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The Colorado Avalanche head to Rogers Place on Monday night for a 9:30 p.m. ET start on ESPN+, and this is one of those late-season games where the standings only tell part of the story. Colorado is 52-16-11, has already clinched the Central Division and the top overall seed, and can afford to think big-picture now. Edmonton is 40-30-10 and still fighting through a packed Pacific race, sitting one point behind Vegas and tied on points with Anaheim. That makes the urgency angle pretty obvious, even if the roster health is not. There is also a strange push-pull to this matchup. The Avalanche are the better team, and that is not really debatable over an 82-game sample, but they are

The Los Angeles Kings head to Climate Pledge Arena on Monday night for a 9:30 p.m. ET start on ESPN, and this one still carries real weight for the visitors. Los Angeles is 34-26-19 and sitting in the second wild-card spot in the West, just one point clear of Nashville and four back of Vegas with a game in hand. Seattle is 34-34-11, already eliminated, but still coming off a 4-1 win over Calgary and not exactly playing out the string quietly. The Kings have won four straight, including a 1-0 road win over Edmonton on Saturday, and they have been one of the league’s steadier road teams at 19-9-10. Seattle is 19-16-5 at home, so this is not a

The Winnipeg Jets head to T-Mobile Arena on Monday night for a 10:00 p.m. ET puck drop against the Vegas Golden Knights, with ESPN+ carrying the game. Winnipeg comes in at 35-32-12 and 16-17-6 on the road, while Vegas is 37-26-17 and 18-12-9 at home. The market has the Golden Knights installed as a home favorite in the -180 range, with the total sitting at 6.0. This game still matters quite a bit for both sides, just for different reasons. Vegas has already clinched a playoff berth and sits first in the Pacific with 91 points, only one point ahead of both Edmonton and Anaheim, so seeding and home ice are still in play. Winnipeg, meanwhile, is sixth in the

The Athletics head into Sunday’s series finale at Citi Field with a real chance to finish off a three-game sweep, and they have earned it. They are 7-7, tied for first in the AL West, and riding a four-game winning streak after taking the first two games of this set. The Mets have slid the other way. New York is 7-8, fourth in the NL East, and has dropped four straight heading into a 1:40 p.m. ET first pitch in Queens. The game streams on MLB.TV, and the market has the Mets favored behind Freddy Peralta despite how rough this homestand has looked. This matchup is interesting because the surface numbers are not as far apart as the mood around