2018 Calder Cup playoffs
The 2018 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 19, 2018, with the playoff format that was introduced in 2016. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-five series in the division semifinals, with the playoffs continuing with best-of-seven series for the division finals, conference finals, and Calder Cup finals.
A Division finals game between the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and the Charlotte Checkers became the longest game in AHL history by going 86:48 into overtime when Alex Krushelnyski of the Phantoms scored the winning 2–1 goal. The game started at 7:03 pm on May 9 and ended at 1:09 am on May 10. The Checkers had 95 shots on goal and Alex Lyon would finish with 94 saves, while Alex Nedeljkovic would finish with 51 saves on 53 shots. The previous record of 82:58 into overtime was set in 2008, also between the AHL affiliates of the Philadelphia Flyers and the Carolina Hurricanes.
The Toronto Marlies won their first Calder Cup, beating the Texas Stars four games to three in the finals.
Playoff seeds
After the 2017–18 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top four teams in each division ranked by points percentage (points earned divided by points available) qualify for the 2018 Calder Cup Playoffs. The Toronto Marlies were the first team to clinch a playoff spot and went on to claim the regular season title with four games remaining.
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
- Lehigh Valley Phantoms – 104 points (.684)
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins – 99 points (.651)
- Charlotte Checkers – 96 points (.632)
- Providence Bruins – 95 points (.625)
North Division
- Toronto Marlies– 112 points (.737)
- Syracuse Crunch – 100 points (.658)
- Rochester Americans – 91 points (.599)
- Utica Comets – 88 points (.579)
Western Conference
Central Division
- Chicago Wolves – 95 points (.625)
- Grand Rapids Griffins – 93 points (.612)
- Manitoba Moose – 92 points (.605)
- Rockford IceHogs – 88 points (.579)
Pacific Division
- Tucson Roadrunners – 90 points (.662)
- Texas Stars – 90 points (.592)
- Ontario Reign – 79 points (.581)
- San Jose Barracuda – 76 points (.559), 33 ROWs
Bracket
| Division semifinals | Division finals | Conference finals | Calder Cup final | ||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Lehigh Valley | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Providence | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Lehigh Valley | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Charlotte | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Charlotte | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Lehigh Valley | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Toronto | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Toronto | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Utica | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Toronto | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Syracuse | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Syracuse | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Rochester | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Toronto | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| P2 | Texas | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Chicago | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| C4 | Rockford | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| C4 | Rockford | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Manitoba | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Grand Rapids | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Manitoba | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| C4 | Rockford | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| P2 | Texas | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Tucson | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| P4 | San Jose | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Tucson | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| P2 | Texas | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| P2 | Texas | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| P3 | Ontario | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Division semifinals
- Note 1: Home team is listed first.
- Note 2: Higher-seeded team had the choice of games 1, 2, and 5 at home or games 3, 4, and 5 at home.
Eastern Conference
(A1) Lehigh Valley Phantoms vs. (A4) Providence Bruins
| April 20 | Providence Bruins | 2 – 3 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | |||
| Ryan Fitzgerald (1) – pp – 17:38 | First period | 17:54 – Danick Martel (1) | ||||||
| Ryan Fitzgerald (2) – 3:35 | Second period | 14:32 – pp – Greg Carey (1) 15:13 – pp – Danick Martel (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Zane McIntyre (21 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Alex Lyon (39 saves / 41 shots) | ||||||
| April 21 | Providence Bruins | 5 – 3 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | |||
| Anton Blidh (1) – 2:07 Peter Cehlarik (1) – 5:08 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 9:46 – pp – Mark Friedman (1) 10:57 – Mike Vecchione (1) | ||||||
| Jordan Szwarz (1) – sh – 0:19 Peter Cehlarik (2) – pp – 11:35 Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (1) – en– 18:27 | Third period | 15:09 – Greg Carey (2) | ||||||
| Jordan Binnington (23 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | Alex Lyon (31 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| April 27 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | 4 – 1 | Providence Bruins | PPL Center | Recap | |||
| Philippe Myers (1) – 6:05 Oskar Lindblom (1) – sh – 12:50 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Oskar Lindblom (2) – pp – 2:06 | Second period | 13:42 – pp – Austin Czarnik (1) | ||||||
| Mike Vecchione (2) – 15:16 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dustin Tokarski (30 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Jordan Binnington (30 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| April 28 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | 4 – 3 | OT | Providence Bruins | PPL Center | Recap | ||
| T. J. Brennan (1) – 7:27 Chris Conner (1) – 8:04 Chris Conner (2) – 16:26 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:34 – Tommy Cross (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 12:00 – Anton Blidh (2) 14:59 – Austin Czarnik (2) | ||||||
| Maxim Lamarche (1) – 18:36 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alex Lyon (49 saves / 52 shots) | Goalie stats | Jordan Binnington (11 saves / 14 shots) Zane McIntyre (13 saves / 14 shots) | ||||||
| Lehigh Valley won series 3–1 | |
(A2) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins vs. (A3) Charlotte Checkers
| April 20 | Charlotte Checkers | 3 – 2 | OT | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Bojangles' Coliseum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 17:44 – pp – Andrey Pedan (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:16 – Daniel Sprong (1) | ||||||
| Aleksi Saarela (1) – 6:32 Valentin Zykov (1) – pp – 11:45 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lucas Wallmark (1) – 3:18 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alex Nedeljkovic (25 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Tristan Jarry (35 saves / 38 shots) | ||||||
| April 21 | Charlotte Checkers | 4 – 1 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Bojangles' Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Haydn Fleury (1) – 13:47 | First period | 0:22 – Joseph Cramarossa (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Josiah Didier (1) – 14:18 Clark Bishop (1) – en – 18:38 Haydn Fleury (2) – en – 18:52 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alex Nedeljkovic (27 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Tristan Jarry (24 saves / 26 shots) | ||||||
| April 26 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 3 – 7 | Charlotte Checkers | Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | |||
| Anthony Angello (1) – 4:40 Adam Johnson (2) – 7:29 | First period | 16:41 – Lucas Wallmark (2) 17:02 – Greg McKegg (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:46 – Aleksi Saarela (2) | ||||||
| Anthony Angello (2) – 13:31 | Third period | 5:55 – Clark Bishop (2) 7:36 – Andrew Miller (1) 18:26 – en – Andrew Poturalski (1) 18:44 – en – Janne Kuokkanen (1) | ||||||
| Tristan Jarry (25 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Alex Nedeljkovic (26 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| Charlotte won series 3–0 | |
(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (N4) Utica Comets
| April 21 | Toronto Marlies | 3 – 2 | OT | Utica Comets | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeremy Bracco (1) – 10:29 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Justin Holl (1) — 14:45 | Third period | 6:17 – pp – Zack MacEwen (1) 19:24 – Michael Chaput (1) | ||||||
| Chris Mueller (1) – pp – 17:48 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Garret Sparks (32 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Thatcher Demko (44 saves / 47 shots) | ||||||
| April 22 | Toronto Marlies | 5 – 2 | Utica Comets | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Pierre Engvall (1) – 5:51 Dmytro Timashov (1) – pp – 16:47 | First period | 12:05 – Cam Darcy (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Colin Greening (1) – 2:16 Carl Grundstrom (1) – 11:20 Trevor Moore (1) – en – 19:00 | Third period | 1:38 – pp – Michael Chaput (2) | ||||||
| Garret Sparks (21 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Thatcher Demko (24 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Utica Comets | 5 – 2 | Toronto Marlies | Adirondack Bank Center | Recap | |||
| Reid Boucher (1) – pp – 7:55 Wacey Hamilton (1) – 9:47 Cole Cassels (1) – 13:59 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Motte (1) – 14:35 Cole Cassels (2) – en – 18:20 | Third period | 10:29 – pp – Calle Rosen (1) 16:09 – sh – Colin Greening (2) | ||||||
| Thatcher Demko (35 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Garret Sparks (4 saves / 7 shots) Calvin Pickard (19 saves / 20 shots) | ||||||
| April 27 | Utica Comets | 5 – 2 | Toronto Marlies | Adirondack Bank Center | Recap | |||
| Reid Boucher (2) – 1:03 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tanner MacMaster (1) – 2:55 Reid Boucher (3) – 17:29 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michael Carcone (1) – pp – 2:26 Tyler Motte (2) – 12:12 | Third period | 0:47 – pp – Dmytro Timashov (2) 15:30 – Pierre Engvall (2) | ||||||
| Thatcher Demko (40 saves / 42 shots) | Goalie stats | Garret Sparks (15 saves / 20 shots) | ||||||
| April 29 | Toronto Marlies | 4 – 0 | Utica Comets | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Carl Grundstrom (2) – pp – 3:34 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Carl Grundstrom (3) – 12:33 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andreas Johnsson (1) – pp – 0:56 Dmytro Timashov (3) – en – 17:49 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Garret Sparks (37 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Thatcher Demko (34 saves / 37 shots) | ||||||
| Toronto won series 3–2 | |
(N2) Syracuse Crunch vs. (N3) Rochester Americans
| April 20 | Syracuse Crunch | 6 – 2 | Rochester Americans | Oncenter War Memorial Arena | Recap | |||
| Gabriel Dumont (1) – 3:22 Jamie McBain (1) – 11:15 | First period | 4:12 – pp – Zach Redmond (1) 19:08 – Kyle Criscuolo (1) | ||||||
| Dominik Masin (1) – 1:44 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brendan Bradley (1) – 8:27 Gabriel Dumont (2) – pp – 14:46 Gabriel Dumont (3) – en – 19:08 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Edward Pasquale (28 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Linus Ullmark (28 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| April 21 | Syracuse Crunch | 6 – 5 | Rochester Americans | Oncenter War Memorial Arena | Recap | |||
| Matthew Peca (1) – pp – 3:48 Mathieu Joseph (1) – 18:31 | First period | 15:43 – pp – Colin Blackwell (1) | ||||||
| Olivier Archambault (1) – 1:29 Reid McNeill (1) – 6:15 | Second period | 5:10 – sh – Justin Bailey (1) 6:02 – Stuart Percy (1) | ||||||
| Alexander Volkov (1) – 4:52 Alexander Volkov (2) – 5:59 | Third period | 5:22 – Kevin Porter (1) 6:58 – Nicholas Baptiste (1) | ||||||
| Edward Pasquale (20 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Linus Ullmark (16 saves / 22 shots) | ||||||
| April 25 | Rochester Americans | 3 – 6 | Syracuse Crunch | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | |||
| Zach Redmond (2) – pp – 3:25 | First period | 19:16 – Matthew Peca (2) | ||||||
| Justin Bailey (2) – 7:48 | Second period | 8:17 – Cal Foote (1) 8:36 – Olivier Archambault (2) 10:49 – Mitchell Stephens (1) | ||||||
| Danny O'Regan (1) – 13:50 | Third period | 6:05 – pp – Mathieu Joseph (2) 19:08 – en – Alexander Volkov (3) | ||||||
| Linus Ullmark (20 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Connor Ingram (33 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| Syracuse won series 3–0 | |
Western Conference
(C1) Chicago Wolves vs. (C4) Rockford IceHogs
| April 21 | Chicago Wolves | 1 – 2 | Rockford IceHogs | Allstate Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 9:42 – pp – Tyler Sikura (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 2:05 – pp – Adam Clendening (1) | ||||||
| Teemu Pulkkinen (1) – pp – 5:31 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Oscar Dansk (27 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Collin Delia (31 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| April 22 | Rockford IceHogs | 5 – 2 | Chicago Wolves | BMO Harris Bank Center | Recap | |||
| William Pelletier (1) – 13:24 Luke Johnson (1) – pp – 19:08 | First period | 9:12 – Wade Megan (1) 19:59 – pp – Zac Leslie (1) | ||||||
| Matthew Highmore (1) – pp – 3:47 Chris DiDomenico (1) – pp – 16:04 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lance Bouma (1) – en – 19:21 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Collin Delia (28 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Oscar Dansk (24 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| April 26 | Chicago Wolves | 3 – 4 | 3OT | Rockford IceHogs | Allstate Arena | Recap | ||
| Philip Holm (1) – 8:48 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Keegan Kolesar (1) – 8:02 | Second period | 9:50 – pp – Cody Franson (1) 13:00 – Chris DiDomenico (2) 13:54 – Victor Ejdsell (1) | ||||||
| Wade Megan (2) – 3:11 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third overtime period | 17:22 – pp – Victor Ejdsell (2) | ||||||
| Maxime Lagace (72 saves / 76 shots) | Goalie stats | Collin Delia (52 saves / 55 shots) | ||||||
| Rockford won series 3–0 | |
(C2) Grand Rapids Griffins vs. (C3) Manitoba Moose
| April 21 | Manitoba Moose | 3 – 2 | Grand Rapids Griffins | Bell MTS Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:42 – Ben Street (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jan Kostalek (1) – 6:22 Cameron Schilling (1) – 13:12 Michael Spacek (1) – pp – 18:51 | Third period | 12:41 – Turner Elson (1) | ||||||
| Eric Comrie (34 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Tom McCollum (28 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| April 22 | Manitoba Moose | 1 – 5 | Grand Rapids Griffins | Bell MTS Place | Recap | |||
| Francis Beauvillier (1) – 2:43 | First period | 6:40 – pp – Matthew Ford (1) 11:33 – pp – Eric Tangradi (1) 13:08 – Turner Elson (2) 18:56 – Ben Street (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 13:24 – Evgeny Svechnikov (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Eric Comrie (19 saves / 24 shots) Jamie Phillips (15 saves / 15 shots) | Goalie stats | Tom McCollum (21 saves / 22 shots) | ||||||
| April 25 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 3 – 6 | Manitoba Moose | Van Andel Arena | Recap | |||
| Ben Street (3) – pp – 15:28 | First period | 4:16 – Michael Sgarbossa (1) 8:25 – pp – Nic Petan (1) | ||||||
| Eric Tangradi (2) – 1:43 Zach Nastasiuk (1) – 4:49 | Second period | 1:05 – Sami Niku (1) 2:26 – Skyler McKenzie (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:02 – en – Chase De Leo (1) 19:53 – en – Brendan Lemieux (1) | ||||||
| Tom McCollum (8 saves / 11 shots) Jared Coreau (11 saves / 12 shots) | Goalie stats | Eric Comrie (45 saves / 48 shots) | ||||||
| April 26 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 3 – 0 | Manitoba Moose | Van Andel Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matthew Ford (2) – 18:25 Ben Street (4) – 19:40 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Lashoff (1) – en – 17:04 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jared Coreau (25 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Eric Comrie (21 saves / 23 shots) | ||||||
| April 30 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 1 – 5 | Manitoba Moose | Van Andel Arena | Recap | |||
| Matt Puempel (1) – pp – 6:53 | First period | 1:49 – Patrice Cormier (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 19:46 – Cameron Schilling (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 6:39 – Michael Sgarbossa (2) 11:17 – Brendan Lemieux (2) 16:31 – en – Chase De Leo (2) | ||||||
| Jared Coreau (25 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Eric Comrie (34 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| Manitoba won series 3–2 | |
(P1) Tucson Roadrunners vs. (P4) San Jose Barracuda
| April 19 | San Jose Barracuda | 2 – 4 | Tucson Roadrunners | SAP Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 11:04 – Dakota Mermis (1) | ||||||
| Alexander True (1) – pp – 9:33 | Second period | 9:56 – Ryan MacInnis (1) | ||||||
| Alexander Chmelevski (1) – 5:16 | Third period | 18:45 – Lane Pederson (1) 19:46 – en – Dylan Strome (1) | ||||||
| Antoine Bibeau (20 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Adin Hill (36 saves / 38 shots) | ||||||
| April 21 | San Jose Barracuda | 6 – 3 | Tucson Roadrunners | SAP Center | Recap | |||
| Rudolfs Balcers (1) – 1:25 Adam Helewka (1) – pp – 11:45 Rourke Chartier (1) – 15:08 | First period | 4:18 – Dylan Strome (2) 6:16 – Dylan Strome (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 6:36 – Mario Kempe (1) | ||||||
| Rudolfs Balcers (2) – 3:45 Manuel Wiederer (1) – 16:00 Rourke Chartier (2) – en – 18:28 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Antoine Bibeau (22 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Adin Hill (26 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| April 25 | Tucson Roadrunners | 6 – 0 | San Jose Barracuda | Tucson Convention Center | Recap | |||
| Michael Bunting (1) – 2:27 Lawson Crouse (1) – pp – 12:47 Lane Pederson (2) – 16:16 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Sislo (1) – 6:53 Andrew Campbell (1) – 14:19 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mario Kempe (2) – 0:53 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adin Hill (21 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | Antoine Bibeau (10 saves / 15 shots) Stephon Williams (7 saves / 8 shots) | ||||||
| April 27 | Tucson Roadrunners | 3 – 0 | San Jose Barracuda | Tucson Convention Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mario Kempe (3) – 4:24 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Conor Garland (1) – 4:53 Mario Kempe (4) – en – 19:00 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adin Hill (25 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Antoine Bibeau (31 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| Tucson won series 3–1 | |
(P2) Texas Stars vs. (P3) Ontario Reign
| April 19 | Texas Stars | 4 – 3 | OT | Ontario Reign | H-E-B Center | Recap | ||
| Sheldon Dries (1) – 3:17 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:58 – Justin Auger (1) 13:52 – Jonny Brodzinski (1) | ||||||
| Denis Guryanov (1) – 8:34 Travis Morin (1) – 13:22 | Third period | 18:44 – Matt Moulson (1) | ||||||
| Brian Flynn (1) – 1:55 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike McKenna (38 saves / 41 shots) | Goalie stats | Cal Petersen (26 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| April 20 | Texas Stars | 1 – 5 | Ontario Reign | H-E-B Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 16:33 – pp – Philippe Maillet (1) 19:32 – Matt Luff (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 16:38 – T. J. Hensick (1) | ||||||
| Brian Flynn (2) – pp – 14:27 | Third period | 15:15 – Philippe Maillet (2) 16:21 – en – Oscar Fantenberg (1) | ||||||
| Mike McKenna (27 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Cal Petersen (28 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| April 22 | Ontario Reign | 4 – 5 | 2OT | Texas Stars | Citizens Business Bank Arena | Recap | ||
| Matt Roy (1) – 8:30 Sean Walker (1) – 11:06 | First period | 14:14 – Remi Elie (1) | ||||||
| Michael Mersch (1) – pp – 0:27 Michael Amadio (1) – 9:19 | Second period | 5:32 – pp – Justin Dowling (1) 7:02 – Colin Markison (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 3:32 – Travis Morin (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 17:38 – Samuel Laberge (1) | ||||||
| Cal Petersen (39 saves / 44 shots) | Goalie stats | Landon Bow (18 saves / 22 shots) Mike McKenna (44 saves / 44 shots) | ||||||
| April 24 | Ontario Reign | 0 – 1 | Texas Stars | Citizens Business Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 6:54 – Denis Guryanov (2) | ||||||
| Cal Petersen (25 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | Mike McKenna (47 saves / 47 shots) | ||||||
| Texas won series 3–1 | |
Division finals
- Note: Home team is listed first.
Eastern Conference
(A1) Lehigh Valley Phantoms vs. (A3) Charlotte Checkers
| May 4 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | 2 – 1 | Charlotte Checkers | PPL Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 15:26 – Valentin Zykov (2) | ||||||
| Alex Krushelnyski (1) – 6:17 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Greg Carey (3) – pp – 18:17 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alex Lyon (29 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Alex Nedeljkovic (30 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| May 5 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | 0 – 6 | Charlotte Checkers | PPL Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 6:04 – pp – Janne Kuokkanen (2) 16:02 – Lucas Wallmark (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 13:30 – Philip Samuelsson (1) 19:04 – pp – Valentin Zykov (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:18 – pp – Janne Kuokkanen (3) 19:50 – pp – Julien Gauthier (1) | ||||||
| Dustin Tokarski (17 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Alex Nedeljkovic (26 saves / 26 shots) | ||||||
| May 8 | Charlotte Checkers | 1 – 5 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | Bojangles' Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 3:16 – Mike Vecchione (3) 4:40 – Danick Martel (3) | ||||||
| Valentin Zykov (4) – pp – 3:40 | Second period | 5:37 – Chris Conner (3) 12:52 – pp – Oskar Lindblom (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:38 – en – Oskar Lindblom (4) | ||||||
| Alex Nedeljkovic (11 saves / 15 shots) Jeremy Smith (4 saves / 4 shots) | Goalie stats | Alex Lyon (34 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| May 9 | Charlotte Checkers | 1 – 2 | 5OT | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | Bojangles' Coliseum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 16:24 – Danick Martel (4) | ||||||
| Patrick Brown (1) – 6:52 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Fifth overtime period | 6:48 – Alex Krushelnyski (2) | ||||||
| Alex Nedeljkovic (51 saves / 53 shots) | Goalie stats | Alex Lyon (94 saves / 95 shots) | ||||||
| May 12 | Charlotte Checkers | 1 – 5 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | Bojangles' Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 9:22 – Corban Knight (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 13:56 – Chris Conner (4) 17:02 – Tyrell Goulbourne (1) | ||||||
| Roland McKeown (1) – 5:58 | Third period | 4:04 – Philippe Myers (2) 7:18 – Colin McDonald (1) | ||||||
| Alex Nedeljkovic (19 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Alex Lyon (27 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| Lehigh Valley won series 4–1 | |
(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (N2) Syracuse Crunch
| May 3 | Toronto Marlies | 6 – 4 | Syracuse Crunch | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Adam Brooks (1) – 8:33 Dmytro Timashov (4) – pp – 19:16 | First period | 18:34 – sh – Mathieu Joseph (3) | ||||||
| Travis Dermott (1) – pp – 15:15 | Second period | 10:55 – pp – Carter Verhaeghe (1) | ||||||
| Mason Marchment (1) – 7:56 Pierre Engvall (3) – 12:46 Ben Smith (1) – en – 19:22 | Third period | 8:53 – Kevin Lynch (1) 18:55 – Kevin Lynch (2) | ||||||
| Garret Sparks (28 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Edward Pasquale (15 saves / 20 shots) | ||||||
| May 5 | Toronto Marlies | 2 – 1 | 2OT | Syracuse Crunch | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 9:25 – Matthew Peca (3) | ||||||
| Mason Marchment (2) – 6:52 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Frederik Gauthier (1) – 15:10 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Garret Sparks (46 saves / 47 shots) | Goalie stats | Connor Ingram (55 saves / 57 shots) | ||||||
| May 6 | Syracuse Crunch | 1 – 7 | Toronto Marlies | Oncenter War Memorial Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 3:23 – Chris Mueller (2) 4:35 – Carl Grundstrom (4) | ||||||
| Erik Cernak (1) – 17:14 | Second period | 10:39 – Miro Aaltonen (1) 14:05 – Colin Greening (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 8:23 – Trevor Moore (2) 15:08 – Andreas Johnsson (2) 18:20 – Trevor Moore (3) | ||||||
| Connor Ingram (23 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Calvin Pickard (18 saves / 19 shots) | ||||||
| May 8 | Syracuse Crunch | 1 – 2 | Toronto Marlies | Oncenter War Memorial Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 4:52 – pp – Dmytro Timashov (5) 14:56 – pp – Andreas Johnsson (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Reid McNeill (2) – 10:29 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Connor Ingram (21 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Garret Sparks (21 saves / 22 shots) | ||||||
| Toronto won series 4–0 | |
Western Conference
(C3) Manitoba Moose vs. (C4) Rockford IceHogs
| May 4 | Manitoba Moose | 2 – 4 | Rockford IceHogs | Bell MTS Place | Recap | |||
| Buddy Robinson (1) – 16:56 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:53 – Victor Ejdsell (3) | ||||||
| Jan Kostalek (2) – 19:33 | Third period | 3:29 – pp – Tyler Sikura (2) 4:14 – John Hayden (1) 19:02 – pp, en – Cody Franson (2) | ||||||
| Eric Comrie (27 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Collin Delia (24 saves / 26 shots) | ||||||
| May 5 | Manitoba Moose | 1 – 4 | Rockford IceHogs | Bell MTS Place | Recap | |||
| Brendan Lemieux (3) – 16:03 | First period | 18:38 – Tyler Sikura (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 4:45 – pp – Chris DiDomenico (3) 16:03 – Carl Dahlstrom (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:51 – en – Andreas Martinsen (1) | ||||||
| Eric Comrie (18 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | Collin Delia (33 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| May 9 | Rockford IceHogs | 4 – 1 | Manitoba Moose | BMO Harris Bank Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Sikura (4) – pp – 6:26 Victor Ejdsell (4) – 7:33 | Second period | 1:19 – Julian Melchiori (1) | ||||||
| William Pelletier (2) – 13:52 Matthew Highmore (2) – 18:46 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Collin Delia (36 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Eric Comrie (37 saves / 40 shots) | ||||||
| May 11 | Rockford IceHogs | 6 – 3 | Manitoba Moose | BMO Harris Bank Center | Recap | |||
| Cody Franson (3) – pp – 5:37 Chris DiDomenico (4) – 13:40 | First period | 13:09 – Julian Melchiori (2) 17:50 – sh – JC Lipon (1) | ||||||
| Carl Dahlstrom (2) – pp – 1:35 Victor Ejdsell (5) – pp, ps – 11:24 Cody Franson (4) – pp – 17:07 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andreas Martinsen (2) – en – 16:07 | Third period | 19:50 – Jake Kulevich (1) | ||||||
| Collin Delia (35 saves / 38 shots) | Goalie stats | Eric Comrie (30 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| Rockford won series 4–0 | |
(P1) Tucson Roadrunners vs. (P2) Texas Stars
| May 2 | Tucson Roadrunners | 2 – 1 | OT | Texas Stars | Tucson Convention Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michael Bunting (2) – pp – 13:40 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:25 – pp – Brian Flynn (3) | ||||||
| Michael Bunting (3) – 8:53 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adin Hill (23 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Mike McKenna (34 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| May 4 | Tucson Roadrunners | 1 – 4 | Texas Stars | Tucson Convention Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 16:03 – Sheldon Dries (2) 19:21 – Curtis McKenzie (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lane Pederson (3) – 8:27 | Third period | 18:34 – en – Brian Flynn (4) 19:28 – en – Brian Flynn (5) | ||||||
| Adin Hill (28 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Mike McKenna (32 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| May 7 | Texas Stars | 5 – 4 | OT | Tucson Roadrunners | H-E-B Center | Recap | ||
| Roope Hintz (1) – 7:48 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jason Dickinson (1) – 1:11 Brian Flynn (6) – 9:51 Gavin Bayreuther (1) – 17:08 | Second period | 0:34 – Dakota Mermis (2) 13:11 – Carter Camper (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 3:48 – Trevor Murphy (1) 14:24 – Dakota Mermis (3) | ||||||
| Sheldon Dries (3) – 13:36 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike McKenna (33 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Adin Hill (27 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| May 9 | Texas Stars | 2 – 0 | Tucson Roadrunners | H-E-B Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis McKenzie (2) – pp – 12:08 Andrew Bodnarchuk (1) – 15:25 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike McKenna (27 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Adin Hill (26 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| May 11 | Texas Stars | 3 – 2 | OT | Tucson Roadrunners | H-E-B Center | Recap | ||
| Colin Markison (2) – 5:20 | First period | 14:57 – pp – Lawson Crouse (2) | ||||||
| Travis Morin (3) – pp – 16:21 | Second period | 17:29 – sh – Ryan MacInnis (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joel L'Esperance (1) – 8:43 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike McKenna (37 saves / 39 shots) | Goalie stats | Adin Hill (26 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| Texas won series 4–1 | |
Conference finals
- Note: Home team is listed first.
Eastern Conference
(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (A1) Lehigh Valley Phantoms
| May 19 | Toronto Marlies | 4 – 3 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Miro Aaltonen (2) – pp – 6:44 Miro Aaltonen (3) – 12:03 | First period | 16:04 – pp – Philippe Myers (3) | ||||||
| Ben Smith (2) – 16:24 | Second period | 0:35 – Tyrell Goulbourne (2) 12:57 – pp – Chris Conner (5) | ||||||
| Adam Brooks (2) – 3:18 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Garret Sparks (26 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Alex Lyon (28 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| May 20 | Toronto Marlies | 3 – 2 | OT | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | ||
| Trevor Moore (4) – pp – 9:34 | First period | 7:54 – Mark Friedman (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Carl Grundstrom (5) – 5:35 | Third period | 5:12 – Mikhail Vorobyev (1) | ||||||
| Miro Aaltonen (4) – 10:59 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Garret Sparks (35 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Alex Lyon (44 saves / 47 shots) | ||||||
| May 23 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | 0 – 5 | Toronto Marlies | PPL Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 1:01 – Carl Grundstrom (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 4:50 – Andreas Johnsson (4) 12:32 – Mason Marchment (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:08 – pp – Ben Smith (4) 12:29 – pp – Ben Smith (5) | ||||||
| Alex Lyon (23 saves / 26 shots) Dustin Tokarski (6 saves / 8 shots) | Goalie stats | Garret Sparks (16 saves / 16 shots) | ||||||
| May 25 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | 1 – 3 | Toronto Marlies | PPL Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Travis Sanheim (1) – pp – 13:11 | Second period | 2:24 – pp – Andreas Johnsson (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 3:27 – Andreas Johnsson (6) 19:18 – en – Trevor Moore (4) | ||||||
| Alex Lyon (26 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Garret Sparks (19 saves / 20 shots) | ||||||
| Toronto won series 4–0 | |
Western Conference
(P2) Texas Stars vs. (C4) Rockford IceHogs
| May 18 | Texas Stars | 4 – 2 | Rockford IceHogs | H-E-B Center | Recap | |||
| Curtis McKenzie (3) – 4:22 Roope Hintz (2) – 12:37 | First period | 11:19 – pp – Carl Dahlstrom (3) | ||||||
| Remi Elie (2) – pp – 8:47 | Second period | 4:35 – Chris DiDomenico (5) | ||||||
| Sheldon Dries (4) – 7:18 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike McKenna (31 saves / 33 shots) | Goalie stats | Collin Delia (20 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
| May 20 | Texas Stars | 3 – 2 | OT | Rockford IceHogs | H-E-B Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 6:09 – John Hayden (2) | ||||||
| Jason Dickinson (2) – 2:45 Brent Regner (1) – pp – 8:15 | Second period | 11:09 – pp – Chris DiDomenico (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis McKenzie (4) – pp – 10:46 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike McKenna (24 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | Collin Delia (34 saves / 37 shots) | ||||||
| May 22 | Rockford IceHogs | 5 – 6 | OT | Texas Stars | BMO Harris Bank Center | Recap | ||
| Tyler Sikura (5) – 4:43 John Hayden (3) – 12:10 | First period | 7:13 – pp – Curtis McKenzie (5) 13:24 – Justin Dowling (2) 14:32 – Sheldon Dries (5) | ||||||
| Gustav Forsling (1) – 6:17 Luke Johnson (2) – 12:21 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cody Franson (5) – 19:09 | Third period | 10:54 – Sheldon Dries (6) 14:30 – Austin Fyten (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 5:12 – Curtis McKenzie (6) | ||||||
| Collin Delia (21 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Mike McKenna (34 saves / 39 shots) | ||||||
| May 24 | Rockford IceHogs | 3 – 2 | OT | Texas Stars | BMO Harris Bank Center | Recap | ||
| Victor Ejdsell (6) – 6:24 | First period | 15:52 – pp – Travis Morin (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 19:34 – pp – Matt Mangene (1) | ||||||
| Luke Johnson (3) – 13:02 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Victor Ejdsell (7) – pp – 2:32 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeff Glass (28 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Mike McKenna (33 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| May 25 | Rockford IceHogs | 3 – 1 | Texas Stars | BMO Harris Bank Center | Recap | |||
| Cody Franson (6) – 3:01 Luke Johnson (4) – 8:15 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 9:17 – Roope Hintz (3) | ||||||
| David Kampf (1) – 11:13 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeff Glass (40 saves / 41 shots) | Goalie stats | Mike McKenna (18 saves / 21 shots) | ||||||
| May 28 | Texas Stars | 2 – 1 | OT | Rockford IceHogs | H-E-B Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sheldon Dries (7) – 10:06 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:26 – Chris DiDomenico (7) | ||||||
| Roope Hintz (4) – 19:51 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike McKenna (38 saves / 39 shots) | Goalie stats | Jeff Glass (38 saves / 40 shots) | ||||||
| Texas won series 4–2 | |
Calder Cup Finals
- Note: Home team is listed first.
(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (P2) Texas Stars
| June 2 | Toronto Marlies | 6 – 5 | Texas Stars | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Justin Holl (2) – 8:32 | First period | 6:19 – pp – Travis Morin (5) 12:46 – pp – Curtis McKenzie (7) | ||||||
| Frederik Gauthier (2) – 10:57 Chris Mueller (3) – 19:45 | Second period | 11:25 – Austin Fyten (2) 17:48 – Travis Morin (6) | ||||||
| Mason Marchment (4) – 2:46 Martin Marincin (1) – 4:55 Trevor Moore (5) – pp – 10:03 | Third period | 6:10 – Justin Dowling (3) | ||||||
| Garret Sparks (32 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Mike McKenna (28 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| June 3 | Toronto Marlies | 1 – 2 | Texas Stars | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Ben Smith (6) – 17:51 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 2:45 – Curtis McKenzie (8) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 4:31 – pp – Gavin Bayreuther (2) | ||||||
| Garret Sparks (22 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Mike McKenna (21 saves / 22 shots) | ||||||
| June 5 | Texas Stars | 1 – 2 | Toronto Marlies | H-E-B Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sheldon Dries (8) – 0:55 | Second period | 3:55 – Chris Mueller (4) 12:28 – Calle Rosen (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike McKenna (22 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Garret Sparks (19 saves / 20 shots) | ||||||
| June 7 | Texas Stars | 3 – 2 | Toronto Marlies | H-E-B Center | Recap | |||
| Curtis McKenzie (9) – pp – 10:50 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis McKenzie (10) – 6:00 | Second period | 16:11 – Dmytro Timashov (6) 16:51 – Andreas Johnsson (7) | ||||||
| Justin Dowling (4) – 9:58 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike McKenna (29 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Garret Sparks (15 saves / 18 shots) | ||||||
| June 9 | Texas Stars | 2 – 6 | Toronto Marlies | H-E-B Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 1:32 – Andreas Johnsson (8) 2:19 – Trevor Moore (6) | ||||||
| Gavin Bayreuther (3) – 4:06 | Second period | 7:43 – Colin Greening (4) 8:45 – Calle Rosen (3) 17:07 – Calle Rosen (4) | ||||||
| Sheldon Dries (9) – 11:22 | Third period | 11:07 – Carl Grundstrom (7) | ||||||
| Mike McKenna (17 saves / 22 shots) Landon Bow (7 saves / 8 shots) | Goalie stats | Garret Sparks (23 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| June 12 | Toronto Marlies | 2 – 5 | Texas Stars | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 6:46 – Curtis McKenzie (11) 14:57 – Travis Morin (7) 17:03 – Austin Fyten (3) | ||||||
| Calle Rosen (5) – 1:37 Justin Holl (3) – 15:12 | Third period | 3:08 – sh – Sheldon Dries (10) 16:24 – en – Colin Markison (3) | ||||||
| Garret Sparks (13 saves / 17 shots) Calvin Pickard (6 saves / 6 shots) | Goalie stats | Mike McKenna (43 saves / 45 shots) | ||||||
| June 14 | Toronto Marlies | 6 – 1 | Texas Stars | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Andreas Johnsson (9) – 10:41 Mason Marchment (5) – 19:42 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Carl Grundstrom (8) – 3:35 Andreas Johnsson (10) – 16:14 Ben Smith (7) – en – 18:29 Mason Marchment (6) – 19:04 | Third period | 11:01 – Austin Fyten (4) | ||||||
| Garret Sparks (29 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Mike McKenna (40 saves / 45 shots) | ||||||
| Toronto won series 4–3 | |
Playoff statistical leaders
Leading skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points. If there is a tie in points, goals take precedence over assists.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Leading goaltenders
This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage with at least 240 minutes played. The table is initially sorted by goals against average, with the criterion for inclusion in bold.
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes)