NHL 21 22 SEASON SERIES

The Stanley Cup could be awarded earlier (if teams take less than seven games to settle a series), but the 30th is the last statistically possible day that a team could win the award.

NHL 21 22 SEASON SERIES

The 30th marks the last possible day for the NHL playoffs, assuming each series takes seven games to settle. June 30, 2022: Last possible day of NHL playoffs

The top 8 teams from each conference make the playoffs, with the top teams from each division securing the first and second spots in their conference, based on point totals. Two divisions per conference, 4 divisions total, 8 teams per division.

Two conferences, Western and Eastern, 16 teams per conference. Just less than a month after their usual, early April start time, the NHL playoffs begin, returning to their standard format, as the league revisits their standard format for conferences and divisions, broken up as follows: NHL says 98 percent of players will be vaxxed by opening night May 2, 2022: Playoffs begin Terrence Lee-USA TODAY Sports The outdoor game tradition began in 2008, when the first Winter Classic Game was held on New Years Day in Buffalo. Louis Blues will head to Target Field–the home of the MLB’s Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis–to take on the NHL’s Minnesota Wild for an outdoor contest. In a game that was originally scheduled for New Years Day 2021 (before the shortened season began on January 13), the St. January 1, 2022: NHL Winter Classic Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports The Kraken selected 22-year old Kole Lind from the Canucks in the expansion draft, and this game may mark his return to his former club. The Kraken will play in Seattle for the first time on a Saturday night, matching up against the Vancouver Canucks–a clear rivalry based on proximity of the two cities–for the first time at Climate Pledge Arena.

October 23, 2021: Seattle’s first home game James Snook-USA TODAY Sports The two expansion teams fill the later slot of the double-header, and the Kraken will hope to have the same Cinderella season that the Knights did in their first campaign. The second game of opening night marks the beginning of the Seattle Kraken season, where they take on the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena in Sin City.

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