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That’s Wild
- The Minnesota Wild had to tie it late and then have an overtime victory over the Anaheim Ducks Tuesday night to clinch the Western Wild Card first spot. Now, they are locked in to facing the Vegas Golden Knights in the first round. [NHL.com]
- Before overtime, Wild head coach John Hynes put Marc-Andre Fleury in between the pipes during the final regular-season game to get on the ice potentially one last time before retirement. [Athlon]
- Zeev Buium’s NHL debut will have to wait as he did not lace up Tuesday night. Now, will he even get into a playoff game? We’ll see. [SKOR]
Off the trail…
- How the Ottawa Senators grew to be a playoff team after a lengthy rebuild. [ESPN]
- Speaking of the Senators, we are now guaranteed to have a Battle of Ontario in the first round, which also means a Battle of Florida is the other Atlantic Division matchup. That’s spicy. [TheScore]
- There is still one playoff spot up for grabs as we head into the final couple days of the 2024-25 regular season. With the Columbus Blue Jackets shutting out the Philadelphia Flyers Tuesday night, all they need to do is win their final game and have the Canadiens lost theirs to then take Montreal’s spot. [NHL.com]