Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the regular season was reduced to 56 games and began on January 13, 2021. Due to cross-border travel restrictions imposed by Canada, the league temporarily realigned for this season, putting all seven Canadian teams into one division.
1st Round
2nd Round
Semi Finals
Stanley Cup
Due to cross-border travel restrictions imposed by the Government of Canada over the COVID-19 pandemic, the league temporarily realigned this season into four divisions with no conferences. Consequently, the first two rounds of the playoffs featured intra-divisional matchups, with the higher-seeded teams receiving home-ice advantage in those rounds. In the Stanley Cup Semifinals, the four remaining teams (one from each division) were re-seeded based on their regular season records.
First RoundBest of 7-game series | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | OT | Series | ||||||||||||||
| 5/16 | at Pittsburgh (1) | W | 4-3 OT | OT | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| 5/18 | at Pittsburgh (1) | L | 1-2 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 5/20 | vs Pittsburgh (1) | L | 4-5 | 1-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 5/22 | vs Pittsburgh (1) | W | 4-1 | 2-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 5/24 | at Pittsburgh (1) | W | 3-2 2OT | 2OT | 3-2 | ||||||||||||||
| 5/26 | vs Pittsburgh (1) | W | 5-3 | 4-2 | |||||||||||||||
Second RoundBest of 7-game series | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | OT | Series | ||||||||||||||
| 5/29 | at Boston (3) | L | 2-5 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 5/31 | at Boston (3) | W | 4-3 OT | OT | 1-1 | ||||||||||||||
| 6/3 | vs Boston (3) | OTL | 1-2 OT | OT | 1-1-1 | ||||||||||||||
| 6/5 | vs Boston (3) | W | 4-1 | 2-1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 6/7 | at Boston (3) | W | 5-4 | 3-1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 6/9 | vs Boston (3) | W | 6-2 | 4-1-1 | |||||||||||||||
SemifinalsBest of 7-game series | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | OT | Series | ||||||||||||||
| 6/13 | at Tampa Bay (3) | W | 2-1 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 6/15 | at Tampa Bay (3) | L | 2-4 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 6/17 | vs Tampa Bay (3) | L | 1-2 | 1-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 6/19 | vs Tampa Bay (3) | W | 3-2 | 2-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 6/21 | at Tampa Bay (3) | L | 0-8 | 2-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 6/23 | vs Tampa Bay (3) | W | 3-2 OT | OT | 3-3 | ||||||||||||||
| 6/25 | at Tampa Bay (3) | L | 0-1 | 3-4 | |||||||||||||||
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