{"id":597270,"date":"2026-04-11T15:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T15:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/597270\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T15:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T15:25:10","slug":"stanley-cup-playoffs-clinching-scenarios-two-canadian-teams-can-punch-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/597270\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanley Cup Playoffs clinching scenarios: Two Canadian teams can punch ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Stanley Cup Playoffs are just around the corner, and just over half the field has been set. But there&#8217;s still a handful of teams vying for the final seven spots \u2014 three in the Eastern Conference and four in the West.<\/p>\n<p>With the NHL taking a day off on Friday, here&#8217;s a look at how Saturday&#8217;s matchups can determine the playoff picture:<\/p>\n<p>Win vs. Lightning<br \/>OR<br \/>One point vs. Lightning AND Devils win vs. Red Wings AND EITHER <br \/>1. Senators win vs. Islanders <br \/>2. Jets win vs. Flyers<br \/>OR<br \/>Devils win vs. Red Wings in regulation AND EITHER <br \/>1. Senators win vs. Islanders in regulation <br \/>2. Jets win vs. Flyers in regulation<\/p>\n<p>Win vs. Islanders AND Devils win vs. Red Wings<\/p>\n<p>Record one point vs. Kings<br \/>OR<br \/>Any result in Jets vs. Flyers other than a Jets regulation win<\/p>\n<p>Win vs. Avalanche<br \/>OR<br \/>Record one point vs. Avalanche AND BOTH <br \/>1. Wild win vs. Predators <br \/>2. Flyers win vs. Jets<br \/>OR ALL<br \/>1. Wild win vs. Predators in regulation <br \/>2. Flyers win vs. Jets in regulation <br \/>3. Canucks win vs. Sharks<\/p>\n<p>1. Wild win vs. Predators in regulation<br \/>2. Flyers win vs. Jets in regulation<br \/>3. Canucks win vs. Sharks<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/teams\/dallas-stars\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"dallas-stars\" data-league=\"nhl\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dallas Stars<\/a> can the clinch No. 2 seed in Central Division and host the Minnesota Wild in the first round with:<\/p>\n<p>Win vs. Rangers<br \/>OR<br \/>Record one point vs. Rangers AND Predators win vs. Wild<br \/>OR<br \/>Predators win vs. Wild in regulation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Stanley Cup Playoffs are just around the corner, and just over half the field has been set.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-597270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597270","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=597270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}