Overview
- Colorado clinched the West’s No. 1 seed Tuesday with a 3-1 win at St. Louis, as Valeri Nichushkin scored twice and Scott Wedgewood made 18 saves.
- The top seed gives Colorado home ice through the Western playoffs with the No. 2 wild-card team as its first-round opponent.
- Nazem Kadri left early with an upper-body injury after blocking a shot, and coach Jared Bednar said the team expects clarity within the next two days.
- Carolina clinched the Metropolitan Division with a 6-5 overtime win over Boston, with Jaccob Slavin netting the winner and Morgan Geekie recording a hat trick for the Bruins.
- Nashville’s 5-0 win in Anaheim moved the Predators into the West’s second wild-card spot, keeping a tight race that will decide Colorado’s opponent.