point stre ak . com ▁ ▁Play offs ▁After ▁the ▁regular ▁season , ▁the ▁top ▁eight ▁teams ▁qualified ▁for ▁the ▁play offs . ▁In ▁the ▁first ▁and ▁second ▁r ounds , ▁the ▁highest ▁remaining ▁seed ▁chose ▁which ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁lowest ▁remaining ▁se eds ▁to ▁be ▁matched ▁against . ▁In ▁each ▁round ▁the ▁higher - se eded ▁team ▁was ▁awarded ▁home ▁ice ▁advantage . ▁Each ▁best - of - se ven ▁series ▁followed ▁a ▁ 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 ▁format : ▁the ▁higher - se eded ▁team ▁played ▁at ▁home ▁for ▁games ▁ 1 ▁and ▁ 3 ▁( plus ▁ 5 ▁and ▁ 7 ▁if ▁necessary ), ▁and ▁the ▁lower - se eded ▁team ▁at ▁home ▁for ▁games ▁ 2 , ▁ 4 ▁and ▁( if ▁necessary ) ▁ 6 . ▁ ▁Bra cket ▁Updated ▁as ▁of ▁April ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁{{ 8 Team Bra cket - Re - se eds ▁| ▁R D 1 = Qu arter - final s ▁| ▁R D 2 = S emi - final s ▁| ▁R D 3 = Final s ▁| ▁R D 1 - seed 1 = 1 ▁| ▁R D 1 - team 1 = St av anger ▁O ilers ▁| ▁R D 1 - score 1 = 4 ▁| ▁R D 1 - seed 2 = 8 ▁| ▁R D 1 - team 2 = M ang ler ud ▁Star ▁| ▁R D 1 - score