The Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers are playing like they're intended to show that 2024 was no fluke. The Oilers eliminated the Vegas Golden Knights Wednesday night on the strength of a 1-0 overtime victory to take their series 4-1.

The Stanley Cup playoffs will air across ESPN, ESPN2, TNT, TBS and truTV. You can stream the TNT/TBS/truTV games on Max (with a premium subscription) and watch all the games with the help of a live TV streaming service like DirecTV, Fubo or Sling.

The Carolina Hurricanes have swarmed the Washington Capitals through the first four games of their best-of-7 series.

The Edmonton Oilers are advancing to the Western Conference Finals on the strength of back-to-back shutouts from none other than Stuart Skinner. On the other side of the NHL playoff bracket, the Florida Panthers pushed the Toronto Maple Leafs to the brink of elimination with huge games from Aaron Ekblad and Sergei Bobrovsky.

Excited to watch some postseason hockey? Here's the full schedule for every series of the 2025 NHL Playoffs.

The NHL playoffs will be broadcast on ABC, ESPN, and TNT. Most traditional cable/satellite subscriptions have packages including some or all of these channels. You can also stream the full NHL playoffs with streaming providers Sling, fubo TV, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV and DIRECTV STREAM.

The Edmonton Oilers face the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 of the second-round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

Transitioning to forward-thinking so quickly after the season concludes can be overwhelming. Before the playoffs enter Conference Finals territory and really heat up, let's get ahead of the whiplash and prepare ourselves with seven 2025 offseason storylines to look out for.