NHL Stanley Cup Playoff Watch: Are the Florida Panthers in or out?

We are on the road to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Every game of the season, including the Stanley Cup Playoffs, will be live on DAZN with NHL.TV worldwide, excluding Canada and the US. 

Who is in the postseason and on the outside looking in?

• Sign up for NHL.TV on DAZN now to watch the season

Eight teams from the Eastern and Western Conferences make it into the postseason with a chance to capture the Stanley Cup. Each team has fewer than 15 games left in the regular season, which ends on April 16. So, there isn't much time left to go. 

Currently, the two-time defending champion Florida Panthers are on the outside looking in. Right now, the Panthers (34-32-3, 71pts) sit 14 points out of the eighth and final spot held by the New York Islanders (40-26-5, 85pts).

In the West, there are five teams within eight points of the eighth-seeded Nashville Predators (33-28-9, 75pts). 

If the playoffs started today, who would be facing whom?

DAZN News has the playoff matchups that would be occurring below.

Eastern Conference

A1 Buffalo Sabres vs. WC1 Boston Bruins
A2 Tampa Bay Lightning vs. A3 Montreal Canadiens

M1 Carolina Hurricanes vs. WC2 New York Islanders
M2 Pittsburgh Penguins vs. M3 Columbus Blue Jackets

Western Conference

C1 Colorado Avalanche vs. WC2 Nashville Predators
C2 Dallas Stars vs. C3 Minnesota Wild

P1 Anaheim Ducks vs. WC1 Utah Mammoth
P2 Vegas Golden Knights vs. P3 Edmonton Oilers

How To Watch NHL. TV on DAZN?

With exclusive rights, DAZN is the only international platform to watch the NHL, offering access to over 1,300 games per season, available live* and on demand. That includes over 1,300 regular-season games along with the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the Stanley Cup Finals.

You can watch the NHL via the DAZN App, available on smart TVs, phones, tablets, streaming devices, game consoles, and web browsers.

If you don't have the App already, follow these instructions.

• Download the free DAZN App from your normal App store on your TV, phone, tablet, or streaming device
• On a laptop or PC, visit www.DAZN.com/home 
• Select 'Get started' or 'log in'
• Enter your email address, or sign up via the Apple, Google, or Facebook options
• You then have access to all of DAZN's free content, including the Matchroom boxing channel, LIV Golf, and FIFA+
• Then, find the NHL page and click 'buy now' to choose your subscription level