*Game 5: Saturday, May 27, 8 p.m. | at VGK I TV: ABC Game 4: Thursday, May 25, 8 p.m. | at DAL I TV: ESPN Game 3: Tuesday, May 23, 8 p.m. | at DAL I TV: ESPN

Game 2: Sunday, May 21, 3 p.m. | at VGK I TV: ABC Game 1: Friday, May 19, 8:30 p.m. | at VGK I TV: ESPN The team with the most points in the regular season has home-ice advantage in the conference finals and Stanley Cup Final.

Home-ice advantage goes to the team with the top seed in the first two rounds of the playoffs.

Each series will be a best-of-seven format.

The division winner with fewer points in each conference will match up with the top Wild Card team in the first round.

The division winner with the most points in each conference will face the second Wild Card team in the first round.

The structure of the playoffs is as follows: In the West, the Colorado Avalanche looked ready to defend their title as champions, but the upstart Kraken had other ideas and won Game 7 of that series to advance in the postseason for the first time in franchise history. Boston couldn't even make it out of the first round though, as the Panthers pulled off a historic upset in Game 7 to knock them out. The Boston Bruins won the Presidents' Trophy and entered the playoffs after setting new NHL records for wins (64) and points (135). The 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs have arrived, and an absolutely crazy first round - in which the top seed in each conference fell - is over.

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