For most of the final weeks of the regular season, the Carolina Hurricanes knew they were locked into second place in the Metropolitan Division.

The Battle of Ontario is set to return to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in 21 years when the Toronto Maple Leafs host the Ottawa Senators in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference first-round series on Sunday.

Two months after going head-to-head in the most watched hockey game of the year, Connor Hellebuyck and Jordan Binnington will be back in opposite nets when the Winnipeg Jets host the St. Louis Blues in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference series on Saturday evening.

Fifty serves as a symbolic number for the Vegas Golden Knights heading into Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round series Sunday night versus the visiting Minnesota Wild.

The Stanley Cup playoffs have yet to begin and the Dallas Stars already have suffered a huge loss.