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
5/16vs Minnesota (3)OTL 0-1
OT
0-0-1
5/18vs Minnesota (3)W  3-1 1-0-1
5/20at Minnesota (3)W  5-2 2-0-1
5/22at Minnesota (3)W  4-0 3-0-1
5/24vs Minnesota (3)L  2-4 3-1-1
5/26at Minnesota (3)L  0-3 3-2-1
5/28vs Minnesota (3)W  6-2 4-2-1

Second Round

Best of 7-game series
Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
5/30at Colorado (1)L  1-7 0-1
6/2at Colorado (1)OTL 2-3
OT
0-1-1
6/4vs Colorado (1)W  3-2 1-1-1
6/6vs Colorado (1)W  5-1 2-1-1
6/8at Colorado (1)W  3-2
OT
3-1-1
6/10vs Colorado (1)W  6-3 4-1-1

Semifinals

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