{"id":581881,"date":"2026-04-04T14:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/581881\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T14:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:41:08","slug":"stanley-cup-playoffs-clinching-scenarios-for-april-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/581881\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanley Cup Playoffs clinching scenarios for April 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the Stanley Cup Playoff clinching scenarios for April 4:<\/p>\n<p>EASTERN CONFERENCE<\/p>\n<p>The Buffalo Sabres will clinch a playoff berth:<\/p>\n<p>If they defeat the Washington Capitals in any fashion<\/p>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<p>If they get one point vs. the Capitals\u00a0AND either of the following occurs:<\/p>\n<p>1. The New York Rangers defeat the Detroit Red Wings in any fashion<\/p>\n<p>2. The Minnesota Wild defeat the Ottawa Senators in regulation<\/p>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<p>* If the Rangers defeat the Red Wings in regulation<\/p>\n<p>The Tampa Bay Lightning will clinch a playoff berth:<\/p>\n<p>If they defeat the Boston Bruins in any fashion<\/p>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<p>If they get one point vs. the Bruins\u00a0AND either of the following occurs:<\/p>\n<p>1. The Rangers defeat the Red Wings in any fashion<\/p>\n<p>2. The Wild defeat the Senators in regulation<\/p>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<p>If the Rangers defeat the Red Wings in regulation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are the Stanley Cup Playoff clinching scenarios for April 4: EASTERN CONFERENCE The Buffalo Sabres will clinch&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-581881","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\/581881","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=581881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}