When do the NHL Playoffs Start?
With the fight for the 2024 NHL Playoffs heating up, let’s take a closer look at when the postseason starts and how the Bruins may position themselves for a high seed.
It’s reasonable to say that for the majority of the last two seasons, all eyes have been on the Bruins. This year, it appears that Boston will once again make the NHL Playoffs, this time hoping to go longer than they did last season. That being said, fans can look forward to more hockey beginning in the second half of April.
Not only is a return to the playoffs all but a done deal, but the Bruins, with 71 points, will once again find themselves in serious contention to reclaim the top seed in the Eastern Conference.
When do the NHL Playoffs begin in 2024?
The playoffs start on April 22nd, 2024, and Boston is just 32 games from earning their eighth-straight trip to compete for a Stanley Cup.
How can the Bruins land a top seed in the playoffs?
Despite playing such an outstanding brand of hockey lately, the Bruins stumbled in their first game from the All-Star Break, losing 4-1. But that loss was an outlier, and if they keep finding their playmakers like David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand when they have the puck, you will see Boston keep playing like they were in the month leading to the break when they finished 9-2-3.
A recent history of the Bruins in the NHL Playoffs
Boston has made the playoffs seven years in a row, and unless they fall on bad times, that streak will be extended to eight. Boston has been one of the top hockey teams in the NHL for seven seasons, yet they have yet to win a Cup. They came closest in 2019, losing in seven games to the St. Louis Blues.
Perhaps they will continue their momentum from a great regular season this year and win the Cup for the first time since 2011.
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