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Jim Mone / the associated press archives The Wild and Jets will become division rivals next season under the NHL�s realignment plan. (CP)
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WELCOME TO THE NEW NEIGHBOURHOOD
A look at how the NHL's realignment shakes down, beginning next season:
WESTERN CONFERENCEEASTERN CONFERENCE
Division ADivision BDivision CDivision D
AnaheimChicagoBostonCarolina
CalgaryColoradoBuffaloColumbus
EdmontonDallasDetroitNew Jersey
Los AngelesMinnesotaFloridaNY Islanders
PhoenixNashvilleMontrealNY Rangers
San JoseSt. LouisOttawaPhiladelphia
VancouverWinnipegTampa BayPittsburgh
TorontoWashington
HIGHLIGHTS:
-- Winnipeg moves to the Western Conference; Columbus and Detroit to the Eastern Conference.
-- The new format ensures that all 30 teams play in all 30 arenas at least once a season.
REGULAR-SEASON SCHEDULE:
WESTERN CONFERENCE (7-TEAM DIVISIONS)
WITHIN CONFERENCE
(DIVISION):
29 games: 5 games vs. five teams
(3 home/2 away vs. two teams,
2 home/3 away vs. three teams)
AND 4 games vs. one team (2 home/
2 away). Teams rotated on a yearly basis.
WITHIN CONFERENCE
(NON-DIVISION):
21 games: 3 games vs. each team
(2 home/1 away vs. four teams,
1 home/2 away vs. three teams). Teams rotated on a yearly basis.
NON-CONFERENCE:
32 games: 2 games vs. each team
(1 home/1 away)
(Exception: one team from each division plays one less game inside division
and one more game inside conference outside division)
EASTERN CONFERENCE (8-TEAM DIVISIONS)
WITHIN CONFERENCE
(DIVISION):
30 games: 5 games vs. two teams (3 home/2 away vs. one team, 2 home/3 away vs. one team) AND four games vs. five teams (2 home/2 away). Teams rotated on a yearly basis.
WITHIN CONFERENCE
(NON-DIVISION):
24 games: 3 games vs. each team
(2 home/1 away vs. four teams,
1 home/2 away vs. four teams). Teams rotated on a yearly basis.
NON-CONFERENCE:
28 games: 2 games vs. each team
(1 home/1 away)
NEW STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF FORMAT
-- Top three finishers in each division qualify for the first 12 spots and the first three seeds in each division.
-- Two additional wild card spots will be awarded in each conference to the next two highest-placed finishers in each conference, ranked on the basis of regular-season points and regardless of division.
-- The first-place finisher with the highest number of regular-season points in the conference will be matched against the wild-card team with the lowest number of regular-season points, and the first-place finisher with the second-highest number of regular-season points in the conference matched against the wild-card team with the second-lowest number of regular-season points.
PLAYOFF MATCHUPS:
* No. 1 vs. No. 4 / No. 2 vs. No. 3 with the winners playing each other for a berth in conference championship
* Conference Finals: Two advancing teams in the West and two advancing teams in the East meet in conference championship
* Eastern and Western Conference champions will meet in Stanley Cup final.
-- Tait
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition March 15, 2013 C2
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