There are 11 late games on the schedule Saturday, each with playoff implications:
: The Oilers, who are 7-4-0 in their past 11 games, trail the Wild by six points for the second wild card in the West with eight games remaining, but have to climb over the Vancouver Canucks, Blackhawks, Coyotes, Avalanche and Wild to reach a playoff spot.
: The top two teams in the Central Division face off with the Jets leading the Predators by two points for first place. Winnipeg, which had its four-game winning streak end with a 5-0 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday, has eight games remaining. Nashville, which is 3-0-1 in its past four games, has seven games left.
: The Canadiens lead the Columbus Blue Jackets by one point for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference and trail the Carolina Hurricanes by two points for the first wild card. Montreal and Columbus each have eight games remaining. Carolina has nine games left.
: The Wild climbed one point ahead of the Avalanche and Coyotes into the second wild card into the playoffs from the West with a 2-1 win at the Capitals on Friday and are three points behind the Stars for the first wild card. The Hurricanes will look to solidify their hold on the first wild card in the East. They are two points ahead of the Canadiens, three points ahead of the Blue Jackets, and four points behind the Penguins and Islanders in the Metropolitan Division.
: Boston, which has won three in a row, leads the Toronto Maple Leafs by six points for second in the Atlantic Division and home-ice advantage in the Eastern Conference First Round. The Panthers trail the Canadiens by seven points for the second wild card in the East with eight games remaining.
: The Maple Leafs will try to pick up ground on the Bruins in the race for second place in the Atlantic. Toronto trails Boston by six points. Each team has eight games remaining.
Tampa Bay Lightning at St. Louis Blues (8 p.m. ET; FS-MW, SUN, NHL.TV:The Blues, who are 2-0-0 so far on a four-game homestand, are third in the Central, four points behind the second-place Predators, six behind the first-place Jets and four points ahead of the Stars. The Lightning, who have won seven straight, need four wins in their final seven games to equal the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings' single-season NHL record of 62 and 12 of the 14 points available to tie the NHL record of 132 points in a season set by the 1976-77 Canadiens.
: The Penguins, who are tied in points with the Islanders for second in the Metropolitan Division, can climb within one point of the Capitals for first with a win. The Stars, who are 1-2-1 so far on a five-game homestand, can solidify their hold on the first wild card in the West with a win. They are three points up on the Wild.
Calgary Flames at Vancouver Canucks (10 p.m. ET; ESPN+, CBC, SN, SN360, SN1, CITY, NHL.TV: The Flames, who are 5-1-0 in their past six, will look to extend their four-point lead on the idle San Jose Sharks for first in the Western Conference and Pacific Division. The Canucks, who have won three straight games, trail the Wild by five points for the second wild card in the West with eight games remaining.
: The Golden Knights, who have won four consecutive games and are 10-1-0 in their past 11, are in third in the Pacific, 11 points ahead of the fourth-place Coyotes, and can move within four points of the Sharks for second with a win.
Anaheim Ducks at Los Angeles Kings (10:30 p.m. ET; FS-W, PRIME, NHL.TV): The Ducks, who are 3-1-0 in their past four, trail the Wild by eight points for the second wild card in the West with six games remaining.
