NHL Playoff Picture 2020: Full Postseason Bracket, Odds and Predictions

There's one qualifying-round series still to be decided. Then, the 16 teams that will be playing in the conference quarterfinals of the Stanley Cup Playoffs will be set. And beginning with those matchups, the NHL postseason will be back to normal.

Things were a bit different this year, as the coronavirus pandemic caused a 4 1/2-month hiatus. When the NHL returned in two bubble cities (Edmonton and Toronto) earlier this month, 24 teams were invited to an expanded postseason, with the top four teams from each conference playing round-robin seeding games and the other 16 playing in best-of-five series in the qualifying round.

Of those eight qualifying-round series, six were decided in four games…