Every 2022-23 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.
Vegas Golden Knights won the 2022-23 title from a regular season record of 51-22-9. 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 | 4-3 in games | Boston Bruins | April 17 to April 30, 2023 |
| First round | Carolina Hurricanes | 4-2 in games | New York Islanders | April 17 to April 28, 2023 |
| First round | New Jersey Devils | 4-3 in games | New York Rangers | April 18 to May 1, 2023 |
| First round | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4-2 in games | Tampa Bay Lightning | April 18 to April 29, 2023 |
| First round | Vegas Golden Knights | 4-1 in games | Winnipeg Jets | April 18 to April 27, 2023 |
| First round | Seattle Kraken | 4-3 in games | Colorado Avalanche | April 18 to April 30, 2023 |
| First round | Edmonton Oilers | 4-2 in games | Los Angeles Kings | April 17 to April 29, 2023 |
| First round | Dallas Stars | 4-2 in games | Minnesota Wild | April 17 to April 28, 2023 |
| Second round | Carolina Hurricanes | 4-1 in games | New Jersey Devils | May 3 to May 11, 2023 |
| Second round | Florida Panthers | 4-1 in games | Toronto Maple Leafs | May 2 to May 12, 2023 |
| Second round | Vegas Golden Knights | 4-2 in games | Edmonton Oilers | May 3 to May 14, 2023 |
| Second round | Dallas Stars | 4-3 in games | Seattle Kraken | May 2 to May 15, 2023 |
| Conference Finals | Florida Panthers | 4-0 in games | Carolina Hurricanes | May 18 to May 24, 2023 |
| Conference Finals | Vegas Golden Knights | 4-2 in games | Dallas Stars | May 19 to May 29, 2023 |
| Stanley Cup Final | Vegas Golden Knights | 4-1 in games | Florida Panthers | June 3 to June 13, 2023 |
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