NHL Playoffs Preview: Matchups and Standings Update

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00:00here's uh what it looks like we have less than a week to go in the regular season thank god

00:06as next week uh the nhl playoffs will commence next weekend actually is when they'll start

00:11uh toronto now three up on tampa four up on florida as we head down the stretch

00:20for that atlantic division montreal's got 87 as you see right there they are six clear

00:27of columbus and the rangers and uh they could just about put it to bed tonight if they beat the

00:33senators uh in ottawa and i'll give you those numbers in a moment for that as far as the west

00:40goes it's pretty much done but minnesota and st louis both have 93 now for those wild cards and

00:46it looks like la versus edmonton and dallas versus colorado is getting very close to being locked in

00:52as some first round matchups in the stanley cup let me ask you a question uh so let me get this

01:00straight dallas has more points than the first place team vegas in the pacific so dallas would

01:06be the number two correct no they would not uh it goes by the divisions now so it's been this way for

01:11the last few years well you know they they screw them in in a sense yes i mean they're gonna have

01:17to play two place three in each division so they're gonna have to play colorado uh in the first round

01:23while vegas will get to play whoever is the uh higher of minnesota and st louis right now so the

01:31jets would play the blues and the uh vegas would play the why the wild correct uh that is how it would go

01:39right