In "The Night Ahead" we take a look at the upcoming slate of games in the National Hockey League tonight. The NHL had a few games played last night, with the standout fixture of note being Daniel Alfredsson returning to Ottawa to face the Senators.
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
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Team |
GP |
W |
L |
OTL |
Pts |
GF |
GA |
W |
L |
OTL |
W |
L |
OTL |
W |
L |
OTL |
W |
L |
OTL |
W |
L |
OTL |
Streak |
| 1 |
Chicago Blackhawks |
28 |
20 |
4 |
4 |
44 |
102 |
76 |
9 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
13 |
4 |
2 |
Won 6 |
| 2 |
San Jose Sharks |
26 |
18 |
3 |
5 |
41 |
92 |
60 |
10 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
2 |
4 |
Won 5 |
| 3 |
Anaheim Ducks |
29 |
18 |
7 |
4 |
40 |
91 |
77 |
10 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
5 |
3 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
Lost 1 |
| 4 |
St. Louis Blues |
25 |
18 |
4 |
3 |
39 |
89 |
57 |
11 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
3 |
Lost 1 |
| 5 |
Colorado Avalanche |
25 |
19 |
6 |
0 |
38 |
76 |
52 |
10 |
4 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
0 |
11 |
3 |
0 |
Won 2 |
| 6 |
Los Angeles Kings |
27 |
16 |
7 |
4 |
36 |
70 |
58 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
5 |
2 |
Lost 2 |
| 7 |
Minnesota Wild |
28 |
15 |
8 |
5 |
35 |
68 |
67 |
10 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
Lost 4 |
| 8 |
Phoenix Coyotes |
26 |
15 |
7 |
4 |
34 |
85 |
84 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
3 |
Lost 1 |
| 9 |
Vancouver Canucks |
29 |
14 |
10 |
5 |
33 |
77 |
77 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
9 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
10 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
Won 1 |
| 10 |
Nashville Predators |
27 |
13 |
11 |
3 |
29 |
62 |
75 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
2 |
Lost 2 |
| 11 |
Dallas Stars |
25 |
12 |
9 |
4 |
28 |
70 |
73 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
4 |
Lost 2 |
| 12 |
Winnipeg Jets |
28 |
12 |
12 |
4 |
28 |
73 |
80 |
7 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
10 |
3 |
Lost 1 |
| 13 |
Calgary Flames |
26 |
9 |
13 |
4 |
22 |
70 |
93 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
11 |
2 |
Won 1 |
| 14 |
Edmonton Oilers |
28 |
9 |
17 |
2 |
20 |
73 |
95 |
3 |
8 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
10 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
Won 1 |
There are four games tonight in the NHL, so lets get into them starting with......
Winnipeg Jets @ New York Rangers
The Rangers have been playing better as of late, being in nearly every game they played, winning more than their fair share against the eastern conference, and on Saturday night played the first game of eleven games in the next twelve at Madison Square Gardens, they come into the game off the back of a 5 to 2 victory over the Canucks, On the back of Chris Kreider's first NHL hattrick. The Rangers are also injury free, and are set to start Henrik Lundqvist against an injured Winnipeg Jets, missing Zach Bogosian who is on IR at the moment, alongside Paul Postma and Jim Slater there. Young Star Evander Kane is day to day with a lower body injury.
My pick for tonight is the Rangers.
New Jersey Devils @ Montreal Canadiens
New Jersey come into this game having to have put Adam Larsson onto Injured Reserve with a lower body injury, joining Brian Gionta, Bryce Salvador, and Ryane Clowe, compared to just Davis Drewiske for the Habs. That right there is a little edge to the Habs, the Devils are missing some serious quality compared to the Habs.
For the Canadiens, Max Pacioretty is an inform man and may be the difference tonight. His battle with Martin Brodeur will be critical to the outcome of the game tonight. Carey Price will still need to have a big night as the Devils, and brodeur are still in some good form, going 6 and 4 over their last ten.
For once, (for those who listen to the podcast) I am picking the Canadiens at home, purely based on the injuries to the devils.
Philidelphia Flyers @ Minnesota Wild
The Flyers are hot going seven, two and one over their last ten. Problem is, Josh Harding has been outstanding this season. Since ditching their coach, (nick's pick for coach of the year) The flyers have been on a tear and upward curve, and now they sit just two points out of the playoffs, and if results go their way, potentially depending on tiebreakers, they could take the Rangers for the 6th seed.
Chris Pronger and Marc Andre Bourdon for the Flyers are both on ir with post concussion Syndrome. Mikael Granlund is the only Wild out with an upper body injury.
The Wild ideally need a win to keep up in the playoff race. Currently they are a wildcard, and would like to move ahead in the standings. Besides that I reckon The metro division will be going 2 and 1 tonight, somehow i see the flyers winning, He might not be liked/loved, but Claude Giroux is one skilled Son of a gun, and his skill set will be one of the many Keys to victory.
St Louis Blues @ Los Angeles Kings
Go ahead, get comfortable, get ya popcorn and relax. This should be a cracker. The two teams that have faced off in the playoffs the last two years face again tonight and if previous games are any indication, its going to be all out war between these two.
L.A are missing Johnathan Quick but Ben Scrivens has performed admirably in relief so far. Jordan Leopold is the stand out injury for the blues.
This will go to overtime, if not penalties. This is really a close well matched teams, after tossing a coin, I am picking the St Louis Blues, why, because it isn't the playoffs, (lemme check the calendar, nope I can say it isn't the playoffs yet)
