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The Pittsburgh Penguins visit the Ottawa Senators on Thursday, March 26 at Canadian Tire Centre, with puck drop set for 7:00 p.m. ET. Ottawa comes in at 38-24-9 and is holding the second wild-card spot in the East, while Pittsburgh is 35-20-16 and sitting in a playoff position of its own. This is a meaningful game on both sides of the bubble, and it has started to feel a little bigger than a normal late-March regular-season matchup. Coverage is listed for ESPN+, with regional coverage on RDS2, TSN5, and SN-PIT. Ottawa is the hotter team right now. The Senators have won four straight, six of seven, and are 15-3-2 since January 25, even while dealing with major injuries on the

The Seattle Kraken head to Benchmark International Arena on Thursday night for a 7 p.m. ET start against the Tampa Bay Lightning, and it feels like a pressure spot for both sides, just in very different ways. Seattle enters at 31-29-10 and has dropped four straight, including Tuesday’s 5-4 shootout loss in Florida after digging out of a three-goal hole late. Tampa Bay is 44-21-5, second in the Atlantic, and rolling again after a 6-3 win over Minnesota pushed the Lightning to 4-0-1 in their last five. Regional coverage is listed on The Spot in Tampa Bay and KONG/Prime Video in Seattle markets. For Seattle, this is about staying alive in the Western Conference race while trying to stop a

The Colorado Avalanche head to Canada Life Centre on Thursday night for an 8:00 PM ET puck drop against the Winnipeg Jets in a game that matters to both sides, just for very different reasons. Colorado comes in at 47-13-10, sitting on top of the Central and the overall NHL table, while Winnipeg is 30-29-12 and still trying to claw its way back into the Western Conference wild-card race. ESPN+ has the broadcast, and the market opened Colorado as a road favorite before moving a bit more toward the Avalanche, with the total sitting at 6.5. Colorado rolls in on a three-game winning streak after a 6-2 win in Pittsburgh, and the Avalanche have been one of the league’s best

The Cleveland Guardians open their 2026 season on Thursday night at T-Mobile Park, where they will face the Seattle Mariners in a matchup that looks pretty tight for an opener, at least from a run-environment standpoint. First pitch is set for 10:10 p.m. ET, with Tanner Bibee lined up for Cleveland and Logan Gilbert getting the ball for Seattle. The market has Seattle as a clear home favorite, with most books sitting in the Mariners -188 to -193 range and the total at 6.5 to 7, which tells you this game is being priced as a pitching-first matchup. There is some real context behind that number. Seattle is back at home after last year’s ALCS run, Gilbert is making another