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The Edmonton Oilers cannot win the Pacific Division, but home-ice advantage in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs remains in play for the two-time defending Western Conference champions as the Vancouver Canucks arrive on Thursday for the regular-season finale. Edmonton also will welcome back a key contributor, Zach Hyman, who has not played in two weeks. The Oilers (40-30-11, 91 points) have a playoff spot sewn up. Which spot remains up in the air, as Edmonton, the Anaheim Ducks (42-33-6, 90 points) and the Los Angeles Kings (35-26-20, 90 points) all play on the final day of the regular season. Edmonton holds a one-point lead over both division rivals and owns the regulation-wins tiebreaker over both (31 for

Seattle closes this series at PETCO Park on Thursday night with first pitch set for 5:40 p.m. local time. The Mariners come in at 8-11 and sit fourth in the AL West, while San Diego is 12-6 and second in the NL West. It is a national TV spot on MLB Network, and the market is treating it like a tight game, with Seattle a small road favorite behind Luis Castillo against Walker Buehler. That price is interesting because the form is leaning the other way. San Diego has taken the first two games of the series, including Wednesday’s 7-6 walk-off comeback after trailing by four in the ninth, and the Padres have now stretched their winning streak to seven.

Heading into the final day of the NHL regular season on Thursday, the Anaheim Ducks still can finish anywhere from second in the Pacific Division to the second Western Conference wild-card spot. A lot of that depends on their result against the host Nashville Predators on Thursday evening, but also the final score in the Edmonton Oilers-Vancouver Canucks game and the Los Angeles Kings-Calgary Flames game. The latter two contests are scheduled to start an hour after the Ducks-Predators matchup. Edmonton (40-30-11, 91 points) sits second in the Pacific Division, one point ahead of the Ducks (42-33-6, 90 points) and Kings (35-26-20, 90 points), and the Oilers own the tiebreaker over both. All three teams have clinched playoff berths. Edmonton

A spirited surge has afforded the Utah Mammoth the luxury of kicking up their heels in their regular-season finale against the St. Louis Blues on Thursday in Salt Lake City. Nick Schmaltz scored a pair of power-play goals on Tuesday to help the Mammoth (43-32-6, 92 points) clinch the top wild-card spot in the Western Conference with a 5-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets. Utah, which will face the Pacific Division champion in the first round of the playoffs, snapped a modest two-game skid and posted its sixth win in its last eight games overall. “I think we were just trying to play as best we could these last two games,” said Schmaltz, who set career highs in power-play goals