Playoff Bracket
| Conference Quarter-finals | Conference Semi-finals | Conference Finals | Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Buffalo Sabres | 4 | 1 | Buffalo Sabres | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | New York Islanders | 1 | 6 | New York Rangers | 2 |
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| 2 | New Jersey Devils | 4 | Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Buffalo Sabres | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ottawa Senators | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Atlanta Thrashers | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | New York Rangers | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ottawa Senators | 4 | 2 | New Jersey Devils | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 | 4 | Ottawa Senators | 4 |
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| E4 | Ottawa Senators | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Anaheim Ducks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 4 | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Calgary Flames | 2 | 5 | San Jose Sharks | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Anaheim Ducks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Minnesota Wild | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Anaheim Ducks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Vancouver Canucks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Dallas Stars | 3 | Western Conference | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Nashville Predators | 1 | 2 | Anaheim Ducks | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | San Jose Sharks | 4 | 3 | Vancouver Canucks | 1 | |||||||||||||
- During the first three rounds home ice is determined by seeding number, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with the better regular season record has home ice.
In each round, the highest remaining seed in each conference is matched against the lowest remaining seed. The higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage, which gives them a maximum possible four games on their home ice, with the other team getting a maximum possible three. In the Stanley Cup Final, home ice is determined based on regular season points, giving the Anaheim Ducks home ice for this year's series. Each best-of-seven series follows a 2–2–1–1–1 format. This means that the higher-seeded team will have games one and two, plus five and seven if necessary, played on their home ice, while the lower-seeded team will be at home for the other games. The format ensures that the team with home ice advantage will always have home ice for the "extra" game if there are an odd number of games in a series.
Read more about this topic: 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs