You need to gain enough points (2 points for wins and 1 for overtime or shootout losses) in the regular season to make the playoffs. This number depends on all the teams performances (top-8 teams in each conference make the playoffs). Once you hit the postseason you need to win 16 games in total (4 for the conference quarterfinals, 4 for conference semifinals, 4 for the conference finals, and 4 for the Stanley Cup Finals).
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you have to win 16 games in the playoffs to clinch the Cup.
Best of seven each round with a total of 4 rounds
4 wins each round
YES HE IS CORRECT EVERY SERIES NEEDS A WIN OF 4 GAMES AND 4 ROUNDS
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In order to win the Cup, a team has to play four rounds of playoff hockey, each round a best-of-seven. The winning team must win 16 games. If each round went all seven games, the winning team would have to play 28 games.
You need to win four best of 7 series.
You must win 4 games for each series and there are four series.
4X4=16 games
16 games to win and a minimum of 12 games to lose.
(You have to go to 7 games in all 4 series to have 12 losses)
There are four rounds with best of 7 series. This means that you need to win 4 games in each series to advance. The minimum amount of games is then 4 times 4, 16 games. And the maximum games needed for Stanley cup are 4 x 7 games, 28 games.
A team must win 16 games to win the Stanley Cup in 4 rounds of the playoffs - Conference Quarterfinals, Conference Semifinals, Conference Finals, Stanley Cup Finals
its not how many games a team makes the playoffs if there in the top 8 teams of there conference