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Last updated: April 13, 2026, 8:31 AM ET

NHL Playoff Scramble & Award Races

With the regular season rapidly concluding, teams vying for playoff positioning face high-stakes matchups across Monday's 10-game slate as the final seeding and draft lottery order remains unsettled. Concurrently, discussions surrounding league supremacy continue, as analysts weigh the prestige disparity between the Ted Lindsay Award, representing the players' choice for best player, and the Hart Trophy, which carries greater historical weight. Furthermore, early projections for the 2026 NHL Awards see Nikita Kucherov leading the panel of PHWA voters for the MVP award, indicating tight races elsewhere among the finalists.