{"id":593284,"date":"2026-04-09T21:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/593284\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T21:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:05:15","slug":"edmonton-oilers-among-four-teams-who-could-clinch-playoffs-thursday-as-picture-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/593284\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oilers among four teams who could clinch playoffs Thursday as picture forms"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a convincing win over the San Jose Sharks<\/a> Wednesday, the Edmonton Oilers<\/a> can clinch a seventh straight trip to the playoffs while idle on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Oilers are one of four teams who could clinch a postseason berth, along with the Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>, Boston Bruins<\/a> and Utah Mammoth<\/a>. The Colorado Avalanche<\/a> can also secure the Presidents\u2019 Trophy on Thursday as they face the Calgary Flames<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Oilers need a perfect parlay of three games to come together to punch their ticket. Edmonton will clinch if the Anaheim Ducks<\/a> defeat the Sharks in any fashion, the Utah Mammoth<\/a> defeat the Nashville Predators<\/a> in regulation and if Winnipeg Jets<\/a> fail to defeat the St. Louis Blues<\/a> in regulation.<\/p>\n

Edmonton would become the fourth team in the Western Conference – and first in the Pacific Division – to clinch if it all comes together, joining the Colorado Avalanche<\/a>, Dallas Stars<\/a> and Minnesota Wild<\/a>. The Central Division\u2019s Mammoth will clinch with a regulation win over the Predators and a Ducks win over the Sharks in any fashion.<\/p>\n

The Penguins, who sit second in the Metropolitan Division entering play Thursday, have the simplest path into the playoffs, needing a win over the New Jersey Devils<\/a> in any fashion.<\/p>\n

The Penguins can also clinch with a point against the Devils and Buffalo Sabres<\/a> win in any fashion over the Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a>. Pittsburgh could also clinch with a regulation loss if the Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> defeat the New York Islanders<\/a> in any fashion and Buffalo beats Columbus in regulation.<\/p>\n

The Boston Bruins<\/a>, who currently sit in the top wild-card spot in the East, can clinch while idle Thursday if the Maple Leafs top the Islanders in regulation and the Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> defeat the Detroit Red Wings<\/a> in regulation and the Sabres beat the Blue Jackets in regulation.<\/p>\n

The Eastern Conference playoff picture currently has the Carolina Hurricanes<\/a>, Buffalo Sabres<\/a>, Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> and Montreal Canadiens<\/a> with their spots confirmed.<\/p>\n

The Avalanche, who could only be caught by the Hurricanes in the Presidents\u2019 Trophy race, will secure it for the first time since 2021 with a win over the Flames, or a point against Calgary and a Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> win in any fashion over Carolina, or if the Blackhawks defeat the Hurricanes in regulation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a convincing win over the San Jose Sharks Wednesday, the Edmonton Oilers can clinch a seventh straight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[712,96269,49,48,80742,23752,79560,75017,101438],"class_list":["post-593284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-apple-news","tag-boston-bruins-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-6","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-colorado-avalanche-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-21","tag-edmonton","tag-edmonton-oilers-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-22","tag-pittsburgh-penguins-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-5","tag-utah-hockey-club-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-68"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593284","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=593284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}