These are lists of active and all-time National Hockey League (NHL) franchise post-season appearance, post-season series win, Stanley Cup Finals and Stanley Cup streaks up to and including the 2022–23 NHL season and subsequent 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs. These lists do not include the canceled 2004–05 NHL season.
A post-season appearance streak is continued by making the NHL playoffs in consecutive years after the regular season. Since the first round of the playoffs normally consists of eight series, there will always be sixteen teams on this list (of the thirty-two teams in the NHL).
Team | Post-season streak | Last missed post-season | Stanley Cup Championships during streak |
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Boston Bruins | 8 seasons | 2015–16 | |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 8 seasons | 2015–16 | |
Colorado Avalanche | 7 seasons | 2016–17 | 1 : 2021–22 |
Tampa Bay Lightning | 7 seasons | 2016–17 | 2 : 2019–20, 2020–21 |
Carolina Hurricanes | 6 seasons | 2017–18 | |
Edmonton Oilers | 5 seasons | 2018–19 | |
Florida Panthers | 5 seasons | 2018–19 | |
Dallas Stars | 3 seasons | 2020–21 | |
Los Angeles Kings | 3 seasons | 2020–21 | |
New York Rangers | 3 seasons | 2020–21 | |
New York Islanders | 2 seasons | 2021–22 | |
Vegas Golden Knights | 2 seasons | 2021–22 | 1 : 2022–23 |
Winnipeg Jets | 2 seasons | 2021–22 | |
Nashville Predators | 1 season | 2022–23 | |
Vancouver Canucks | 1 season | 2022–23 | |
Washington Capitals | 1 season | 2022–23 |
This is a list of teams that have active post-season series win streaks. A post-season series win streak is continued by making the post-season and winning at least the first-round series of the playoffs. Since the first round of the playoffs consists of sixteen teams in eight series, there will always be eight teams in this list, the winners of those series.
Team | Post-season series win streak |
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Carolina Hurricanes | 6 seasons |
Edmonton Oilers | 3 seasons |
Florida Panthers | 3 seasons |
Dallas Stars | 2 seasons |
Boston Bruins | 1 season |
Colorado Avalanche | 1 season |
New York Rangers | 1 season |
Vancouver Canucks | 1 season |
This section has been updated to include teams who appeared in the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Consecutive seasons with at least one series victory.
Team | Stanley Cup win streak | Consecutive Stanley Cup wins |
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Montreal Canadiens | 5 seasons | 1955–56 through to 1959–60 |
4 seasons | 1975–76 through to 1978–79 | |
New York Islanders | 4 seasons | 1979–80 through to 1982–83 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 3 seasons | 1946–47 through to 1948–49 |
3 seasons | 1961–62 through to 1963–64 | |
Ottawa Senators 1 | 2 seasons | 1919–20, 1920–21 |
Montreal Canadiens | 2 seasons | 1929–30, 1930–31 |
Detroit Red Wings | 2 seasons | 1935–36, 1936–37 |
2 seasons | 1953–54, 1954–55 | |
Montreal Canadiens | 2 seasons | 1964–65, 1965–66 |
2 seasons | 1967–68, 1968–69 | |
Philadelphia Flyers | 2 seasons | 1973–74, 1974–75 |
Edmonton Oilers | 2 seasons | 1983–84, 1984–85 |
2 seasons | 1986–87, 1987–88 | |
Pittsburgh Penguins | 2 seasons | 1990–91, 1991–92 |
Detroit Red Wings | 2 seasons | 1996–97, 1997–98 |
Pittsburgh Penguins | 2 seasons | 2015–16, 2016–17 |
Tampa Bay Lightning | 2 seasons | 2019–20, 2020–21 |
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