While the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs will be the most unusual postseason in NHL history, they still offer both the Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks a chance to end long droughts when the two clubs begin their Western Conference qualifying round series on Sunday night in Edmonton.
The Wild haven't won a playoff series since 2015. That was also the last year that Vancouver even reached the postseason, and the Canucks haven't won a playoff series since defeating the San Jose Sharks in the 2011 Western Conference finals.
Both teams face a unique challenge entering this best-of-five series on neutral ice, after close to five months of inactivity due to the league shutdown.