The season was suspended indefinitely on March 12, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 1, 2020, the NHL resumed play, which was organized with the remainder of the regular season canceled, and the top 12 teams in each conference (by points percentage) competing in a modified and expanded Stanley Cup playoffs.
First Round
Second Round
Conf. Finals
Stanley Cup
PHI 4
MTL 2
WAS 1
NYI 4
TB 4
COL 1
BOS 4
CAR 1
LV 4
CHI 1
STL 2
VBC 4
COL 4
ARI 1
DAL 4
CGY 2
PHI 3
NYI 4
TB 4
BOS 1
LV 4
VBC 3
COL 3
DAL 4
TB 4
NYI 2
LV 1
DAL 4
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TB 4
DAL 2
Champ
TB
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The top four playoff teams in each conference played in a Seeding Round-Robin tournament against each other to determine the final playoff seeding. The next eight teams in each conference would play in a best-of-five Qualifying Round. The results of both of these rounds (not shown above) are listed below.

The winners of the Qualifying Round were then re-seeded and matched up against the top 4 seeds.

Pairings were again re-seeded after the second round.

The Eastern Conference played its early-round games at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, while the early rounds for the Western Conference, as well as the Conference Finals and Stanley Cup Finals, were played at Rogers Place in Edmonton.

Western Seeding Round-Robin

Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
8/5vs Colorado (2)L  0-4 0-1
8/3at Vegas (1)L  3-5 0-2
8/9at St. Louis (4)W  2-1
2OT
1-2

First Round

Best of 7-game series
Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
8/11vs Calgary (6)L  2-3 0-1
8/13vs Calgary (6)W  5-4 1-1
8/14at Calgary (6)L  0-2 1-2
8/16at Calgary (6)W  5-4
OT
2-2
8/18vs Calgary (6)W  2-1 3-2
8/20at Calgary (6)W  7-3 4-2

Second Round

Best of 7-game series
Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
8/22at Colorado (2)W  5-3 1-0
8/24at Colorado (2)W  5-2 2-0
8/26vs Colorado (2)L  4-6 2-1
8/30vs Colorado (2)W  5-4 3-1
8/31at Colorado (2)L  3-6 3-2
9/2vs Colorado (2)L  1-4 3-3
9/4at Colorado (2)W  5-4
OT
4-3

Conference Finals

Best of 7-game series
Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
9/6at Vegas (1)W  1-0 1-0
9/8at Vegas (1)L  0-3 1-1
9/10vs Vegas (1)W  3-2
OT
2-1
9/12vs Vegas (1)W  2-1 3-1
9/14at Vegas (1)W  3-2
OT
4-1

Stanley Cup Finals

Best of 7-game series
Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
9/19at Tampa Bay (2)W  4-1 1-0
9/21at Tampa Bay (2)L  2-3 1-1
9/23vs Tampa Bay (2)L  2-5 1-2
9/25vs Tampa Bay (2)OTL 4-5
OT
1-2-1
9/26at Tampa Bay (2)W  3-2
2OT
2-2-1
9/28vs Tampa Bay (2)L  0-2 2-3-1