Every 2021-22 NHL playoff series, three ways: the season race carried on into the postseason, who beat their seeding, and the bracket.
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The same race these clubs ran all season, carried on through the postseason on one scale and on real dates.
Where each club finished the season against how far it went, ranked on record rather than seed.
Who played whom, round by round, which no line chart can say.
Colorado Avalanche won the 2021-22 title from a regular season record of 56-19-7. 16 teams reached the playoffs and the bracket ran 4 rounds. Every series below is taken from the NHL API; nothing on this page is estimated.
| Round | Won by | Result | Opponent | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round | Florida Panthers | 4-2 in games | Washington Capitals | May 3 to May 13, 2022 |
| First round | Colorado Avalanche | 4-0 in games | Nashville Predators | May 3 to May 9, 2022 |
| First round | Carolina Hurricanes | 4-3 in games | Boston Bruins | May 2 to May 14, 2022 |
| First round | Tampa Bay Lightning | 4-3 in games | Toronto Maple Leafs | May 2 to May 14, 2022 |
| First round | St. Louis Blues | 4-2 in games | Minnesota Wild | May 2 to May 12, 2022 |
| First round | Calgary Flames | 4-3 in games | Dallas Stars | May 3 to May 15, 2022 |
| First round | New York Rangers | 4-3 in games | Pittsburgh Penguins | May 3 to May 15, 2022 |
| First round | Edmonton Oilers | 4-3 in games | Los Angeles Kings | May 2 to May 14, 2022 |
| Second round | Tampa Bay Lightning | 4-0 in games | Florida Panthers | May 17 to May 23, 2022 |
| Second round | Colorado Avalanche | 4-2 in games | St. Louis Blues | May 17 to May 27, 2022 |
| Second round | New York Rangers | 4-3 in games | Carolina Hurricanes | May 18 to May 30, 2022 |
| Second round | Edmonton Oilers | 4-1 in games | Calgary Flames | May 18 to May 26, 2022 |
| Conference Finals | Colorado Avalanche | 4-0 in games | Edmonton Oilers | May 31 to June 6, 2022 |
| Conference Finals | Tampa Bay Lightning | 4-2 in games | New York Rangers | June 1 to June 11, 2022 |
| Stanley Cup Final | Colorado Avalanche | 4-2 in games | Tampa Bay Lightning | June 15 to June 26, 2022 |
The left column ranks this field by regular season record, not by seed number: seeding rules differ by era, so this site uses records everywhere instead. The right column groups clubs by the round they went out in, which is not the same as the number of rounds they won, because a bye carries a club further without it winning anything. The figure beside a name is places moved between the two columns, and part of it is only where a club sat inside its band. Nothing here is a prediction. The data notes carry the whole method.
The races that filled this bracket: Eastern Wild Card Western Wild Card