2025 NHL playoff race tracker: Where things stand in each conference with only one spot clinched so far

• Who's in 2025 NHL playoffs? Tracking standings, playoff bracket, tiebreakers

  The NHL regular season will end in less than a month. One team on Thursday can become the first to clinch a playoff berth.
  
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• Is The Current NHL Playoff Format Counterproductive?

  With a month remaining in the NHL regular season, clubs are jockeying for position inside their respective divisions and for wild-card spots in the Eastern and Western Conferences. The league ...
  
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  NHL Power Rankings: Avalanche roll to top spot as race for Stanley Cup Playoffs intensifies

  The Avs are hitting their stride while the playoff battles heat up
  
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• Capitals are 1st NHL team to clinch a playoff spot this season after being last to get in last year

  They are the only team since the playoffs expanded to 16 teams in 1979-80 to be the first to clinch after being the last to get in the previous season.
  
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  Senators, Blue Jackets, Rangers and Bruins lead an East wild-card playoff race full of surprises

  The race for the two wild-card playoff spots in the NHL’s Eastern Conference is full of surprises
  
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• NHL playoff watch: How the West's second wild-card spot will be won

  The Canucks-Blues showdown on Thursday (7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+) could swing the race. Plus, full playoff projections, draft lottery standings and more.
  
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• Awards Watch: New leaders for Hart, Norris as playoff races heat up

  With about a month left in the regular season, there are new leaders for league MVP and the best defenseman.
  
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• Playoff standings: Resetting the postseason races after the trade deadline

  Playoff spots, division titles and seeds are up for grabs until April 17.
  
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