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How close are the races for the final spots in the NHL playoffs? Well, there are four Eastern Conference teams separated by three points and four Western Conference teams separated by two at the top of the wild-card standings.
That means we should be in store for an exciting final month to the regular season.
With no NHL team having more than 15 remaining games, the last push to the playoffs is now here as teams that are currently on the outside looking in are running out of time to move past the teams standing between them and the postseason.