So far, the Carolina Hurricanes, Dallas Stars, Vegas Golden Knights, Winnipeg Jets and Washington Capitals are the only teams to have clinched a playoff spot. The Jets now hold a slim one-point advantage over the Capitals in the race for the Presidents' Trophy.

St. Louis has outscored opponents, 41-14, during the streak and has allowed two or fewer goals nine times. Goalie Jordan Binnington has won six straight starts since last losing on March 13 and has stopped 141 of 150 shots, a .940 save percentage.

The Canadiens and Blue Jackets both take the ice Thursday. Here are matchup details, full bracket projections.

The NHL regular season is wrapping up with the campaign set to conclude on April 17. As a result, playoff races are really heating up atop the divisions and for the wild card spots. During the final month of the campaign,

Cale Makar scored to become just the ninth NHL defenseman with 30 goals in a season and Colorado clinched a playoff berth with a win over Columbus.

As we inch closer and closer to the postseason, it isn't too early to start looking at which teams could square off against one another.

Cale Makar scored to become just the ninth NHL defenseman with 30 goals in a season and the Colorado Avalanche clinched a playoff berth with a 7-3 win over the Columbus

McKenna got his 200th WHL point against Portland on Jan. 31 in his 118th regular-season game, making him the third-fastest skater in the league to hit the mark since 1996, behind Regina center Connor Bedard (107 games, in 2023) and Calgary right wing Pavel Brendl (96 games, 1999).

The Athletic asked its NHL staff to put all 32 teams into five playoff tiers and highlight what's at stake for each club in the stretch run.