2-way division tie among Colorado Avalanche & Pittsburgh Penguins is broken using Head-to-head in favor of Colorado Avalanche

2-way division tie among Tampa Bay Lightning & Boston Bruins is broken using Division Rank in favor of Tampa Bay Lightning

2-way division tie among St. Louis Blues & New York Rangers is broken using Head-to-head in favor of St. Louis Blues

2-way division tie among Philadelphia Flyers & San Jose Sharks is broken using Head-to-head in favor of Philadelphia Flyers

2-way tie among New Jersey Devils & St. Louis Blues is broken using Points for in favor of St. Louis Blues

2-way tie among Colorado Avalanche & Pittsburgh Penguins is broken using Head-to-head in favor of Colorado Avalanche

3-way tie among Tampa Bay Lightning, Boston Bruins & Washington Capitals

• Division Rank removes Boston Bruins; Points for advances Tampa Bay Lightning
• New 2-way tie among Washington Capitals & Boston Bruins is broken using Points for in favor of Boston Bruins

3-way tie among Detroit Red Wings, Philadelphia Flyers & San Jose Sharks

• Division Rank removes San Jose Sharks; Points for advances Philadelphia Flyers
• New 2-way tie among Detroit Red Wings & San Jose Sharks is broken using Head-to-head in favor of San Jose Sharks