Every 2019-20 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.
Tampa Bay Lightning won the 2019-20 title from a regular season record of 43-21-6. 24 teams reached the playoffs and the bracket ran 5 rounds. Every series below is taken from the NHL API; nothing on this page is estimated.
| Round | Won by | Result | Opponent | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying round | Montréal Canadiens | 3-1 in games | Pittsburgh Penguins | August 1 to August 7, 2020 |
| Qualifying round | Chicago Blackhawks | 3-1 in games | Edmonton Oilers | August 1 to August 7, 2020 |
| Qualifying round | Carolina Hurricanes | 3-0 in games | New York Rangers | August 1 to August 4, 2020 |
| Qualifying round | Columbus Blue Jackets | 3-2 in games | Toronto Maple Leafs | August 2 to August 9, 2020 |
| Qualifying round | New York Islanders | 3-1 in games | Florida Panthers | August 1 to August 7, 2020 |
| Qualifying round | Calgary Flames | 3-1 in games | Winnipeg Jets | August 1 to August 6, 2020 |
| Qualifying round | Arizona Coyotes | 3-1 in games | Nashville Predators | August 2 to August 7, 2020 |
| Qualifying round | Vancouver Canucks | 3-1 in games | Minnesota Wild | August 2 to August 7, 2020 |
| First round | Boston Bruins | 4-1 in games | Carolina Hurricanes | August 12 to August 19, 2020 |
| First round | Vancouver Canucks | 4-2 in games | St. Louis Blues | August 12 to August 21, 2020 |
| First round | Colorado Avalanche | 4-1 in games | Arizona Coyotes | August 12 to August 19, 2020 |
| First round | Tampa Bay Lightning | 4-1 in games | Columbus Blue Jackets | August 11 to August 19, 2020 |
| First round | New York Islanders | 4-1 in games | Washington Capitals | August 12 to August 20, 2020 |
| First round | Philadelphia Flyers | 4-2 in games | Montréal Canadiens | August 12 to August 21, 2020 |
| First round | Vegas Golden Knights | 4-1 in games | Chicago Blackhawks | August 11 to August 18, 2020 |
| First round | Dallas Stars | 4-2 in games | Calgary Flames | August 11 to August 20, 2020 |
| Second round | Tampa Bay Lightning | 4-1 in games | Boston Bruins | August 23 to August 31, 2020 |
| Second round | Dallas Stars | 4-3 in games | Colorado Avalanche | August 22 to September 4, 2020 |
| Second round | New York Islanders | 4-3 in games | Philadelphia Flyers | August 24 to September 5, 2020 |
| Second round | Vegas Golden Knights | 4-3 in games | Vancouver Canucks | August 23 to September 4, 2020 |
| Conference Finals | Tampa Bay Lightning | 4-2 in games | New York Islanders | September 7 to September 17, 2020 |
| Conference Finals | Dallas Stars | 4-1 in games | Vegas Golden Knights | September 6 to September 14, 2020 |
| Stanley Cup Final | Tampa Bay Lightning | 4-2 in games | Dallas Stars | September 19 to September 28, 2020 |
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