2024 Stanley Cup playoffs#(C1) Dallas Stars vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers

{{Further|Stanley Cup playoffs#Current format}}

This was the ninth year in which the top three teams in each division made the playoffs, along with two wild cards in each conference (for a total of eight playoff teams from each conference).

The following teams qualified for the playoffs:{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/standings/2023|title=2023–2024 Wild Card Standings|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 18, 2024}}

1. Florida Panthers, Atlantic Division champions – 110 points
2. Boston Bruins – 109 points
3. Toronto Maple Leafs – 102 points

1. New York Rangers, Metropolitan Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions, Presidents' Trophy winners – 114 points
2. Carolina Hurricanes – 111 points
3. New York Islanders – 94 points

1. Tampa Bay Lightning – 98 points
2. Washington Capitals – 91 points

1. Dallas Stars, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions – 113 points
2. Winnipeg Jets – 110 points
3. Colorado Avalanche – 107 points

1. Vancouver Canucks, Pacific Division champions – 109 points
2. Edmonton Oilers – 104 points
3. Los Angeles Kings – 99 points

1. Nashville Predators – 99 points
2. Vegas Golden Knights – 98 points

In each round, teams competed in a best-of-seven series following a 2–2–1–1–1 format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). The team with home ice advantage played at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the other team played at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary). The top three teams in each division made the playoffs, along with two wild cards in each conference, for a total of eight teams from each conference.

In the first round, the lower seeded wild card in the conference played against the division winner with the best record while the other wild card played against the other division winner, and both wild cards were de facto #4 seeds. The other series matched the second and third-place teams from the divisions. In the first two rounds, home-ice advantage was awarded to the team with the better seed. Thereafter, it was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record.

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|RD2=Second round

|RD3=Conference finals

|RD4=Stanley Cup Finals

|RD2-group1=Eastern Conference

|RD2-group2=Western Conference

|RD1-seed1 =A1

|RD1-team01 =Florida

|RD1-score01 =4

|RD1-seed2 =WC

|RD1-team02 =Tampa Bay

|RD1-score02 =1

|RD1-seed3 =A2

|RD1-team03 =Boston

|RD1-score03 =4

|RD1-seed4 =A3

|RD1-team04 =Toronto

|RD1-score04 =3

|RD1-seed5 =M1

|RD1-team05 =NY Rangers

|RD1-score05 =4

|RD1-seed6 =WC

|RD1-team06 =Washington

|RD1-score06 =0

|RD1-seed7 =M2

|RD1-team07 =Carolina

|RD1-score07 =4

|RD1-seed8 =M3

|RD1-team08 =NY Islanders

|RD1-score08 =1

|RD1-seed9 =C1

|RD1-team09 =Dallas

|RD1-score09 =4

|RD1-seed10 =WC

|RD1-team10 =Vegas

|RD1-score10 =3

|RD1-seed11 =C2

|RD1-team11 =Winnipeg

|RD1-score11 =1

|RD1-seed12 =C3

|RD1-team12 =Colorado

|RD1-score12 =4

|RD1-seed13 =P1

|RD1-team13 =Vancouver

|RD1-score13 =4

|RD1-seed14 =WC

|RD1-team14 =Nashville

|RD1-score14 =2

|RD1-seed15 =P2

|RD1-team15 =Edmonton

|RD1-score15 =4

|RD1-seed16 =P3

|RD1-team16 =Los Angeles

|RD1-score16 =1

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|RD2-team01 =Florida

|RD2-score01 =4

|RD2-seed02 =A2

|RD2-team02 =Boston

|RD2-score02 =2

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|RD2-team03 =NY Rangers

|RD2-score03 =4

|RD2-seed04 =M2

|RD2-team04 =Carolina

|RD2-score04 =2

|RD2-seed05 =C1

|RD2-team05 =Dallas

|RD2-score05 =4

|RD2-seed06 =C3

|RD2-team06 =Colorado

|RD2-score06 =2

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|RD2-team07 =Vancouver

|RD2-score07 =3

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|RD2-team08 =Edmonton

|RD2-score08 =4

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|RD3-team01 =Florida

|RD3-score01 =4

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|RD3-score02 =2

|RD3-seed03 =C1

|RD3-team03 =Dallas

|RD3-score03 =2

|RD3-seed04 =P2

|RD3-team04 =Edmonton

|RD3-score04 =4

|RD4-seed01 =A1

|RD4-team01 =Florida

|RD4-score01 =4

|RD4-seed02 =P2

|RD4-team02 =Edmonton

|RD4-score02 =3

}}}}

;Legend

• A1, A2, A3 – The first, second, and third place teams from the Atlantic Division, respectively
• M1, M2, M3 – The first, second, and third place teams from the Metropolitan Division, respectively
• C1, C2, C3 – The first, second, and third place teams from the Central Division, respectively
• P1, P2, P3 – The first, second, and third place teams from the Pacific Division, respectively
• WC – Wild Card teams

The Florida Panthers finished first in the Atlantic Division earning 110 points. The Tampa Bay Lightning finished as the Eastern Conference's first wild card earning 98 points. This was the third playoff meeting between these two rivals with Tampa Bay winning both previous series. They had last met in the 2022 Eastern Conference second round, which Tampa Bay won in a four-game sweep. Florida won two of the three games in the regular season series.

The Panthers defeated the Lightning in five games. Aleksander Barkov assisted twice for the Panthers in game one, emerging victorious for a 3–2 score.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/tampa-bay-lightning-florida-panthers-game-1-recap-april-21|title=Verhaeghe scores in 3rd period, Panthers edge Lightning in Game 1|last=Richards|first=George|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 21, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 21, 2024}} In game two, Carter Verhaeghe scored the overtime game-winning goal for the Panthers, providing a 3–2 victory for Florida and a 2–0 series lead.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/tampa-bay-lightning-florida-panthers-game-2-recap-april-23|title=Verhaeghe scores in OT, Panthers defeat Lightning in Game 2|last=Richards|first=George|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 23, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 24, 2024}} Matthew Tkachuk scored twice for the Panthers in game three, pushing the series to a 3–0 series lead with a 5–3 win.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/florida-panthers-tampa-bay-lightning-game-3-recap-april-25|title=Tkachuk helps Panthers win Game 3, push Lightning to brink|last=Long|first=Corey|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 25, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 26, 2024}} In game four, Steven Stamkos and Brandon Hagel both scored twice for Tampa Bay to prevent a series sweep by Florida, defeating the Panthers 6–3 to force game five.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/florida-panthers-tampa-bay-lightning-game-4-recap|title=Stamkos scores twice, Lightning defeat Panthers in Game 4 to avoid sweep|last=Long|first=Corey|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 27, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 28, 2024}} However, Barkov and Verhaeghe both scored twice and provided an assist for the Panthers in the subsequent game five, routing the Lightning 6–1 to advance to the second round.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/tampa-bay-lightning-florida-panthers-game-5-recap-april-29|title=Panthers pull away in 3rd, eliminate Lightning with win in Game 5|last=Richards|first=George|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 29, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 29, 2024}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Florida Panthers

|team2=Tampa Bay Lightning

|stadium1=Amerant Bank Arena

|stadium2=Amalie Arena

|homeright=yes

|date1 =April 21

|score1 =2–3

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/news/tampa-bay-lightning-Florida-panthers-game-1-recap-April-21

|1-1-1 =06:17 – Sam Reinhart (1)

|1-1-2 =Brandon Hagel (1) – 16:04

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =00:58 – pp – Carter Verhaeghe (1)
17:55 – en – Matthew Tkachuk (1)

|1-3-2 =Steven Stamkos (1) – pp – 19:50

|goalie1-1 =Sergei Bobrovsky 17 saves / 19 shots

|goalie1-2 =Andrei Vasilevskiy 25 saves / 27 shots

|date2 =April 23

|score2 =2–3

|ot2 =1

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/news/tampa-bay-lightning-Florida-panthers-game-2-recap-April-23

|2-1-1 =06:16 – Sam Bennett (1)
15:12 – pp – Vladimir Tarasenko (1)

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =Brayden Point (1) – 00:48
Steven Stamkos (2) – pp – 05:46

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|2-4-1 =02:59 – Carter Verhaeghe (2)

|2-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Sergei Bobrovsky 21 saves / 23 shots

|goalie2-2 =Andrei Vasilevskiy 34 saves / 37 shots

|date3 =April 25

|score3 =5–3

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/news/florida-panthers-tampa-bay-lightning-game-3-recap-april-25

|3-1-1 =Matthew Tkachuk (2) – 10:39

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =Sam Reinhart (2) – 09:58
Brandon Montour (1) – 16:30

|3-2-2 =00:44 – Steven Stamkos (3)
02:56 – Tyler Motte (1)

|3-3-1 =Steven Lorentz (1) – 09:41
Matthew Tkachuk (3) – en – 19:28

|3-3-2 =14:50 – Nick Paul (1)

|goalie3-1 =Sergei Bobrovsky 26 saves / 29 shots

|goalie3-2 =Andrei Vasilevskiy 26 saves / 30 shots

|date4 =April 27

|score4 =3–6

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/news/florida-panthers-tampa-bay-lightning-game-4-recap

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =08:54 – pp – Steven Stamkos (4)
12:09 – sh – Brandon Hagel (2)
15:07 – Brayden Point (2)

|4-2-1 =Carter Verhaeghe (3) – 04:17
Sam Reinhart (3) – 11:09
Oliver Ekman-Larsson (1) – 14:33

|4-2-2 =09:40 – Brandon Hagel (3)

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =09:34 – Steven Stamkos (5)
16:22 – pp – Nick Paul (2)

|goalie4-1 =Sergei Bobrovsky 26 saves / 32 shots

|goalie4-2 =Andrei Vasilevskiy 22 saves / 25 shots

|date5 =April 29

|score5 =1–6

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/news/tampa-bay-lightning-florida-panthers-game-5-recap-april-29

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =00:45 – Carter Verhaeghe (4)
12:38 – sh – Aleksander Barkov (1)

|5-2-2 =Victor Hedman (1) – 13:37

|5-3-1 =11:06 – Aleksander Barkov (2)
14:16 – Evan Rodrigues (1)
16:03 – en – Carter Verhaeghe (5)
18:50 – en – Niko Mikkola (1)

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Sergei Bobrovsky 31 saves / 32 shots

|goalie5-2 =Andrei Vasilevskiy 33 saves / 37 shots

|series = Florida won series 4–1

}}

The Boston Bruins finished second in the Atlantic Division earning 109 points. The Toronto Maple Leafs earned 102 points to finish third in the Atlantic. This was the seventeenth playoff meeting between these two rivals with both teams splitting the sixteen previous series, but with Boston winning the past six playoff series. They had last met in the 2019 Eastern Conference first round, which Boston won in seven games. Boston won all four games in the regular season series.

The Bruins defeated the Maple Leafs in seven games after leading the series 3–1. In game one, Jake DeBrusk scored twice and goaltender Jeremy Swayman made 35 saves to backstop the Bruins to a 5–1 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/toronto-maple-leafs-boston-bruins-game-1-recap-april-20|title=DeBrusk scores twice, Bruins defeat Maple Leafs in Game 1 of East 1st Round|last=Pohoryles|first=Joe|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 20, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 20, 2024}} Max Domi scored a goal and provided an assist for the Maple Leafs in game two to tie the series with a 3–2 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/toronto-maple-leafs-boston-bruins-game-2-recap-april-22|title=Maple Leafs edge Bruins in Game 2, tie Eastern 1st Round|last=Pohoryles|first=Joe|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 22, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 23, 2024}} Brad Marchand scored twice and provided an assist for the Bruins in game three, emerging victorious over the Maple Leafs 4–2.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/boston-bruins-toronto-maple-leafs-game-3-recap-april-24|title=Marchand breaks tie in 3rd, Bruins top Maple Leafs in Game 3 to retake series lead|last=McCarthy|first=Dave|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 24, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 24, 2024}} Marchand continued his goal-scoring and assisting in game four, providing one of each in Boston's 3–1 victory to take a 3–1 series lead.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/boston-bruins-toronto-maple-leafs-game-4-recap-april-27|title=Bruins defeat Maple Leafs in Game 4, on verge of winning series|last=McCarthy|first=Dave|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 27, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 28, 2024}} Game five required overtime, wherein Toronto forward Matthew Knies scored to give the Maple Leafs a 2–1 victory, extending the series to a sixth game.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/toronto-maple-leafs-boston-bruins-game-5-recap-april-30|title=Maple Leafs top Bruins in OT, stay alive with Game 5 win|last=Pohoryles|first=Joe|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 30, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 30, 2024}} In game six, William Nylander scored twice for the Maple Leafs, forcing a seventh game with a 2–1 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/boston-bruins-toronto-maple-leafs-game-6-recap-may-2|title=Maple Leafs top Bruins in Game 6, push Eastern 1st Round series to limit|last=McCarthy|first=Dave|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 2, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 2, 2024}} David Pastrnak scored the overtime-winning goal at 1:54 for the Bruins in game seven, preventing a 3–1 series comeback from the Maple Leafs with a 2–1 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/toronto-maple-leafs-boston-bruins-game-7-recap-may-4|title=Pastrnak, Bruins eliminate Maple Leafs with OT win in Game 7|last=Pohoryles|first=Joe|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 4, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 4, 2024}} With the loss, Toronto extended their game seven-losing streak to six games, with four against Boston; in addition Toronto lost their seventh consecutive playoff series against Boston.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/nhl/2024/05/04/maple-leafs-lose-game-7-bruins|title=Maple Leafs Fall to Bruins in Overtime to Extend Infamous Game 7 Losing Streak|last=Andres|first=Patrick|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=May 4, 2024|accessdate=May 4, 2024}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Boston Bruins

|team2=Toronto Maple Leafs

|stadium1=TD Garden

|stadium2=Scotiabank Arena

|homeright=yes

|date1 =April 20

|score1 =1–5

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/news/Toronto-maple-leafs-boston-bruins-game-1-recap-April-20

|1-1-1 =02:26 – John Beecher (1)

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =05:47 – Brandon Carlo (1)
15:02 – pp – Jake DeBrusk (1)
17:34 – pp – Jake DeBrusk (2)

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =17:52 – en – Trent Frederic (1)

|1-3-2 =David Kampf (1) – 01:39

|goalie1-1 =Jeremy Swayman 35 saves / 36 shots

|goalie1-2 =Ilya Samsonov 20 saves / 24 shots

|date2 =April 22

|score2 =3–2

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/news/Toronto-maple-leafs-boston-bruins-game-2-recap-April-22

|2-1-1 =10:18 – pp – Morgan Geekie (1)
19:52 – David Pastrnak (1)

|2-1-2 =Max Domi (1) – 10:32

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =John Tavares (1) – pp – 18:26

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =Auston Matthews (1) – 12:06

|goalie2-1 =Linus Ullmark 31 saves / 34 shots

|goalie2-2 =Ilya Samsonov 27 saves / 29 shots

|date3 =April 24

|score3 =4–2

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/news/boston-bruins-Toronto-maple-leafs-game-3-recap-April-24

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =Trent Frederic (2) – 17:37

|3-2-2 =13:10 – Matthew Knies (1)

|3-3-1 =Jake DeBrusk (3) – pp – 01:07
Brad Marchand (1) – 11:53
Brad Marchand (2) – pp-en – 19:24

|3-3-2 =11:25 – Tyler Bertuzzi (1)

|goalie3-1 =Jeremy Swayman 28 saves / 30 shots

|goalie3-2 =Ilya Samsonov 30 saves / 33 shots

|date4 =April 27

|score4 =3–1

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/news/boston-bruins-toronto-maple-leafs-game-4-recap-april-27

|4-1-1 =James van Riemsdyk (1) – 15:09

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =Brad Marchand (3) – pp – 08:20
David Pastrnak (2) – 19:18

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =05:43 – Mitch Marner (1)

|goalie4-1 =Jeremy Swayman 24 saves / 25 shots

|goalie4-2 =Ilya Samsonov 14 saves / 17 shots
Joseph Woll 5 saves / 5 shots

|date5 =April 30

|score5 =2–1

|ot5 =1

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/news/toronto-maple-leafs-boston-bruins-game-5-recap-april-30

|5-1-1 =13:54 – Trent Frederic (3)

|5-1-2 =Jake McCabe (1) – 05:33

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|5-4-1 =No scoring

|5-4-2 =Matthew Knies (2) – 02:26

|goalie5-1 =Jeremy Swayman 31 saves / 33 shots

|goalie5-2 =Joseph Woll 27 saves / 28 shots

|date6 =May 2

|score6 =1–2

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/news/boston-bruins-toronto-maple-leafs-game-6-recap-may-2

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =19:05 – William Nylander (1)

|6-3-1 =Morgan Geekie (2) – 19:59

|6-3-2 =17:47 – William Nylander (2)

|goalie6-1 =Jeremy Swayman 24 saves / 26 shots

|goalie6-2 =Joseph Woll 22 saves / 23 shots

|date7 =May 4

|score7 =1–2

|ot7 =1

|won7 =1

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/news/toronto-maple-leafs-boston-bruins-game-7-recap-may-4

|7-1-1 =No scoring

|7-1-2 =No scoring

|7-2-1 =No scoring

|7-2-2 =No scoring

|7-3-1 =10:22 – Hampus Lindholm (1)

|7-3-2 =William Nylander (3) – 09:01

|7-4-1 =01:54 – David Pastrnak (3)

|7-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie7-1 =Jeremy Swayman 30 saves / 31 shots

|goalie7-2 =Ilya Samsonov 30 saves / 32 shots

|series = Boston won series 4–3

}}

The New York Rangers earned the Presidents' Trophy as the NHL's best regular season team with 114 points. Washington finished as the Eastern Conference's second wild card earning 91 points, winning the tiebreaker against Detroit with 32 {{abbr|RWs|Regulation Wins}}. This was the tenth playoff meeting between these two rivals with New York winning five of the nine previous series. They had last met in the 2015 Eastern Conference second round, which New York came back from a 3–1 series deficit to win in seven games. These teams split their four-game regular season series.

The Rangers defeated the Capitals in a four-game sweep. The Rangers scored three goals in the span of 2:06 in the second period of game one en route to a 4–1 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/washington-capitals-new-york-rangers-game-1-recap-april-21|title=Rempe sparks Rangers to Game 1 win against Capitals|last=Satriano|first=David|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 21, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 21, 2024}} In game two, Vincent Trocheck and Mika Zibanejad each scored a goal and provided an assist for the Rangers, skating away with a 4–3 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/washington-capitals-new-york-rangers-game-2-recap-april-23|title=Zibanejad, Trocheck lift Rangers past Capitals in Game 2 win|last=Satriano|first=David|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 23, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 24, 2024}} Igor Shesterkin made 29 saves for the Rangers in game three, leading New York to a 3–1 victory and a 3–0 series lead.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/new-york-rangers-washington-capitals-game-3-recap-april-26|title=Shesterkin, Rangers push Capitals to brink with Game 3 win|last=Valentine|first=Harvey|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 26, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 26, 2024}} In game four, Artemi Panarin scored a goal and provided an assist to the Rangers' 4–2 victory, completing the four-game sweep.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/new-york-rangers-washington-capitals-game-4-recap-april-28|title=Rangers score twice in 3rd, sweep Capitals with win in Game 4|last=Valentine|first=Harvey|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 28, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 28, 2024}} It was the first sweep for the Rangers since 2007, and they became the sixth Presidents' Trophy-winning team to sweep their opening-round series.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=New York Rangers

|team2=Washington Capitals

|stadium1=Madison Square Garden

|stadium2=Capital One Arena

|homeright=yes

|date1 =April 21

|score1 =1–4

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/news/Washington-capitals-new-york-rangers-game-1-recap-April-21

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =04:17 – Matt Rempe (1)
04:50 – Artemi Panarin (1)
06:23 – Jimmy Vesey (1)

|1-2-2 =Martin Fehervary (1) – 07:31

|1-3-1 =16:17 – Chris Kreider (1)

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Igor Shesterkin 20 saves / 21 shots

|goalie1-2 =Charlie Lindgren 27 saves / 31 shots

|date2 =April 23

|score2 =3–4

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/news/Washington-capitals-new-york-rangers-game-2-recap-April-23

|2-1-1 =07:56 – Vincent Trocheck (1)
14:28 – pp – Mika Zibanejad (1)

|2-1-2 =Connor McMichael (1) – 05:09

|2-2-1 =12:26 – pp – Jack Roslovic (1)
16:52 – sh – K'Andre Miller (1)

|2-2-2 =Dylan Strome (1) – pp – 04:14

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =Tom Wilson (1) – pp – 11:45

|goalie2-1 =Igor Shesterkin 22 saves / 25 shots

|goalie2-2 =Charlie Lindgren 24 saves / 28 shots

|date3 =April 26

|score3 =3–1

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/news/new-york-rangers-washington-capitals-game-3-recap-april-26

|3-1-1 =Chris Kreider (2) – 06:08
Barclay Goodrow (1) – sh – 08:08

|3-1-2 =05:34 – John Carlson (1)

|3-2-1 =Vincent Trocheck (2) – pp – 15:22

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Igor Shesterkin 29 saves / 30 shots

|goalie3-2 =Charlie Lindgren 19 saves / 22 shots

|date4 =April 28

|score4 =4–2

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/news/new-york-rangers-washington-capitals-game-4-recap-april-28

|4-1-1 =Kaapo Kakko (1) – 00:57
Vincent Trocheck (3) – pp – 19:44

|4-1-2 =14:54 – Martin Fehervary (2)

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =07:48 – Hendrix Lapierre (1)

|4-3-1 =Artemi Panarin (2) – pp – 03:21
Jack Roslovic (2) – pp-en – 19:09

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Igor Shesterkin 23 saves / 25 shots

|goalie4-2 =Charlie Lindgren 19 saves / 22 shots

|series = New York won series 4–0

}}

The Carolina Hurricanes finished second in the Metropolitan Division earning 111 points. The New York Islanders earned 94 points to finish third in the Metropolitan. This was the second consecutive and third overall playoff meeting between these two teams with Carolina winning both previous series. Carolina won the previous year's Eastern Conference first round in six games. These teams split their four-game regular season series.

The Hurricanes defeated the Islanders in five games. Goaltender Frederik Andersen made 33 saves for the Hurricanes in game one, triumphing over the Islanders 3–1.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/new-york-islanders-carolina-hurricanes-game-1-recap-april-20|title=Andersen makes 33 saves, Hurricanes edge Islanders in Game 1|last=Dusterberg|first=Kurt|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 20, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 20, 2024}} Down 3–0 in game two, the Hurricanes scored twice in nine seconds with 2:15 left in the game to rally and take the lead to emerge victorious 5–3.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/new-york-islanders-carolina-hurricanes-game-2-recap-april-22|title=Hurricanes overwhelm Islanders, rally from 3 down to win Game 2|last=Dusterberg|first=Kurt|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 22, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 23, 2024}} In game three, the Hurricanes forced the Islanders to switch out goaltenders after potting three goals on fourteen shots in a 3–2 victory for a 3–0 series lead.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/carolina-hurricanes-new-york-islanders-game-3-recap-april-25|title=Hurricanes push Islanders to brink with Game 3 win|last=Rosner|first=Stefen|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 25, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 26, 2024}} Game four went to double-overtime, during which forward Mathew Barzal scored his second of the game for the Islanders, forcing a fifth game with a 3–2 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/carolina-hurricanes-new-york-islanders-game-4-recap-april-27|title=Islanders defeat Hurricanes in 2OT in Game 4, stay alive in East 1st Round|last=Rosner|first=Stefen|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 27, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 28, 2024}} In game five, the Hurricanes scored twice in eight seconds to take a 5–3 lead in the third period, adding an insurance goal to advance to the second round with a 6–3 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/new-york-islanders-carolina-hurricanes-game-5-recap-april-30|title=Hurricanes recover, eliminate Islanders with win in Game 5|last=Dusterberg|first=Kurt|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 30, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 30, 2024}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Carolina Hurricanes

|team2=New York Islanders

|stadium1=PNC Arena

|stadium2=UBS Arena

|homeright=yes

|date1 =April 20

|score1 =1–3

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/news/new-york-islanders-Carolina-hurricanes-game-1-recap-April-20

|1-1-1 =01:35 – pp – Evgeny Kuznetsov (1)

|1-1-2 =Kyle MacLean (1) – 08:20

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =03:44 – Stefan Noesen (1)
18:28 – en – Martin Necas (1)

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Frederik Andersen 33 saves / 34 shots

|goalie1-2 =Semyon Varlamov 23 saves / 25 shots

|date2 =April 22

|score2 =3–5

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/news/new-york-islanders-Carolina-hurricanes-game-2-recap-April-22

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =Kyle Palmieri (1) – 16:22
Bo Horvat (1) – 19:45

|2-2-1 =13:01 – pp – Teuvo Teravainen (1)

|2-2-2 =Anders Lee (1) – pp – 03:54

|2-3-1 =10:43 – Seth Jarvis (1)
17:45 – Sebastian Aho (1)
17:54 – Jordan Martinook (1)
19:04 – en – Jake Guentzel (1)

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Frederik Andersen 9 saves / 12 shots

|goalie2-2 =Semyon Varlamov 34 saves / 38 shots

|date3 =April 25

|score3 =3–2

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/news/carolina-hurricanes-new-york-islanders-game-3-recap-april-25

|3-1-1 =Brent Burns (1) – 04:46
Dmitry Orlov (1) – 10:25

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =Sebastian Aho (2) – 07:14

|3-2-2 =02:48 – Pierre Engvall (1)
17:39 – Brock Nelson (1)

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Frederik Andersen 29 saves / 31 shots

|goalie3-2 =Ilya Sorokin 11 saves / 14 shots
Semyon Varlamov 8 saves / 8 shots

|date4 =April 27

|score4 =2–3

|ot4 =2

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/news/carolina-hurricanes-new-york-islanders-game-4-recap-april-27

|4-1-1 =Seth Jarvis (2) – pp – 08:00

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =10:10 – Mathew Barzal (1)

|4-3-1 =Stefan Noesen (2) – pp – 14:08

|4-3-2 =01:38 – pp – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (1)

|4-4-1 =No scoring

|4-4-2 =01:24 – Mathew Barzal (2)

|goalie4-1 =Frederik Andersen 32 saves / 35 shots

|goalie4-2 =Semyon Varlamov 42 saves / 44 shots

|date5 =April 30

|score5 =3–6

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/news/new-york-islanders-carolina-hurricanes-game-5-recap-april-30

|5-1-1 =01:23 – Teuvo Teravainen (2)
03:13 – pp – Andrei Svechnikov (1)
13:22 – ps – Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)

|5-1-2 =Mike Reilly (1) – pp – 03:54

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =Brock Nelson (2) – 03:47
Casey Cizikas (1) – 19:38

|5-3-1 =04:36 – Jack Drury (1)
04:44 – Stefan Noesen (3)
18:21 – en – Seth Jarvis (3)

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Frederik Andersen 21 saves / 24 shots

|goalie5-2 =Semyon Varlamov 32 saves / 37 shots

|series = Carolina won series 4–1

}}

The Dallas Stars finished first in the Central Division and Western Conference earning 113 points. The Vegas Golden Knights earned 98 points to finish as the Western Conference's second wild card. This was the second consecutive and third overall playoff series between these two teams with both teams splitting the previous two series. Vegas won the previous year's Western Conference final in six games. Vegas won all three games in the regular season series.

The Stars defeated the Golden Knights in seven games. Defenceman Brayden McNabb potted a goal and an assist for the Golden Knights in game one who triumphed over the Stars 4–3.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/vegas-golden-knights-dallas-stars-game-1-recap-april-22|title=Stone scores in return, Golden Knights hold off Stars in Game 1|last=Delos Santos|first=Paul|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 22, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 23, 2024}} In game two, Jonathan Marchessault and Jack Eichel each scored a goal and provided an assist to the Golden Knights' 3–1 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/vegas-golden-knights-dallas-stars-game-2-recap-april-24|title=Golden Knights defeat Stars in Game 2, extend Western 1st Round lead|last=Baird|first=Taylor|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 24, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 24, 2024}} Dallas forward Wyatt Johnston scored twice in game three, including the overtime-winning goal with 3:37 remaining, granting the Stars a 3–2 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/dallas-stars-vegas-golden-knights-game-3-recap-april-27|title=Stars win Game 3 in OT, cut Golden Knights' lead in West 1st Round|last=Delos Santos|first=Paul|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 28, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 28, 2024}} In game four, Jake Oettinger made 32 saves for the Stars, defeating the Golden Knights 4–2 and tying the series 2–2.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/dallas-stars-vegas-golden-knights-game-4-recap-april-29|title=Stars edge Golden Knights in Game 4, even Western 1st Round series|last=Delos Santos|first=Paul|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 29, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 1, 2024}} Johnston assisted twice for the Stars in game five, granting Dallas a 3–2 victory and a 3–2 series lead.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/vegas-golden-knights-dallas-stars-game-5-recap-may-1|title=Stars edge Golden Knights in Game 5, push defending champs to brink|last=Baird|first=Taylor|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 1, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 1, 2024}} In game six, Adin Hill stopped all 23 shots he faced for the Golden Knights, defeating the Stars 2–0 to force a seventh game.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/dallas-stars-vegas-golden-knights-game-4-recap-april-29|title=Stars edge Golden Knights in Game 4, even Western 1st Round series|last=Delos Santos|first=Paul|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 3, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 3, 2024}} In game seven, Oettinger made 22 saves for the Stars and Radek Faksa provided the game-winning goal to send the Stars to the second round with a 2–1 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/vegas-golden-knights-dallas-stars-game-7-recap-may-5|title=Stars win Game 7, eliminate defending champion Golden Knights|last=Baird|first=Taylor|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 5, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 5, 2024}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Dallas Stars

|team2=Vegas Golden Knights

|stadium1=American Airlines Center

|stadium2=T-Mobile Arena

|homeright=yes

|date1 =April 22

|score1 =4–3

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/news/vegas-golden-knights-dallas-stars-game-1-recap-April-22

|1-1-1 =16:07 – Jamie Benn (1)
18:29 – Jason Robertson (1)

|1-1-2 =Mark Stone (1) – pp – 01:23
Jonathan Marchessault (1) – 08:27
Tomas Hertl (1) – pp – 17:51

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =Brayden McNabb (1) – 01:06

|1-3-1 =11:46 – Mason Marchment (1)

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Jake Oettinger 11 saves / 15 shots

|goalie1-2 =Logan Thompson 26 saves / 29 shots

|date2 =April 24

|score2 =3–1

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/news/vegas-golden-knights-dallas-stars-game-2-recap-April-24

|2-1-1 =16:47 – pp – Jason Robertson (2)

|2-1-2 =Jonathan Marchessault (2) – 18:09

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =Noah Hanifin (1) – 18:53

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =Jack Eichel (1) – en – 19:26

|goalie2-1 =Jake Oettinger 23 saves / 25 shots

|goalie2-2 =Logan Thompson 20 saves / 21 shots

|date3 =April 27

|score3 =3–2

|ot3 =1

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/news/dallas-stars-vegas-golden-knights-game-3-recap-april-27

|3-1-1 =Wyatt Johnston (1) – 11:11

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =Miro Heiskanen (1) – 05:25

|3-2-2 =10:40 – Brayden McNabb (2)
13:50 – sh – Jack Eichel (2)

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|3-4-1 =Wyatt Johnston (2) – 16:23

|3-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Jake Oettinger 32 saves / 34 shots

|goalie3-2 =Logan Thompson 43 saves / 46 shots

|date4 =April 29

|score4 =4–2

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/news/dallas-stars-vegas-golden-knights-game-4-recap-april-29

|4-1-1 =Evgenii Dadonov (1) – 17:52

|4-1-2 =14:25 – Michael Amadio (1)

|4-2-1 =Wyatt Johnston (3) – pp – 09:45
Ty Dellandrea (1) – 18:34

|4-2-2 =03:09 – Jack Eichel (3)

|4-3-1 =Roope Hintz (1) – en – 18:38

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Jake Oettinger 32 saves / 34 shots

|goalie4-2 =Logan Thompson 28 saves / 31 shots

|date5 =May 1

|score5 =2–3

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/news/vegas-golden-knights-dallas-stars-game-5-recap-may-1

|5-1-1 =05:02 – Evgenii Dadonov (2)
08:04 – pp – Matt Duchene (1)

|5-1-2 =Mark Stone (2) – pp – 04:00
William Carrier (1) – 12:51

|5-2-1 =16:32 – pp – Jason Robertson (3)

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Jake Oettinger 25 saves / 27 shots

|goalie5-2 =Adin Hill 22 saves / 25 shots

|date6 =May 3

|score6 =0–2

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/news/dallas-stars-vegas-golden-knights-game-6-recap-may-3

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =09:54 – Noah Hanifin (2)
19:41 – en – Mark Stone (3)

|goalie6-1 =Jake Oettinger 28 saves / 29 shots

|goalie6-2 =Adin Hill 23 saves / 23 shots

|date7 =May 5

|score7 =1–2

|won7 =1

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/news/vegas-golden-knights-dallas-stars-game-7-recap-may-5

|7-1-1 =14:34 – Wyatt Johnston (4)

|7-1-2 =No scoring

|7-2-1 =No scoring

|7-2-2 =Brett Howden (1) – 15:25

|7-3-1 =00:44 – Radek Faksa (1)

|7-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie7-1 =Jake Oettinger 22 saves / 23 shots

|goalie7-2 =Adin Hill 22 saves / 24 shots

|series = Dallas won series 4–3

}}

The Winnipeg Jets finished second in the Central Division earning 110 points. The Colorado Avalanche earned 107 points to finish third in the Central. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Winnipeg won all three games in the regular season series.

The Avalanche defeated the Jets in five games. In game one, Kyle Connor and Adam Lowry each scored twice for the Jets, triumphing over the Avalanche 7–6.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/colorado-avalanche-winnipeg-jets-game-1-recap-april-21|title=Jets score 7, hold off Avalanche in Game 1 of West 1st Round|last=Bauming|first=Darrin|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 21, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 21, 2024}} Goaltender Alexandar Georgiev bounced back in game two for the Avalanche, making 28 saves in a 5–2 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/colorado-avalanche-winnipeg-jets-game-2-recap-april-23|title=Avalanche score 4 in 2nd, defeat Jets in Game 2 to even West 1st Round series|last=Bauming|first=Darrin|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 23, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 24, 2024}} Colorado was granted a five-goal third period, ensuring a 6–2 victory in game three for the Avalanche.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/winnipeg-jets-colorado-avalanche-game-3-recap-april-26|title=Avalanche score 5 in 3rd, rally past Jets in Game 3 to take series lead |last=Boulding|first=Ryan|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 26, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 26, 2024}} Valeri Nichushkin scored a hat-trick in game four for the Avalanche, snatching a 5–1 triumph with a 3–1 series lead.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/winnipeg-jets-colorado-avalanche-game-4-recap-april-28|title=Nichushkin has hat trick, Avalanche take Game 4 to push Jets to brink|last=Boulding|first=Ryan|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 28, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 28, 2024}} In game five, Mikko Rantanen scored twice and provided an assist for the Avalanche, defeating the Jets 6–3 to advance to the second round.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/colorado-avalanche-winnipeg-jets-game-5-recap-april-30|title=Rantanen scores twice in 3rd, Avalanche eliminate Jets with Game 5 win|last=Bauming|first=Darrin|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 30, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 30, 2024}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Winnipeg Jets

|team2=Colorado Avalanche

|stadium1=Canada Life Centre

|stadium2=Ball Arena

|homeright=yes

|date1 =April 21

|score1 =6–7

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/news/Colorado-avalanche-Winnipeg-jets-game-1-recap-April-21

|1-1-1 =08:02 – Josh Morrissey (1)
11:57 – Vladislav Namestnikov (1)
15:53 – Mark Scheifele (1)

|1-1-2 =Valeri Nichushkin (1) – 06:10
Miles Wood (1) – 14:47
Nathan MacKinnon (1) – 15:05

|1-2-1 =08:57 – Adam Lowry (1)

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =03:31 – Adam Lowry (2)
05:51 – pp – Kyle Connor (1)
08:54 – Kyle Connor (2)

|1-3-2 =Artturi Lehkonen (1) – pp – 06:29
Cale Makar (1) – pp – 12:24
Casey Mittelstadt (1) – 19:30

|goalie1-1 =Connor Hellebuyck 40 saves / 46 shots

|goalie1-2 =Alexandar Georgiev 16 saves / 23 shots

|date2 =April 23

|score2 =5–2

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/news/Colorado-avalanche-Winnipeg-jets-game-2-recap-April-23

|2-1-1 =03:15 – David Gustafsson (1)

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =08:37 – Mark Scheifele (2)

|2-2-2 =Miles Wood (2) – 01:59
Artturi Lehkonen (2) – 14:16
Zach Parise (1) – 17:20
Josh Manson (1) – 19:53

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =Valeri Nichushkin (2) – en – 19:03

|goalie2-1 =Connor Hellebuyck 27 saves / 31 shots

|goalie2-2 =Alexandar Georgiev 28 saves / 30 shots

|date3 =April 26

|score3 =2–6

|won3 =2

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/news/winnipeg-jets-colorado-avalanche-game-3-recap-april-26

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =11:18 – Zach Parise (2)

|3-2-1 =Tyler Toffoli (1) – 05:03
Josh Morrissey (2) – pp – 10:50

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =02:11 – pp – Nathan MacKinnon (2)
04:39 – pp – Valeri Nichushkin (3)
08:11 – Artturi Lehkonen (3)
12:35 – Ross Colton (1)
16:25 – sh-en – Devon Toews (1)

|goalie3-1 =Connor Hellebuyck 34 saves / 39 shots

|goalie3-2 =Alexandar Georgiev 22 saves / 24 shots

|date4 =April 28

|score4 =1–5

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/news/winnipeg-jets-colorado-avalanche-game-4-recap-april-28

|4-1-1 =Nate Schmidt (1) – 13:56

|4-1-2 =08:10 – Artturi Lehkonen (4)

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =11:36 – pp – Valeri Nichushkin (4)
15:03 – Cale Makar (2)
19:36 – pp – Valeri Nichushkin (5)

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =19:47 – en – Valeri Nichushkin (6)

|goalie4-1 =Connor Hellebuyck 26 saves / 30 shots
Laurent Brossoit 4 saves / 4 shots

|goalie4-2 =Alexandar Georgiev 26 saves / 27 shots

|date5 =April 30

|score5 =6–3

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/news/colorado-avalanche-winnipeg-jets-game-5-recap-april-30

|5-1-1 =01:15 – Kyle Connor (3)

|5-1-2 =Valeri Nichushkin (7) – 03:18

|5-2-1 =06:48 – pp – Josh Morrissey (3)

|5-2-2 =Yakov Trenin (1) – 05:42
Artturi Lehkonen (5) – 13:45

|5-3-1 =02:06 – Tyler Toffoli (2)

|5-3-2 =Mikko Rantanen (1) – 04:11
Mikko Rantanen (2) – 08:01
Josh Manson (2) – en – 19:58

|goalie5-1 =Connor Hellebuyck 26 saves / 31 shots

|goalie5-2 =Alexandar Georgiev 33 saves / 36 shots

|series = Colorado won series 4–1

}}

The Vancouver Canucks finished first in the Pacific Division earning 109 points. The Nashville Predators earned 99 points to finish as the first wild card in the Western Conference. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 2011 Western Conference semifinals, which Vancouver won in six games. Vancouver won all three games in the regular season series.

The Canucks defeated the Predators in six games. In game one, Dakota Joshua scored twice and added an assist for the Canucks, defeating the Predators 4–2.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/nashville-predators-vancouver-canucks-game-1-recap-april-21|title=Canucks rally in 3rd, defeat Predators in Game 1|last=Woodley|first=Kevin|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 22, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 24, 2024}} Filip Forsberg scored a goal and provided an assist for the Predators in game two, tying the series with a 4–1 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nashville-predators-vancouver-canucks-game-2-recap-april-23|title=Predators defeat Canucks in Game 2, even Western 1st Round series|last=Woodley|first=Kevin|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 24, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 24, 2024}} In game three, goaltender Casey DeSmith made 29 saves for the Canucks, defeating the Predators 2–1.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/vancouver-canucks-nashville-predators-game-3-recap-april-26|title=DeSmith makes 29 saves, Canucks edge Predators in Game 3|last=Stanley|first=Robby|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 26, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 26, 2024}} Down 3–1 with under 3 minutes to go left in the game, Brock Boeser scored with 2:47 left to make it 3-2. Colton Sissons hit the post on an empty net with 1:50 left. Boeser then put home a rebound with 6.2 seconds to go to finish the hat-trick and tie the game at 3-3. Elias Lindholm scored 1:02 into overtime for Vancouver to cap off the rally and give the Canucks a 3–1 series lead.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/vancouver-canucks-nashville-predators-game-4-recap-april-28|title=Boeser's hat trick helps Canucks rally for OT victory against Predators in Game 4|last=Stanley|first=Robby|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 28, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 30, 2024}} In game five, Forsberg assisted on both Nashville goals as the Predators forced a sixth game with a 2–1 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nashville-predators-vancouver-canucks-game-5-recap-april-30|title=Predators rally past Canucks in 3rd, stay alive with Game 5 win|last=Woodley|first=Kevin|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 1, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 1, 2024}} Pius Suter scored the only goal of game six with 1:39 left in the game, and with Arturs Silovs' 28 saves, Vancouver moved onto the second round with a 1–0 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/vancouver-canucks-nashville-predators-game-6-recap-may-3|title=Suter scores late, Canucks eliminate Predators with shutout in Game 6|last=Stanley|first=Robby|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 3, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 3, 2024}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Vancouver Canucks

|team2=Nashville Predators

|stadium1=Rogers Arena

|stadium2=Bridgestone Arena

|homeright=yes

|date1 =April 21

|score1 =2–4

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/news/nashville-predators-vancouver-canucks-game-1-recap-April-21

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =Jason Zucker (1) – 16:15

|1-2-1 =00:47 – Elias Lindholm (1)

|1-2-2 =Ryan O'Reilly (1) – pp – 10:46

|1-3-1 =08:59 – Pius Suter (1)
09:11 – Dakota Joshua (1)
18:32 – en – Dakota Joshua (2)

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Thatcher Demko 22 saves / 24 shots

|goalie1-2 =Juuse Saros 17 saves / 20 shots

|date2 =April 23

|score2 =4–1

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/news/nashville-predators-vancouver-canucks-game-2-recap-April-23

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =Anthony Beauvillier (1) – 01:14

|2-2-1 =15:33 – Nikita Zadorov (1)

|2-2-2 =Filip Forsberg (1) – 06:29
Colton Sissons (1) – 08:04

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =Kiefer Sherwood (1) – en – 18:07

|goalie2-1 =Casey DeSmith 12 saves / 15 shots

|goalie2-2 =Juuse Saros 17 saves / 18 shots

|date3 =April 26

|score3 =2–1

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/news/vancouver-canucks-nashville-predators-game-3-recap-april-26

|3-1-1 =J. T. Miller (1) – pp – 13:23

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =Brock Boeser (1) – pp – 04:33

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =16:48 – Luke Evangelista (1)

|goalie3-1 =Casey DeSmith 29 saves / 30 shots

|goalie3-2 =Juuse Saros 10 saves / 12 shots

|date4 =April 28

|score4 =4–3

|ot4 =1

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/news/vancouver-canucks-nashville-predators-game-4-recap-april-28

|4-1-1 =Brock Boeser (2) – 02:55

|4-1-2 =05:34 – Mark Jankowski (1)

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =05:21 – Gustav Nyquist (1)

|4-3-1 =Brock Boeser (3) – 17:11
Brock Boeser (4) – 19:52

|4-3-2 =00:12 – Filip Forsberg (2)

|4-4-1 =Elias Lindholm (2) – 01:02

|4-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Arturs Silovs 27 saves / 30 shots

|goalie4-2 =Juuse Saros 17 saves / 21 shots

|date5 =April 30

|score5 =2–1

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/news/nashville-predators-vancouver-canucks-game-5-recap-april-30

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =03:11 – Nikita Zadorov (2)

|5-3-2 =Roman Josi (1) – pp – 07:15
Alexandre Carrier (1) – 12:46

|goalie5-1 =Arturs Silovs 20 saves / 22 shots

|goalie5-2 =Juuse Saros 19 saves / 20 shots

|date6 =May 3

|score6 =1–0

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/news/vancouver-canucks-nashville-predators-game-6-recap-may-3

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =Pius Suter (2) – 18:21

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Arturs Silovs 28 saves / 28 shots

|goalie6-2 =Juuse Saros 28 saves / 29 shots

|series = Vancouver won series 4–2

}}

The Edmonton Oilers finished second in the Pacific Division earning 104 points. The Los Angeles Kings finished third in the Pacific with 99 points. This was the third consecutive and tenth overall playoff meeting between these two rivals with Edmonton winning seven of the nine previous series. Edmonton won the previous year's Western Conference first round series in six games. Edmonton won three of the four games in the regular season series.

The Oilers defeated the Kings in five games. In game one, Zach Hyman scored a hat-trick and Connor McDavid provided five assists to hold off the Kings for a 7–4 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/los-angeles-kings-edmonton-oilers-game-1-recap-april-22|title=McDavid has 5 assists for Oilers in Game 1 win against Kings|last=Moddejonge|first=Gerry|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 22, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 23, 2024}} Anze Kopitar scored the overtime goal and provided two assists for the Kings in game two, tying the series with a 5–4 win.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/los-angeles-kings-edmonton-oilers-game-2-recap-april-24|title=Kopitar, Kings defeat Oilers in OT in Game 2 to even West 1st Round series|last=Moddejonge|first=Gerry|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 24, 2024|website=NHl.com|accessdate=April 24, 2024}} The Oilers routed the Kings in game three with Hyman and Leon Draisaitl both scoring twice in Edmonton's 6–1 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/edmonton-oilers-los-angeles-kings-game-3-recap-april-26|title=Oilers score 6, top Kings in Game 3 to retake lead in Western 1st Round|last=Greenspan|first=Dan|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 26, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 26, 2024}} In game four, Evan Bouchard scored the only goal and goaltender Stuart Skinner stopped all 33 shots he faced to give the Oilers a 1–0 victory and a 3–1 series lead.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/edmonton-oilers-los-angeles-kings-game-4-recap-april-28|title=Skinner makes 33 saves, Oilers shut out Kings in Game 4|last=Greenspan|first=Dan|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=April 29, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=April 29, 2024}} McDavid and Bouchard each assisted thrice in game five, sending the Oilers to the second round with a 4–3 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/los-angeles-kings-edmonton-oilers-game-5-recap-may-1|title=Draisaitl, Oilers eliminate Kings with win in Game 5|last=Moddejonge|first=Gerry|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 1, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 1, 2024}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Edmonton Oilers

|team2=Los Angeles Kings

|stadium1=Rogers Place

|stadium2=Crypto.com Arena

|homeright=yes

|date1 =April 22

|score1 =4–7

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/news/los-angeles-kings-edmonton-oilers-game-1-recap-April-22

|1-1-1 =06:52 – Zach Hyman (1)
09:36 – Adam Henrique (1)

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =04:50 – Zach Hyman (2)
08:24 – pp – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1)

|1-2-2 =Mikey Anderson (1) – 10:56
Adrian Kempe (1) – 17:56

|1-3-1 =01:08 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (1)
06:17 – pp – Zach Hyman (3)
19:34 – en – Warren Foegele (1)

|1-3-2 =Pierre-Luc Dubois (1) – 16:56
Trevor Moore (1) – 18:49

|goalie1-1 =Stuart Skinner 33 saves / 37 shots

|goalie1-2 =Cam Talbot 38 saves / 44 shots

|date2 =April 24

|score2 =5–4

|ot2 =1

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/news/los-angeles-kings-edmonton-oilers-game-2-recap-April-24

|2-1-1 =17:33 – Brett Kulak (1)

|2-1-2 =Adrian Kempe (2) – 03:19
Adrian Kempe (3) – 14:57
Drew Doughty (1) – 18:02

|2-2-1 =07:51 – Dylan Holloway (1)
10:33 – pp – Zach Hyman (4)

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =03:23 – Dylan Holloway (2)

|2-3-2 =Kevin Fiala (1) – 01:46

|2-4-1 =No scoring

|2-4-2 =Anze Kopitar (1) – 02:07

|goalie2-1 =Stuart Skinner 21 saves / 26 shots

|goalie2-2 =Cam Talbot 27 saves / 31 shots

|date3 =April 26

|score3 =6–1

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/news/edmonton-oilers-los-angeles-kings-game-3-recap-april-26

|3-1-1 =Zach Hyman (5) – 06:42
Leon Draisaitl (2) – 15:36
Connor McDavid (1) – pp – 18:34

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =Evander Kane (1) – 07:39

|3-2-2 =05:32 – Drew Doughty (2)

|3-3-1 =Zach Hyman (6) – pp – 06:37
Leon Draisaitl (3) – pp – 12:38

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Stuart Skinner 27 saves / 28 shots

|goalie3-2 =Cam Talbot 34 saves / 40 shots

|date4 =April 28

|score4 =1–0

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/news/edmonton-oilers-los-angeles-kings-game-4-recap-april-28

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =Evan Bouchard (1) – pp – 11:49

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Stuart Skinner 33 saves / 33 shots

|goalie4-2 =David Rittich 12 saves / 13 shots

|date5 =May 1

|score5 =3–4

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/news/los-angeles-kings-edmonton-oilers-game-5-recap-may-1

|5-1-1 =10:17 – Evander Kane (2)

|5-1-2 =Alex Laferriere (1) – 19:32

|5-2-1 =07:44 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (4)
12:21 – Leon Draisaitl (5)
19:07 – Zach Hyman (7)

|5-2-2 =Blake Lizotte (1) – 03:08

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =Adrian Kempe (4) – 17:42

|goalie5-1 =Stuart Skinner 18 saves / 21 shots

|goalie5-2 =David Rittich 22 saves / 26 shots

|series = Edmonton won series 4–1

}}

This was the second consecutive and third overall playoff meeting between these two teams with Florida winning both previous series. Florida won the previous year's Eastern Conference first round which they won by coming back from a 3–1 series deficit to win in seven games. Boston won all four games in the regular season series.

The Panthers defeated the Bruins in six games. Jeremy Swayman made 38 saves for the Bruins in game one, coming out on top 5–1.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/boston-bruins-florida-panthers-game-1-recap-may-6|title=Swayman makes 38 saves, Bruins defeat Panthers in Game 1|last=Richards|first=George|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 6, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 6, 2024}} The Panthers stormed back in game two, outscoring the Bruins 6–1 with Aleksander Barkov's two goals and two assists to tie the series 1–1.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/boston-bruins-florida-panthers-game-2-recap-may-8|title=Panthers cruise past Bruins in Game 2, even Eastern 2nd Round|last=Richards|first=George|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 8, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 9, 2024}} In game three, Evan Rodrigues scored twice and Matthew Tkachuk provided three assists for the Panthers, defeating the Bruins 6–2.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/florida-panthers-boston-bruins-game-3-recap-may-10|title=Panthers defeat Bruins in Game 3 to take series lead |last=Pohoryles|first=Joe|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 10, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 11, 2024}} The Panthers came back from a two-goal deficit in game four to win 3–2 and take a 3–1 series lead.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/florida-panthers-boston-bruins-game-4-recap-may-12|title=Panthers rally, push Bruins to brink with Game 4 win|last=Pohoryles|first=Joe|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 12, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 13, 2024}} In game five, Swayman made 28 saves for the Bruins as they held off the Panthers for a 2–1 victory, forcing a sixth game.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/boston-bruins-florida-panthers-game-5-recap-may-14|title=Bruins stay alive, edge Panthers in Game 5 of Eastern 2nd Round|last=Richards|first=George|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 14, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 14, 2024}} Gustav Forsling scored with 1:33 left in the third period of game six for the Panthers, holding off the Bruins for a 2–1 victory and a second consecutive conference finals appearance.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/florida-panthers-boston-bruins-game-6-recap-may-17|title=Forsling scores late, Panthers eliminate Bruins in Game 6 to advance to East Final|last=Pohoryles|first=Joe|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 17, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 17, 2024}} During the game, Boston set the record for the most "too many men on the ice" penalties in one playoff year with seven.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/bruins-too-many-men-penalty-nhl-playoffs-record/|title=Bruins set new NHL record with seventh Too Many Men penalty of postseason|last=Geagan|first=Matt|publisher=CBS Interactive, Inc.|date=May 17, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 17, 2024}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Florida Panthers

|team2=Boston Bruins

|stadium1=Amerant Bank Arena

|stadium2=TD Garden

|homeright=yes

|date1 =May 6

|score1 =5–1

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/news/boston-bruins-florida-panthers-game-1-recap-may-6

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =11:45 – Matthew Tkachuk (4)

|1-2-2 =Morgan Geekie (3) – 12:52
Mason Lohrei (1) – 16:17
Brandon Carlo (2) – 19:39

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =Justin Brazeau (1) – 07:13
Jake DeBrusk (4) – en – 16:38

|goalie1-1 =Sergei Bobrovsky 24 saves / 28 shots

|goalie1-2 =Jeremy Swayman 38 saves / 39 shots

|date2 =May 8

|score2 =1–6

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/news/boston-bruins-florida-panthers-game-2-recap-may-8

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =Charlie Coyle (1) – 12:12

|2-2-1 =01:56 – Steven Lorentz (2)
09:49 – Aleksander Barkov (3)
19:58 – Gustav Forsling (1)

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =01:28 – Eetu Luostarinen (1)
10:52 – pp – Aleksander Barkov (4)
11:58 – sh – Brandon Montour (2)

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Sergei Bobrovsky 14 saves / 15 shots

|goalie2-2 =Jeremy Swayman 19 saves / 23 shots
Linus Ullmark 8 saves / 10 shots

|date3 =May 10

|score3 =6–2

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/news/florida-panthers-boston-bruins-game-3-recap-may-10

|3-1-1 =Evan Rodrigues (2) – 08:04

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =Vladimir Tarasenko (2) – pp – 16:14
Carter Verhaeghe (6) – pp – 17:14

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =Brandon Montour (3) – pp – 03:09
Sam Reinhart (4) – en – 18:36
Evan Rodrigues (3) – pp – 19:09

|3-3-2 =05:01 – Jakub Lauko (1)
08:31 – Jake DeBrusk (5)

|goalie3-1 =Sergei Bobrovsky 15 saves / 17 shots

|goalie3-2 =Jeremy Swayman 27 saves / 32 shots

|date4 =May 12

|score4 =3–2

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/news/florida-panthers-boston-bruins-game-4-recap-may-12

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =08:53 – pp – David Pastrnak (4)
15:12 – Brandon Carlo (3)

|4-2-1 =Anton Lundell (1) – 14:48

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =Sam Bennett (2) – pp – 03:41
Aleksander Barkov (5) – 07:31

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Sergei Bobrovsky 16 saves / 18 shots

|goalie4-2 =Jeremy Swayman 38 saves / 41 shots

|date5 =May 14

|score5 =2–1

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/news/boston-bruins-florida-panthers-game-5-recap-may-14

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =Morgan Geekie (4) – 04:49

|5-2-1 =06:23 – Sam Reinhart (5)

|5-2-2 =Charlie McAvoy (1) – 10:25

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Sergei Bobrovsky 26 saves / 28 shots

|goalie5-2 =Jeremy Swayman 28 saves / 29 shots

|date6 =May 17

|score6 =2–1

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/news/florida-panthers-boston-bruins-game-6-recap-may-17

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =19:07 – Pavel Zacha (1)

|6-2-1 =Anton Lundell (2) – 12:44

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =Gustav Forsling (2) – 18:27

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Sergei Bobrovsky 22 saves / 23 shots

|goalie6-2 =Jeremy Swayman 26 saves / 28 shots

|series = Florida won series 4–2

}}

This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams with both teams splitting the two previous series. They had last met in the 2022 Eastern Conference second round, which New York won in seven games. New York won two of the three games in the regular season series.

The Rangers defeated the Hurricanes in six games. In game one, Mika Zibanejad scored twice and provided an assist for the Rangers, defeating the Hurricanes 4–3.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/carolina-hurricanes-new-york-rangers-game-1-recap-may-5|title=Zibanejad sparks Rangers to Game 1 win against Hurricanes|last=Satriano|first=David|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 5, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 6, 2024}} Artemi Panarin assisted thrice and Vincent Trocheck scored the double-overtime goal for the Rangers, taking a 2–0 series lead with a 4–3 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/carolina-hurricanes-new-york-rangers-game-2-recap-may-7|title=Trocheck, Rangers defeat Hurricanes in 2OT in Game 2|last=Satriano|first=David|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 7, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 9, 2024}} Igor Shesterkin made 45 saves in game three and Panarin scored the overtime goal for the Rangers, defeating the Hurricanes 3–2 for a 3–0 series lead.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/new-york-rangers-carolina-hurricanes-game-3-recap-may-9|title=Rangers win Game 3 in OT, push Hurricanes to brink|last=Dusterberg|first=Kurt|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 9, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 10, 2024}} With the victory, the Rangers became the first team since the 2008 Pittsburgh Penguins to start 7–0 in the playoffs. The streak did not continue into game four as Brady Skjei's goal with 3:11 left in the game broke the tie for the Hurricanes, forcing a fifth game with a 4–3 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-nyr/2024/05/11/2023030224|title=Hurricanes edge Rangers in Game 4, avoid sweep in Eastern 2nd Round|last=Dusterberg|first=Kurt|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 11, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 11, 2024}} In game five, the Hurricanes scored four unanswered goals in the third period to defeat the Rangers 4–1 and force a sixth game.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/carolina-hurricanes-new-york-rangers-game-5-recap-may-13|title=Hurricanes rally past Rangers in Game 5 to avoid elimination |last=Satriano|first=David|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 13, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 14, 2024}} In game six, the Rangers came back from a two-goal deficit in the third period, capped off by Chris Kreider's natural hat trick to defeat the Hurricanes 5–3 and advance to the conference finals for the second time in three years, making them the first Presidents' Trophy-winning team to advance to the penultimate round since they did so in 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/new-york-rangers-carolina-hurricanes-game-6-recap-may-16|title=Kreider's hat trick helps Rangers eliminate Hurricanes in Game 6, reach East Final|last=Dusterberg|first=Kurt|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 16, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 16, 2024}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=New York Rangers

|team2=Carolina Hurricanes

|stadium1=Madison Square Garden

|stadium2=PNC Arena

|homeright=yes

|date1 =May 5

|score1 =3–4

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/news/carolina-hurricanes-new-york-rangers-game-1-recap-may-5

|1-1-1 =02:46 – Mika Zibanejad (2)
10:05 – pp – Mika Zibanejad (3)
16:28 – pp – Vincent Trocheck (4)

|1-1-2 =Jaccob Slavin (1) – 03:48

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =08:21 – Artemi Panarin (3)

|1-3-2 =Martin Necas (2) – 02:48
Seth Jarvis (4) – 18:13

|goalie1-1 =Igor Shesterkin 22 saves / 25 shots

|goalie1-2 =Frederik Andersen 19 saves / 23 shots

|date2 =May 7

|score2 =3–4

|ot2 =2

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/news/carolina-hurricanes-new-york-rangers-game-2-recap-may-7

|2-1-1 =10:53 – Alexis Lafreniere (1)

|2-1-2 =Jake Guentzel (2) – 15:07
Dmitry Orlov (2) – 19:54

|2-2-1 =07:32 – Alexis Lafreniere (2)

|2-2-2 =Jake Guentzel (3) – 18:18

|2-3-1 =06:07 – pp – Chris Kreider (3)

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|2-4-1 =07:24 – pp – Vincent Trocheck (5)

|2-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Igor Shesterkin 54 saves / 57 shots

|goalie2-2 =Frederik Andersen 35 saves / 39 shots

|date3 =May 9

|score3 =3–2

|ot3 =1

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/news/new-york-rangers-carolina-hurricanes-game-3-recap-may-9

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =10:14 – Jake Guentzel (4)

|3-2-1 =Chris Kreider (4) – sh – 08:30

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =Alexis Lafreniere (3) – 06:25

|3-3-2 =18:24 – Andrei Svechnikov (2)

|3-4-1 =Artemi Panarin (4) – 01:43

|3-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Igor Shesterkin 45 saves / 47 shots

|goalie3-2 =Pyotr Kochetkov 22 saves / 25 shots

|date4 =May 11

|score4 =3–4

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/news/new-york-rangers-carolina-hurricanes-game-4-recap-may-11

|4-1-1 =Will Cuylle (1) – 08:06

|4-1-2 =01:51 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (3)
06:33 – Stefan Noesen (4)
15:29 – Sebastian Aho (3)

|4-2-1 =Barclay Goodrow (2) – 12:43

|4-2-2 =No scoring

|4-3-1 =Alexis Lafreniere (4) – 02:04

|4-3-2 =16:49 – pp – Brady Skjei (1)

|goalie4-1 =Igor Shesterkin 27 saves / 31 shots

|goalie4-2 =Frederik Andersen 22 saves / 25 shots

|date5 =May 13

|score5 =4–1

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/news/carolina-hurricanes-new-york-rangers-game-5-recap-may-13

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =06:23 – sh – Jacob Trouba (1)

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =No scoring

|5-3-2 =Jordan Staal (1) – 03:33
Evgeny Kuznetsov (4) – 06:39
Jordan Martinook (2) – 09:56
Martin Necas (3) – en – 16:29

|goalie5-1 =Igor Shesterkin 24 saves / 27 shots

|goalie5-2 =Frederik Andersen 20 saves / 21 shots

|date6 =May 16

|score6 =5–3

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/news/new-york-rangers-carolina-hurricanes-game-6-recap-may-16

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =18:38 – Martin Necas (4)

|6-2-1 =Vincent Trocheck (6) – 05:29

|6-2-2 =04:38 – pp – Seth Jarvis (5)
09:23 – Sebastian Aho (4)

|6-3-1 =Chris Kreider (5) – 06:43
Chris Kreider (6) – pp – 11:54
Chris Kreider (7) – 15:41
Barclay Goodrow (3) – en – 19:11

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Igor Shesterkin 33 saves / 36 shots

|goalie6-2 =Frederik Andersen 19 saves / 23 shots

|series = New York won series 4–2

}}

This was the sixth playoff series between these two teams with Dallas winning three of the five previous series. They had last met in the 2020 Western Conference second round, which Dallas won in seven games. Colorado won three of the four games in the regular season series.

The Stars defeated the Avalanche in six games. In game one, the Avalanche mounted a three-goal comeback to force overtime during which, Miles Wood scored to give a Colorado a 4–3 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/colorado-avalanche-dallas-stars-game-1-recap-may-7|title=Avalanche rally from 3 goals down, defeat Stars in OT in Game 1|last=Baird|first=Taylor|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 7, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 9, 2024}} The Stars prevented a four-goal comeback from the Avalanche in game two, holding off Colorado for a 5–3 victory and tying the series.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/colorado-avalanche-dallas-stars-game-2-recap-may-9|title=Hintz has 4 points, Stars hold off Avalanche in Game 2 to even series|last=Baird|first=Taylor|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 9, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 10, 2024}} In game three, Jake Oettinger made 28 saves and both Tyler Seguin and Logan Stankoven scored twice to give the Stars a 4–1 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/dallas-stars-colorado-avalanche-game-3-recap-may-11|title=Stars defeat Avalanche in Game 3, take lead in Western 2nd Round|last=Boulding|first=Ryan|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 11, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 11, 2024}} Wyatt Johnston scored twice and provided an assist for the Stars in game four, triumphing over the Avalanche 5–1 to take a 3–1 series lead.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/dallas-stars-colorado-avalanche-game-4-recap-may-13|title=Johnston scores twice, Stars push Avalanche to brink with Game 4 win|last=Boulding|first=Ryan|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 13, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 14, 2024}} In game five, Cale Makar scored twice for Colorado who forced a sixth game with a 5–3 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/colorado-avalanche-dallas-stars-game-5-recap-may-15|title=Avalanche get past Stars in Game 5, stay alive in West 2nd Round|last=Baird|first=Taylor|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 15, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 15, 2024}} Game six went into double-overtime, during which Stars forward Matt Duchene scored at 11:42 to give Dallas a 2–1 victory and a second consecutive conference finals appearance.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/dallas-stars-colorado-avalanche-game-6-recap-may-17|title=Stars eliminate Avalanche with 2OT win in Game 6, reach West Final|last=Boulding|first=Ryan|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 17, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 17, 2024}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Dallas Stars

|team2=Colorado Avalanche

|stadium1=American Airlines Center

|stadium2=Ball Arena

|homeright=yes

|date1 =May 7

|score1 =4–3

|ot1 =1

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/news/colorado-avalanche-dallas-stars-game-1-recap-may-7

|1-1-1 =07:26 – Ryan Suter (1)
10:55 – Wyatt Johnston (5)
16:56 – pp – Jamie Benn (2)

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =Valeri Nichushkin (8) – pp – 05:31
Cale Makar (3) – pp – 09:08

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =Nathan MacKinnon (3) – 00:39

|1-4-1 =No scoring

|1-4-2 =Miles Wood (3) – 11:03

|goalie1-1 =Jake Oettinger 22 saves / 26 shots

|goalie1-2 =Alexandar Georgiev 19 saves / 22 shots

|date2 =May 9

|score2 =3–5

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/news/colorado-avalanche-dallas-stars-game-2-recap-may-9

|2-1-1 =14:46 – pp – Miro Heiskanen (2)

|2-1-2 =No scoring

|2-2-1 =01:57 – Roope Hintz (2)
15:54 – pp – Miro Heiskanen (3)
18:06 – sh – Tyler Seguin (1)

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =19:39 – en – Esa Lindell (1)

|2-3-2 =Joel Kiviranta (1) – 04:06
Brandon Duhaime (1) – 08:00
Valeri Nichushkin (9) – 16:16

|goalie2-1 =Jake Oettinger 28 saves / 31 shots

|goalie2-2 =Alexandar Georgiev 27 saves / 31 shots

|date3 =May 11

|score3 =4–1

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/news/dallas-stars-colorado-avalanche-game-3-recap-may-11

|3-1-1 =Logan Stankoven (1) – 18:39

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =Tyler Seguin (2) – 15:13

|3-2-2 =10:24 – Mikko Rantanen (3)

|3-3-1 =Tyler Seguin (3) – en – 18:23
Logan Stankoven (2) – en – 19:32

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Jake Oettinger 28 saves / 29 shots

|goalie3-2 =Alexandar Georgiev 19 saves / 21 shots

|date4 =May 13

|score4 =5–1

|won4 =1

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/news/dallas-stars-colorado-avalanche-game-4-recap-may-13

|4-1-1 =Wyatt Johnston (6) – sh – 15:37

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =Wyatt Johnston (7) – pp – 05:46
Miro Heiskanen (4) – 11:24

|4-2-2 =12:35 – Casey Mittelstadt (2)

|4-3-1 =Evgenii Dadonov (3) – 09:27
Sam Steel (1) – en – 18:10

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie4-1 =Jake Oettinger 24 saves / 25 shots

|goalie4-2 =Alexandar Georgiev 29 saves / 33 shots

|date5 =May 15

|score5 =5–3

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/news/colorado-avalanche-dallas-stars-game-5-recap-may-15

|5-1-1 =09:03 – Joe Pavelski (1)

|5-1-2 =Artturi Lehkonen (6) – pp – 19:59

|5-2-1 =11:39 – pp – Miro Heiskanen (5)

|5-2-2 =Cale Makar (4) – pp – 17:24

|5-3-1 =05:44 – Logan Stankoven (3)

|5-3-2 =Casey Mittelstadt (3) – 01:12
Cale Makar (5) – 04:28
Nathan MacKinnon (4) – 16:50

|goalie5-1 =Jake Oettinger 22 saves / 27 shots

|goalie5-2 =Alexandar Georgiev 23 saves / 26 shots

|date6 =May 17

|score6 =2–1

|ot6 =2

|won6 =1

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/news/dallas-stars-colorado-avalanche-game-6-recap-may-17

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =No scoring

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =05:48 – pp – Mikko Rantanen (4)

|6-3-1 =Jamie Benn (3) – 01:56

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|6-4-1 =Matt Duchene (2) – 11:42

|6-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Jake Oettinger 29 saves / 30 shots

|goalie6-2 =Alexandar Georgiev 36 saves / 38 shots

|series = Dallas won series 4–2

}}

This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams with Edmonton winning both previous series. They had last met in the 1992 Smythe Division final, which Edmonton won in six games. Vancouver won all four games in the regular season series.

The Oilers defeated the Canucks in seven games. In game one, Conor Garland beat Stuart Skinner with 5:34 left in the third period to take the lead, ultimately defeating the Oilers 5–4.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/edmonton-oilers-vancouver-canucks-game-1-recap-may-8|title=Canucks score 4 straight, rally past Oilers in Game 1 in Western 2nd Round|last=Woodley|first=Kevin|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 8, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 9, 2024}} In game two, Evan Bouchard scored the overtime game-winning goal for the Oilers, emerging victorious 4–3.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/edmonton-oilers-vancouver-canucks-game-2-recap-may-10|title=Bouchard, Oilers top Canucks in OT in Game 2 to even West 2nd Round series|last=Woodley|first=Kevin|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 11, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 11, 2024}} Arturs Silovs made 42 saves for the Canucks in game three, helping Vancouver win 4–3.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/vancouver-canucks-edmonton-oilers-game-3-recap-may-12|title=Silovs makes career-high 42 saves, Canucks edge Oilers in Game 3|last=Mooddejonge|first=Gerry|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 12, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 13, 2024}} Although the Canucks came back from a two-goal deficit in game four to tie the game, Bouchard scored with 39 seconds remaining in the game to give the Oilers a 3–2 victory to tie the series 2–2.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/vancouver-canucks-edmonton-oilers-game-4-recap-may-14|title=Oilers top Canucks on late goal in Game 4, even series|last=Mooddejonge|first=Gerry|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 14, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 15, 2024}} In game five, J. T. Miller scored with 33 seconds remaining in the third period to give the Canucks a 3–2 victory and a 3–2 series lead.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/edmonton-oilers-vancouver-canucks-game-5-recap-may-16|title=Miller scores late in 3rd, Canucks push Oilers to brink with Game 5 win|last=Woodley|first=Kevin|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 16, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 18, 2024}} Connor McDavid assisted three times in game six, pushing the series to a seventh game with a 5–1 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/vancouver-canucks-edmonton-oilers-game-6-recap-may-18|title=Oilers cruise past Canucks in Game 6, push Western 2nd Round to limit|last=Mooddejonge|first=Gerry|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 18, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 18, 2024}} In game seven, the Oilers prevented a three-goal third period comeback from the Canucks, defeating Vancouver 3–2 to advance to the conference finals.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/edmonton-oilers-vancouver-canucks-game-7-recap-may-20|title=Oilers hold off Canucks in Game 7, advance to Western Final|last=Woodley|first=Kevin|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 20, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 20, 2024}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Vancouver Canucks

|team2=Edmonton Oilers

|stadium1=Rogers Arena

|stadium2=Rogers Place

|homeright=yes

|date1 =May 8

|score1 =4–5

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/news/edmonton-oilers-vancouver-canucks-game-1-recap-may-8

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =Zach Hyman (8) – pp – 02:11
Mattias Ekholm (1) – 15:01

|1-2-1 =00:53 – Dakota Joshua (3)
17:01 – Elias Lindholm (3)

|1-2-2 =Cody Ceci (1) – 12:26
Zach Hyman (9) – 13:11

|1-3-1 =09:38 – J. T. Miller (2)
13:47 – Nikita Zadorov (3)
14:26 – Conor Garland (1)

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Arturs Silovs 14 saves / 18 shots

|goalie1-2 =Stuart Skinner 19 saves / 24 shots

|date2 =May 10

|score2 =4–3

|ot2 =1

|won2 =2

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/news/edmonton-oilers-vancouver-canucks-game-2-recap-may-10

|2-1-1 =04:14 – pp – Elias Pettersson (1)

|2-1-2 =Leon Draisaitl (6) – pp – 10:56

|2-2-1 =00:53 – Brock Boeser (5)
18:17 – Nikita Zadorov (4)

|2-2-2 =Mattias Ekholm (2) – 01:16

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =Connor McDavid (2) – 05:27

|2-4-1 =No scoring

|2-4-2 =Evan Bouchard (2) – 05:38

|goalie2-1 =Arturs Silovs 27 saves / 31 shots

|goalie2-2 =Stuart Skinner 16 saves / 19 shots

|date3 =May 12

|score3 =4–3

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/news/vancouver-canucks-edmonton-oilers-game-3-recap-may-12

|3-1-1 =Elias Lindholm (4) – pp – 08:45
Brock Boeser (6) – 13:18
Brock Boeser (7) – 18:34

|3-1-2 =05:37 – pp – Mattias Ekholm (3)

|3-2-1 =Elias Lindholm (5) – pp – 17:35

|3-2-2 =03:36 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (7)

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =18:44 – Evan Bouchard (3)

|goalie3-1 =Arturs Silovs 42 saves / 45 shots

|goalie3-2 =Stuart Skinner 11 saves / 15 shots
Calvin Pickard 3 saves / 3 shots

|date4 =May 14

|score4 =2–3

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/news/vancouver-canucks-edmonton-oilers-game-4-recap-may-14

|4-1-1 =No scoring

|4-1-2 =11:10 – pp – Leon Draisaitl (8)

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =19:20 – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2)

|4-3-1 =Conor Garland (2) – 06:54
Dakota Joshua (4) – 18:19

|4-3-2 =19:21 – Evan Bouchard (4)

|goalie4-1 =Arturs Silovs 27 saves / 30 shots

|goalie4-2 =Calvin Pickard 19 saves / 21 shots

|date5 =May 16

|score5 =2–3

|won5 =1

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/news/edmonton-oilers-vancouver-canucks-game-5-recap-may-16

|5-1-1 =17:27 – Carson Soucy (1)

|5-1-2 =Evander Kane (3) – 04:34
Mattias Janmark (1) – 17:50

|5-2-1 =05:14 – Phillip Di Giuseppe (1)

|5-2-2 =No scoring

|5-3-1 =19:27 – J. T. Miller (3)

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Arturs Silovs 21 saves / 23 shots

|goalie5-2 =Calvin Pickard 32 saves / 35 shots

|date6 =May 18

|score6 =1–5

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/news/vancouver-canucks-edmonton-oilers-game-6-recap-may-18

|6-1-1 =Nils Hoglander (1) – 10:03

|6-1-2 =08:18 – Dylan Holloway (3)

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =07:14 – Zach Hyman (10)
11:20 – Evan Bouchard (5)

|6-3-1 =No scoring

|6-3-2 =03:25 – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (3)
13:04 – Evander Kane (4)

|goalie6-1 =Arturs Silovs 22 saves / 27 shots

|goalie6-2 =Stuart Skinner 14 saves / 15 shots

|date7 =May 20

|score7 =3–2

|won7 =2

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/news/edmonton-oilers-vancouver-canucks-game-7-recap-may-20

|7-1-1 =No scoring

|7-1-2 =No scoring

|7-2-1 =No scoring

|7-2-2 =Cody Ceci (2) – 01:16
Zach Hyman (11) – 05:50
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (4) – pp – 15:22

|7-3-1 =11:27 – Conor Garland (3)
15:24 – Filip Hronek (1)

|7-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie7-1 =Arturs Silovs 26 saves / 29 shots

|goalie7-2 =Stuart Skinner 15 saves / 17 shots

|series = Edmonton won series 4–3

}}

{{Main|NHL conference finals}}

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1997 Eastern Conference quarterfinals, which New York won in five games. The Rangers made their eighth semifinals/conference finals appearance since the league began using a 16-team or greater playoff format in 1980. They lost their most recent appearance in the 2022 Eastern Conference final to the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games. This was Florida's second consecutive and third overall conference finals appearance. They won the previous year's Eastern Conference final in a four-game sweep against the Carolina Hurricanes. Florida won two of the three games in the regular season series.

This was also the fourth Eastern Conference Finals in the past five years to feature Florida vs New York teams.

The Panthers defeated the Rangers in six games. In game one, goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky shut out the Rangers with a 24-save 3–0 victory for the Panthers.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/florida-panthers-new-york-rangers-game-1-recap-may-22|title=Bobrovsky, Panthers shut out Rangers in Game 1 of Eastern Final|last=Satriano|first=David|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 22, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 30, 2024}} Barclay Goodrow scored the overtime-winning goal for the Rangers in game two, evening the series with a 2–1 triumph.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/florida-panthers-new-york-rangers-game-2-recap-may-24|title=Rangers top Panthers in OT in Game 2, even Eastern Final|last=Satriano|first=David|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 24, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 30, 2024}} Although Florida tied game three after being down by two goals, Alexander Wennberg scored in overtime to give New York a 5–4 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/new-york-rangers-florida-panthers-game-3-recap-may-26|title=Rangers recover, defeat Panthers in OT in Game 3 of Eastern Final|last=Richards|first=George|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 26, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 30, 2024}} In game four, and for the third straight game, the match ended in overtime with Sam Reinhart of the Panthers scoring to even the series 2–2 with a 3–2 win.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/new-york-rangers-florida-panthers-game-4-recap-may-28|title=Panthers defeat Rangers in OT in Game 4, even Eastern Final|last=Richards|first=George|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 28, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 30, 2024}} Sam Bennett provided a goal and an assist for the Panthers in game five, leading Florida to a 3–2 victory and a 3–2 series lead.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/florida-panthers-new-york-rangers-game-5-recap-may-30|title=Panthers edge Rangers in Game 5, 1 win from Cup Final|last=Satriano|first=David|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 30, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 30, 2024}} In game six, the Panthers held off a late push in the third period to win 2–1, advancing to a second consecutive Finals appearance.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/new-york-rangers-florida-panthers-game-6-recap-june-1|title=Panthers defeat Rangers in Game 6, advance to Stanley Cup Final|last=Richards|first=George|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=June 1, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=New York Rangers

|team2=Florida Panthers

|stadium1=Madison Square Garden

|stadium2=Amerant Bank Arena

|homeright=yes

|date1 =May 22

|score1 =3–0

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/news/florida-panthers-new-york-rangers-game-1-recap-may-22

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =Matthew Tkachuk (5) – 16:26

|1-2-1 =No scoring

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =No scoring

|1-3-2 =Carter Verhaeghe (7) – 16:12
Sam Bennett (3) – en – 18:41

|goalie1-1 =Igor Shesterkin 24 saves / 26 shots

|goalie1-2 =Sergei Bobrovsky 24 saves / 24 shots

|date2 =May 24

|score2 =1–2

|ot2 =1

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/news/florida-panthers-new-york-rangers-game-2-recap-may-24

|2-1-1 =04:12 – Vincent Trocheck (7)

|2-1-2 =Carter Verhaeghe (8) – pp – 18:09

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =No scoring

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|2-4-1 =14:01 – Barclay Goodrow (4)

|2-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Igor Shesterkin 26 saves / 27 shots

|goalie2-2 =Sergei Bobrovsky 28 saves / 30 shots

|date3 =May 26

|score3 =5–4

|ot3 =1

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/news/new-york-rangers-florida-panthers-game-3-recap-may-26

|3-1-1 =Alexis Lafreniere (5) – 07:17
Barclay Goodrow (5) – 07:42

|3-1-2 =02:50 – pp – Sam Reinhart (6)
14:46 – pp – Sam Reinhart (7)

|3-2-1 =Alexis Lafreniere (6) – 15:23
Barclay Goodrow (6) – sh – 18:14

|3-2-2 =No scoring

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =05:04 – Aleksander Barkov (6)
06:58 – Gustav Forsling (3)

|3-4-1 =Alexander Wennberg (1) – 05:35

|3-4-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Igor Shesterkin 33 saves / 37 shots

|goalie3-2 =Sergei Bobrovsky 18 saves / 23 shots

|date4 =May 28

|score4 =2–3

|ot4 =1

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/news/new-york-rangers-florida-panthers-game-4-recap-may-28

|4-1-1 =Vincent Trocheck (8) – pp – 08:51

|4-1-2 =No scoring

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =08:45 – Sam Bennett (4)
12:16 – pp – Carter Verhaeghe (9)

|4-3-1 =Alexis Lafreniere (7) – 03:28

|4-3-2 =No scoring

|4-4-1 =No scoring

|4-4-2 =01:12 – pp – Sam Reinhart (8)

|goalie4-1 =Igor Shesterkin 37 saves / 40 shots

|goalie4-2 =Sergei Bobrovsky 21 saves / 23 shots

|date5 =May 30

|score5 =3–2

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/news/florida-panthers-new-york-rangers-game-5-recap-may-30

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =No scoring

|5-2-1 =02:04 – sh – Chris Kreider (8)

|5-2-2 =Gustav Forsling (4) – 08:21

|5-3-1 =19:10 – Alexis Lafreniere (8)

|5-3-2 =Anton Lundell (3) – 10:22
Sam Bennett (5) – en – 18:08

|goalie5-1 =Igor Shesterkin 34 saves / 36 shots

|goalie5-2 =Sergei Bobrovsky 25 saves / 27 shots

|date6 =June 1

|score6 =1–2

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/news/new-york-rangers-florida-panthers-game-6-recap-june-1

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =19:10 – Sam Bennett (6)

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =Artemi Panarin (5) – 18:20

|6-3-2 =09:08 – Vladimir Tarasenko (3)

|goalie6-1 =Igor Shesterkin 32 saves / 34 shots

|goalie6-2 =Sergei Bobrovsky 23 saves / 24 shots

|series = Florida won series 4–2

}}

This was the ninth playoff meeting between these two teams with Dallas winning six of the eight previous series and the past five playoff series. They had last met in the 2003 Western Conference quarterfinals, which Dallas won in six games. This was Dallas's second consecutive and ninth semifinals/conference finals appearance overall since the league began using a 16-team or greater playoff format in 1980. They lost the previous year's Western Conference final to the Vegas Golden Knights in six games. Edmonton made their eleventh conference finals appearance. They last made the conference finals in 2022, which they lost to the Colorado Avalanche in a four-game sweep. Dallas won two of the three games in the regular season series.

The Oilers defeated the Stars in six games and won a playoff series against the Stars for the first time since 1997, ending a five series losing streak. Oilers captain Connor McDavid ended game one 32 seconds into double-overtime, giving Edmonton a 3–2 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/edmonton-oilers-dallas-stars-game-1-recap-may-23|title=McDavid scores in 2OT, Oilers defeat Stars in Game 1 of West Final|last=Baird|first=Taylor|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 23, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 30, 2024}} Stars captain Jamie Benn provided a goal and an assist in game two for the Stars, evening the series with a 3–1 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/edmonton-oilers-dallas-stars-game-2-recap-may-25|title=Stars edge Oilers in Game 2, even Western Conference Final|last=Baird|first=Taylor|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 25, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 30, 2024}} Jason Robertson scored a hat-trick in game three for the Stars, defeating the Oilers 5–3.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/dallas-stars-edmonton-oilers-game-3-recap-may-27|title=Robertson hat trick powers Stars past Oilers in Game 3|last=Moddejonge|first=Gerry|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 27, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 30, 2024}} In game four, the Oilers came back from an early two-goal deficit by scoring five unanswered goals, easing past the Stars 5–2 to tie the series 2–2.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/game-recaps/dallas-stars-edmonton-oilers-game-4-recap-may-29|title=Oilers score 5 straight, defeat Stars in Game 4 to even Western Final|last=Moddejonge|first=Gerry|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 29, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 30, 2024}} Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored twice in game five, defeating the Stars with a 3–1 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/edmonton-oilers-dallas-stars-game-5-recap-may-31|title=Nugent-Hopkins, Oilers defeat Stars in Game 5|last=Baird|first=Taylor|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 31, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 31, 2024}} In game six, Stuart Skinner made 33 saves as the Oilers advanced to the Finals for the first time in 18 years with a 2–1 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/dallas-stars-edmonton-oilers-game-6-recap-june-2|title=Oilers withstand late Stars rally in Game 6, advance to Stanley Cup Final|last=Moddejonge|first=Gerry|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=June 2, 2024|website=NHL.com|accessdate=June 2, 2024}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Dallas Stars

|team2=Edmonton Oilers

|stadium1=American Airlines Center

|stadium2=Rogers Place

|homeright=yes

|date1 =May 23

|score1 =3–2

|ot1 =2

|won1 =2

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/news/edmonton-oilers-dallas-stars-game-1-recap-may-23

|1-1-1 =No scoring

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =06:11 – Tyler Seguin (4)

|1-2-2 =Leon Draisaitl (9) – 00:58
Zach Hyman (12) – 04:17

|1-3-1 =16:37 – Tyler Seguin (5)

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|1-4-1 =No scoring

|1-4-2 =Connor McDavid (3) – 00:32

|goalie1-1 =Jake Oettinger 35 saves / 38 shots

|goalie1-2 =Stuart Skinner 31 saves / 33 shots

|date2 =May 25

|score2 =1–3

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/news/edmonton-oilers-dallas-stars-game-2-recap-may-25

|2-1-1 =03:39 – Jamie Benn (4)

|2-1-2 =Connor Brown (1) – 04:23

|2-2-1 =No scoring

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =03:41 – Mason Marchment (2)
17:57 – en – Esa Lindell (2)

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Jake Oettinger 28 saves / 29 shots

|goalie2-2 =Stuart Skinner 22 saves / 24 shots

|date3 =May 27

|score3 =5–3

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/news/dallas-stars-edmonton-oilers-game-3-recap-may-27

|3-1-1 =No scoring

|3-1-2 =02:02 – Zach Hyman (13)
07:37 – Connor McDavid (4)

|3-2-1 =Jason Robertson (4) – 05:35
Jason Robertson (5) – 08:05
Wyatt Johnston (8) – 09:08

|3-2-2 =19:07 – Adam Henrique (2)

|3-3-1 =Jason Robertson (6) – 11:54
Miro Heiskanen (6) – en – 18:08

|3-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie3-1 =Jake Oettinger 27 saves / 30 shots

|goalie3-2 =Stuart Skinner 17 saves / 21 shots

|date4 =May 29

|score4 =2–5

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/news/dallas-stars-edmonton-oilers-game-4-recap-may-29

|4-1-1 =Wyatt Johnston (9) – 00:58
Esa Lindell (3) – 05:29

|4-1-2 =13:30 – Ryan McLeod (1)
16:17 – Evan Bouchard (6)

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =14:31 – sh – Mattias Janmark (2)
15:22 – Leon Draisaitl (10)

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =18:07 – en – Mattias Ekholm (4)

|goalie4-1 =Jake Oettinger 24 saves / 28 shots

|goalie4-2 =Stuart Skinner 20 saves / 22 shots

|date5 =May 31

|score5 =3–1

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/news/edmonton-oilers-dallas-stars-game-5-recap-may-31

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (5) – pp – 14:09

|5-2-1 =No scoring

|5-2-2 =Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (6) – pp – 01:06
Philip Broberg (1) – 05:09

|5-3-1 =14:09 – Wyatt Johnston (10)

|5-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie5-1 =Jake Oettinger 23 saves / 26 shots

|goalie5-2 =Stuart Skinner 19 saves / 20 shots

|date6 =June 2

|score6 =1–2

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/news/dallas-stars-edmonton-oilers-game-6-recap-june-2

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =04:17 – pp – Connor McDavid (5)
15:42 – pp – Zach Hyman (14)

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =No scoring

|6-3-1 =Mason Marchment (3) – 09:18

|6-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie6-1 =Jake Oettinger 8 saves / 10 shots

|goalie6-2 =Stuart Skinner 33 saves / 34 shots

|series = Edmonton won series 4–2

}}

{{Main|2024 Stanley Cup Finals}}

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. This was the second consecutive and third overall Finals appearance for the Panthers. They lost the previous year's Finals against the Vegas Golden Knights in five games. This was Edmonton's eighth Finals appearance. They lost their previous appearance against the Carolina Hurricanes in seven games in {{scfy|2006}}. Florida won both games in the regular season series.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Florida Panthers

|team2=Edmonton Oilers

|stadium1=Amerant Bank Arena

|stadium2=Rogers Place

|homeright=yes

|date1 =June 8

|score1 =0–3

|won1 =1

|recap1 =www.nhl.com/news/edmonton-oilers-florida-panthers-game-1-recap-june-8

|1-1-1 =03:59 – Carter Verhaeghe (10)

|1-1-2 =No scoring

|1-2-1 =02:16 – Evan Rodrigues (4)

|1-2-2 =No scoring

|1-3-1 =19:55 – en – Eetu Luostarinen (2)

|1-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie1-1 =Sergei Bobrovsky 32 saves / 32 shots

|goalie1-2 =Stuart Skinner 15 saves / 17 shots

|date2 =June 10

|score2 =1–4

|won2 =1

|recap2 =www.nhl.com/news/edmonton-oilers-florida-panthers-game-2-recap-june-10

|2-1-1 =No scoring

|2-1-2 =Mattias Ekholm (5) – 11:17

|2-2-1 =09:34 – Niko Mikkola (2)

|2-2-2 =No scoring

|2-3-1 =03:11 – Evan Rodrigues (5)
12:26 – pp – Evan Rodrigues (6)
17:32 – en – Aaron Ekblad (1)

|2-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie2-1 =Sergei Bobrovsky 18 saves / 19 shots

|goalie2-2 =Stuart Skinner 25 saves / 28 shots

|date3 =June 13

|score3 =4–3

|won3 =1

|recap3 =www.nhl.com/news/florida-panthers-edmonton-oilers-game-3-recap-june-13

|3-1-1 =Sam Reinhart (9) – 18:58

|3-1-2 =No scoring

|3-2-1 =Vladimir Tarasenko (4) – 09:12
Sam Bennett (7) – 13:57
Aleksander Barkov (7) – 15:31

|3-2-2 =01:49 – Warren Foegele (2)

|3-3-1 =No scoring

|3-3-2 =06:02 – Philip Broberg (2)
14:43 – Ryan McLeod (2)

|goalie3-1 =Sergei Bobrovsky 32 saves / 35 shots

|goalie3-2 =Stuart Skinner 19 saves / 23 shots

|date4 =June 15

|score4 =1–8

|won4 =2

|recap4 =www.nhl.com/news/florida-panthers-edmonton-oilers-game-4-recap-june-15

|4-1-1 =Vladimir Tarasenko (5) – 11:26

|4-1-2 =03:11 – sh – Mattias Janmark (3)
07:48 – Adam Henrique (3)
14:48 – Dylan Holloway (4)

|4-2-1 =No scoring

|4-2-2 =01:13 – Connor McDavid (6)
04:59 – Darnell Nurse (1)
13:03 – pp – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (7)

|4-3-1 =No scoring

|4-3-2 =14:11 – Dylan Holloway (5)
16:41 – Ryan McLeod (3)

|goalie4-1 =Sergei Bobrovsky 11 saves / 16 shots
Anthony Stolarz 16 saves / 19 shots

|goalie4-2 =Stuart Skinner 32 saves / 33 shots

|date5 =June 18

|score5 =5–3

|won5 =2

|recap5 =www.nhl.com/news/edmonton-oilers-florida-panthers-game-5-recap-june-18

|5-1-1 =No scoring

|5-1-2 =Connor Brown (2) – sh – 05:30

|5-2-1 =06:53 – Matthew Tkachuk (6)
12:08 – Evan Rodrigues (7)

|5-2-2 =Zach Hyman (15) – pp – 01:58
Connor McDavid (7) – 05:00
Corey Perry (1) – pp – 11:54

|5-3-1 =04:04 – Oliver Ekman-Larsson (2)

|5-3-2 =Connor McDavid (8) – en – 19:41

|goalie5-1 =Sergei Bobrovsky 19 saves / 23 shots

|goalie5-2 =Stuart Skinner 29 saves / 32 shots

|date6 =June 21

|score6 =1–5

|won6 =2

|recap6 =www.nhl.com/news/florida-panthers-edmonton-oilers-game-6-recap-june-21

|6-1-1 =No scoring

|6-1-2 =07:27 – Warren Foegele (3)

|6-2-1 =No scoring

|6-2-2 =00:46 – Adam Henrique (4)
18:20 – Zach Hyman (16)

|6-3-1 =Aleksander Barkov (8) – 01:28

|6-3-2 =16:45 – en – Ryan McLeod (4)
16:57 – en – Darnell Nurse (2)

|goalie6-1 =Sergei Bobrovsky 16 saves / 19 shots

|goalie6-2 =Stuart Skinner 20 saves / 21 shots

|date7 =June 24

|score7 =1–2

|won7 =1

|recap7 =www.nhl.com/news/edmonton-oilers-florida-panthers-game-7-recap-june-24

|7-1-1 =04:27 – Carter Verhaeghe (11)

|7-1-2 =Mattias Janmark (4) – 06:44

|7-2-1 =15:11 – Sam Reinhart (10)

|7-2-2 =No scoring

|7-3-1 =No scoring

|7-3-2 =No scoring

|goalie7-1 =Sergei Bobrovsky 23 saves / 24 shots

|goalie7-2 =Stuart Skinner 19 saves / 21 shots

|series = Florida won series 4–3

}}

These were the top ten skaters based on points, following the conclusion of the playoffs.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters|title=NHL Stats - NHL.com|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|access-date=May 5, 2024|date=May 5, 2024}}

This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/stats/goalies?reportType=season&seasonFrom=20232024&seasonTo=20232024&gameType=3&filter=timeOnIce,gte,420&sort=a_goalsAgainstAverage&page=0&pageSize=50|title=NHL Stats - NHL.com|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|access-date=April 25, 2024|date=April 23, 2024}}

In Canada, this marked the tenth postseason under Rogers Media's 12-year contract. Games aired across the Sportsnet networks and CBC under the Hockey Night in Canada brand. For first and second-round U.S.–U.S. games not on CBC, Sportsnet generally simulcasts the U.S. feed instead of producing their own telecast. The 2024 Stanley Cup Finals simulcast on both CBC and Sportsnet.{{cite press release|url=https://www.rogerssportsandmedia.com/whats-happening/sportsnet-announces-2024-stanley-cup-playoffs-first-round-coverage-details-beginning-april-20/|title=Sportsnet Announces 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs First Round Coverage Details, Beginning April 20|publisher=Rogers Sports & Media|website=rogerssportsandmedia.com|date=April 19, 2024|accessdate=April 19, 2024}}

Sportsnet+ streams every game. CBC Gem was not streaming games televised on CBC this postseason, and any first-round games that appeared on that streaming service was due to an error.{{cite web|url=https://cbchelp.cbc.ca/hc/en-ca/articles/25570328529435-Where-can-I-watch-the-NHL-playoffs|title=Where can I watch the NHL playoffs?|website=cbchelp.cbc.ca|access-date=May 11, 2024 }}

In the U.S., this marked the third year of a seven-year agreement with ESPN/ABC and TNT Sports (formerly Warner Bros. Discovery Sports during the previous 2023 postseason, and Turner Sports two years prior).

In the first round, games were split between ESPN-produced telecasts (either on ESPN, ABC, or ESPN2) and TNT Sports-produced telecasts (either on TNT or TBS, with selected simulcasts on TruTV). Each U.S. team's regional broadcaster also televised local coverage of first round series, except for games on ABC.

ESPN/ABC had the first choice of which conference final series to air, choosing the Eastern Conference Finals this season, and TNT aired the Western Conference Finals. As per the alternating rotation, ABC aired the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals.{{cite web|last=Young|first=Jabari|date=April 27, 2021|title=NHL moving to Turner Sports is $1 billion risk-reward for hockey|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/27/turner-sports-nhl-announce-seven-year-deal-for-broadcast-rights.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104084621/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/27/turner-sports-nhl-announce-seven-year-deal-for-broadcast-rights.html|archive-date=November 4, 2022|accessdate=March 12, 2023|website=CNBC.com|publisher=CNBC LLC}}

This was the first playoff that the streaming service Max had live access to all TNT Sports-produced games on its Bleacher Report Sports add-on tier.{{Cite web|last=Roth|first=Emma|date=September 19, 2023|title=Max will start offering a live sports tier in October|url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/19/23880831/max-live-sports-tier-launch-date-price|access-date=September 19, 2023|website=The Verge}} ESPN+ streamed all ABC games and ESPN's Conference final games, along with replays of all games.

This was the third of a four-year deal that Sports USA Radio Network was syndicating select Stanley Cup playoff games via NHL Radio across the U.S., including the entire conference finals and Stanley Cup Finals.{{cite web|last=Shipley|first=Reice|date=October 8, 2021|title=SportsUSA Grabs NHL's National Radio Rights|url=https://barrettsportsmedia.com/2021/10/08/sportsusa-nhl-radio/|accessdate=March 26, 2024|website=BarrettSportsMedia.com|publisher=Barrett Media}}

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