NHL Playoff Races Heat Up in Final Weeks

0:00It's April 3rd, you're listening to NHL News today, AI-powered coverage of your squad. With just 14 days left in the NHL regular season, the playoff races are straight fire in both conferences. Top 3 teams per division's snack spots, plus two wild cards each side, and every game's a battle for seating or survival. East is jammed with teams like the Islanders clinging to third in the Metro at 89 points, while the flyers lurk one point back with a game in. And after their recent eight and three in one hot streak, tonight's action hits hard with two must-watch games. Philadelphia heads to the Islanders at 7 p.m., Eastern, where a flyers win, pulls them even closer and jumps them into a wildcard tie with Ottawa. Detroit and Columbus, out west, St. Louis Blues roll into Anaheim at 10 p.m., chasing that second wildcard, there are three points from San Jose, Nashville and LA, all at, 79, on a 10-in-2 and 3-tier and 15. Wednesday's 14 games shook everything up, with Minnesota while clenching their second

1:03straight playoffs behind Matt Bodie and Ryan Hartman's. Two go-knights, eliminations hit hard too, Toronto, Calgary, Chicago, Vancouver and New York Rangers, all out, fans feeling that sting after long droughts or recent. Hopes, stars like Vegas's Mitch Marner, with a hat trick, and Conno McDavid extending his streak, kept the drama alive. Sharks grabbed the west's second wildcard lead with four straight wins, tying Nashville and LA, while Utah mammoth wide in their first wildcard gap. In the east, Ottawa's next second wildcard, Hurricanes clinched eighth straight, and Tampa Bay grabbed Atlantic lead over Buffalo at 100. Points each, Blues, Red Wings and Blue Jackets are neck-and-neck for east wildcards grabs. Racists stay razor-tight, so these final weeks decide who hoists the cup-keep-eyes on those wildcards flipping nightly.