NHL 2025 Playoff Clinching/Elimination Scenarios – 03/23/2025

The Stanley Cup Playoffs are approaching, and teams are officially clinching playoff berths and being eliminated from contention. Here are the potential scenarios where teams can clinch or be eliminated on March 23, 2025.

Winnipeg Jets Can Clinch Playoff Berth

The Winnipeg Jets will clinch a playoff berth if:

They get at least one point against the Buffalo Sabres (3 p.m. ET; TSN3, MSG-B)

OR

If the St. Louis Blues lose to the Nashville Predators in any fashion (6 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, FDSNSO).

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