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Top-5 : the Canadiens can qualify as early as tonight
Raphael Simard
Top-5 : the Canadiens can qualify as early as tonight
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Last night, 10 games were on the schedule in the NHL.

If everything was going in the direction of the Habs, the club could have placed itself in a position to officially confirm its place in the playoffs as early as last night.

Here are the results and highlights :

1. The Canadiens can qualify as early as tonight

Even if Montreal didn’t play last night, we had to keep an eye on a few games :

  • Rangers vs Islanders
  • Panthers vs Red Wings
  • Blue Jackets vs Sabres
Rangers won (9-2), Blue Jackets won (3-2) and the Wings lost (4-1).

What does that mean for Montreal? It means that if the club wins in regulation time tonight in Ottawa, it will officially qualify for the playoffs.

If they win in overtime or a shootout, they would eliminate the Rangers, the Islanders, and the Wings, but not the Blue Jackets due to the tiebreaker. The Habs have over 99% chance of participating in the spring tournament. The game is almost set.

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2. The Rangers score nine goals against the Islanders

In the Islanders-Rangers game, both teams played with the energy of despair, but it was the Rangers who looked better.

They scored nine goals and crushed Patrick Roy’s team. By the way, the coach admitted to making a mistake by sending rookie goalkeeper Tristan Lennox into the game.

He allowed a goal and sent Marcus Hogberg back into the game.

In the Blue Shirts’ win, 10 (!) players had two or more points.

I don’t know how many chances you give the Rangers to qualify, but to participate in the playoffs, they must win their last three games, the Canadiens must lose their last three games, and the Jackets must lose one of their last four games.

And the New York schedule to finish the season is not easy…

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3. The Capitals are the best team in the East

If the Habs win in 60 minutes tonight, they will not only qualify but also be one point away from the Senators.

The best team among the Wild Cards will face the first-ranked team in the Atlantic. This is now official as Washington confirmed its first place in the East last night.

The second Wild Card will be in Washington at the start of the playoffs. Last night, Alex Ovechkin’s team faced the Hurricanes and won in a shootout.

Before the game, there was a nice visit at the Capital One Arena.

Alexander Semin and Ilya Kovalchuk attended the tribute to Ovi for his goal-scoring record.

Even opposing players came to congratulate him.

4. Connor Hellebuyck’s 45th win

In the Jets’ game, Connor Hellebuyck won again.

Thanks to a shutout of 25 saves against the Dallas Stars, the goalkeeper became the 7th goalkeeper in NHL history to win 45 games in a single season. That’s more wins than 20 teams.

It was also his eighth shutout of the season.

Not bad!

With this win, Winnipeg is comfortably seated in first place in the Central Division.

Dallas must win its last three games without any points from the Jets to hope to finish first and not face the Avalanche in the first round.

(Credit: NHL.com)

5. Brad Marchand’s first goal with the Panthers

In Florida, the Panthers could help the Canadiens with a win.

And that’s exactly what they did, beating the Wings with a score of 4-1. To participate in the playoffs, Detroit must win and the Canadiens must lose; it’s simple.

In the game, Brad Marchand finally scored his first goal as a member of the Panthers.

The rest of the game belonged to Sergei Bobrovsky, who stopped 22 of the 23 shots directed at him.

Gustav Forsling and Uvis Balinskis each had two assists.

With this win, Paul Maurice became the third most victorious coach of all time.


Overtime

– The beginning of an era.

– Revenge.

– The Blackhawks didn’t deny it.

– The top scorers of the day.

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– To watch tonight: Canadiens-Senators, Red Wings-Lightning, and Flames-Wild.

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