Welcome to the Stanley Cup Playoffs Buzz, a daily look at the races for the 2026 NHL postseason. There are 11 days left in the regular season and the races in each of the four divisions are tight. The top three teams in each of the four divisions and the next two highest-place finishers in each conference reach the playoffs.

Trevor Moore scores in overtime to help give the Kings to a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Blues ahead of a critical game against the Nashville Predators.

The Nashville Predators lost 3-2 to the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena on April 6, once again dropping out of wild-card positioning in the Western Conference.  Adrian Kempe scored the winning goal in the shootout for Los Angeles (36-21-19,

McCann cut it to 3-2 at 2:28 of the third period. Following a Jets turnover in the offensive zone, Kaapo Kakko sprung McCann for a 1-on-1 rush, and he scored five-hole with a wrist shot from the high slot through the legs of Winnipeg forward Vladislav Namestnikov.

Ullmark made 28 saves in a 6-2 win over the Lightning on Tuesday.

The Nashville Predators and San Jose Sharks battled for the wild card on April 4, but the matchup also featured an anticipated goaltending duel.

Faulk (lower body) game-time decision, Appleton (upper body) unavailable and Gibson to start between the pipes

As Schrager mentioned, the Cardinals possibly taking Love with the third overall pick, the reason why that would be annoying for the Titans is that he has the team taking the Fighting Irish running back right after. Though their drafting a pass rusher isn't out of the question.