The opening of training camps for the 24 teams resuming play would start Phase 3 of the league's plan to return to action.
The NHL and the NHLPA said in a joint statement that the length of the camps and the start date for resumption of play will be determined at a future date.Newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox The return-to-play blueprint -- which will eventually require the approval of health and government officials to get off the ground in two "hub" cities -- would begin with separate, three-game round-robin tournaments for the top-4 clubs in both the Eastern and Western Conference.
The league said any ties at the end of round-robin play will be broken by regular-season points percentage, and that the seeding order will stay the same throughout the playoffs. The remaining franchises would take part in eight best-of-five qualifying round series, leaving the NHL with its traditional 16-team playoff.
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