With 15 or fewer games left in the regular season, what details could make the difference for nine teams in the hunt for a ...

The proposal would change the current seeding format, placing wild card qualifiers to be seeded above division champions if ...

Heading into Friday's slate of six games, there are four teams within two points battling for the second Eastern Conference wild-card spot. Obviously, every point matters when it comes to these teams.

The Ottawa Senators and Minnesota Wild currently sit in the top positions in their respective wild-card races ... would add more congested to the six-team hunt. Entering Thursday, Ottawa is ...

The NHL playoff races are anything from settled, from seeding within the divisions to the mad dash to grab the remaining wild-card spots. But when the dust clears and the 16 postseason spots are ...

Nothing is settled on the wild-card front in either the NHL's Eastern Conference or Western Conference with a few weeks of regular-season play left. The Minnesota Wild are the safest team in a ...

All of a sudden, the Wild can't seem to score and the best start in the team's history has now turned ... points behind the Wild for the top wild card spot in the Western Conference.