Islanders face Oilers while trying to hang on in wild-card race
The Islanders have been off since Tuesday night, when they closed their Pacific Division trek with a 4-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings. The Oilers will look to salvage the finale of a road-to-road back set after they gave up consecutive goals in the third period Thursday night and fell to the New Jersey Devils 3-2 in Newark, N.J.
Who Remains In The NHL's Western Wild-Card Battle?
The Flames will need star rookie goalie Dustin Wolf to continue to give them a chance of succeeding, but it’s now on Calgary’s veterans – center Nazem Kadri, left winger Jonathan Huberdeau, and blueliners MacKenzie Weegar and Rasmus Andersson – to do the heavy lifting and outlast the Flames’ competition.
"It's a big team win tonight." Playoff watch: The only other team of note in the race for the Western Conference's final wild card spot that was in action on Thursday was the Calgary Flames.
It's a four-horse race to make the playoffs in the Western Conference, and the Vancouver Canucks are in the thick of the ...
There are 18 regular-season games left, and none of the teams in the race with them is likely to run away from the pack.
The Western Conference offers fewer teams in playoff contention than the east but maybe a more compelling race to get in, ...
Minnesota fell to a wild-card spot and now must chase teams that improved their rosters at the trade deadline.
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'We're in the race': Vancouver Canucks search for answers after ugly road tripEven after an ugly road swing, there's good news for the Vancouver Canucks — for now, the team is still in the playoff ...
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