the draft
Every series in the NHL playoffs is a best of 7
if you win the championship playoff series in the NHL
win the first 4 games of the best of 7 game series.
All NHL Playoff series are best of 7, meaning if you lose 4 you are out
there is 7 games, but its best of seven so it could be over after 4 games
Sharks
Delay of game and a chance to discredit the refs
Boston against habs 2011
There aren't any NHL rules during the Olympics. The refs use International Hockey rules
The NHL playoff schedule works similarly every year. There are sixteen teams that make the playoffs and these face off in best of seven series until only eight teams remain.
Ever since the mid-1980s, all playoff series of the Stanley Cup are decided in best-of-seven games.