{"id":584010,"date":"2026-04-05T15:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T15:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/584010\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T15:03:09","slug":"stanley-cup-playoffs-clinching-scenarios-for-april-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/584010\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanley Cup Playoffs clinching scenarios for April 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the Stanley Cup Playoff clinching scenarios for April 5:<\/p>\n<p>EASTERN CONFERENCE<\/p>\n<p>The Montreal Canadiens will clinch a playoff berth:<\/p>\n<p>If they get at least one point vs. the New Jersey Devils<\/p>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<p>If the Minnesota Wild defeat the Detroit Red Wings in any fashion<\/p>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<p>If the Carolina Hurricanes defeat the Ottawa Senators in any fashion<\/p>\n<p>The Carolina Hurricanes will clinch the Metropolitan Division title:<\/p>\n<p>If they get at least one point vs. the Senators<\/p>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<p>With any result in the Pittsburgh Penguins-Florida Panthers game other than a Penguins regulation win<\/p>\n<p>WESTERN CONFERENCE<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado Avalanche will clinch the Central Division and Western Conference titles:<\/p>\n<p>If they defeat the St. Louis Blues in any fashion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are the Stanley Cup Playoff clinching scenarios for April 5: EASTERN CONFERENCE The Montreal Canadiens will clinch&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-584010","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\/584010","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=584010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}