Yeah, I have said it for a while now, but the NHL playoffs are the best. They are the most exciting postseason of all sports in my opinion.
So you get 2 points for a win, 0 points for a loss, and 1 point for an overtime loss. Idk the actual reason, I assume the 1 point is given to make overtime competitive and demonstrate how close teams actually are to other teams.
The rules are super easy to get, just keep watching. I am sure any of us could explain any of the rules, but I am not about to just start typing them out lol.
As for a team to root for, I suggest the Vegas Golden Knights lol. They are still pretty close to you in proximity and have been through quite a bit in such a short time. In their inaugural season, they went all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals, when initially, no one thought they would even make playoffs. You can youtube announcers talking about the preseason and no one saw that level of success coming. Since then, they have made the playoffs every year and only losing in the first round once on bad referee-ing (the NHL even addressed it after the fact). Lol, that game 7 still bugs me.
But no, root for whoever. I am a VGK fan, but I still consider myself a fan of the Isles, Blackhawks, and Pens. You like who you like, if anything, be a bandwagon of players you like rather than the team itself.