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Final weekend could dramatically change NHL Western Conference playoff matchups

By Helene Elliott
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The Kings and Ducks will finish their respective seasons with a home-and-home series Friday and Saturday, but their playoff fates might not be determined until Sunday’s games around the NHL.

Here’s the remaining schedule for the West contenders, including the tiebreaker that was adopted for this season. The first tiebreaker is now the number of wins for each team minus its number of shootout wins. In the NHL standings at the league’s website, the abbreviation is ROW (regulation and OT wins).

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Team Record Points (Reg. and OT Wins) Games Left
4. Kings 46-28-6 98 (36) at Anaheim Friday, vs. Anaheim Saturday.
5. Nashville 43-26-11 97 (37) vs. Columbus Friday, at St. Louis Saturday.
6. Phoenix 42-25-13 97 (37) vs. San Jose Friday, at San Jose Saturday.
7. Ducks 45-30-5 95 (41) vs. Kings Friday, at Kings Saturday.
8. Chicago 43-28-9 95 (37) at Detroit Friday, vs. Detroit Sunday.
9. Dallas 41-28-11 93 (36) at Colorado Friday, at Minnesota Sunday.

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-- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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