NHL Playoff Bingo - Results

Track your Bingo Cards here!

 

Stanley Cup Final results (Edmonton vs Florida):

Bingo results

** For each series, the top Bingo card is calculated at the end of every series based on the number of Bingo rows, then the number of total squares marked, then the number of points earned from those squares. (All the scoring is outlined here.)

$7 to the top Bingo card in the Stanley Cup Final.

WINNER: Sarah, Card #10 - ten Bingos!

2nd place: Sarah, Card #15 - seven Bingos, 23 squares marked.

3rd place: Toby, Card #6 - seven Bingos, 22 squares marked.

Series results  (4 games needed to win the series.)

Florida wins the series in 6 games.

Player Stats of Note (for Cup Final only - NOT cumulative)

FLORIDA

Sam Reinhart            7 goals, 10 points

Brad Marchand          6 goals

Sam Bennett              5 goals, 22 penalty minutes

Sergei Bobrovsky      193 saves

Jonah Gadjovich        15 penalty minutes

EDMONTON

Darnell Nurse           23 penalty minutes

Evander Kane           32 penalty minutes

Trent Frederic           16 penalty minutes

Conference Finals results :

East Final - Florida vs Carolina:

WINNER: Sarah, Card #10 - five bingos!  [ $5 prize. ]

West Final - Dallas vs Edmonton:

WINNER: Sarah, Card #10 - two bingos, 16 squares!  [ $5 prize. ]

Series results  (4 games needed to win the series.)

Florida wins their series in 5 games.

Edmonton wins their series in 5 games.

Player Stats of Note (for Conference Finals only - NOT cumulative)

CAROLINA

Andrei Svechnikov    20 penalty minutes

FLORIDA

Jonah Gadjovich        18 penalty minutes

Eetu Luostarinen       17 penalty minutes

Sam Bennett              16 penalty minutes

Second Round results :

Bingo results

Metro Division - Washington vs Carolina:

WINNER: Dave, Card #13 - one Bingo, 14 squares marked!  [ $3 prize. ]

Atlantic Division - Toronto vs Florida:

WINNER: Rob, Card #7 - five Bingos!  [ $3 prize. ]

Central Division - Winnipeg vs Dallas:

WINNER: Dave, Card #13 - five Bingos!  [ $3 prize. ]

Pacific Division - Vegas vs Edmonton:

WINNER: Sarah, Card #10 - two Bingo's!  [ $3 prize. ]

 

Series results  (4 games needed to win the series.)

Edmonton won their series in 5 games.

Carolina won their series in 5 games.

Dallas won their series in 6 games.

Florida won their series in 7 games.

Player Stats of Note (for second round only - NOT cumulative)

VEGAS

Nicholas Roy    19 penalty minutes

TORONTO

Joseph Woll      178 saves

Max Domi        29 penalty minutes

FLORIDA

Sergei Bobrovsky  156 saves

Brad Marchand    26 penalty minutes

Aaron Ekblad       24 penalty minutes

WINNIPEG

Nikolaj Ehlers    5 goals

DALLAS

Jake Oettinger     158 saves

Jamie Benn         20 penalty minutes

First Round results:

Bingo results 

Metro Division:

Top prize ($2) = Konstantin   (Car vs NJ)

Winner ($1) = Rhee (Wsh vs Mtl)

Atlantic Division:

Top Prize ($2) = Dave (TB vs Fla)  

Winner ($1) = Konstantin (Tor vs Ott)

Central Division:

Top prize ($2) = Toby   (Wpg vs StL)

Winner ($1) = Gregg (Dal vs Col)

Pacific Division:

Top Prize ($2) = Toby (LA vs Edm)  

Winner ($1) = Rob (VGK vs Min)

Series results  (4 games needed to win the series.)

Carolina won their series in 5 games.

Washington won their series in 5 games.

Florida won their series in 5 games.

Toronto won their series in 6 games.

Vegas won their series in 6 games.

Edmonton won their series in 6 games.

Dallas won their series in 7 games.

Winnipeg won their series in 7 games.

Player Stats of Note

COLORADO

Nathan MacKinnon    7 goals, 11 points

Parker Kelly               16 penalty minutes

Logan O'Connor         16 penalty minutes

DALLAS

Jake Oettinger        204 saves

Mikko Rantanen    5 goals, 12 points

WINNIPEG

Kyle Conner        12 points

Logan Stanley      42 penalty minutes

Luke Schenn        32 penalty minutes

ST. LOUIS

Cam Fowler          10 points

Jordan Binnington    173 saves

Brayden Schenn    30 penalty minutes

Nathan Walker       22 penalty minutes

Zac Bolduc            16 penalty minutes

Jake Neighbours    16 penalty minutes

MONTREAL

Josh Anderson    20 penalty minutes

TAMPA BAY

Anthony Cirelli    18 penalty minutes

FLORIDA

Nikko Mikkola    25 penalty minutes

CAROLINA

Andrei Svechnikov    5 goals

NEW JERSEY

Jacob Markstrom    164 saves

MINNESOTA

Kirill Kaprizov        5 goals

Matt Boldy              5 goals

Filip Gustavsson    168 saves

LOS ANGELES

Adrian Kempe        10 points

Darcy Kuemper       184 saves

EDMONTON

Leon Draisaitl        10 points

Connor McDavid    11 points

NHL Playoff Bingo Fundraiser 2025

Stanley Cup Playoff Bingo 2025

Now just $5 to enter!  You can pay via Venmo here.

$10 buys one Bingo card that is used for every playoff series until the Stanley Cup is awarded in June. You don't need to do anything! I track the stats and will post regular Bingo updates on the results blog.  Add more Bingo cards for $5 each.  These will also be in play for every playoff series.

Cash Prizes to be listed here (based on number of entries)    

Based on payments received as of May 20, 8:30am Pacific:

$2 for the top Bingo cards in each division + $1 for the top card in the other series in Round 1  

(Total of $12 awarded)

$3 for each series in Round 2  (Total of $12 awarded)

$5 for each Conference Final.   (Total of $10 awarded)

$7 for the Stanley Cup Final.

You can see the latest results here.

Where your Donation goes:

My NHL Playoff Bingo Fundraiser benefits the LASER Fund, which supports the students and employees of the Chabot College Language Arts division with scholarships and other benefits. 

70% of your entry fee will be donated to the fund, and at least half of that donation will be dedicated to student scholarships. The remaining money from each fee will go to the Bingo prize pool.

You can pay via Venmo here. 

Feel free to send any questions to me at coach.pinza@gmail.com or via Instagram @misterpinza. This can include alternate ways to pay - I'm pretty flexible there.

*** Hockey Playoff Bingo rules.  

How the game works:

Every Hockey Playoff Bingo card can be used for every NHL playoff series up to and including the Stanley Cup Final. Each card gets scored for each playoff series independently; the card is considered "wiped clean" after each round. Every square on your Bingo card represents a different incident that may occur during the series. Some may occur during a single game; other squares refer to what happens across an entire series.   (Every round of the playoffs is a best-of-seven games series.)

We just launched a new Bingo Tracker so players can visually see how their card shapes up in each series. Feel free to give it a look!

Scoring

Each square gets marked off as the incident occurs (see below for a complete list of all the possible squares and their definition.) If an incident occurs multiple times in the same game, you earn a point for each of these occurrences.

NHL GameCenter, box score, and game reports will be used as the source for which incidents occurred and how many times.

You earn "BINGO" on your card by marking off five squares in a row - horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

Players are not responsible for tracking their cards across the playoff series. All results will be centrally tracked, and winners will be individually notified.

Free Spaces

You can earn a "free space" if your card has a set of incidents that are impossible to occur in the same series. Each "free space" that is marked is worth one point. "Free spaces" can be used to achieve a row of "Bingo." 

The following scenarios are the only ones in which a "free space" may be earned:

• If you have more than one "Win Series" scenario, and any one of them occurs, you can mark ALL of them on your card.

Sample Scoring using the 2024 Stanley Cup Final:  Free spaces are highlighted in green; other squares are marked in yellow. 

Notice the number of different ways this card achieves "Bingo," including three that used the free spaces.

For the tie-breakers (see below), you count the number of squares marked (21 in this case), and then, any square that occurred multiple times was given multiple points. This card scored 47 points during the series, including:

• 8 times that the low-seed (Edmonton) was held scoreless in a period, 
• 7 times that the low-seed (Edmonton) was leading at the first or second intermission of a game, and
• 5 times that the high seed (Florida) was leading at the first or second intermission of a game.

Rankings

The top-scoring card for every NHL playoff round or series will earn a prize for its owner: an offer of a "refund" of part or all of your total donation. The number of players determines the size and quantity of the prizes. Keep checking the top of this blog entry to see how the prize pool develops.

The top-scoring card for each game will be based on:

a) Total number of five-in-a-row Bingo's. If these are tied,

b) Total number of unique squares marked on the card. If these are also tied,

c) Total number of points earned across all squares.  (The example above would score 21 points.)

d) If still tied, the player who has won the fewest Bingo games thus far will be awarded the prize.

e) If this is also tied, the player who has the fewest "Free" spaces within their rows of Bingo will be awarded the prize.

If all of these are tied, then multiple winners will be declared for that game, and they would split the available prize pool for that game evenly.

Adding Cards

Players can purchase additional cards for $5 each, with at least $3 from each purchase donated to the LASER Fund. (The prize pool will be augmented until the total amount offered for each playoff game is at least $20. No more than $2 from any one of these Bingo card purchases will be applied for this purpose.)

These additional cards can be purchased at any time until the start of the Stanley Cup Final.

Incidents and Definitions

Here are all the possible incidents and their precise definitions. Statistics are based on NHL GameCenter, box score, and game reports. There are a total of forty-eight different unique incidents; twenty-five will appear on each Bingo card. 

[Hi #] refers to the team with the higher seed in the playoff series. This team typically hosts Games 1 and 2.

[Lo #] refers to the team with the lower seed in the playoff series. This team typically hosts Games 3 and 4. 

Seeding will be based on the overall league standings. Eight teams from each conference advanced to the playoffs, though in the first two rounds, teams are bracketed by divisions. 

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Metropolitan Division

#2 Washington vs #17 Montreal  (wild card)

#10 Carolina vs #16 New Jersey  

Atlantic Division

#4 Toronto vs #14 Ottawa (wild card)    

#7 Tampa Bay vs #12 Florida 

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

#1 Winnipeg vs #14 St. Louis (wild card)  

#5 Dallas vs #8 Colorado   

Pacific Division

#3 Vegas vs #13 Minnesota (wild card)    

#6 Los Angeles vs #9 Edmonton    

NOTE: The #15 team (Calgary) will miss the playoffs because there are eight teams in their conference (West) that are ranked higher. This results in the #17 team (Montreal) in the East getting the final playoff spot.

More Definitions

Game Results

Win a game: The designated team [ Hi # ] or [ Lo # ] wins a game in the series. 

Interm lead: The designated team is leading at the first or second intermission of any game. (Hockey games are three periods with two intermissions in between.)

Game tied @ interm: At either the first or second intermission of any game, the score is tied. 

Overtime game: Any game in the series goes into overtime.

Scoreless period: The designated team scores no goals during a period in any game in the series. 

Wins series in ## gms: The designated team wins the series in the designated number of games. (Reminder: each series is a best-of-seven. A team wins the series when it wins four games, but they may play four, five, six, or seven games in the series before that happens.)

Team and Individual Scoring

1st goal in game: The designated team scores the first goal in any game in the series. 

4v4/SH goal: The designated team scores a goal while short-handed in any game in the series. This includes situations where the team is killing a penalty and when both teams skate four players to a side (4 v 4).

Player 2G in game: A player on the designated team scores two goals in the same game.

Player 5G in series: A player on the designated team scores five goals across the entire series.

Player 3 pts  (g):  A player on the designated team scores three points in the same game.  (Points are the total of goals plus assists.)

Dman 2pts  (g): A defenseman on the designated team scores two points in the same game.  (Points are the total of goals plus assists.)

Player 10pts in series: A player on the designated team scores ten points across the entire series.  (Points are the total of goals plus assists.)

Penalties

5  Power Plays (g):  The designated team earns five power plays in the same game.

4  Penalty Kills (g): The designated team kills four penalties in the same game.

Bench penalty: The designated team is assessed a penalty as a team during any game in the series. Game reports may list this as a "TEAM" penalty or a "bench" penalty.

Non-minor penalty:  The designated team is assessed a penalty that is not a two-minute minor penalty. This can be assessed to a player or the team during any game in the series. (Other penalties include double-minors, majors, misconduct, and penalty shots.) The team that is penalized earns the Bingo square.

Player 6 PIM in gm: A player on the designated team accrues fifteen minutes or more in total penalties across the entire series.

Player 15 PIM in series: A player on the designated team accrues fifteen minutes or more in total penalties across the entire series.  (Penalties will have a set number of minutes attached to them -- two minutes for a minor, four for a double-minor, five for a major, ten for misconduct.)

Other Incidents

50  Hits (g):  The designated team is credited with fifty or more hits in the same game.

Goalie 30 saves (g): A goalie on the designated team records thirty or more saves in the same game.

Goalie SO/pt/pen:  A goalie on the designated team records any of the following in any game: a shutout, a goal, an assist, or a penalty of any kind.

Goalie 150 svs in series: The designated team has a goalie that records 150 saves or more across the entire series.

Feel free to send any questions to me at coach.pinza@gmail.com or via Instagram @misterpinza. 

I hope you can support our fund and enjoy a little extra entertainment alongside the football games, regardless of which team you root for (or against).

Donation receipt letters

I will send every player a letter for their donation next week. The amount listed in the letter will deduct the amount you've won from whatever you initially paid.  (If you paid $30 and won $5, the letter will show a $25 donation.)