Jonathan Quick said he's played his last game in the NHL following his start in Florida on Monday. He will finish his career with 410 regular season wins, 49 more playoff wins, two Stanley Cups, a Conn Smythe trophy, and a one-way ticket to the Hall of Fame. That he is retiring in the same year as Anze Kopitar only feels right.

The Rangers lost that game in Florida 3-2. Cole Reinhardt scored twice while Mackie Samoskevich had the other goal. That goal from Samoskevich gives him 31 points this season, tying his total from last season, albeit in four more games played. With 161 shots and 137 hits, he has the makings of a very good multi-cat fantasy option for years to come.

Daniil Tarasov stopped 24 of 26 shots for his 12^th win of the season.

Gabe Perreault scored his 11^th goal of the season in his 48^th game.

Quick allowed three goals on 17 shots in his final NHL start.

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Both Brandon Hagel and Darren Raddysh were out of the lineup for Tampa Bay on Monday night. That makes two games in a row for Raddysh and playoffs start this weekend.

Nikita Kucherov scored in overtime to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-3 win over Detroit. Kucherov assisted on a Jake Guentzel goal earlier in the night and the two points, at the time, tied them with Buffalo and Montreal for first in the Atlantic with 106 points.

The two points from Kucherov give him 130 on the season, his second-highest mark of his career (144 in 2023-24).

J.J. Moser has a solid multi-cat night with an assist, two shots, a block, and two PIMs. He needs one more point in Game 82 (if he plays) to reach the 30-point mark for the first time in three years.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 27 of 30 shots for his 39^th win, tying the second-highest mark of his career, and giving him his most wins in any of his last four seasons.

Alex DeBrincat scored in the loss for the Wings. He had six shots and two PIMs in total, and the goal gives him 41 on the campaign, tying his career-high that he set in 2018-19 and 2021-22.

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Leon Draisaitl and Zach Hyman were skating as an extra line at Edmonton's morning skate on Monday:

Fan appreciation night preparations underway.

No Max Jones & no Jason Dickinson. Ike Howard makes his return to the lineup.

Leon Draisaitl, Zach Hyman & Owen Michaels skated as the extra line.

Connor Ingram starts against the Avs. pic.twitter.com/mlPS4xhPdB

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Draisaitl likely won't be ready to start the postseason but it appears Hyman will be, so this is generally good news for Oilers fans.

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The Philadelphia Flyers and Carolina Hurricanes went to overtime on Monday night, and that clinched first overall in the East for the Hurricanes. The Flyers took the extra point in the shootout, which clinched their playoff berth, and eliminated both Washington and Columbus from postseason contention. The Eastern Conference now has its eight playoff teams, it is just a matter of seeding, though the Flyers will face the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Matvei Michkov and Trevor Zegras scored the regulation goals for the Flyers. The goal from Michkov gives him 19 on the season and he has 15 points in his last 15 games. If he can carry this momentum to the postseason, it makes the Flyers three lines deep in a season where they sometimes only had one.

Dan Vladar stopped 24 of 26 shots for his 29^th win of the season.

Nikolaj Ehlers posted a goal and an assist in the loss. It gives Ehlers the first 70-point season of his career.

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Dallas and Toronto had a see-saw affair on Monday as Toronto went up 3-0, Dallas tied it 3-3, Toronto made it 5-3 early in the third period, and then Dallas peeled off three straight goals to take the game 6-5 in regulation. Mavrik Bourque registered his first career hat trick, including an assist with seven shots and a hit. That gives him his first career 40-point season and leaves him one goal shy of his first career 20-goal season.

Jason Robertson had a goal and an assist on five shots. Those two points give Robertson 96 and it's probably good enough to leave him as a top-10 point producer this season.

William Nylander posted a goal and two assists with three total shots and a hit. It leaves him one goal and one assist shy of a 30-goal, 50-assist season with one game left despite having missed 17 contests.

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Jimmy Snuggerud totaled a goal and an assist with two shots, two PIMs, and a hit in St. Louis' 6-3 win over Minnesota. It was a game where the Wild sat a bunch of their top players, but it still pushed St. Louis to a 15-5-3 record since the Olympic break, the second-highest points percentage (.717) in the league. Snuggerud needs one goal in his final two games for a 20-goal rookie season. Considering St. Louis is 28^th in goals-for per 60 minutes this season, that is outstanding.

Colton Parayko had a very good multi-cat night with a goal, seven PIMs, and a hit. He has had a bad fantasy season but is finishing strong with four points in his last six games.

Joel Hofer turned aside 28 of the 31 shots directed at his net for his 23^rd win. Since American Thanksgiving, Hofer leads the league in save percentage with a .922 (minimum of 25 starts). It really does seem to be his net going into next season.

Filip Gustavsson gave up five goals on 21 shots in the loss. He has given up 33 goals in his last nine starts, so it very well could be Jesper Wallstedt's time for the postseason.

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San Jose needed a win to have any hope of staying in the playoff race, and they did just that by defeating Nashville 3-2 in Nashville. Macklin Celebrini scored twice and added a hit in the win. The Sharks have two games left and he's already up to 44 goals, 68 assists, and 281 shots on the season. The Hart Trophy voting will be interesting to follow.

Alex Nedeljkovic held the Predators to two goals on 22 shots in the victory.

Luke Evangelista scored twice in the loss for Nashville. His breakout season continues with 12 goals and 42 assists. The problem is he's shooting 6.9% and has shot between 6.5-9.5% each of the last three seasons. That is not good enough to make him a true scoring threat.

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Unfortunately for San Jose and Nashville, the Los Angeles Kings won their game in Seattle 5-3, and that qualified the Kings for the postseason and eliminated the Sharks and Predators. That means the eight teams in the West are now also set, but the seeding in the Pacific and Wild Card is still to be determined.

Quinton Byfield scored twice while both Alex Laferriere and Trevor Moore added a goal and an assist in the victory. Byfield finished with eight shots and a hit, and he now has 11 goals, 16 points, and 60 shots in 22 games since the Olympic break. He has really thrived under new Head Coach D.J. Smith.

The goal from Laferriere gives him 20 on the season, officially making him a 20-goal, 20-assist played. With 204 shots and 250 hits, he has turned into a true multi-cat monster and he doesn't turn 25 years old until October.

Anton Forsberg held the Kraken to three goals on 31 shots for the win. Going back to American Thanksgiving, he has a .915 save percentage in 28 appearances. Barring a last-minute injury, he should be Los Angeles' starter for Game 1 of the postseason.

Matty Beniers managed a pair of assists in the loss, giving him a 50-point season for the first time since his rookie 2022-23 campaign. He also has a career-high in shots with 149.

Bobby McMann scored again for the Kraken, totaling three shots and four hits. That gives him 10 goals and 14 points in 16 games with Seattle, averaging 3.3 shots and 1.8 hits per game.

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Buffalo beat Chicago 5-1 on Monday night, and the win clinched an Atlantic Division title for the Sabres. Their incredible season caps with a division win, and now they just wait to see if they face Boston or Ottawa in the first round.

Tage Thompson snapped a five-game goalless drought with a two-goal game, totaling six shots along the way. That gives him his second 40-goal, 40-assist season in four years.

Alex Tuch managed one goal on three shots and added an assist in the win.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen wasn't busy but stopped 15 of 16 shots in the win. If this is his last start before the playoffs, he finishes the season with 22 wins in 34 starts with a .910 save percentage. It virtually assures that he'll finish the season inside the top-10 by save percentage (minimum 30 starts).

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Sam Malinski and Connor McDavid scored the only goals in the matchup between Colorado and Edmonton Monday night as the Avalanche took a 2-1 shootout win. Malinski has 5 goals, 5 assists, 27 shots, 17 blocks, and 8 hits in his last 11 games.

Scott Wedgewood stopped 30 of 31 shots in regulation/overtime and earned the win in the shootout. That gave him 30 wins on the season and, at the time, made him the 7^th goalie to reach that mark.

Connor Ingram also turned aside 30 of 31 shots before the shootout, but took the loss in the skills competition. He has an .899 save percentage in 29 starts since making his season debut on December 21^st. That is a higher mark in that time than other playoff goalies like Gustavsson, Jake Oettinger, Lukas Dostal, and Brandon Bussi.

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Vegas' top line came alive in their 6-2 home win against Winnipeg. Jack Eichel had one goal on four shots with three assists, Mark Stone posted a goal, two assists, three shots, a block, and a hit, and Ivan Barbashev chipped in with a goal, an assist, two PIMs, and a hit. That line regaining their form from the first half of the season would be a massive deal for Vegas' chances of a deep playoff run.

The three points for Stone give him 73 on the year in just 59 games played. It ties his career-high set back in 2018-19 but in 77 games played.

Rasmus Andersson had a monster multi-cat night with a goal, an assist, seven shots, a block, and two hits. He has 16 points in 32 games with the Golden Knights.

Mark Scheifele and Gabriel Vilardi each posted a goal and an assist in the loss. The two points give Scheifele 101 on the campaign, his first career 100-point season. He becomes the sixth player this season to reach the 100-point plateau.

Vilardi's goal gives him his first career 30-goal season.

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Last week, we started previewing each playoff team. The first Ramblings had the first four qualifiers in the Colorado Avalanche, Carolina Hurricanes, Dallas Stars, and Minnesota Wild, while the second Ramblings contained the Tampa Bay Lightning, Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, and Pittsburgh Penguins.

Today, we will look at two more teams in the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins.

Data is current as of Monday, April 13^th, and is from Evolving Hockey and Natural Stat Trick.

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Ottawa Senators

Ottawa's goaltending has been the topic all season, and Linus Ullmark's play specifically. He entered the Player's Assistance Program for mental health help back in December and has been a different goalie upon returning: .881 save percentage up until December 27^th and .904 save percentage since.

The league average save percentage this season is .896. Here are the actual goals against/60 rates of each team in the league (excluding empty-net goals) compared to the goals against/60 rates if each team had a league-average save percentage:

To put this into some context: if the Sens had a league average save percentage, it would have saved them about 28 goals (so far). That would be enough to push them to third in the league by goal differential (+30 to +58), trailing only Colorado and Tampa Bay. Ottawa has been one of the best defensive teams in the NHL all season, they just haven't had the goaltending to match it. If Ullmark can be the guy he's been for the last 10 games or so, they will have the goaltending to match the great defensive play and make this a nightmare matchup for any team in the league.

The issue will be goal scoring away from the power play. This season, Ottawa has four forwards with at least 50 points. Looking at the 50-point players from each roster, here is the percentage of those players' point production that comes from the power play:

Dallas' top stars are heavily PP reliant, but Ottawa is in the next group below them with Edmonton. It is one thing to have a good-to-great power play, which these teams do. It is another to need that power play to score for the top players to be productive, and that is the case for a few of the top Sens forwards.

It also highlights the focus that fantasy managers should put on Ottawa's top producers. Shane Pinto should score some goals, maybe guys like Ridly Greig or Claude Giroux chip in some points, but the team's offence revolves around four forwards. Considering Ottawa's elite defence and goaltending turnaround, they are absolutely a dark horse for a deep playoff run. It makes them a roster to target once the top teams like Colorado, Tampa Bay, and Dallas have been drafted bare – Ottawa can be stacked once the first couple of draft rounds are over.

Boston Bruins

If Ottawa relies on their power play, Boston relies on David Pastrnak: so far this season, he has figured in on 37.5% of all the team's goals. That is the seventh-highest rate in the league, and fourth-highest rate among players on playoff teams:

The funny part is that number is much lower than it was last year (47.8%). The reason for that drop is the second line of Casey Mittelstadt, Pavel Zacha, and Viktor Arvidsson has quietly been one of the best offensive lines in the NHL this season. Per MoneyPuck, that trio has scored 4.2 goals per 60 minutes at 5-on-5 this season, putting them between the second lines from Minnesota and Montreal (minimum of 300 minutes together):

Jeremy Swayman having a much better season in net for Boston has been probably the biggest difference between a poor year from the Bruins in 2024-25 and a playoff appearance in 2025-26. There is a good argument the second-biggest difference has been getting actual scoring depth and not relying on three-point games from Pastrnak.

What makes Boston an intriguing team from a fantasy perspective is which Wild Card seed they occupy. As the first seed, they get locked into the Atlantic side of the bracket. As the second seed, they get locked into the Metropolitan side. Here are the Bruins' splits this season against the top three teams from each division:

It is a negative goal differential against both divisions, but clearly much worse against the Atlantic. Getting a first-round matchup with Carolina is a tough draw, but based on the regular season, Boston is much better off finishing as the second Wild Card and getting the Metro side than the first Wild Card and getting the Atlantic side.

Boston has depth players worth drafting for fantasy players looking for a dark horse, but a lot might depend on position jockeying between them and Ottawa. The Bruins won't be a favourite in any first-round matchup, but they have the scoring depth and the goaltending to surprise anyone.