Playoffs
2026 Bracket Update: Playoffs Two Weeks Away
The 2026 NHL playoff picture sharpens two weeks before launch, with wild-card battles raging from Columbus' 87 points to Western fringes chasing Anaheim's Pacific lead at 86. Buffalo and Carolina anchor the East at 98 apiece, Tampa right there, and Montreal's surge adds fuel to an Atlantic inferno. Every GM I talk to says these seeds mean everything - get it wrong, and your Cup dreams evaporate in Round 1.
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