Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the regular season was reduced to 56 games and began on January 13, 2021. Due to cross-border travel restrictions imposed by Canada, the league temporarily realigned for this season, putting all seven Canadian teams into one division.
1st Round
2nd Round
Semi Finals
Stanley Cup
CAR 4
NSH 2
FLA 2
TB 4
PIT 2
NYI 4
WAS 1
BOS 4
TOR 3
MTL 4
EDM 0
WPG 4
COL 4
STL 0
LV 4
MIN 3
CAR 1
TB 4
BOS 2
NYI 4
WPG 0
MTL 4
COL 2
LV 4
TB 4
NYI 3
LV 2
MTL 4
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TB 4
MTL 1
Champ
TB
2020-21 NHL Champion Tampa Bay Lightning
Due to cross-border travel restrictions imposed by the Government of Canada over the COVID-19 pandemic, the league temporarily realigned this season into four divisions with no conferences. Consequently, the first two rounds of the playoffs featured intra-divisional matchups, with the higher-seeded teams receiving home-ice advantage in those rounds. In the Stanley Cup Semifinals, the four remaining teams (one from each division) were re-seeded based on their regular season records.

First Round

Best of 7-game series
Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
5/20at Toronto (1)W  2-1 1-0
5/22at Toronto (1)L  1-5 1-1
5/24vs Toronto (1)L  1-2 1-2
5/25vs Toronto (1)L  0-4 1-3
5/27at Toronto (1)W  4-3
OT
2-3
5/29vs Toronto (1)W  3-2
OT
3-3
5/31at Toronto (1)W  3-1 4-3

Second Round

Best of 7-game series
Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
6/2at Winnipeg (3)W  5-3 1-0
6/4at Winnipeg (3)W  1-0 2-0
6/6vs Winnipeg (3)W  5-1 3-0
6/7vs Winnipeg (3)W  3-2
OT
4-0

Semifinals

Best of 7-game series
Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
6/14at Vegas (2)L  1-4 0-1
6/16at Vegas (2)W  3-2 1-1
6/18vs Vegas (2)W  3-2
OT
2-1
6/20vs Vegas (2)OTL 1-2
OT
2-1-1
6/22at Vegas (2)W  4-1 3-1-1
6/24vs Vegas (2)W  3-2
OT
4-1-1

Stanley Cup Finals

Best of 7-game series
Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
6/28at Tampa Bay (3)L  1-5 0-1
6/30at Tampa Bay (3)L  1-3 0-2
7/2vs Tampa Bay (3)L  3-6 0-3
7/5vs Tampa Bay (3)W  3-2
OT
1-3
7/7at Tampa Bay (3)L  0-1 1-4