NHL Playoff Race Heats Up

0:00It's April 7th. You're listening to NHL News today, AI Power Coverage of your team. I'm Cory with the story. With less than two weeks left in the NHL regular season, teams split into clear groups. At the top, locks like the Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, Carolina Hurricanes, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Buffalo Sabers are playoff. Bound. These squads have known it for weeks and are just sharpening up. All teams are grinding hard for the final spots. In the east, wash the Washington capitals, Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Ottawa Senators, Detroit Red Wings, and New York Islanders. Out west, Utah Mammoth holds the first wildcard, while Los Angeles Kings, Nashville Predators, San Jose Sharks, St. Louis Blues, Winnipeg Jets, and Seattle Crackins scrap for the second. Coaches everywhere treat these as, do or die matchups, no matter the standings. That's like Daryl Sutter have turned late stretches into fake 7-game series to build

1:02that playoff edge. Even bottom feeders focus on habits like killer special teams to carry into next year. Recent action keeps it wild. Winnipeg Jets tops Seattle Crackin to boost their wildcard hunt. Buffalo Sabers beat Tampa Bay Lightning to tie for first in the Atlantic, and new. York Islanders grabbed Jake DeBora's coach with four games left. Meanwhile, New Jersey Devils fired GM Tom Fitzgerald ahead of a big off season, racist stay razor tight, so every shift counts toward building belief or clenching that postseason run.