NHL Playoff Bracket Challenge
Every year, my family likes to take part in a challenge to see who can create the most correct bracket for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Unfortunately, some of my family members tend to struggle with the official website, so I've taken to creating my own playoff tracker.
Lily Stensland
4/22/20261 min read
I set up a bracket, which auto-populates series winners. This allows for me to track every person's bracket submissions, and compare how their brackets match the actual performance of NHL playoff teams.
The points for the challenge are as follows:
Each correct Round 1 series is 10 points
If a person correctly guessed both the series winner and the total number of games, they receive an additional 3 points per series
Each correct Division Final series is 25 points
Each correct Conference Final series is 50 points
Guessing the correct Final winner is 100 points
If needed, the tiebreaker goes to the person who guessed closest to the actual number of goals in the final series
As of 4/22/2026, the first round is ongoing. Thus, no submission has received any points.
