The 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs represented a return to normalcy, after a bubble-encased postseason in 2020 and a 2021 tournament that featured realigned intradivisional play, followed by a rebracketing for the final two rounds. Sixteen teams started and only the Colorado Avalanche were left standing at the end, skating the Stanley Cup around the ice after beating the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games. It was the first Cup title for the Avalanche since 2000-2001.
Read on for the full playoff coverage from every first-round series all the way through the Cup final.
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Under-the-radar playoff stars
How officials handle the pressure of playoffs
Ranking the top 50 players in the playoffs
Ranking players that need a Cup
Stanley Cup Final
