Sharks
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.
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.
Oakland Seals vs LA Kings 68-69
there are 30 current teams in the current format. the Original 6 format ended in 1967, and since then, there has been a series of expansions ever since, up until the 2000-01 season. so there have never been 32 teams in the nhl.
All NHL Playoff series are best of 7, meaning if you lose 4 you are out
Of thirty teams currently playing (2010) six franchises have never made it into the Stanley Cup final playoff series. They are the... Minnesota Wild, Phoenix Coyotes, Nashville Predators, Columbus Blue Jackets, Atlanta Thrashers, and Florida Panthers. The Panthers joined the league in 1993, and both the Wild and Blue Jackets entered the league in 2000. Brand new teams which had no prior affiliation with defunct clubs.
The St. Louis Blues have won 138 playoff games and have never won a Stanley Cup. They've also PLAYED the most playoff games - 307 - without winning a Cup. The San Jose Sharks have played the most playoff games - 136 - and won the most - 64 - without even MAKING it to the final series. Of the NHL's 30 teams, 13 have never won a Cup, and 6 have never played in a final series. All that information comes from the NHL Guide and Record Book, issued every autumn and available in bookstores near you.
there is 7 games, but its best of seven so it could be over after 4 games