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NHL moves ahead with 24-team playoff format if play resumes

by AP Hockey Writers
| May 28, 2020 12:03 AM

The NHL will abandon the rest of the regular season and go straight into the playoffs with 24 teams instead of 16 — if it is able to resume play.

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