🏒Wild Card Races Heating Up

Draisaitl has 3 points, Oilers top Kings, pass them for 2nd in Pacific, Avalanche clinch playoff berth in OT victory against Sharks, Panthers defeat Sabres, move into tie for 1st wild card in East, Predators top Golden Knights in OT, gain in Western wild card, and Mercer gets 1st hat trick, Devils cruise past Penguins. Here are all the links you need before you get to the rink.

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NHL News

• Draisaitl has 3 points, Oilers top Kings, pass them for 2nd in Pacific

• Avalanche clinch playoff berth in OT victory against Sharks

• Panthers defeat Sabres, move into tie for 1st wild card in East

• Predators top Golden Knights in OT, gain in Western wild card

• Mercer gets 1st hat trick, Devils cruise past Penguins

• Hurricanes recover for OT win against Senators, keep pace in Metro

• Kraken defeat Canucks to pad Western Conference wild card lead

• Aston-Reese scores twice in Maple Leafs win against Blue Jackets

• Flames lose to Blackhawks, fail to gain in Western wild card race

• Husso makes 24 saves, Red Wings shut out Canadiens

• Binnington makes 32 saves, Blues hold off Flyers

AHL News

• Bridgeport Islanders win in overtime, 4-3

• Capitals' Connor McMichael Thrives in Hershey Ahead of the AHL Playoffs

• Crookshank working on his complete game

ECHL News

• ECHL Today - April 5

• Rush Drop Mavericks Late, 3-2

• Adirondack's Orgel is AMI Graphics/ECHL Plus Performer of the Month

• South Carolina's O'Neil named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week

• Idaho's Scheel named Warrior Hockey/ECHL Goaltender of the Week

• ECHL Transactions - April 4

International News

• SKA strikes back to tie Western final. April 4 playoffs

• Man of the Week: Adam Reideborn

• Carle to coach U.S. at 2024 World Junior Championship

• Bergesen makes history

College News

• Michigan’s youth has made for an entertaining, uneven season heading into Frozen Four

• Quinnipiac lacks foes’ Frozen Four history but has a balanced team going to Tampa

• Frozen Four Preview: Minnesota vs. Boston University

• Frozen Four Preview: Quinnipiac vs. Michigan

• Will there ever be another 100-point scorer in college hockey?

• On Campus: Fantilli, Cooley among prospects to watch at Frozen Four

Signings, Trades, and Acquisitions

• CLB Yegor Chinakhov, $800,000, 1 yr, $800,000, Contract Extension (Details)

• Canucks sign defenceman Cole McWard to two-year, entry-level contract

Miscellaneous

• Daily fantasy hockey picks, projections

• Looking ahead to next season: Should you worry about goalie depth?

• Blue Jackets '100%' open to trading Kings' 1st-rounder

• Detroit Red Wings Could Shop for Offense this Summer

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NHL Injuries

• ARI Zack Kassian RW Upper Body Day-to-Day

• CAR Teuvo Teravainen LW Illness Day-to-Day

• CLB Elvis Merzlikins G Lower Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

• CLB Nick Blankenburg D Ankle Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

• CLB Lane Pederson C Upper Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

• COL Gabriel Landeskog LW Knee IR. Expected to be out until at least Apr 14

• COL Cale Makar D Lower Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

• COL Darren Helm C Lower Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

• DET Marco Kasper C Lower Body Day-to-Day

• EDM Ryan McLeod C Upper Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 5

• FLA Spencer Knight G Personal IR. Expected to be out until at least Apr 10

• FLA Sergei Bobrovsky G Illness Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

• FLA Sam Bennett C Groin Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

• LA Alexander Edler D Upper Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

• LA Gabriel Vilardi C Upper Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

• LA Mikey Anderson D Undisclosed Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

• LA Kevin Fiala LW Lower Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

• LV Shea Theodore D Undisclosed Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

• MON Jake Allen G Lower Body Day-to-Day

• MON Jordan Harris D Lower Body Day-to-Day

• NJ Curtis Lazar RW Lower Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

• NJ Jonathan Bernier G Hip IR. Expected to be out until at least Apr 13

• NSH Roman Josi D Upper Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

• NSH Cole Smith LW Upper Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 10

• NSH Juuso Parssinen C Upper Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 10

• NSH Jeremy Lauzon D Upper Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 10

• NSH Alexandre Carrier D Upper Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 13

• NYI Mathew Barzal C Lower Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 12

• OTT Mads Sogaard G Illness Expected to be out until at least Apr 8

• OTT Travis Hamonic D Lower Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

• PHI Carter Hart G Lower Body Day-to-Day

• PIT Nick Bonino C Abdomen IR. Expected to be out until at least Apr 13

• PIT Jan Rutta D Lower Body Day-to-Day

• SEA Oliver Bjorkstrand RW Personal Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

• SJ Tomas Hertl C Undisclosed Day-to-Day

• SJ Alexander Barabanov RW Lower Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 13

• SJ Oskar Lindblom LW Upper Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

• SJ Andreas Johnsson LW Lower Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 10

• STL Robert Thomas C Upper Body Day-to-Day

• STL Thomas Greiss G Lower Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 13

• STL Pavel Buchnevich LW Upper Body Day-to-Day

• STL Robert Bortuzzo D Upper Body Day-to-Day

• STL Marco Scandella D Lower Body Expected to be out until at least Sep 15

• TOR Matt Murray G Head Day-to-Day

• TOR Ryan O'Reilly C Finger IR. Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

• VAN Travis Dermott D Undisclosed IR. Expected to be out until at least Apr 10

• VAN Vasily Podkolzin RW Undisclosed Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

• WAS T.J. Oshie RW Upper Body Expected to be out until at least Apr 8

Source: CBS Sports as of 5:52 AM CST, Apr. 5, 2023