NHL playoff picture: Nashville Predators face must-win at Calgary on Monday

Nick Gray, Nashville Tennessean

April 10, 2023 at 1:58 PM·4 min read

The Nashville Predators' playoff hopes are pinned to Monday's results, including the Preds' game at Calgary.

If the Predators lose to the Flames and Winnipeg wins against San Jose, the Predators will be eliminated from playoff contention. Flip the results, and Nashville will be within a point of the Jets for the final wild card spot and ahead of Calgary via tiebreaker with two games remaining.

Elsewhere, the Colorado Avalanche have surged to the top of the Central Division ahead of Minnesota and Dallas. And in the East, Boston set a league record for wins in an NHL regular season with 63 wins.

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NHL playoff picture

Updated April 10; top three teams in each division plus two wild cards in each conference earn playoff berth

Western Conference

Central Division leaders

1. Colorado Avalanche (104 points; clinched playoff berth)

Record: 49-24-6 | RW: 34

Games remaining: vs. Edmonton, vs. Winnipeg, at Nashville

2. Dallas Stars (102 points; clinched playoff berth)

Record: 44-21-14 | RW: 36

Games remaining: at Detroit, at St. Louis, vs. St. Louis

3. Minnesota Wild (100 points; clinched playoff berth)

Record: 45-24-10 | RW: 33

Games remaining: at Chicago, vs. Winnipeg, at Nashville

Pacific Division leaders

1. Vegas Golden Knights (107 points; clinched playoff berth)

Record: 49-22-9 | RW: 36

Games remaining: vs. Seattle, at Seattle

3. Edmonton Oilers (105 points; clinched playoff berth)

Record: 48-23-9 | RW: 44

Games remaining: at Colorado, vs. San Jose

2. Los Angeles Kings (100 points; clinched playoff berth)

Record: 45-25-10 | RW: 35

Games remaining: vs. Vancouver, at Anaheim

Western Conference wild card

1. Seattle Kraken (98 points; clinched playoff berth)

Record: 45-26-8 | RW: 36

Games remaining: at Arizona, at Vegas, vs. Vegas

2. Winnipeg Jets (91 points)

Record: 44-32-3 | RW: 34

Games remaining: vs. San Jose (Monday), at Minnesota (Tuesday), at Colorado (Thursday)

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3. Calgary Flames (90 points)

Record: 37-27-16 | RW: 30

Games remaining: vs. Nashville (Monday), vs. San Jose (Wednesday)

4. Nashville Predators (88 points)

Record: 40-31-8 | RW: 29

Games remaining: at Calgary (Monday), vs. Minnesota (Thursday), vs. Colorado (Friday)

5. St. Louis Blues (81 points; eliminated from playoff contention)

6. Vancouver Canucks (79 points; eliminated from playoff contention)

7. Arizona Coyotes (69 points; eliminated from playoff contention)

8. San Jose Sharks (60 points; eliminated from playoff contention)

9. Anaheim Ducks (58 points; eliminated from playoff contention)

10. Chicago Blackhawks (56 points; eliminated from playoff contention)

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division leaders

1. Boston Bruins (131 points; clinched Presidents' Trophy)

Record: 63-12-5 | RW: 52

Games remaining: vs. Washington, at Montreal

2. Toronto Maple Leafs (105 points; clinched playoff berth)

Record: 47-21-11 | RW: 40

Games remaining: at Florida, at Tampa Bay, at NY Rangers

3. Tampa Bay Lightning (96 points; clinched playoff berth)

Record: 45-29-6 | RW: 37

Games remaining: vs. Toronto, vs. Detroit

Metropolitan Division leaders

1. Carolina Hurricanes (109 points; clinched playoff berth)

Record: 50-20-9 | RW: 37

Games remaining: at Ottawa, vs. Detroit, at Florida

2. New Jersey Devils (108 points; clinched playoff berth)

Record: 50-22-8 | RW: 38

Games remaining: vs. Buffalo, at Washington

3. New York Rangers (106 points; clinched playoff berth)

Record: 47-21-12 | RW: 37

Games remaining: vs. Buffalo, vs. Toronto

Eastern Conference wild card

1. Florida Panthers (91 points)

Record: 42-31-7 | RW: 36

Games remaining: vs. Toronto, vs. Carolina

2. New York Islanders (91 points)

Record: 41-30-9 | RW: 35

Games remaining: at Washington, vs. Montreal