NHL Divisions 2020-21

North	West	Central	East
Calgary Flames	Anaheim Ducks	Carolina Hurricanes	Boston Bruins
Edmonton Oilers	Arizona Coyotes	Chicago Blackhawks	Buffalo Sabres
Montreal Canadiens	Colorado Avalanche	Columbus Blue Jackets	New Jersey Devils
Ottawa Senators	Los Angeles Kings	Dallas Stars	New York Islanders
Toronto Maple Leafs	Minnesota Wild	Detroit Redwings	New York Rangers
Vancouver Canucks	St. Louis Blues	Florida Panthers	Philadelphia Flyers
Winnipeg Jets	San Jose Sharks	Nashville Predators	Pittsburgh Penguins
	Vegas Golden Knights	Tampa Bay Lightning	Washington Capitols

Report

Due to COVID-19 Restrictions on crossing the Canadian-USA border, the National Hockey League realigned its four divisions for a shortened 2020-21 season beginning at the start of January, with all seven Canadian teams in one North Division, and the 24 USA teams in 3 Divisions: East, Central and West. All teams are to play a 56-game schedule with Intra-Divisional games only up to the Stanley Cup Semi-Finals (i.e. Only matches against teams from their own Division). The top four teams in each division will qualify for the Divisional Semi-Finals, with the winners meeting in the Divisional Finals. The Four Divisional Champions then meet in the Stanley Cup Finals. All Rounds of the Playoffs will be best of 7.

References

Logos

[1] WAMC (2020) nhllogo  [Internet] Available from: https://www.wamc.org/sites/wamc/files/styles/medium/public/201405/nhllogo.jpeg [Accessed 12 August 2019]

Websites

[2] National Hockey League (2020) NHL Teams in New Divisions for 2020-21  [Internet] Available from: https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-teams-in-new-divisions-for-2020-21-season/c-319844882 [Accessed 12 August 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Prof. Simon Perry (Trinity College Dublin)

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Last Updated: 23 December 2020

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