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The 5 Games You Can't Miss Today..And Exactly What Will Happen

March 23, 2019, 10:39 AM ET [39 Comments]
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Saturday Projections..and games you can't miss.

Carolina over Minnesota in Regulation...

Two teams battling for their playoff lives..The Wild with an enormous win last night in Washington, while Carolina is coming off a tough loss against the Lightning. The Wild are 3-4-3 in their last ten and sitting in the final wildcard spot in the west only really because the teams in the West fighting for that final spot are all playing around .500...Carolina on the other hand is 6-3-1 in their last ten...Montreal is right on their heals.

Colorado over Chicago in OT
Two teams chasing the Wild. Colorado 1 back from the Wild, but with a game in hand...The Hawks 5 back from the Wild, but with 2 more games to play.

Montreal over Buffalo in Regulation...
The Habs are coming off two great games where they looked really well coached and much better defensively than anyone though this young group could play. To make the playoffs Montreal will HAVE to win the games they are supposed to win. Like this one:

The Islanders over the Flyers in OT.
The Flyers have manhandled the Islanders twice in March already. The chances of them winning three to an Islanders team that is battling for tops in the Metro is small. The Flyers have two afternoon games this weekend. Today versus the Islanders and tomorrow versus the Caps, a team who has dominated Philly twice in March. Sneak Peak...The Flyers are projected to lose outright to the Caps tomorrow. And yet, if you look at the Standings projections they are picked to miss the playoffs by two points...So if they can get 2 or 4 points out of the weekend they still have a legit shot. Flyers fans have to look to Montreal and Carolina to struggle. The Flyers play the Canes twice still...Columbus may appear easier to catch, but their schedule really favors them.

Winnipeg over Nashville in OT
Both of these teams will make the playoffs, but this is a major statement game and currently the Preds sit only 2 points behind the Jets for first in the division...And First in both divisions out West are a HUGE upgrade over having to play the 2v3 playoff game...

Today's Other Games Projected.

STL 0 TB 2
TOR 2 NYR 0
VAN 1 CGY 2
LV 2 DET 0
NJ 0 ARZ 2
DAL 1 PIT 2
EDM 2 OTT 0
FLA 0 BOS 2
LAK 0 ANA 2

And if all those projections are EXACTLY right, below are the projected final standings...

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