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Vegas Golden Knights – Buffalo Sabres: clash of ambitions The Golden Knights welcome Buffalo to their ice for a fixture that could spark fireworks. Vegas are fighting to lock into the top of the Western Conference but have been hit-and-miss recently. Buffalo, on the other hand, are enjoying one of their best seasons in years…

Vancouver Canucks – Florida Panthers: Florida must do the job against the league’s cellar-dwellers We’re heading to the West Coast for a regular-season clash with wildly different stakes. Vancouver, rock bottom in the West, are tunnelling toward the offseason, while Florida are scrambling to climb the Eastern ladder. Both clubs have been erratic this year,…

Edmonton Oilers – San Jose Sharks: a tense Pacific showdown Edmonton’s home run keeps rolling as they welcome California’s San Jose to Rogers Place. Two Pacific Division clubs, deadlocked and fighting for the same Western playoff spots. Do the Sharks have the bite to unsettle last season’s Cup finalists? We rip through rosters and momentum…

Winnipeg Jets – Nashville Predators: Jets looking to cement their dominance Winnipeg hosts Nashville for the second time this season. Both clubs are stuck in the lower half of the West and have been maddeningly inconsistent for months. But on head-to-heads this year, the Jets have bossed it. Will the home side lay down the…

Chicago Blackhawks – Minnesota Wild: a clash of extremes in Illinois Chicago welcome Minnesota for a regular-season meeting that looks one-sided on paper. The home side are in the middle of a nightmare season, plodding through the West’s lower reaches. Minnesota, by contrast, sit comfy among the contenders and are still pushing to lock down…

Montreal Canadiens – Boston Bruins: the ultimate rivalry, tense as hell This is simply the biggest rivalry in NHL history, and it’s coming around for the fourth time this season. The Montreal–Boston clash gets even hotter when you look at the table: just one point separates the two teams in the Eastern Conference. We break…

Columbus Blue Jackets – Carolina Hurricanes: A clash of extremes in Ohio Big game coming up. Columbus hosts Carolina and the stakes couldn’t be more different. The home side are scrapping for a playoff spot in the East and need points every time they hit the ice. Carolina, on the other hand, are breezing through…