On Tuesday May 26, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced his plan for the NHL to resume play. By the sounds of it, there doesn’t seem to be any puck drop happening until about August. The biggest piece of information from his announcement was the confirmation of the 24-team NHL playoff style.
In this plan, the top four teams from each conference will play a round-robin to determine seeding. As for the 5-12 seeds in each conference, they will be seeded by points percentage based on records when the season paused.
As a disclaimer, I do not think momentum will be a big contributing factor heading into the playoffs.