2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs Odds - NHL Betting Lines

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The 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs began on Saturday, April 20. There will be four rounds of the playoffs: the first round, the second round, the Conference Finals, and the Stanley Cup Finals. There is a best-of-seven format in each round. The playoffs will continue to run through the end of April, all of May, and much of June. The last possible day for the playoffs to end is June 24. This is the ninth year in which the top three teams in each division make the playoffs, along with two wild cards in each conference. The New York Rangers won the Presidents' Trophy for the most points and they are the top team in the Eastern Conference. The Rangers routed the Washington Capitals in the first round and will face the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Rangers will try and avoid the dubious distinction that has plagued previous President’s Cup winners, as none of the recent winners have had much playoff success and no President’s Trophy winner has won the Stanley Cup since the Chicago Blackhawks in 2012-2013. The other semifinal in the East has the Florida Panthers playing the Boston Bruins.

The Dallas Stars are the top seed in the Western Conference and they just missed out on catching New York for the top overall seed in the NHL, finishing one point back of New York. The Stars are coming off a seven-game series against Vegas with Dallas eliminating the defending Stanley Cup champion. Dallas will face the Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference semifinals. The Vancouver Canucks are the No. 2 seed and they are coming off a tough series win against the Nashville Predators. The Canucks will face the Edmonton Oilers in the other Western Conference semifinal series.

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*Odds as of Friday, May 17, 10:00 AM ET

Eastern Conference Second Round

(1) Florida Panthers vs. (2A) Boston Bruins

FLA Leads 3-2

* If Necessary

This season, Boston had a 4-0-0 record against Florida, winning two of those contests in overtime. Along with Winnipeg, Vancouver, and Minnesota, the Bruins were the only team in the Eastern Conference to defeat the Panthers in each of their four meetings this season. Together, the Bruins' goalies Linus Ullmark (1.62,.947 in three games) and Jeremy Swayman (3.00,.857 in one game) stopped 108 of 116 Florida shots. During his four appearances in goal for Florida, Sergei Bobrovsky let up thirteen goals (3.24,.871).

The good news for Boston is that since 2003, teams that prevail in Game 7 have won their subsequent series 16 times out of 21. Florida, who defeated Boston in Game 7 of Round 1 of last year's playoffs and advanced all the way to the Stanley Cup Final, is the most recent club to utilize an overtime victory in a Game 7 to propel them to success in the next round. The regular-season series between the Bruins and Panthers lacked much in the way of power play success. With the man advantage, Florida went 0 for 11 while Boston went 2 for 13. Florida was able to get 29 shots on goal on average per game against Boston.

(1M) New York Rangers vs. (2M) Carolina Hurricanes

NYR Wins 4-2

The Eastern Conference second round will start with the New York Rangers hosting the Carolina Hurricanes. Against the Hurricanes in the regular season, the Rangers had a 2-1 record. The Rangers prevailed 1-0 in their final regular-season encounter on March 12. If the Rangers score three goals or more, their record is 48-7-3. When the Hurricanes commit less penalty minutes than their opponent, their record is 20-11-2.

Artemi Panarin leads the Rangers with 49 goals and 71 assists. In the last ten games, Chris Kreider has five goals and five assists. For the Hurricanes, Jake Guentzel has 30 goals and 47 assists. In the past ten games, Andrei Svechnikov has eight assists and three goals. The edge in goal could be with the Rangers, as they have Igor Shesterkin who won the Vezina two years ago. The Hurricanes went with Fredrik Andersen in Game 1, but don’t be surprised if Pyotr Kochetkov ends up playing before this series is over.

Eastern Conference First Round

(1) Florida Panthers vs. (WC1) Tampa Bay Lightning - FLA Wins 4-1

(2A) Boston Bruins vs. (3A) Toronto Maple Leafs - BOS Wins 4-3

(1M) New York Rangers vs. (WC2) Washington Capitals - NYR Wins 4-0

(2M) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (3M) New York Islanders - CAR Wins 4-1

Western Conference Second Round

(1C) Dallas Stars vs. (3C) Colorado Avalanche

DAL Leads 3-2

The Dallas Stars defeated the Vegas Golden Knights in Game Seven on Sunday night, winning 2-1 to eliminate the defending Stanley Cup champs. They will now face the Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference semifinals. Dallas won’t have much time to rest, as they will host the Avalanche on Tuesday night in Game 1. This season, the two teams faced off four times, with the Avalanche winning three of those games. The Stars' lone victory came at Ball Arena late in the regular season; the other two were spectacular comeback wins for Colorado in Dallas.

The series between Vegas and Dallas produced a lot of low scoring games, but don’t look for that to be the case in this series. In the four games this season between Dallas and Colorado, there were 35 goals scored between the teams. The Avalanche have the star power of Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar, but Dallas definitely has the edge in goal with Jake Oettinger against Alexander Georgiev.

(1P) Vancouver Canucks vs. (2P) Edmonton Oilers

VAN Leads 3-2

* If Necessary

The Vancouver Canucks have the home ice advantage against the Edmonton Oilers in this best-of-seven game series and they won all four regular season meetings, yet the Oilers are more than a 2-1 favorite to win the series. The Oilers have the star power of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, while the Canucks have an excellent defenseman in Quinn Hughes and a big-time performer in Brock Boeser. The Oilers routed the Kings in the first round while Vancouver survived against Nashville.

The key player in this series could be Vancouver goaltender Arturs Silovs. He is the story for the Canucks getting this far, as he took over after Thatcher Demko and Casey DeSmith got hurt and now Silovs is the man unless Demko unexpectedly returns. Silovs was excellent against Nashville and he will need to be great again if the Canucks are to beat the Oilers. Vancouver will also need to stay out of the penalty box, as the Oilers have a lethal power play.

Western Conference First Round

(1C) Dallas Stars vs. (WC2) Vegas Golden Knights - DAL Wins 4-3

(2C) Winnipeg Jets vs. (3C) Colorado Avalanche - COL Wins 4-1

(1P) Vancouver Canucks vs. (WC1) Nashville Predators - VAN Wins 4-2

(2P) Edmonton Oilers vs. (3P) Los Angeles Kings - EDM Wins 4-1

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