The 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs are here. The Winnipeg Jets are the NHL's top overall seed, having finished the regular season with the most points in the standings, and the Washington Capitals earned the No. 1 seed in the East. This page will be your home throughout the postseason, including schedules, scores, highlights and other preview content.

Hockey fans, the most wonderful time of the year has arrived: the Stanley Cup playoffs. And the 2025 version might be as good as ever, with what looks like a wide-open race going into the postseason.Sixteen teams have the same quest: to take home Lord Stanley's Cup.

The 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs are poised to be legendary ... but rather four or even five teams on each side of the bracket that you can believe has what it takes to go all the way.

Meanwhile, the Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues both clinched playoff berths Tuesday. The Winnipeg Jets will serve as the top seed in the West after winning the Presidents' Trophy for the first time in franchise history, and will take on the Blues in the first round.

In sports, there's nothing quite like playoff hockey. The 2025 NHL Playoffs are here, and the path to the Stanley Cup has been set for every contender in the league. For fans, that means it's time ...