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Top-5: The Flames are now just two points away from the playoffs
Raphael Simard
Top-5: The Flames are now just two points away from the playoffs
Credit: Last night, the Canadiens could have qualified even if they didn’t play. However, the Blue Jackets won. Here are the other results and highlights: The Wild Card race in both conferences intensified after the @NHLFlames (39-27-14, 92 points) and @BlueJacketsNHL (38-33-9, 85 points) earned pivotal wins to move within two and three points, respectively, of […]

Last night, the Canadiens could have qualified even if they didn’t play.

However, the Blue Jackets won.

Here are the other results and highlights:

1. The Flames are just two points away from the playoffs

The Flames are a team to watch lately.

Because yes, the habs have their first-round pick, but they also refuse to give up. Last night, they beat the Sharks and are now just two points away from the playoffs.

(Credit: NHL.com )
In the last two games of the season, Calgary will face the Kings and the Golden Knights.

It won’t be easy.

As for the Blues and the Wild, they will have a slightly easier task. They each have one game left to play and will face Utah and Anaheim, respectively… A race to watch in the West. St. Louis can officially clinch their playoff spot with a regular-season win, and Minnesota can do so with an overtime loss.

Regarding the game between Calgary and San Jose, Dustin Wolf was once again good. Watch this save to preserve the one-goal lead.

Final score: 5-2.

2. The Jets are the regular-season champions

The Jets may have lost to the Oilers in Edmonton last night, but they still finished first in the NHL.

Thanks to the Blue Jackets, who beat the Washington Capitals.

But as for the game, Winnipeg didn’t stand a chance. The shots: 38-18, in favor of the Oilers.

In the win, Connor McDavid (two assists) and Corey Perry (one goal and one assist) each had two points.

It was Eric Comrie in the Winnipeg net.

A rare start for him.

But with the first place in the league to be officially clinched, maybe Connor Hellebuyck won’t play much in the regular season.

3. The Lightning earn two big points

In the afternoon, the Lightning faced the Buffalo Sabres.

Thanks to a 7-4 win, they earned two big points to move away from the Panthers. I’ll write that they got closer to the Leafs, but they also won last night. I’ll come back to that.

Tampa is still two points away from Toronto and the highly coveted first place in the Atlantic. The two teams have the same number of regular-season wins, so this race will be one to watch.

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As for the game itself, Jake Guentzel scored his 40th goal of the season.

Nikita Kucherov, meanwhile, is running away with the Art-Ross.

With Nathan MacKinnon set to miss the rest of the regular season, that opens the door for Kuch.

The Russian now has the same number of points as MacKinnon and 10 more than Leon Draisaitl.

4. The Maple Leafs’ 50th win

24 hours after beating the Canadiens in overtime, the Leafs were back in action.

This time, they faced the Hurricanes, and it was a much more convincing game. A 4-1 win.

It was the Leafs’ 50th win of the season.

Auston Matthews may not be the scorer he was last year, but he’s still dangerous when left alone like that.

He scored his 31st goal of the season.

The Leafs’ top scorer isn’t Matthews; it’s William Nylander.

He scored his 45th goal of the season on this sequence.

In the playoffs, Craig Berube will have a tough decision: who to put between Joseph Woll and Anthony Stolarz?

Woll gave himself some points with his game and particularly this save:

5. The Avalanche comeback

The Avalanche finished their season last night against the Anaheim Ducks without Nathan MacKinnon.

Colorado was down 0-2, but scored four unanswered goals.

Wyatt Aamodt first scored his first NHL goal.

Then, with just over five minutes left in the third period, the game was tied.

No question, Jared Bednar’s team didn’t want to go to overtime.

Charlie Coyle scored the winning goal a few minutes later.

The Avalanche will face the Stars in the first round.


Overtime

– What a sensational goal for the player who has 19 points in seven playoff games so far. I hope the habs tank next year to get him.

– Dominant.

– Basketball on ice.

– The top scorers from last night.

(Credit: NHL.com)

– Six games on the schedule tonight.

(Credit: Google)
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