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The Toronto Maple Leafs head to KeyBank Center on Saturday night for a 7:00 PM ET matchup with the Buffalo Sabres, and it is one of those games where the emotional angle matters almost as much as the numbers. Toronto comes in at 28-27-11 and sits near the bottom of the Eastern playoff picture, while Buffalo is 40-20-6 and fighting to protect its spot near the top of the Atlantic. MSG has the broadcast, and the market has the Sabres installed as a clear home favorite. Toronto finally snapped its ugly eight-game skid with a 6-4 win over Anaheim on Thursday, but that result came with a major cost after Auston Matthews went down with a lower-body injury. Buffalo had

The New York Rangers head to Saint Paul on Saturday, March 14, for a 6:00 PM ET start against the Minnesota Wild at Grand Casino Arena, and this one is more interesting than the standings first suggest. New York is still buried near the bottom of the Eastern Conference at 27-30-8, but the Rangers have quietly won three straight and four of their last five. Minnesota is 38-16-12, sitting firmly in a playoff position in the Central, and the Wild have picked up points in five straight games even after a shootout loss to Philadelphia last time out. ESPN+ has the broadcast, and the early market has Minnesota installed as a sizable home favorite. There are two different pressures at

The Carolina Hurricanes head to Benchmark International Arena on Saturday, March 14 for a 7:00 PM ET matchup with the Tampa Bay Lightning on ESPN+. Carolina comes in at 41-18-6 and still sitting on top of the Eastern Conference and Metropolitan Division, while Tampa Bay is 40-20-4 and trying to tighten its grip near the top of the Atlantic race. This is the third and final regular-season meeting, and the first two were exactly what bettors would expect from these teams: fast, skilled, and loose enough defensively to create goals in bunches. The Hurricanes took the last meeting 5-4 on February 26 after Tampa Bay won 6-4 in the December 20 matchup, so there is already a clear scoring pattern

The Columbus Blue Jackets head to Xfinity Mobile Arena on Saturday night for a 7:30 PM ET start against the Philadelphia Flyers in one of the more important Eastern Conference games on the board. Columbus comes in at 33-22-11 and sits just ahead of Philadelphia, which is 31-23-11, so this is more than a routine division game. It is a direct wild-card race swing spot, and that alone makes the betting angle a little sharper. The Blue Jackets have been one of the hotter teams in the East for a while now, even if the recent run has included a few overtime results. Philadelphia has also found some traction, winning six of its last eight and coming home after a