William Karlsson #71 of the Vegas Golden Knights passes against Justin Faulk #72 and Brayden Schenn #10 of the St. Louis Blues. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
It is almost a perfect win-win scenario for the Vegas Golden Knights.
Per the NHL’s Return To Play Plan, which was revealed on Tuesday, the Vegas Golden Knights are the 2019-20 Pacific Division winners and will be in the Stanley Cup Playoffs no matter what.
However, they will be kept busy while 16 teams contest a best-of-five Play-In series in order to punch their postseason ticket.
As per the plan that has been laid out, the Golden Knights and the other top seeds will contest a three-game, in-conference round-robin tournament that will determine seeding for the traditional 16-team Stanley Cup Playoffs.