After 79 games, the Winnipeg Jets and Colorado Avalanche are tied in the standings and are playing for home-ice advantage in the first round. Winnipeg (49-24-6, 104 points) and Colorado (49-24-6, 104 points) will face off Saturday afternoon in Denver.

The Detroit Red Wings’ push for the playoffs has been slowed to a crawl after the team dropped seven of their past nine games (2-4-3). The Red Wings (38-32-9, 85 points) will look for a reversal of fortune on Saturday

Devon Levi and Jiri Kulich. That’s essentially the return the Buffalo Sabres received after trading center Sam Reinhart to the Florida Panthers on July 24, 2021. Reinhart, now a full-fledged NHL superstar, will lead the playoff-bound Florida Panthers against the

Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone was expected to return to the ice Friday, nearly two months after suffering a lacerated spleen. The club announced Stone received the green light to practice with the team starting with the morning skate

Time is running out for the Washington Capitals, whose weekend plans will include some scoreboard watching. The Eastern Conference’s No. 2 wild-card holder as Thursday night’s games began, the Capitals (37-31-11, 85 points) could not top the Buffalo Sabres and

The New York Rangers and New York Islanders may get together in a first-round playoff series for their first postseason encounter since 1994. But it might not happen the way the Rangers envisioned, especially if Saturday afternoon’s visit from the

Although their playoff hopes are long gone, the Anaheim Ducks are making a push to finish their season on a positive note. The Ducks (26-48-5, 57 points), who sit 30th overall in the 32-team NHL, have a 2-1-1 record over

Erik Karlsson scored from the top of the slot at 1:40 of overtime Thursday as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the visiting Detroit Red Wings 6-5 to move into the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. Sidney Crosby had a