Weekend Playoff Standings

Five games to go.

Every Qualifying Round series is over except the important one. The Leafs host the Blue Jackets on Sunday night at 8 PM: winner advance, loser goes in the lottery less than 24 hrs later.

Eastern Conference

The Flyers and the Lightning play tonight at 8 PM, and the loser of this game plays the winner of the Toronto - Columbus series, no matter who that is.

The Bruins play the Capitals to decide three and four on Sunday at noon. One imagines when they set this up, they assumed that Sunday game was going to decide first place, instead it decides who plays the best qualifier — Carolina.

Qualifying Round

5. Carolina (Series Winner) plays the loser of Bruins - Capitals
6. NY Islanders (Series Winner) plays the winner of Bruins - Capitals
7. Toronto or Columbus plays the loser of Flyers - Lightning
8. Montréal (Series Winner) plays the winner of Flyers - Lightning

Western Conference

This worked out exactly like the east. Vegas and Colorado play Saturday night, and the Stars and the Blues, playing for last not first, play Sunday afternoon.

Qualifying Round

5. Vancouver (Series Winner) plays the loser of Stars - Blues
6. Calgary (Series Winner) plays the winner of Stars - Blues
7. Arizona (Series Winner) plays the loser of Avalanche - Golden Knights
8. Chicago (Series Winner) plays the winner of Avalanche - Golden Knights