Catch up on Stanley Cup playoffs before Game 4 of Colorado against Minnesota
This year's series of Stanley Cup playoffs has been nothing short of a fiery showdown. Here's a quick catch-up on the remaining six teams in contention of making it to Round 3 of the playoffs before the Avalanche takes on Minnesota in just a few hours.
Catch up on Stanley Cup playoffs before Game 4 of Colorado against Minnesota originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . With the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs in full swing, the competition has been narrowed down to six teams looking to punch their ticket to the conference finals.
In the Eastern Conference, the Carolina Hurricanes advanced to their final after winning all four games on the ice in round two of the playoffs. Now, it’s down to the Montreal Canadiens and the Buffalo Sabres to fight for the chance to compete against Carolina for the conference title. More: NHL playoffs schedule 2026: Full bracket, dates, times, TV channels, live streams for road to Stanley Cup Buffalo has secured one victory out of the three games played against Montreal, with their next matchup set to take place tomorrow at 6 p.
m. CDT, with the competition streaming on ESPN. While this game has the chance of either bringing the two teams to a tie or giving Montreal yet another advantage in this year’s playoffs, there’s also some excitement snowballing in the Western Conference.
The Anaheim Ducks and Las Vegas Knights tied 2-2 and are heading into their fifth game tomorrow, but tonight, the Colorado Avalanche is set to face off against the Minnesota Wild in its fourth game of the second round of the playoffs. If you’ve been tuned into the Avalanche recently, you’d know that the Wild smashed its six-game postseason win streak out of the water on Saturday. “It just felt like we were on our heels for most of the night,” Avalanche right defenseman Cale Makar said.