Playoff Bracket
| Conference Quarter-finals | Conference Semi-finals | Conference Finals | Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4 | 1 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 2 | 4 | Florida Panthers | 4 |
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| 2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4 | Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Washington Capitals | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Florida Panthers | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | New York Rangers | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Montreal Canadiens | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Florida Panthers | 4 | 2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Boston Bruins | 1 | 3 | New York Rangers | 1 |
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| E4 | Florida Panthers | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Colorado Avalanche | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 4 | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Winnipeg Jets | 2 | 5 | St. Louis Blues | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Chicago Blackhawks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Calgary Flames | 0 | Western Conference | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | St. Louis Blues | 4 | 3 | Chicago Blackhawks | 2 | |||||||||||||
- During the first three rounds home ice is determined by seeding number, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with the better regular season record has home ice.
Read more about this topic: 1996 Stanley Cup Playoffs