Stanley Cup Playoff Bingo 2025
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*** 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.)
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.
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
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.)
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