘ
interleague competition with Western Canada Hockey League ⓘ
founded 1918 ⓘ
governingBody NHL Board of Governors ⓘ
hasPlayoffMVP Conn Smythe Trophy ⓘ
hasSeeding yes ⓘ
hasTrophy Clarence S. Campbell Bowl ⓘ
Prince of Wales Trophy ⓘ
homeIceAdvantageBasedOn regular season performance ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
numberOfConferences 2 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 16 ⓘ
organizer National Hockey League ⓘ
overtimeContinuesUntil first goal scored ⓘ
overtimeFormat 5-on-5 skaters plus goalies ⓘ
overtimePeriodLength 20 minutes ⓘ
overtimeRule sudden death overtime ⓘ
partOf National Hockey League season ⓘ
qualificationBasedOn regular season standings ⓘ
round Conference Finals ⓘ
First Round ⓘ
Second Round ⓘ
NHL playoffs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Stanley Cup Final
sport ice hockey ⓘ
typicalEndMonth June ⓘ
typicalStartMonth April ⓘ
usesFormat best-of-seven series ⓘ
bracket-style elimination ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NHL playoffs → alsoKnownAs → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup playoffs
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup Finals
Conn Smythe Trophy → competition → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup playoffs
NHL Eastern Conference → competition → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup playoffs
Prince of Wales Trophy → competition → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NHL Stanley Cup playoffs
The Cup → competition → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Hockey League playoffs
Norris Division → competitionFormat → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup Playoffs qualification
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup playoffs
subject surface form: Western Conference (NHL)
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup Finals
Mike Emrick → coveredCompetition → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup Finals
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup Finals
NHL regular season → followedBy → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup playoffs
NHL on TNT → hasRightsFor → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup Final (shared rights)
Boston Garden → hostedEvent → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup Finals
Chicago Stadium → hostedEvent → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup Finals
Maple Leaf Gardens → hostedEvent → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup Finals
The Garden → hostedEventType → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup playoff games
Stanley Cup trustees → jurisdiction → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Hockey League championship (modern era)
Crypto.com Arena → notableEvent → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NHL Stanley Cup Finals games
TD Garden → notableEventHosted → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup Finals games
Bell Centre → notableEventType → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup playoff games
1946–47 NHL season → partOf → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup playoffs
Daniel Brière → participantIn → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup playoffs
Jamie Benn → participantIn → NHL playoffs ⓘ
Sergei Brylin → participantIn → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup playoffs
John Carlson → participatedIn → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs
Kevin Dineen → participatedIn → NHL playoffs ⓘ
Andrei Vasilevskiy → participatesIn → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup playoffs
Steven Stamkos → participatesIn → NHL playoffs ⓘ
Denis Savard → playedIn → NHL playoffs ⓘ
Ed Belfour → playedIn → NHL playoffs ⓘ
Mark Howe → playedIn → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup Finals
Steve Staios → playedIn → NHL playoffs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup Finals
NHL playoffs → round → NHL playoffs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup Final
Stanley Cup → sportSeason → NHL playoffs ⓘ
Game 6 → typicalContext → NHL playoffs ⓘ
Eastern Conference → winnerAdvancesTo → NHL playoffs ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Conference (NHL)
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup Finals
this entity surface form: Stanley Cup Finals