What are the rules for overtime in NHL playoffs?

In the NHL playoffs, teams get extra time to play if the game is tied at the end of regular time, just like you might get more turns in a game if it's a tie.

Regular Time works like this: each team plays for 60 minutes total. They split that into three periods, which are like rounds in a game, each one lasts 20 minutes. If the score is still even after all three periods, that means no one won yet, so they move on to overtime.

Overtime is like a sudden extra round where both teams try really hard to score. It starts with a faceoff, which is when two players from each team line up and fight for the puck, kind of like starting a race by jumping off the same line.

In overtime, if no one scores during the extra time, the game goes into a shootout. A shootout is like a contest where each team takes turns shooting the puck at the goal. If still tied after that, they keep going until someone wins, just like you might keep playing rock-paper-scissors until someone beats you!