What is 2018–19 NHL season?
{{Infobox sports season | title = 2018–19 NHL season | league = [[National Hockey League]] | sport = [[Ice hockey]] | logo = | pixels = | caption = | duration = October 3, 2018 – June 12, 2019 | no_of_games = 82 | no_of_teams = 31 | TV = [[Hockey Night in Canada|CBC]], [[NHL on Sportsnet|Sportsnet]], [[TVA Sports]] (Canada)<br>[[Wednesday Night Hockey (NBCSN)|NBCSN]], [[NHL on NBC|NBC]], [[CNBC#Non-business programming|CNBC]], [[NHL on USA|USA]] (United States) | attendance = | draft = Draft | draft_link = 2018 NHL Entry Draft | top_pick_link = List of first overall NHL draft picks | top_pick = [[Rasmus Dahlin]] | picked_by = [[Buffalo Sabres]] | season = Regular season | season_champ_name = [[Presidents' Trophy]] | season_champs = [[2018–19 Tampa Bay Lightning season|Tampa Bay Lightning]] | MVP = [[Nikita Kucherov]] ([[Tampa Bay Lightning|Lightning]]) | MVP_link = Hart Memorial Trophy | top_scorer = Nikita Kucherov (Lightning) | top_scorer_link = Art Ross Trophy | playoffs = Playoffs | playoffs_link = 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs | finals = Stanley Cup | finals_link = 2019 Stanley Cup Finals | finals_champ = [[St. Louis Blues]] | finals_runner-up = [[Boston Bruins]] | playoffs_MVP = [[Ryan O'Reilly]] ([[St. Louis Blues|Blues]]) | playoffs_MVP_link = Conn Smythe Trophy | seasonslist = List of NHL seasons | seasonslistnames = NHL | prevseason_year = [[2017–18 NHL season|2017–18]] | nextseason_year = [[2019–20 NHL season|2019–20]] }} The '''2018–19 NHL season''' was the [[List of NHL seasons|102nd season]] of operation (101st season of play) of the [[National Hockey League]]. 31 teams competed in an 82-game regular season. The regular season began on October 3, 2018, and ended on April 6, 2019. The [[2019 Stanley Cup playoffs]] began on April 10, 2019, and the [[Stanley Cup Finals]] concluded on June 12, 2019, with the [[St. Louis Blues]] winning their first [[Stanley Cup]] in the [[2019 Stanley Cup Finals|Finals]] over the [[Boston Bruins]] in seven games. ==Standings== {{2018–19 NHL Eastern Conference standings}}