{"id":555475,"date":"2026-03-23T14:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/555475\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:48:07","slug":"stanley-cup-playoffs-buzz-senators-look-to-move-closer-to-east-wild-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/555475\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanley Cup Playoffs Buzz: Senators look to move closer to East wild card"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Islanders 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 0: Ilya Sorokin<\/a>\u00a0recorded his NHL-leading seventh shutout this season with a 26-save performance that allowed the Islanders (40-26-5) to move into the second wild card in the East, one point ahead of the Detroit Red Wings, who have a game in hand. Bo Horvat<\/a>\u00a0scored the only goal of the game, helping to end the Blue Jackets\u2019 (37-22-11) 12-game point streak (8-0-4). Columbus remains third in the Metropolitan Division, one point behind the Pittsburgh Penguins and are tied in points with the Islanders, who have played one more game.<\/p>\n

Carolina Hurricanes 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 1: Seth Jarvis<\/a>\u00a0had a goal and two assists for the Hurricanes (45-19-6), who won their third in a row. Carolina leads Pittsburgh by 10 points for first in the Metropolitan and has defeated the Penguins (35-19-16) three times since March 10. Pittsburgh is one point ahead of Columbus for second in the Metropolitan.<\/p>\n

Winnipeg Jets 3, New York Rangers 2 (SO): Gabriel Vilardi<\/a>\u00a0had a goal and an assist for the Jets (29-29-12), who are 3-1-2 in their past six and are five points back of the Predators for the second wild card in the West. The Rangers have lost four straight (0-3-1) since their four-game winning streak.<\/p>\n

Calgary Flames 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 4 (OT): Despite losing on Ryan Strome<\/a>\u2019s overtime goal, the Lightning finished 3-0-1 on their four-game road trip. The point allowed Tampa Bay (43-21-5) to increase its lead for second place in the Atlantic to five on third-place Montreal. The Lightning are four points behind the Sabres but have two games in hand. The Flames (29-34-7) have won three straight and are 10 points behind the Predators for the second wild card in the West.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Islanders 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 0: Ilya Sorokin\u00a0recorded his NHL-leading seventh shutout this season with a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-555475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}