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The '''[[2013–14 NHL season|2014]] [[Stanley Cup]] [[Stanley Cup playoffs|playoffs]]''' of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) began on April 16, 2014.
For the first time since [[1972–73 NHL season|1973]], only one Canadian team qualified for the playoffs: the [[Montreal Canadiens]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/10767832/canada-home-fewest-playoff-teams-1973 |title=Wanted: Playoff teams in Canada |date=April 11, 2014 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |accessdate=April 14, 2014}}</ref> The [[Detroit Red Wings]] increased their consecutive playoff appearance streak to 23 seasons, the longest current streak and the [[List of NHL franchise post-season appearance streaks#Post-season appearance streaks 2|fourth longest streak]] in NHL history. The [[Dallas Stars]] ended the league's [[List of NHL franchise post-season droughts#Post-season appearance droughts|third longest active]] playoff appearance drought, qualifying for the postseason for the first time in six years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/daley-stars-beat-blues-end-playoff-drought-23299531 |title=Daley, Stars Beat Blues 3-0, End Playoff Drought |last1=Dixon |first1=Schuyler |date=April 12, 2014 |publisher=[[ABC News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |accessdate=April 14, 2014}}</ref> The [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] won their first franchise playoff game on April 19, 2014.
The 2013–14 playoffs opening round featured leads changing hands more so than any other year. After the [[Anaheim Ducks]] rallied from a 4–2 deficit to defeat the [[Dallas Stars]] in game 6 of their opening round series on April 27, 2014, an NHL record was broken for most multi-goal comebacks by all teams in the opening round, with ten. In all four rounds combined in the previous year's playoffs, there were only eight such victories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=716874 |title=Anaheim Ducks' rally sets new record for multigoal comebacks in first round of Stanley Cup Playoffs - Ducks vs Stars - 2014 SCP First Round |publisher=Nhl.com |date= |accessdate=May 1, 2014}}</ref> It also marked just the fourth time in NHL playoff history that a team who led a series 3–0 in a seven game series failed to advance, when the [[San Jose Sharks]] lost to the [[Los Angeles Kings]] in Game 7 of the opening round on April 30, 2014.<ref>http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=717457&navid=nhl:topheads</ref>
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