The 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs continued on Friday, with Round 1 starting to wind down. The St. Louis Blues faced a 3-2 series deficit against the Winnipeg Jets, but the Blues kept their season alive and forced Game 7 with a 5-2 victory at the Enterprise Center.

The 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs begin on April 19. The Winnipeg Jets are the NHL's top overall seed, having finished the regular season with the most points in the standings, and the Washington Capitals earned the No. 1 seed in the East.

Sixteen teams in total make the NBA playoffs, eight teams from both the Eastern and Western Conferences. The top six seeds in each conference advance based on the regular season record. The final two seeds in each conference are wild-card spots based on the best remaining records in each conference.