The season was suspended indefinitely on March 12, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 1, 2020, the NHL resumed play, which was organized with the remainder of the regular season canceled, and the top 12 teams in each conference (by points percentage) competing in a modified and expanded Stanley Cup playoffs.
First Round
Second Round
Conf. Finals
Stanley Cup
1 PHI 4
8 MTL 2
3 WAS 1
6 NYI 4
2 TB 4
7 COL 1
4 BOS 4
5 CAR 1
1 LV 4
8 CHI 1
4 STL 2
5 VBC 4
2 COL 4
7 ARI 1
3 DAL 4
6 CGY 2
1 PHI 3
6 NYI 4
2 TB 4
4 BOS 1
1 LV 4
5 VBC 3
2 COL 3
3 DAL 4
2 TB 4
6 NYI 2
1 LV 1
3 DAL 4
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2 TB 4
3 DAL 2
Champ
TB
2019-20 NHL Champion Tampa Bay Lightning

The top four playoff teams in each conference played in a Seeding Round-Robin tournament against each other to determine the final playoff seeding. The next eight teams in each conference would play in a best-of-five Qualifying Round. The results of both of these rounds (not shown above) are listed below.

The winners of the Qualifying Round were then re-seeded and matched up against the top 4 seeds.

Pairings were again re-seeded after the second round.

The Eastern Conference played its early-round games at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, while the early rounds for the Western Conference, as well as the Conference Finals and Stanley Cup Finals, were played at Rogers Place in Edmonton.

Western Seeding Round-Robin

DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/2 St. Louis 1-2 Colorado COL 1-0
8/5 Colorado 4-0 Dallas COL 1-0
8/8 Vegas 4-3
OT		 Colorado LV 1-0
8/3 Dallas 3-5 Vegas LV 1-0
8/9 Dallas 2-1
2OT		 St. Louis DAL 1-0
8/6 Vegas 6-4 St. Louis LV 1-0

Eastern Seeding Round-Robin

DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/2 Philadelphia 4-1 Boston PHI 1-0
8/5 Tampa Bay 3-2 Boston TB 1-0
8/9 Boston 1-2 Washington WAS 1-0
8/6 Washington 1-3 Philadelphia PHI 1-0
8/8 Philadelphia 4-1 Tampa Bay PHI 1-0
8/3 Washington 2-3
2OT		 Tampa Bay TB 1-0

Qualifying Round

Best of 5-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/1Winnipeg 1-4 Calgary CGY 1-0
8/3Winnipeg 3-2 Calgary Tied 1-1
8/4 Calgary 6-2 Winnipeg CGY 2-1
8/6 Calgary 4-0 Winnipeg CGY 3-1

Qualifying Round

Best of 5-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/1NY Rangers 2-3 Carolina CAR 1-0
8/3NY Rangers 1-4 Carolina CAR 2-0
8/4 Carolina 4-1 NY Rangers CAR 3-0

Qualifying Round

Best of 5-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/1 Chicago 6-4 Edmonton CHI 1-0
8/3 Chicago 3-6 Edmonton Tied 1-1
8/5Edmonton 3-4 Chicago CHI 2-1
8/7Edmonton 2-3 Chicago CHI 3-1

Qualifying Round

Best of 5-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/2 Columbus 2-0 Toronto COL 1-0
8/4 Columbus 0-3 Toronto Tied 1-1
8/6Toronto 3-4
OT		 Columbus COL 2-1
8/7Toronto 4-3
OT		 Columbus Tied 2-2
8/9 Columbus 3-0 Toronto COL 3-2

Qualifying Round

Best of 5-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/1Florida 1-2 NY Islanders NYI 1-0
8/4Florida 2-4 NY Islanders NYI 2-0
8/5 NY Islanders 2-3 Florida NYI 2-1
8/7 NY Islanders 5-1 Florida NYI 3-1

Qualifying Round

Best of 5-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/2Minnesota 3-0 Vancouver MIN 1-0
8/4Minnesota 3-4 Vancouver Tied 1-1
8/6 Vancouver 3-0 Minnesota VBC 2-1
8/7 Vancouver 5-4
OT		 Minnesota VBC 3-1

Qualifying Round

Best of 5-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/1 Montreal 3-2
OT		 Pittsburgh MTL 1-0
8/3 Montreal 1-3 Pittsburgh Tied 1-1
8/5Pittsburgh 3-4 Montreal MTL 2-1
8/7Pittsburgh 0-2 Montreal MTL 3-1

Qualifying Round

Best of 5-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/2 Arizona 4-3 Nashville ARI 1-0
8/4 Arizona 2-4 Nashville Tied 1-1
8/5Nashville 1-4 Arizona ARI 2-1
8/7Nashville 3-4
OT		 Arizona ARI 3-1

First Round

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/11 Calgary 3-2 Dallas CGY 1-0
8/13 Calgary 4-5 Dallas Tied 1-1
8/14 Dallas 0-2 Calgary CGY 2-1
8/16 Dallas 5-4
OT		 Calgary Tied 2-2
8/18 Calgary 1-2 Dallas DAL 3-2
8/20 Dallas 7-3 Calgary DAL 4-2

First Round

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/12 Arizona 0-3 Colorado COL 1-0
8/14 Arizona 2-3 Colorado COL 2-0
8/15 Colorado 2-4 Arizona COL 2-1
8/17 Colorado 7-1 Arizona COL 3-1
8/19 Arizona 1-7 Colorado COL 4-1

First Round

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/12 Vancouver 5-2 St. Louis VBC 1-0
8/14 Vancouver 4-3
OT		 St. Louis VBC 2-0
8/16 St. Louis 3-2
OT		 Vancouver VBC 2-1
8/17 St. Louis 3-1 Vancouver Tied 2-2
8/19 Vancouver 4-3 St. Louis VBC 3-2
8/21 St. Louis 2-6 Vancouver VBC 4-2

First Round

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/11 Chicago 1-4 Vegas LV 1-0
8/13 Chicago 3-4
OT		 Vegas LV 2-0
8/15 Vegas 2-1 Chicago LV 3-0
8/16 Vegas 1-3 Chicago LV 3-1
8/18 Chicago 3-4 Vegas LV 4-1

First Round

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/12 Carolina 3-4
2OT		 Boston BOS 1-0
8/13 Carolina 3-2 Boston Tied 1-1
8/15 Boston 3-1 Carolina BOS 2-1
8/17 Boston 4-3 Carolina BOS 3-1
8/19 Carolina 1-2 Boston BOS 4-1

First Round

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/11 Columbus 2-3
5OT		 Tampa Bay TB 1-0
8/13 Columbus 3-1 Tampa Bay Tied 1-1
8/15 Tampa Bay 3-2 Columbus TB 2-1
8/17 Tampa Bay 2-1 Columbus TB 3-1
8/19 Columbus 4-5
OT		 Tampa Bay TB 4-1

First Round

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/12 NY Islanders 4-2 Washington NYI 1-0
8/14 NY Islanders 5-2 Washington NYI 2-0
8/16 Washington 1-2
OT		 NY Islanders NYI 3-0
8/18 Washington 3-2 NY Islanders NYI 3-1
8/20 NY Islanders 4-0 Washington NYI 4-1

First Round

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/12 Montreal 1-2 Philadelphia PHI 1-0
8/14 Montreal 5-0 Philadelphia Tied 1-1
8/16 Philadelphia 1-0 Montreal PHI 2-1
8/18 Philadelphia 2-0 Montreal PHI 3-1
8/19 Montreal 5-3 Philadelphia PHI 3-2
8/21 Philadelphia 3-2 Montreal PHI 4-2

Second Round

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/22 Dallas 5-3 Colorado DAL 1-0
8/24 Dallas 5-2 Colorado DAL 2-0
8/26 Colorado 6-4 Dallas DAL 2-1
8/30 Colorado 4-5 Dallas DAL 3-1
8/31 Dallas 3-6 Colorado DAL 3-2
9/2 Colorado 4-1 Dallas Tied 3-3
9/4 Dallas 5-4
OT		 Colorado DAL 4-3

Second Round

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/23 Vancouver 0-5 Vegas LV 1-0
8/25 Vancouver 5-2 Vegas Tied 1-1
8/29 Vegas 3-0 Vancouver LV 2-1
8/30 Vegas 5-3 Vancouver LV 3-1
9/1 Vancouver 2-1 Vegas LV 3-2
9/3 Vegas 0-4 Vancouver Tied 3-3
9/4 Vancouver 0-3 Vegas LV 4-3

Second Round

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/23 Boston 3-2 Tampa Bay BOS 1-0
8/25 Boston 3-4
OT		 Tampa Bay Tied 1-1
8/26 Tampa Bay 7-1 Boston TB 2-1
8/29 Tampa Bay 3-1 Boston TB 3-1
8/31 Boston 2-3
2OT		 Tampa Bay TB 4-1

Second Round

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/24 NY Islanders 4-0 Philadelphia NYI 1-0
8/26 NY Islanders 3-4
OT		 Philadelphia Tied 1-1
8/29 Philadelphia 1-3 NY Islanders NYI 2-1
8/30 Philadelphia 2-3 NY Islanders NYI 3-1
9/1 NY Islanders 3-4
OT		 Philadelphia NYI 3-2
9/3 Philadelphia 5-4
2OT		 NY Islanders Tied 3-3
9/5 NY Islanders 4-0 Philadelphia NYI 4-3

Conference Finals

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
9/6 Dallas 1-0 Vegas DAL 1-0
9/8 Dallas 0-3 Vegas Tied 1-1
9/10 Vegas 2-3
OT		 Dallas DAL 2-1
9/12 Vegas 1-2 Dallas DAL 3-1
9/14 Dallas 3-2
OT		 Vegas DAL 4-1

Conference Finals

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
9/7 NY Islanders 2-8 Tampa Bay TB 1-0
9/9 NY Islanders 1-2 Tampa Bay TB 2-0
9/11 Tampa Bay 3-5 NY Islanders TB 2-1
9/13 Tampa Bay 4-1 NY Islanders TB 3-1
9/15 NY Islanders 2-1
2OT		 Tampa Bay TB 3-2
9/17 Tampa Bay 2-1
OT		 NY Islanders TB 4-2

Stanley Cup Finals

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
9/19 Dallas 4-1 Tampa Bay DAL 1-0
9/21 Dallas 2-3 Tampa Bay Tied 1-1
9/23 Tampa Bay 5-2 Dallas TB 2-1
9/25 Tampa Bay 5-4
OT		 Dallas TB 3-1
9/26 Dallas 3-2
2OT		 Tampa Bay TB 3-2
9/28 Tampa Bay 2-0 Dallas TB 4-2

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