Here are the stanching scenarios of the Stanley Cup qualifiers for April 7:
Western conference
THE Edmonton Oilers will win a place in playoffs:
If they beat the Anaheim Ducks anyway (10:30 p.m. HE; Victory +, KCOP-13, SNW) AND Calgary’s flames lose against San Jose Sharks in the regulations (10:30 p.m. HE; NBCSCA, SN1)
THE Blues de Saint-Louis will win a place in playoffs:
If they beat the Winnipeg jets in regulations (7:30 pm HE; Prime, NHLN, FDSNMW) AND The flames lose against regulatory sharks
In barrels
There are five games on the Monday calendar, all with playoffs:
Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers (19 PM HE; FDSNSUN, MSG, VAT)
Lightning (44-26-6) concludes a four-game road trip (1-1-1) seeking to win their lead for second place in the Atlantic division; They are two points ahead of the Florida Panthers and four behind the Toronto Maple Leafs in first place. The Rangers (36-33-7) drag the six-point Montreal Canadians for the second Joker of the Eastern Conference with a match in hand.
Blues St. Louis at Winnipeg Jets (7:30 pm HE; Prime, NHLN, FDSNMW)
The Blues (43-28-7) seek to extend their sequence of 12 consecutive franchise victories and to win their advance on the Wild of Minnesota for the first joker of the Western Conference; St. Louis, who can potentially get a place in the playoff series, has two points in advance with four games to play for each. The jets (52-21-4) are one point ahead of the capitals of Washington in the race of the presidents trophy and three ahead of the stars of Dallas for the first in the central division.
Edmonton Oilers at Anaheim Ducks (10:30 pm HE; Victory +, KCOP-13, SNW)
Oilers (44-27-5) can potentially win a place in playoffs in the final of a four-game road trip; They are 2-1-0 so far after a 3-0 defeat at the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday which dropped them four points for the second in the Pacific division. The Ducks (33-35-8) were eliminated from affirmations of the playoffs.
Seattle Kraken at Los Angeles Kings (10:30 p.m. He; FDSNW, Khn, Kong)
A sequence of four consecutive victories helped the Kings (44-23-9) to move four points before the Oilers for second place in the Pacific; They drag the Goldni Knights from five points for first place. The Kraken (33-38-6) were eliminated from affirmations of the playoffs.
Calgary Flames at San Jose Sharks (10:30 p.m. He; NBCSCA, SN1)
The Flames (36-27-13) play the first of the two games in California and Trail The Wild six points for the second Joker in the West. The Sharks (20-46-10) were eliminated from affirmations of the playoffs.
If the playoffs started on Monday
Eastern Conference
(1a) Toronto Maple Leafs VS (WC1) Ottawa Senators
(2a) Tampa Bay Lightning VS (3a) Florida Panthers
(1m) Capitals de Washington VS (WC2) Canadian from Montreal
(2m) Carolina Hurricanes vs (3m) New Jersey Devils
Western conference
(1p) Vegas Golden Knights VS (WC1) St. Louis Blues
(2p) Los Angeles Kings VS (3p) Oilers from Edmonton
(1c) Winnipeg jets against (WC2) minnesota Wild
(2C) Dallas Stars VS (3C) Colorado Avalanche
About last night
There were eight games on the NHL calendar on Sunday, all with implications in the playoffs:
New York Icelanders 4. Washington 1 Capitals: Alex Ovechkin exceeded Wayne Gretzky and set the NHL record with his 895th goal, but the capital (49-19-9) could not win the metropolitan division. Washington is 11 points ahead of the Hurricanes of the Caroline of second place with five games to play; Carolina has six. The Icelanders (34-32-10) won their last two games and drag the Canadians from seven points for the second Joker to the east.
