In a very busy day of action, the countdown is on for the postseason as the NHL regular season winds down with a 15 game slate, as well as three games taking place on the PWHL side, as the Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, Vegas Golden Knights and Ottawa Senators clinched spots in the Stanley Cup playoffs, plus news and notes in the hockey world.
On a day with no games, a lot of the focus centered on Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin going into the final weekend of the NHL regular season.
On a thrilling Thursday, it would be a quiet day of news but there were a lot of notes all wrapped around a 14 game night on the schedule as the Pittsburgh Penguins and Utah Mammoth punched their tickets for the Stanley Cup playoffs.
It would be a semi-filled news day as there will be a front office change made in Seattle, a holding pattern on Ovechkin's NHL future, as well as a solo game in the PWHL and three contests in the NHL, as well as other notes.
Two more divisions and a conference would be clinched as the playoff picture begins to shape up.
It would be a quiet Monday in the hockey world as it would be a full sweep as all home teams won their contests in the four games in the NHL as the Stanley Cup playoffs inch closer and closer, plus a change and notes in the big change in New Jersey was made in the front office as well as other news and notes in the world.
The NHL announced that they have named Pittsburgh Penguins forward Rickard Rakell First Star of the Week.
The New York Islanders make a shocking move while the Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings, Ottawa Senators, and Washington Capitals battle to make the playoffs.
Three teams in the NHL and PWHL clinched playoff berths while others continue to foil their chances on a very busy Saturday in the both the NHL and PWHL.
It would be a calm Friday as the Flyers battled the Islanders with playoff implications, plus the Victoire visits the Charge in PWHL action and the Blues visit the Ducks.
