Tie-Breaking Procedure:
- Wins
- Head-to-head points
- Goal differential
- Goals for plus goals against divided into goals for = %; The team having the higher percentage is the winner
Playoff Format:
Teams will remain within their divisions for playoff seeding.
Top-7 teams in each division automatically qualify for the Paxton Trophy Playoffs
Teams finishing 8th and 9th respectively will face each other in a best 2-of-3 series for the 8th seed
There will then be 1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, etc. format in each division, with best-of-7 series’.
The teams emerging from each divisional playoff will play each other in a best-of-7 series for the Paxton Trophy