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NHL Games Today: 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs Schedule, Dates, Times, and Results
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There are two NHL games today. The puck drops on Wednesday's NHL schedule at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN with the Florida Panthers squaring off against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Second Round. The series is tied 2-2.
Closing out the night at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN, it's the Edmonton Oilers versus the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 of the Western Conference Second Round. The Oilers lead the series 3-1.
| Matchup |
Time (ET) |
How to Watch |
|---|---|---|
| Panthers @ Maple Leafs (Game 5) |
7 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Oilers @ Golden Knights
|
9:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
Also Read: How To Watch NHL Games Live in 2025
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NHL Playoff Schedule
Round 1
- TOR
vs
OTT- OTT
OTT (2)
-
vs
TORTOR (6)
-
Game 1 — Apr 20, 7:00 PM EDT
-
at Scotiabank Arena
-
Final
- OTT
OTT (2)
-
vs
TORTOR (3)
-
Game 2 — Apr 22, 7:30 PM EDT
-
at Scotiabank Arena
-
Final
- TOR
TOR (3)
-
vs
OTTOTT (2)
-
Game 3 — Apr 24, 7:00 PM EDT
-
at Canadian Tire Centre
-
Final
- TOR
TOR (3)
-
vs
OTTOTT (4)
-
Game 4 — Apr 26, 7:00 PM EDT
-
at Canadian Tire Centre
-
Final
- OTT
OTT (4)
-
vs
TORTOR (0)
-
Game 5 — Apr 29, 7:00 PM EDT
-
at Scotiabank Arena
-
Final
- TOR
TOR (4)
-
vs
OTTOTT (2)
-
Game 6 — May 1, 7:00 PM EDT
-
at Canadian Tire Centre
-
Final
-
- TBL
vs
FLA- FLA
FLA (6)
-
vs
TBLTBL (2)
-
Game 1 — Apr 22, 8:30 PM EDT
-
at Amalie Arena
-
Final
- FLA
FLA (2)
-
vs
TBLTBL (0)
-
Game 2 — Apr 24, 6:30 PM EDT
-
at Amalie Arena
-
Final
- TBL
TBL (5)
-
vs
FLAFLA (1)
-
Game 3 — Apr 26, 1:00 PM EDT
-
at Amerant Bank Arena
-
Final
- TBL
TBL (2)
-
vs
FLAFLA (4)
-
Game 4 — Apr 28, 7:00 PM EDT
-
at Amerant Bank Arena
-
Final
- FLA
FLA (6)
-
vs
TBLTBL (3)
-
Game 5 — Apr 30, 7:30 PM EDT
-
at Amalie Arena
-
Final
-
- WSH
vs
MTL- MTL
MTL (2)
-
vs
WSHWSH (3)
-
Game 1 — Apr 21, 7:00 PM EDT
-
at Capital One Arena
-
Final
- MTL
MTL (1)
-
vs
WSHWSH (3)
-
Game 2 — Apr 23, 7:00 PM EDT
-
at Capital One Arena
-
Final
- WSH
WSH (3)
-
vs
MTLMTL (6)
-
Game 3 — Apr 25, 7:00 PM EDT
-
at Centre Bell
-
Final
- WSH
WSH (5)
-
vs
MTLMTL (2)
-
Game 4 — Apr 27, 6:30 PM EDT
-
at Centre Bell
-
Final
- MTL
MTL (1)
-
vs
WSHWSH (4)
-
Game 5 — Apr 30, 7:00 PM EDT
-
at Capital One Arena
-
Final
-
- CAR
vs
NJD- NJD
NJD (1)
-
vs
CARCAR (4)
-
Game 1 — Apr 20, 3:00 PM EDT
-
at Lenovo Center
-
Final
- NJD
NJD (1)
-
vs
CARCAR (3)
-
Game 2 — Apr 22, 6:00 PM EDT
-
at Lenovo Center
-
Final
- CAR
CAR (2)
-
vs
NJDNJD (3)
-
Game 3 — Apr 25, 8:00 PM EDT
-
at Prudential Center
-
Final
- CAR
CAR (5)
-
vs
NJDNJD (2)
-
Game 4 — Apr 27, 3:30 PM EDT
-
at Prudential Center
-
Final
- NJD
NJD (4)
-
vs
CARCAR (5)
-
Game 5 — Apr 29, 7:30 PM EDT
-
at Lenovo Center
-
Final
-
- WPG
vs
STL- STL
STL (3)
-
vs
WPGWPG (5)
-
Game 1 — Apr 19, 6:00 PM EDT
-
at Canada Life Centre
-
Final
- STL
STL (1)
-
vs
WPGWPG (2)
-
Game 2 — Apr 21, 7:30 PM EDT
-
at Canada Life Centre
-
Final
- WPG
WPG (2)
-
vs
STLSTL (7)
-
Game 3 — Apr 24, 9:30 PM EDT
-
at Enterprise Center
-
Final
- WPG
WPG (1)
-
vs
STLSTL (5)
-
Game 4 — Apr 27, 1:00 PM EDT
-
at Enterprise Center
-
Final
- STL
STL (3)
-
vs
WPGWPG (5)
-
Game 5 — Apr 30, 9:30 PM EDT
-
at Canada Life Centre
-
Final
- WPG
WPG (2)
-
vs
STLSTL (5)
-
Game 6 — May 2, 8:00 PM EDT
-
at Enterprise Center
-
Final
- STL
STL (3)
-
vs
WPGWPG (4)
-
Game 7 — May 4, 7:00 PM EDT
-
at Canada Life Centre
-
Final
-
- DAL
vs
COL- COL
COL (5)
-
vs
DALDAL (1)
-
Game 1 — Apr 19, 8:30 PM EDT
-
at American Airlines Center
-
Final
- COL
COL (3)
-
vs
DALDAL (4)
-
Game 2 — Apr 21, 9:30 PM EDT
-
at American Airlines Center
-
Final
- DAL
DAL (2)
-
vs
COLCOL (1)
-
Game 3 — Apr 23, 9:30 PM EDT
-
at Ball Arena
-
Final
- DAL
DAL (0)
-
vs
COLCOL (4)
-
Game 4 — Apr 26, 9:30 PM EDT
-
at Ball Arena
-
Final
- COL
COL (2)
-
vs
DALDAL (6)
-
Game 5 — Apr 28, 9:30 PM EDT
-
at American Airlines Center
-
Final
- DAL
DAL (4)
-
vs
COLCOL (7)
-
Game 6 — May 1, 9:30 PM EDT
-
at Ball Arena
-
Final
- COL
COL (2)
-
vs
DALDAL (4)
-
Game 7 — May 3, 8:00 PM EDT
-
at American Airlines Center
-
Final
-
- VGK
vs
MIN- MIN
MIN (2)
-
vs
VGKVGK (4)
-
Game 1 — Apr 20, 10:00 PM EDT
-
at T-Mobile Arena
-
Final
- MIN
MIN (5)
-
vs
VGKVGK (2)
-
Game 2 — Apr 22, 11:00 PM EDT
-
at T-Mobile Arena
-
Final
- VGK
VGK (2)
-
vs
MINMIN (5)
-
Game 3 — Apr 24, 9:00 PM EDT
-
at Xcel Energy Center
-
Final
- VGK
VGK (4)
-
vs
MINMIN (3)
-
Game 4 — Apr 26, 4:00 PM EDT
-
at Xcel Energy Center
-
Final
- MIN
MIN (2)
-
vs
VGKVGK (3)
-
Game 5 — Apr 29, 9:30 PM EDT
-
at T-Mobile Arena
-
Final
- VGK
VGK (3)
-
vs
MINMIN (2)
-
Game 6 — May 1, 7:30 PM EDT
-
at Xcel Energy Center
-
Final
-
- LAK
vs
EDM- EDM
EDM (5)
-
vs
LAKLAK (6)
-
Game 1 — Apr 21, 10:00 PM EDT
-
at Crypto.com Arena
-
Final
- EDM
EDM (2)
-
vs
LAKLAK (6)
-
Game 2 — Apr 23, 10:00 PM EDT
-
at Crypto.com Arena
-
Final
- LAK
LAK (4)
-
vs
EDMEDM (7)
-
Game 3 — Apr 25, 10:00 PM EDT
-
at Rogers Place
-
Final
- LAK
LAK (3)
-
vs
EDMEDM (4)
-
Game 4 — Apr 27, 9:30 PM EDT
-
at Rogers Place
-
Final
- EDM
EDM (3)
-
vs
LAKLAK (1)
-
Game 5 — Apr 29, 10:00 PM EDT
-
at Crypto.com Arena
-
Final
- LAK
LAK (4)
-
vs
EDMEDM (6)
-
Game 6 — May 1, 10:00 PM EDT
-
at Rogers Place
-
Final
-
Round 2
- TOR
vs
FLA- FLA
FLA (4)
-
vs
TORTOR (5)
-
Game 1 — May 5, 8:00 PM EDT
-
at Scotiabank Arena
-
Final
- FLA
FLA (3)
-
vs
TORTOR (4)
-
Game 2 — May 7, 7:00 PM EDT
-
at Scotiabank Arena
-
Final
- TOR
TOR (4)
-
vs
FLAFLA (5)
-
Game 3 — May 9, 7:00 PM EDT
-
at Amerant Bank Arena
-
Final
- TOR
TOR (0)
-
vs
FLAFLA (2)
-
Game 4 — May 11, 7:30 PM EDT
-
at Amerant Bank Arena
-
Final
- FLA
FLA
-
vs
TORTOR
-
Game 5 — May 14, 7:00 PM EDT
-
at Scotiabank Arena
-
Upcoming
- TOR
TOR
-
vs
FLAFLA
-
Game 6 — May 16, 12:00 PM EDT
-
at Amerant Bank Arena
-
Upcoming
- FLA
FLA
-
vs
TORTOR
-
Game 7 — May 18, 12:00 PM EDT
-
at Scotiabank Arena
-
Upcoming
-
- WSH
vs
CAR- CAR
CAR (2)
-
vs
WSHWSH (1)
-
Game 1 — May 6, 7:00 PM EDT
-
at Capital One Arena
-
Final
- CAR
CAR (1)
-
vs
WSHWSH (3)
-
Game 2 — May 8, 7:00 PM EDT
-
at Capital One Arena
-
Final
- WSH
WSH (0)
-
vs
CARCAR (4)
-
Game 3 — May 10, 6:00 PM EDT
-
at Lenovo Center
-
Final
- WSH
WSH (2)
-
vs
CARCAR (5)
-
Game 4 — May 12, 7:00 PM EDT
-
at Lenovo Center
-
Final
- CAR
CAR
-
vs
WSHWSH
-
Game 5 — May 15, 7:00 PM EDT
-
at Capital One Arena
-
Upcoming
- WSH
WSH
-
vs
CARCAR
-
Game 6 — May 17, 12:00 PM EDT
-
at Lenovo Center
-
Upcoming
- CAR
CAR
-
vs
WSHWSH
-
Game 7 — May 19, 12:00 PM EDT
-
at Capital One Arena
-
Upcoming
-
- WPG
vs
DAL- DAL
DAL (3)
-
vs
WPGWPG (2)
-
Game 1 — May 7, 9:30 PM EDT
-
at Canada Life Centre
-
Final
- DAL
DAL (0)
-
vs
WPGWPG (4)
-
Game 2 — May 9, 9:30 PM EDT
-
at Canada Life Centre
-
Final
- WPG
WPG (2)
-
vs
DALDAL (5)
-
Game 3 — May 11, 4:30 PM EDT
-
at American Airlines Center
-
Final
- WPG
WPG (1)
-
vs
DALDAL (3)
-
Game 4 — May 13, 8:00 PM EDT
-
at American Airlines Center
-
Final
- DAL
DAL
-
vs
WPGWPG
-
Game 5 — May 15, 9:30 PM EDT
-
at Canada Life Centre
-
Upcoming
- WPG
WPG
-
vs
DALDAL
-
Game 6 — May 17, 12:00 PM EDT
-
at American Airlines Center
-
Upcoming
- DAL
DAL
-
vs
WPGWPG
-
Game 7 — May 19, 12:00 PM EDT
-
at Canada Life Centre
-
Upcoming
-
- VGK
vs
EDM- EDM
EDM (4)
-
vs
VGKVGK (2)
-
Game 1 — May 6, 9:30 PM EDT
-
at T-Mobile Arena
-
Final
- EDM
EDM (5)
-
vs
VGKVGK (4)
-
Game 2 — May 8, 9:30 PM EDT
-
at T-Mobile Arena
-
Final
- VGK
VGK (4)
-
vs
EDMEDM (3)
-
Game 3 — May 10, 9:00 PM EDT
-
at Rogers Place
-
Final
- VGK
VGK (0)
-
vs
EDMEDM (3)
-
Game 4 — May 12, 9:30 PM EDT
-
at Rogers Place
-
Final
- EDM
EDM
-
vs
VGKVGK
-
Game 5 — May 14, 9:30 PM EDT
-
at T-Mobile Arena
-
Upcoming
- VGK
VGK
-
vs
EDMEDM
-
Game 6 — May 16, 12:00 PM EDT
-
at Rogers Place
-
Upcoming
- EDM
EDM
-
vs
VGKVGK
-
Game 7 — May 18, 12:00 PM EDT
-
at T-Mobile Arena
-
Upcoming
-
Round 3 - TBD
Round 4 - TBD
NHL Schedule FAQ
How many games are there in the NHL season?
There are 82 games played during the NHL season, ranging from October through May.
When is the NHL All-Star game?
There is no NHL All-Star Game this year. Taking its place was the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off, which will be held in Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the United States in February.
When is the NHL trade deadline?
The NHL trade deadline this season was on March 7, 2025, at 3 PM EDT. All trades were submitted to the league office by the 3:00 PM EDT deadline.
When is the NHL Draft?
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The 2025 NHL Draft will take place in the summer of 2025, but no date has been set yet.
When is the Stanley Cup Final?
The Stanley Cup Final is scheduled for June 2025.
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