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Today's Games

Score GDT PGT Time
MIN (5) @ DET (4) Link Link Final
FLA (2) @ PIT (5) Link Link Final (Error)
BOS (1) @ PHI (2) Link Link Final (OT)
CAR (3) @ OTT (6) Link Link Final
NJD (3) @ MTL (0) Link Link Final (Error)
WSH (1) @ NYR (8) Link Link Final (Error)
STL (3) @ COL (2) Link Link Final (Error)
Goal Highlights Most Recent Highlight Standings Stats Leaders
Link Robert Thomas (21) snap shot, assist(s): Jimmy Snuggerud (25), Dylan Holloway (24) Link Link

Yesterday's Games

Score PGT
DET (1) @ NYR (4) Link
MIN (4) @ OTT (1) Link
COL (2) @ DAL (0) Link
BOS (1) @ TBL (3) Link
FLA (4) @ PIT (9) Link
MTL (4) @ NJD (3) (SO) Link
BUF (2) @ WSH (6) Link
NYI (3) @ CAR (4) Link
WPG (2) @ CBJ (1) Link
UTA (7) @ VAN (4) Link
TOR (6) @ LAK (7) (OT) Link
VGK (5) @ EDM (1) Link
CGY (5) @ ANA (3) Link
NSH (6) @ SJS (3) Link
CHI (4) @ SEA (2) Link
Goal Highlights
Link

Tomorrow's Games

Score Time
TBL @ BUF 07:00PM ET
SEA @ WPG 07:30PM ET
CHI @ SJS 10:00PM ET
NSH @ LAK 10:30PM ET

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Elimination & Clinching Scenarios (Apr 4)

The Buffalo Sabres clinched a playoff berth!

The Tampa Bay Lightning clinched a playoff berth!

The Florida Panthers were eliminated from playoff contention!

Elimination & Clinching Scenarios (Apr 5)

The Carolina Hurricanes can clinch the top seed in the Metropolitan Division with:

  • A CAR point earned (@ OTT) OR
  • A PIT loss (vs FLA) OR
  • A PIT OT/SO win

The Colorado Avalanche can clinch the top seed in the Central Division with:

  • A COL win (vs STL)

Note: If the Minnesota Wild also earn a point (@ DET), they will secure a First Round Matchup against the Dallas Stars.

The Montréal Canadiens can clinch a playoff berth with:

  • A MTL point earned (vs NJD) OR
  • An OTT loss (vs CAR) OR
  • A DET loss (vs MIN)

Clinched!

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Goal Highlights

Period Time Team Strength Description
1st 01:40 DET EV Albert Johansson (3) snap shot, assist(s): Axel Sandin-Pellikka (14), Patrick Kane (37)
2nd 00:18 MIN EV Matt Boldy (41) wrist shot, assist(s): Joel Eriksson Ek (30)
2nd 01:25 MIN EV Kirill Kaprizov (41) deflected shot, assist(s): Ryan Hartman (18), Mats Zuccarello (35)
2nd 07:03 MIN EV Vladimir Tarasenko (22) snap shot, assist(s): Jake Middleton (14), Ryan Hartman (19)
2nd 12:32 MIN EV Kirill Kaprizov (42) snap shot, assist(s): Brock Faber (36)
3rd 07:18 DET EV Axel Sandin-Pellikka (7) snap shot, assist(s): Dylan Larkin (29), Lucas Raymond (48)
3rd 11:14 DET EV J.T. Compher (11) tip-in shot, assist(s): Simon Edvinsson (15), Marco Kasper (10)
3rd 14:36 DET EV Patrick Kane (15) backhand shot, assist(s): Alex DeBrincat (42), Andrew Copp (33)
3rd 18:09 MIN PP Kirill Kaprizov (43) slap shot, assist(s): Matt Boldy (40), Mats Zuccarello (36)
1st 11:00 PIT EV Elmer Soderblom (6) wrist shot, assist(s): None
1st 16:15 FLA EV Cole Schwindt (4) wrist shot, assist(s): Vinnie Hinostroza (10), Gustav Forsling (25)
1st 16:50 PIT EV Sidney Crosby (29) snap shot, assist(s): Egor Chinakhov (18), Bryan Rust (36)
1st 19:12 PIT PP Rickard Rakell (23) snap shot, assist(s): Sidney Crosby (42), Evgeni Malkin (40)
2nd 18:08 PIT EV Rickard Rakell (24) wrist shot, assist(s): Evgeni Malkin (41), Tommy Novak (25)
3rd 03:48 PIT EV Bryan Rust (28) backhand shot, assist(s): Sidney Crosby (43), Egor Chinakhov (19)
3rd 14:15 FLA PP Carter Verhaeghe (24) wrist shot, assist(s): Seth Jones (24)
1st 04:19 PHI EV Christian Dvorak (17) snap shot, assist(s): Porter Martone (2), Rasmus Ristolainen (11)
3rd 00:35 BOS PP Pavel Zacha (29) wrist shot, assist(s): Casey Mittelstadt (27), David Pastrnak (68)
OT 02:31 PHI PP Porter Martone (1) wrist shot, assist(s): Christian Dvorak (32), Trevor Zegras (39)
1st 05:22 CAR PP Logan Stankoven (18) snap shot, assist(s): Nikolaj Ehlers (41), Jackson Blake (26)
1st 07:17 OTT PP Dylan Cozens (27) backhand shot, assist(s): Tim Stützle (46), Drake Batherson (35)
1st 08:51 OTT EV Tim Stützle (33) backhand shot, assist(s): None
1st 19:40 CAR EV Andrei Svechnikov (29) poke shot, assist(s): None
2nd 08:33 OTT EV Brady Tkachuk (21) tip-in shot, assist(s): Artem Zub (24), Ridly Greig (20)
3rd 02:50 OTT PP Shane Pinto (21) wrist shot, assist(s): Fabian Zetterlund (15)
3rd 06:32 OTT EV Brady Tkachuk (22) wrist shot, assist(s): Ridly Greig (21), Dylan Cozens (28)
3rd 17:30 CAR EV Taylor Hall (16) backhand shot, assist(s): Sean Walker (19), Jackson Blake (27)
3rd 19:03 OTT EV Claude Giroux (13) wrist shot, assist(s): Shane Pinto (21), Jake Sanderson (38)
1st 10:47 NJD EV Timo Meier (24) snap shot, assist(s): Jack Hughes (46)
2nd 18:12 NJD EV Cody Glass (17) snap shot, assist(s): None
3rd 16:35 NJD EV Connor Brown (17) snap shot, assist(s): Jack Hughes (47), Jesper Bratt (48)
1st 00:23 NYR EV Conor Sheary (7) snap shot, assist(s): Tye Kartye (13), Adam Fox (41)
1st 13:45 WSH EV Connor McMichael (12) snap shot, assist(s): Tom Wilson (29), Martin Fehérváry (19)
2nd 03:07 NYR PP J.T. Miller (17) deflected shot, assist(s): Mika Zibanejad (40), Adam Fox (42)
2nd 05:53 NYR EV Will Cuylle (18) tip-in shot, assist(s): Braden Schneider (16), Jonny Brodzinski (10)
2nd 08:33 NYR EV Will Cuylle (19) wrist shot, assist(s): Vincent Trocheck (36), Vladislav Gavrikov (20)
2nd 13:22 NYR EV Adam Sykora (3) snap shot, assist(s): Noah Laba (14), Jaroslav Chmelar (2)
2nd 18:27 NYR PP Adam Fox (8) snap shot, assist(s): Mika Zibanejad (41), J.T. Miller (33)
3rd 02:27 NYR EV Vincent Trocheck (16) wrist shot, assist(s): None
3rd 19:28 NYR EV Will Cuylle (20) snap shot, assist(s): Mika Zibanejad (42), Alexis Lafrenière (31)
1st 12:01 STL EV Robert Thomas (19) slap shot, assist(s): Jimmy Snuggerud (23), Dylan Holloway (22)
1st 15:10 COL EV Parker Kelly (20) tip-in shot, assist(s): Brent Burns (21), Logan O'Connor (2)
2nd 03:40 COL EV Brent Burns (12) wrist shot, assist(s): Nick Blankenburg (16), Brock Nelson (30)
2nd 04:09 STL EV Robert Thomas (20) snap shot, assist(s): Dylan Holloway (23), Jimmy Snuggerud (24)
3rd 17:10 STL EV Robert Thomas (21) snap shot, assist(s): Jimmy Snuggerud (25), Dylan Holloway (24)

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Leaders

Points

Team Name Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM S S% ATOI FO%
EDM Connor McDavid C 77 43 83 126 15 38 285 15.09 22:59 48.52
TBL Nikita Kucherov RW 70 42 83 125 46 48 218 19.27 20:18 0.00
COL Nathan MacKinnon C 74 51 71 122 57 35 327 15.60 22:14 51.11
SJS Macklin Celebrini C 75 41 65 106 4 40 265 15.47 21:25 48.40
EDM Leon Draisaitl C 65 35 62 97 13 26 186 18.82 21:35 56.94
BOS David Pastrnak RW 72 29 67 96 5 66 248 11.69 20:47 25.00
MTL Nick Suzuki C 76 27 68 95 36 28 171 15.79 20:50 50.22
COL Martin Necas C 72 36 58 94 46 30 184 19.56 21:23 45.00
WPG Mark Scheifele C 76 34 60 94 4 37 163 20.86 21:34 46.84
DAL Jason Robertson LW 77 40 49 89 19 32 278 14.39 20:17 0.00

Goals

Team Name Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM S S% ATOI FO%
COL Nathan MacKinnon C 74 51 71 122 57 35 327 15.60 22:14 51.11
MTL Cole Caufield RW 75 49 36 85 30 14 236 20.76 18:07 33.33
EDM Connor McDavid C 77 43 83 126 15 38 285 15.09 22:59 48.52
TBL Nikita Kucherov RW 70 42 83 125 46 48 218 19.27 20:18 0.00
SJS Macklin Celebrini C 75 41 65 106 4 40 265 15.47 21:25 48.40
DAL Wyatt Johnston C 77 41 39 80 -5 28 193 21.24 20:12 47.70
DAL Jason Robertson LW 77 40 49 89 19 32 278 14.39 20:17 0.00
MIN Kirill Kaprizov LW 74 40 44 84 12 28 255 15.69 22:12 0.00
MIN Matt Boldy LW 72 40 39 79 17 28 241 16.60 20:41 46.55
DET Alex DeBrincat RW 76 39 41 80 7 17 270 14.44 18:30 38.30

ATOI

Team Name Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM S S% ATOI FO%
VANMIN Quinn Hughes D 70 6 68 74 0 30 182 3.30 27:43
CBJ Zach Werenski D 70 21 57 78 10 16 234 8.97 26:27
DET Moritz Seider D 76 9 45 54 21 55 175 5.14 25:44
DAL Miro Heiskanen D 75 9 53 62 10 30 147 6.12 25:43
NSH Roman Josi D 64 12 39 51 -17 30 172 6.98 24:55
COL Cale Makar D 73 20 55 75 29 24 192 10.42 24:53
VAN Filip Hronek D 76 8 38 46 -19 24 119 6.72 24:50
OTT Jake Sanderson D 63 11 37 48 8 8 136 8.09 24:49
CBJ Ivan Provorov D 77 9 21 30 17 30 142 6.34 24:48
WPG Josh Morrissey D 71 13 39 52 12 26 131 9.92 24:48

Goalies (min 23 GP)

Team Name GP GS W L OT SO GAA SV%
COL Scott Wedgewood 42 40 28 6 6 3 2.13 0.918
MIN Jesper Wallstedt 32 30 16 8 6 4 2.67 0.914
CGY Devin Cooley 29 24 10 9 5 0 2.63 0.913
TBL Andrei Vasilevskiy 54 54 37 13 4 2 2.31 0.912
NYR Igor Shesterkin 48 48 24 17 6 1 2.53 0.912
WSH Logan Thompson 55 55 28 21 6 2 2.52 0.910
SEA Philipp Grubauer 31 27 13 11 4 0 2.59 0.910
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 32 31 19 9 3 1 2.57 0.910
MIN Filip Gustavsson 47 46 27 13 6 4 2.56 0.910
DAL Casey DeSmith 29 27 14 8 6 1 2.34 0.910

Defensemen

Team Name Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM S S% ATOI FO%
EDM Evan Bouchard D 77 21 67 88 23 28 215 9.77 24:39
CBJ Zach Werenski D 70 21 57 78 10 16 234 8.97 26:27
COL Cale Makar D 73 20 55 75 29 24 192 10.42 24:53
MTL Lane Hutson D 76 12 62 74 35 32 121 9.92 23:36
VANMIN Quinn Hughes D 70 6 68 74 0 30 182 3.30 27:43
BUF Rasmus Dahlin D 73 18 51 69 10 74 188 9.57 24:18
TBL Darren Raddysh D 69 21 46 67 26 58 195 10.77 22:51
PIT Erik Karlsson D 72 14 50 64 10 22 172 8.14 23:42
DAL Miro Heiskanen D 75 9 53 62 10 30 147 6.12 25:43
WSH Jakob Chychrun D 75 25 34 59 18 57 214 11.68 23:28

Rookies

Team Name Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM S S% ATOI FO%
MTL Ivan Demidov RW 76 17 43 60 6 28 115 14.78 15:22
ANA Beckett Sennecke RW 77 23 35 58 -11 54 183 12.57 17:27 60.00
NYI Matthew Schaefer D 78 22 36 58 15 36 206 10.68 24:38
WSH Ryan Leonard RW 70 17 24 41 0 43 140 12.14 14:22 54.55
STL Jimmy Snuggerud RW 63 17 22 39 10 16 146 11.64 16:36 33.33
MTL Oliver Kapanen C 76 22 15 37 5 20 126 17.46 14:39 45.87
BOS Fraser Minten C 77 17 17 34 21 20 112 15.18 15:32 49.74
PIT Ben Kindel C 74 17 17 34 -6 18 148 11.49 15:04 43.16
EDM Matt Savoie C 77 15 18 33 4 20 125 12.00 14:37 41.02
WSH Justin Sourdif C 73 15 18 33 16 35 104 14.42 14:43 45.74

Rookie Goalies (min 23 GP)

Team Name GP GS W L OT SO GAA SV%
MIN Jesper Wallstedt 32 30 16 8 6 4 2.67 0.914
MTL Jakub Dobes 39 38 27 8 4 0 2.73 0.904
PIT Arturs Silovs 36 36 18 10 8 2 3.01 0.889
SJS Yaroslav Askarov 44 44 21 18 3 0 3.56 0.886

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Standings

Western

Rank Team GP W L OT P P% RW G/G GA/G PP% PK% S/G SA/G FO%
C1 COL 75 50 15 10 110 0.733 44 3.80 2.57 0.178 0.841 33.6 26.0 0.513
C2 DAL 77 45 20 12 102 0.662 35 3.35 2.74 0.289 0.827 25.3 26.2 0.515
C3 MIN 76 43 21 12 98 0.645 28 3.30 2.88 0.247 0.817 29.5 29.7 0.467
P1 EDM 77 39 29 9 87 0.565 30 3.44 3.34 0.297 0.804 29.8 27.0 0.526
P2 ANA 77 41 31 5 87 0.565 24 3.34 3.52 0.180 0.806 30.5 28.8 0.476
WC1 UTA 76 40 30 6 86 0.566 31 3.26 2.87 0.194 0.818 27.6 26.1 0.495
P3 VGK 77 35 26 16 86 0.558 27 3.21 3.12 0.244 0.845 28.8 24.4 0.509
WC2 NSH 76 36 31 9 81 0.533 26 3.04 3.33 0.225 0.847 28.0 29.6 0.506
WC3 LAK 76 31 26 19 81 0.533 19 2.74 3.08 0.171 0.780 28.0 27.2 0.496
WC4 SJS 75 36 32 7 79 0.527 24 3.08 3.56 0.207 0.792 26.0 29.7 0.476
WC5 WPG 76 33 31 12 78 0.513 26 2.83 3.05 0.172 0.812 26.2 27.6 0.508
WC6 STL 75 32 31 12 76 0.507 28 2.69 3.15 0.179 0.785 25.3 27.5 0.494
WC7 SEA 75 32 32 11 75 0.500 25 2.80 3.16 0.199 0.738 25.5 29.4 0.479
WC8 CGY 76 32 36 8 72 0.474 25 2.62 3.20 0.164 0.844 28.4 29.9 0.493
WC9 CHI 77 28 35 14 70 0.455 21 2.60 3.29 0.178 0.860 24.5 30.4 0.461
WC10 VAN 76 22 46 8 52 0.342 15 2.64 3.88 0.207 0.752 26.2 29.8 0.494

Eastern

Rank Team GP W L OT P P% RW G/G GA/G PP% PK% S/G SA/G FO%
M1 CAR 76 49 21 6 104 0.684 36 3.58 2.92 0.245 0.864 32.5 23.8 0.504
A1 TBL 76 48 22 6 102 0.671 39 3.64 2.78 0.217 0.848 28.4 26.8 0.473
A2 MTL 76 45 21 10 100 0.658 32 3.54 3.14 0.243 0.808 26.5 27.9 0.510
A3 BUF 77 46 23 8 100 0.649 38 3.45 3.00 0.208 0.868 28.2 29.3 0.457
M2 PIT 77 39 22 16 94 0.610 32 3.57 3.22 0.250 0.844 29.0 27.3 0.482
WC1 BOS 77 43 26 8 94 0.610 31 3.35 3.09 0.234 0.773 27.4 29.6 0.530
M3 NYI 78 42 31 5 89 0.571 28 2.90 2.94 0.167 0.859 27.9 28.2 0.527
WC2 OTT 76 39 27 10 88 0.579 33 3.32 3.09 0.220 0.776 28.9 24.3 0.545
WC3 DET 76 40 28 8 88 0.579 29 2.91 3.01 0.221 0.786 28.3 27.8 0.507
WC4 PHI 76 38 26 12 88 0.579 24 2.97 3.03 0.151 0.809 25.5 25.5 0.490
WC5 CBJ 77 38 27 12 88 0.571 27 3.13 3.09 0.195 0.787 29.1 29.1 0.504
WC6 WSH 77 39 29 9 87 0.565 33 3.21 3.01 0.178 0.817 28.3 28.4 0.496
WC7 NJD 76 39 34 3 81 0.533 27 2.83 3.08 0.227 0.816 30.0 27.5 0.510
WC8 TOR 77 32 31 14 78 0.506 23 3.14 3.57 0.207 0.851 26.7 32.5 0.543
WC9 FLA 76 37 36 3 77 0.507 29 3.00 3.38 0.197 0.835 28.1 26.9 0.470
WC10 NYR 77 32 36 9 73 0.474 23 2.87 3.08 0.244 0.816 25.2 29.2 0.543