The 4/4 Hockey Thread Clinches, for Better and for Worse

A lot happened in Thursday night’s game between the Minnesota Wild and the Vancouver Canucks. Quinn Hughes picked up an assist in his first game against his former team, while Matt Boldy and Kirill Kaprizov both scored their 40th goals of the season to help carry Minnesota to a 5-2 win over Vancouver. As a consolation prize, Vancouver officially clinched the worst record in the NHL with this loss, thus giving themselves the best chance of any team of winning the draft lottery and getting the top pick in the 2026 draft in a few months.

Here are all the NHL games for the next few days (all times Eastern):

Saturday, April 4

Red Wings at Rangers (12:30 PM)
Wild at Senators (1:00 PM)
Avalanche at Stars (3:00 PM)
Panthers at Penguins (5:00 PM)
Bruins at Lightning (5:00 PM)
Islanders at Hurricanes (7:00 PM)
Canadiens at Devils (7:00 PM)
Maple Leafs at Kings (7:00 PM)
Sabres at Capitals (7:00 PM)
Jets at Blue Jackets (7:00 PM)
Mammoth at Canucks (7:00 PM)
Blackhawks at Kraken (10:00 PM)
Golden Knights at Oilers (10:00 PM)
Predators at Sharks (10:00 PM)
Flames at Ducks (10:00 PM)

Sunday, April 5

Wild at Red Wings (1:00 PM)
Panthers at Penguins (3:00 PM)
Bruins at Flyers (3:30 PM)
Hurricanes at Senators (5:00 PM)
Devils at Canadiens (7:00 PM)
Capitals at Rangers (7:00 PM)
Blues at Avalanche (9:30 PM)

Monday, April 6

Lightning at Sabres (7:00 PM)
Kraken at Jets (7:30 PM)
Blackhawks at Sharks (10:00 PM)
Predators at Kings (10:30 PM)

And the PWHL games for that same period (all times Eastern):

Saturday, April 4

Goldeneyes at Frost (2:00 PM)
Torrent at Sirens (8:00 PM)

Sunday, April 5

No games scheduled today.

Monday, April 6

No games scheduled today.

The regular-season hockey threads won’t be pinned, so you might want to keep this open in a separate tab if you’d like to keep an eye on it until the next one goes up. (Considering how fast unpinned posts slide down the home page, I’ll probably be slapping up a new one of these every Tuesday and Saturday as long as I remember to do so.) Otherwise, you can always find these under the Sports > Hockey menu at the top of the home page.

Have fun and happy hockey!