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Winners and losers of the 2020 NHL playoff bubbles

The 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs took 65 days, 24 teams, five playoff rounds, two "bubbles" and, most important, 33,394 COVID-19 tests that returned zero positive results, according to the NHL -- and that's not even mentioning the 20,000 or so iced cappuccinos handed out by Tim Hortons.

However you want to calculate it, the quarantined postseason ended on Monday with the Tampa Bay Lightning defeating the Dallas Stars in six games for hockey's Holy Grail, ending the most remarkable quest for the Stanley Cup in the history of the NHL.