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In 1924, the NHL playoffs expanded from two to three teams (with the top team getting a bye to the two-game total goal NHL finals), but because the first-place Hamilton Tigers refused to play under this format, the second and third place teams played for the NHL championship in a two-game total goals affair. The Stanley Cup Finals series ...
With the current playoff format, only one team in each conference earns a first-round bye. In the AFC, the Kansas City Chiefs had the week off by way of securing the No. 1 seed.
The NFL changed that rule in 2020, when it expanded its playoff field from 12 to 14 and began having the No. 2 seed face the No. 7 seed, the latter of which previously didn't make the postseason.
Half the NFL divisions and 10 of 14 playoff spots have been clinched heading into "Sunday Night Football" in Week 17. There's still plenty to sort out, especially with specifics on seeding positions.
The league instituted a seeding system for the playoffs in 1975, where the surviving clubs with the higher seeds were made the home teams for each playoff round. [18] Thus, the top-seeded division winner played the wild-card team, and the remaining two division winners played at the home stadium of the better seed, forcing the lowest-ranked ...
The 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2023–24 season.The playoffs began on April 20, 2024, and concluded on June 24, 2024, with the Florida Panthers winning their first Stanley Cup in franchise history, defeating the Edmonton Oilers four games to three in the Stanley Cup Finals.
The schedule will culminate with a "Monday Night Football" game on January 13, all of which will be win-or-go-home matches to determine which teams advance to the divisional round.
Clinching the higher seed (MLB, NHL, and NFL) Winning more games than the opponent, but not necessarily clinching the higher seed (NBA) In a best-of series, the order of arenas/stadiums in which the games are played also affects the home-field advantage. In the NBA and the NHL, all rounds are played in a "2–2–1–1–1" format.