Free NHL Stanley Cup playoff bracket pick'em pool at poolsbyround

Stanley Cup Playoffs 2026

Pick From Your Winners

Stanley Cup Playoffs Pool - How it works

Pool Intro

This is a bracket pick'em pool. Just pick the winner of each series. Each player can make 1 set of picks.

Earn points for correct picks. Most points wins the pool.

Point values for each pick are shown next to each team on the picks page.

Tap on a team's points to get more info.

Tiebreaker: the entry closest to the total goals scored in all the games of the Stanley Cup Finals wins the pool or league.

When picking 1 round at a time, picks are due before the start of each series.

league options

Pick the winning team for each series by tapping the number of games each series will last.

You have 8 more series to pick.

Options In Play

Options In Play:

Underdog

Underdogs are worth more points

Underdogs get more points to balance the value of each pick.

Point values for each pick are based on the series moneyline.

Round Progress

Points increase with each round

For the 4 rounds in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, points are multiplied by 1, 2, 3, 4

The Bonus Game is in play

Point values are doubled for the bonus game. See the gold highlighted game box.

The Risk option is available

When the 'Risk' option is set to low or high for a game, you win extra points for a correct pick or lose points for an incorrect pick.

When the 'Risk' option is turned off, you do not lose points for an incorrect pick.

Bigger bowls are worth more points

Bowl game points are multiplied by the game significance factor,
which is based on team rankings, bowl payout and bowl tradition.

Over/Under picks are available

Pick whether the total points scored in a game will be OVER or UNDER the posted number.

Parlay is in play

Players select 3 games to parlay.

Win extra points if all 3 parlay games picked correctly.

Lose 4 points if any parlay game picked incorrectly.

Parlay points are shown above once 3 parlay selections are made.

Parlay only applies to picking the winner of a series, regardless of the # of games picked.

Games In Series

Pick the number of games played in the series

Get bonus points for picking the correct number of games that will be played in a series.

Pick From Your Winners

Pick from your winners

After the 1st round, players can only pick from the winning teams they picked in the previous round.

Pick from your winners

After the 1st round, players can only pick from the winning teams they picked in the previous round, or a bye team in round 2.

Pick Any Team

Players can pick any team each round, regardless of their previous round's picks.

You can pick a maximum of games out of all the games shown.

To remove a pick, tap a picked team name.

Notice the spread shown for each game.

A - (minus) sign means the team is favored by the indicated # of points.

A + (plus) sign means the team is an underdog by the indicated # of points.

Think of the spread as meaning: "Will the favorite win by more than the point spread?".

For example, if the Packers are a 7.5 point favorite over the Bears and the final score is Packers 28, Bears 21, then the Bears pick wins because the Packers won by only 7.

The spread values may change, up until game time.

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First Round

Eastern Conference

Sabres
in 4 5 6 7

Bruins
in 4 5 6 7

8+2 pts

12+3 pts

pick by: Sun, Apr 19 - 6:30 pm ct

Lightning
in 4 5 6 7

Canadiens
in 4 5 6 7

7+2 pts

13+3 pts

pick by: Sun, Apr 19 - 4:45 pm ct

Hurricanes
in 4 5 6 7

Senators
in 4 5 6 7

8+2 pts

12+3 pts

pick by: Sat, Apr 18 - 2 pm ct

Penguins
in 4 5 6 7

Flyers
in 4 5 6 7

9+2 pts

11+3 pts

pick by: Sat, Apr 18 - 7 pm ct

Western Conference

Avalanche
in 4 5 6 7

Kings
in 4 5 6 7

5+1 pts

15+4 pts

pick by: Sun, Apr 19 - 2 pm ct

Stars
in 4 5 6 7

Wild
in 4 5 6 7

10+3 pts

pick by: Sat, Apr 18 - 4:30 pm ct

Golden Knights
in 4 5 6 7

Mammoth
in 4 5 6 7

8+2 pts

12+3 pts

pick by: Sun, Apr 19 - 9 pm ct

Oilers
in 4 5 6 7

Ducks
in 4 5 6 7

7+2 pts

13+3 pts

pick by: Mon, Apr 20 - 9 pm ct

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