NHL STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS 2024: SCORES, SCHEDULE, TIMES, TV FOR FIRST-ROUND GAMES

The 2023 Stanley Cup runner-up Florida Panthers are off to a strong start in the 2024 NHL playoffs.

The Atlantic Division champion Panthers ousted the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5 Monday night. The Lightning had won back-to-back championships in 2020 and 2021 and lost in the 2022 final and had won both of the previous playoff series against Florida.

But the defending champion Vegas Golden Knights were ousted by the Dallas Stars in Game 7 on Sunday night.

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Here are the results for the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The second-round schedule can be found here.

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NHL Eastern Conference playoff schedule

All times p.m. ET. x-if necessary

Florida Panthers (Atlantic 1) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (wild card 1)

Panthers win series 4-1

Game 1: Panthers 3, Lightning 2

Game 2: Panthers 3, Lightning 2 (OT)

Game 3: Panthers 5, Lightning 3

Game 4: Lightning 6, Panthers 3

Game 5: Panthers 6, Lightning 1

Boston Bruins (Atlantic 2) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (Atlantic 3)

Bruins win series 4-3

Game 1: Bruins 5, Maple Leafs 1

Game 2: Maple Leafs 3, Bruins 2

Game 3: Bruins 4, Maple Leafs 2

Game 4: Bruins 3, Maple Leafs 1

Game 5: Maple Leafs 2, Bruins 1 (OT)

Game 6: Maple Leafs 2, Bruins 1

Game 7: Bruins 2, Maple Leafs 1 (OT)

New York Rangers (Metropolitan 1) vs. Washington Capitals (wild card 2)

Rangers win series 4-0

Game 1: Rangers 4, Capitals 1

Game 2: Rangers 4, Capitals 3

Game 3: Rangers 3, Capitals 1

Game 4: Rangers 4, Capitals 2

Carolina Hurricanes (Metropolitan 2) vs. New York Islanders (Metropolitan 3)

Hurricanes win series 4-1

Game 1: Hurricanes 3, Islanders 1

Game 2: Hurricanes 5, Islanders 3

Game 3: Hurricanes 3, Islanders 2

Game 4: Islanders 3, Hurricanes 2 (2OT)

Game 5: Hurricanes 6, Islanders 3

NHL Western Conference playoff schedule

Dallas Stars (Central 1) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (wild card 2)

Series tied 4-3

Game 1: Golden Knights 4, Stars 3

Game 2: Golden Knights 3, Stars 1

Game 3: Stars 3, Golden Knights 2 (OT)

Game 4: Stars 4, Golden Knights 2

Game 5: Stars 3, Golden Knights 2

Game 6: Golden Knights 2, Stars 0

Game 7: Stars 2, Golden Knights 1

Winnipeg Jets (Central 2) vs. Colorado Avalanche (Central 3)

Avalanche win series 4-1

Game 1: Jets 7, Avalanche 6

Game 2: Avalanche 5, Jets 2

Game 3: Avalanche 6, Jets 2

Game 4: Avalanche 5, Jets 1

Game 5: Avalanche 6, Jets 3

Vancouver Canucks (Pacific 1) vs. Nashville Predators (wild card 1)

Canucks win series 4-2

Game 1: Canucks 4, Predators 2

Game 2: Predators 4, Canucks 1

Game 3: Canucks 2, Predators 1

Game 4: Canucks 4, Predators 3 (OT)

Game 5: Predators 2, Canucks 1

Game 6: Canucks 1, Predators 0

Edmonton Oilers (Pacific 2) vs. Los Angeles Kings (Pacific 3)

Oilers win series 4-1

Game 1: Oilers 7, Kings 4

Game 2: Kings 5, Oilers 4 (OT)

Game 3: Oilers 6, Kings 1

Game 4: Oilers 1, Kings 0

Game 5: Oilers 4, Kings 3

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NHL Stanley Cup playoffs 2024: Scores, schedule, times, TV for first-round games

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