Following your favorite hockey team as they make their way through the NHL playoffs, on their way to the Stanley Cup can be confusing. Keeping track of NHL playoffs tickets can be harder still. We’ve gone ahead and made it easy to follow your favorite NHL team’s tickets throughout the playoffs. We dropped the NHL playoff teams into an NHL Western Conference bracket and and NHL Eastern Conference bracket. They show playoffs matchups with a link to tickets for that matchup.

NHL Western Conference Bracket 2010

NHL Eastern Conference Bracket

Stanley Cup Finals Schedule

Also check out Stanley Cup Tickets by the Numbers

I just got home from a blazing NHL playoff game and I can’t wait to watch the SportsCenter highlights!  The Sharks, down in the series 1-0 after the Avalanche got the road win the other night, matched every Avs goal and actually scored in the last minute of EVERY period tonight to force a 5-5 overtime, which the Sharks went on to win 6-5 on a power play goal by Devin Setoguchi.

So that means all five NHL series where the first two games have been played are knotted at 1-1!

Senators – Penguins tickets

Devils – Flyers tickets

Predators – Blackhawks tickets

Coyotes – Red Wings tickets

Avalanche – Sharks tickets

Of course, Bruins – Sabres tickets for game #2 tomorrow are available as well!  Using FanSnap, fans can save a substantial amount on great NHL playoff tickets!

Have fun!

Which NHL Playoffs tickets are hottest?

The Canadians — just like the Olympics — are in the lead. The Canucks and Canadiens tickets are both averaging $293 for each team’s two home games. The Pens, Caps and Blackhawks round out the top 5. Team number six was a bit of a surprise. Sabres tickets are averaging $163, placing Buffalo fans at number six on the fan demand list.

That puts the Sabres tickets ahead of historically hot hockey tickets like Wings, Bruins, Avs and Devils. Sabres tickets are even outpacing Preds tickets — the NHL ticket with the biggest post-Olympic bounce.

Hottest NHL Playoffs tickets – Round 1

Vancouver Canucks (tickets) -   $293
Montreal Canadiens (tickets) -  $293
Pittsburgh Penguins (tickets) – $246
Washington Capitals (tickets) – $246
Chicago Blackhawks (tickets) – $210
Buffalo Sabres (tickets) -          $163
San Jose Sharks (tickets) -        $159
Philadelphia Flyers (tickets) –   $155
Los Angeles Kings (tickets) -    $142
Ottawa Senators (tickets) -       $137
Nashville Predators (tickets) -  $137
Detroit Red Wings (tickets) -    $127
Boston Bruins (tickets) -          $126
Colorado Avalanche (tickets) – $123
Phoenix Coyotes (tickets) –      $119
New Jersey Devils (tickets) -    $97

NHL Best Value Tickets(sm)

Hottest teams is interesting, but we took it a bit deeper. We’re seeing tremendous choice available right now — from roughly 1,000 to 5,000 ticket listings per game.  With that comes tremendous variability in price for comparable tickets. The biggest variations in Home Game 1 tickets are in Boston where comparable tickets vary by as much as 52%. Interestingly, we’re seeing the more searches for Bruins tickets than any other NHL team right now. Today, Bruins ticket searches rival what we are seeing for the Yankees and Twins Home Openers.

Which conference has the hotter tickets?

Eastern Conference            Average ticket price (home games)
1. WASHINGTON CAPITALS   $246
2. NEW JERSEY DEVILS           $98
3. BUFFALO SABRES              $163
4. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS     $246
5. OTTAWA SENATORS         $137
6. BOSTON BRUINS               $126
7. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS      $155
8. MONTRÉAL CANADIENS   $293

Average Eastern Conference ticket = $183

Western Confernece            Average ticket price (home games)
1. SAN JOSE SHARKS              $159
2. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS    $210
3. VANCOUVER CANUCKS     $293
4. PHOENIX COYOTES           $119
5. DETROIT RED WINGS         $127
6. LOS ANGELES KINGS         $142
7. NASHVILLE PREDATORS    $137
8. COLORADO AVALANCHE   $123

Average Western Conference ticket = $163.75

The fun thing about tickets is this will all be different tomorrow. We’ll stay on top of it and report back.

Christian

(Updated June 12)

After a seesaw series, the Penguins and Red Wings are even with three wins each. The battle for Lord Stanley’s Cup comes down to tonight. “Stanley Cup Tickets” is by far the hottest search on FanSnap today. There are still tickets available for fans looking for last minute deals

Hockey fans, who will drink from the Cup?  It’s time to find out.  In an epic rematch of last year’s NHL Finals, Detroit defends its crown against Pittsburgh in Mo-Town starting Saturday.  Check out all the great tickets!

5/30 Penguins @ Red Wings tickets
5/31 Penguins @ Red Wings tickets
6/2 Red Wings @ Penguins tickets
6/4 Red Wings @ Penguins tickets
6/6 Penguins @ Red Wings tickets (if necessary)
6/9 Red Wings @ Penguins tickets (if necessary)
6/12 Penguins @ Red Wings tickets (if necessary)

Gentlemen, warm up your octopus!

Mike

Penguin fans, it’s only 286 miles from Pittsburgh to Detroit.  Four and a half hours.  A tank of gas.

What does that get you?  Stanley Cup Tickets.  Lots more choices, much lower prices!

In fact, it looks like you will probably be able to see the first two games in Detroit for the price of only one game in Pittsburgh.

Game 1 (Sat PM): Penguins @ Red Wings

+ 2200+ ticket listings from 12 providers starting at $135*

+ Behind Penguins 2x goal: starting at $407

Game 2 (Sun PM): Penguins @ Red Wings

+ 2900+ ticket listings from 13 providers starting at $137

+ Behind Penguins 2x goal: starting at $381

Game 3 (Tue PM): Red Wings @ Penguins

+ 450+ ticket listings from 5 providers starting at $273

+ Behind Penguins 2x goal: starting at $775

Game 4 (Thu PM): Red Wings @ Penguins

+ 550+ ticket listings from 5 providers starting at $375

+ Behind Penguins 2x goal: starting at $865

Are you the kind of fan that doesn’t mind representing in a sea of fans rooting for the other side?

Face Off!

Mike

* ticket price + commission per ticket; as of May 28, 11 PM

After two exciting game sevens, here we are – down to the four best hockey teams in the land.

The match ups are set:

#2 Detroit Red Wings vs #4 Chicago Blackhawks

#4 Pittsburgh Penguins vs #6 Carolina Hurricanes

Once again, the field pretty much proves that the regular season and seedings mean nothing.

NHL playoff hockey.  The NHL Conference Finals.  Hard ticket to get, right?  Nope.

There are tons of choice ticket listings for pro hockey fans right now:

@ Detroit Red Wings tickets:  2800+ available, starting at $108

@ Chicago Blackhawks tickets:  2300+ available, starting at $75

@ Pittsburgh Penguins tickets:  600+ available, starting at $186

@ Carolina Hurricanes tickets:  300+ available, starting at $93

Check back often as the available tickets and prices will vary!

Lace those skates tighter.

The Stanley Cup playoff match-ups have been set, and it took every last game of the NHL regular season to determine the lineups. UPDATE: While the dates and times have not been finalized yet, A quick search on FanSnap finds that NHL playoff tickets are already available from many of the ticket providers. The first playoff games start on Wednesday Apr 15.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

#8 Montreal Canadiens @ #1 Boston Bruins (first games 4/16 and 4/18)

#7 New York Rangers @ #2 Washington Capitals (4/15 and 4/18)

#6 Carolina Hurricanes @ #3 New Jersey Devils (4/15 and 4/17)

#5 Philadelphia Flyers @ #4 Pittsburgh Penguins (4/15 and 4/17)

WESTERN CONFERENCE

#8 Anaheim Ducks @ #1 San Jose Sharks (4/16 and 4/19)

#7 Columbus Blue Jackets @ #2 Detroit Red Wings (4/16 and 4/18)

#6 St. Louis Blues @ #3 Vancouver Canucks (4/15 and 4/17)

#5 Calgary Flames @ #4 Chicago Blackhawks (4/16 and 4/18)

p.s. Go Sharks!

Mike