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The National Hockey League (NHL) conference finals are the Eastern Conference and Western Conference championship series of the NHL. The conference finals are each a best-of-seven series, and comprise the third round of the Stanley Cup playoffs .
It was originally given to the NHL's playoff champion. (Until 1926, the Stanley Cup was presented to the winner of a post-season playoff between the NHL and Western Hockey League champions.) Since 1926–27, the Stanley Cup has gone to the NHL's playoff champion.
The National Hockey League (NHL) was founded in November 1917 as a successor to the NHA. From the NHL's inception until 1920, both NHL and PCHA teams were eligible for the Stanley Cup. The NHL finals was a two-game total goals series in 1918 and a best-of-seven series in 1919.
This is a complete listing of National Hockey League (NHL) playoff series, grouped by franchise. Series featuring relocated teams [nb 1] are kept with their ultimate relocation franchises. [1] Bolded years indicate wins. Years in italics indicate series in progress. Tables are sorted first by the number of series, then the number of wins, and ...
Created as the Prince of Wales Conference in 1974–75, the conference championship went to the team with the most regular season points through the 1980–81 season. Since the 1981–82 season, the conference championship has gone to the winner of the Wales Conference Finals (known as the Eastern Conference Finals since the 1993–94 season).
The Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins met in three straight playoffs, writing another chapter in their storied playoff history against each other. They were arguably the two best teams in the League, finishing as the top two teams in the Eastern Conference in back-to-back seasons from 2016 to 2017, and just the division in 2018.
The Penguins and the Flyers faced off in the 2008 Eastern Conference finals, won by the Penguins in five games for the Penguins' first-ever playoff series win against the Flyers. A year later, in the 2009 Eastern Conference quarterfinals, the Penguins beat the Flyers again, winning the series 4–2 on their way to winning the Stanley Cup.
The Stanley Cup playoffs (French: Les séries éliminatoires de la Coupe Stanley) is the annual elimination tournament to determine the winner of the Stanley Cup, and the league champion of the National Hockey League (NHL). The four-round, best-of-seven tournament is held after the NHL's regular season. Eight teams from each of the league's two ...