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With 57 days to go until the regular season begins, every team has a chance to win. But in reality, some teams seem to be in better position than others. Some teams were very busy this offseason trying to upgrade their roster. The San Jose Shar...

Eastern Conference: No. 1 Washington Capitals vs. No. 8 New York Rangers Game 1: Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. ET (Versus, TSN) Game 2: Friday, 7:30 p.m. ET (Versus, TSN) Game 3: Sunday, 3 p.m. ET (NBC, TSN) Game 4: April 20, 7 p.m. ET (Versus, TSN) ...

Eastern Conference: No. 1 Washington Capitals vs. No. 8 New York Rangers No. 2 Philadelphia Flyers vs. No. 7 Buffalo Sabres No. 3 Boston Bruins vs. No. 6 Montreal Canadiens No. 4 Pittsburgh Penguins vs. No. 5 Tampa Bay Lightning ...

Eastern Conference Philadelphia can clinch the Atlantic Division title if ...• It beats the New York Islanders in regulation, overtime or shootout. Montreal can clinch the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference if ...• It bea...

New York Rangers (31-26-4) at Carolina Hurricanes (28-24-8), 7 p.m. ET Season series: 2-1 Carolina Starting goaltenders: Henrik Lundqvist (23-20-4, 2.37 GAA) vs. Cam Ward (25-20-7, 2.74 GAA) Preview: Only two points separate these teams in the sev...

Boston Bruins (28-15-7) at Carolina Hurricanes (25-19-6), 7 p.m. ET Season series: 2-1 Boston Starting goaltenders: Tim Thomas (24-5-6, 1.81 GAA) vs. Cam Ward (22-15-5, 2.70 GAA) Preview: Two weeks after the Bruins finished a home-and-home sweep...

As the season heads into the final stretch tonight, our experts (Scott Burnside, E.J. Hradek and Pierre LeBrun) separate a few of the contenders from the pretenders: Atlantic Division: New York Rangers Burnside: Pretender The Rangers will be l...

Pittsburgh Penguins (29-14-4) at New Jersey Devils (13-29-3), 7 p.m. ET Season series: 2-0 Pittsburgh Starting goaltenders: Brent Johnson (8-3-2, 2.04 GAA) vs. Martin Brodeur (8-18-2, 2.97 GAA) Preview: The Penguins take the ice without both Sid...