NHL Standings<\/a>\u00a0and everything else that could impact the playoff picture.<\/p>\nClinching scenarios<\/p>\n
EASTERN CONFERENCE<\/p>\n
The Boston Bruins will clinch a playoff berth:<\/p>\n
If they defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning in any fashion.<\/p>\n
OR if they get one point vs. the Lightning AND if the New Jersey Devils defeat the Detroit Red Wings in any fashion AND if either of the following occurs:<\/p>\n
1. The Ottawa Senators defeat the New York Islanders in any fashion.<\/p>\n
2. The Winnipeg Jets defeat the Philadelphia Flyers in any fashion.<\/p>\n
OR if the Devils defeat the Red Wings in regulation AND if either of the following occurs:<\/p>\n
1. The Senators defeat the Islanders in regulation.<\/p>\n
2. The Jets defeat the Flyers in regulation.<\/p>\n
The Senators will clinch a playoff berth:<\/p>\n
If they defeat the Islanders in any fashion\u00a0AND if the Devils defeat the Red Wings in any fashion.<\/p>\n
WESTERN CONFERENCE<\/p>\n
The Edmonton Oilers will clinch a playoff berth:<\/p>\n
If they get at least one point vs. the Los Angeles Kings.<\/p>\n
OR with any result in the Jets-Flyers game other than a Jets regulation win.<\/p>\n
The Vegas Golden Knights will clinch a playoff berth:<\/p>\n
If they defeat the Colorado Avalanche in any fashion.<\/p>\n
OR if they get one point vs. the Avalanche AND if both of the following occur:<\/p>\n
1. The Flyers defeat the Jets in any fashion.<\/p>\n
2. The Minnesota Wild defeat the Nashville Predators in any fashion.<\/p>\n
OR if all of the following occur:<\/p>\n
1. The Vancouver Canucks defeat the San Jose Sharks in any fashion.<\/p>\n
2. The Flyers defeat the Jets in regulation.<\/p>\n
3. The Wild defeat the Predators in regulation.<\/p>\n
The Anaheim Ducks (idle) will clinch a playoff berth:<\/p>\n
If all of the following occur:<\/p>\n
1. The Canucks defeat the Sharks in any fashion.<\/p>\n
2. The Flyers defeat the Jets in regulation.<\/p>\n
3. The Wild defeat the Predators in regulation.<\/p>\n
The Dallas Stars will clinch the No. 2 seed in the Central Division (and the Minnesota Wild will clinch the No. 3 seed):<\/p>\n
* If the Stars defeat the New York Rangers in any fashion.<\/p>\n
OR if the Stars get one point vs. the Rangers AND if the Predators defeat the Wild in any fashion.<\/p>\n
OR if the Predators defeat the Wild in regulation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Stanley Cup Playoffs Buzz, a daily look at the races for the 2026 NHL postseason.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5129],"tags":[149,5317,5,4,74,39,5316],"class_list":{"0":"post-549834","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vegas-golden-knights","8":"tag-golden-knights","9":"tag-goldenknights","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-vegas","13":"tag-vegas-golden-knights","14":"tag-vegasgoldenknights"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116382675461119436","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}