Stanley Cup Playoffs Buzz: Flyers can clinch, lock in series against Penguins
Colorado Avalanche at Edmonton Oilers (9:30 p.m.; TVAS, SNW, ALT, KTVD)
The Oilers (40-30-10) are competing with the Vegas Golden Knights and Anaheim Ducks for first in the Pacific Division. The Golden Knights lead with 91 factors, adopted by the Oilers and Ducks with 90 every, and every of the three groups with two regular-season video games remaining. The Avalanche (52-16-11) have clinched the Presidents’ Trophy for essentially the most factors in the common season.
Los Angeles Kings at Seattle Kraken (9:30 p.m. ET; ESPN)
The Kings (34-26-19) will clinch a playoff berth with a win in any vogue and if the Sharks defeat the Predators in regulation. They nonetheless have an opportunity, with 87 factors, to catch the Utah Mammoth (90 factors) for the primary wild card and win the Pacific Division, trailing the Golden Knights by 4, and the Oilers and Ducks by three. The Kraken (34-34-11) have been eradicated from playoff rivalry.
Winnipeg Jets at Vegas Golden Knights (10 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, TSN3)
The Golden Knights (37-26-17) lead the Pacific Division, which might guarantee home-ice benefit for a minimum of the Western Conference First Round. They’re 5-0-1 since John Tortorella changed Bruce Cassidy as coach March 29. The Jets (35-32-12) are 5 factors behind the Kings and can be eradicated from playoff rivalry with both a regulation loss, an extra time or shootout loss and if both the Kings get a minimum of one level against the Kraken or the Predators defeat the Sharks in any vogue, or if the Kings defeat the Kraken in any vogue.
If playoffs began Monday
Western Conference
(1P) Vegas Golden Knights vs. (WC1) Utah Mammoth
(2P) Edmonton Oilers vs. (3P) Anaheim Ducks
(1C) Colorado Avalanche vs. (WC2) Los Angeles Kings
(2C) Dallas Stars vs. (3C) Minnesota Wild
Eastern Conference
(1A) Buffalo Sabers vs. (WC1) Boston Bruins
(2A) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (3A) Montreal Canadiens
(1M) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (WC2) Ottawa Senators
(2M) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (3M) Philadelphia Flyers
About final evening
There have been six video games on the NHL schedule Sunday, all with playoff implications:
Washington Capitals 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 0
Alex Ovechkin had an help and obtained a standing ovation from the capability crowd at Capital One Arena throughout what might need been the ultimate house recreation of his illustrious NHL profession. Ovechkin stated he’ll determine in the course of the offseason whether or not to retire from the League or return subsequent season. The Capitals (42-30-9) have received seven of 9 and are inside one level of the Flyers, who’ve a recreation in hand, for third in the Metropolitan Division. The Penguins are second and await whoever clinches third to open the playoffs.
