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Boston heads into Game 2 in a real pressure spot now. The Bruins finished the regular season 45-27-10 with 100 points and grabbed the first wild card in the East, but they are already down 1-0 in this series after blowing a 2-0 third-period lead in Buffalo on Sunday. The Sabres, meanwhile, went 50-23-9 for 109 points, won the Atlantic, and now have a chance to take a 2-0 series lead before this matchup shifts to Boston. Puck drop is set for 7:30 PM ET at KeyBank Center on Tuesday, April 21, with ESPN carrying the broadcast. That first game matters here because it did not feel fluky. Buffalo outshot Boston 38-20, kept pressure on for long stretches, and eventually

Utah heads into Game 2 needing a response after Sunday’s 4-2 loss, and that is really the story here. The Mammoth earned the West’s top wild-card spot at 43-33-6, but they have dropped four of their last five overall and now face a tougher ask at T-Mobile Arena with Vegas already up 1-0 in the series. Puck drop is set for 9:30 PM ET on Tuesday, April 21, with ESPN2 carrying the broadcast from Las Vegas. Vegas comes in with the cleaner recent profile. The Golden Knights finished 39-26-17, won the Pacific Division, and have now taken four of their last five after rallying past Utah in the third period of Game 1. This is also a team that looks

Game 2 of this Western Conference first-round series shifts back into a pretty familiar pressure spot for Los Angeles. The Kings head into Ball Arena on Tuesday night for a 10:00 PM ET start on ESPN, already down 1-0 in the series after a 2-1 loss on Sunday, and that matters because Colorado has already taken all four meetings between these teams this season, including the three regular-season matchups. The Kings got into the playoffs at 35-27-20 and 90 points, while the Avalanche rolled in at 55-16-11 and 121 points after finishing with the league’s best record. There is a real contrast in team identity here. Los Angeles is still built to drag games into a tighter, lower-event script, and

The NBA playoffs open Sunday afternoon with a familiar rivalry and a pretty big Game 1 number. The Philadelphia 76ers head to TD Garden for a 1:00 PM tip on ABC after finishing 45-37 and grabbing the No. 7 seed, while the Boston Celtics enter as the No. 2 seed at 56-26 with home court and a market price that says this opener could get away from Philly if things break right. Philadelphia does have a little recent momentum. The Sixers beat Orlando 109-97 in the Play-In round behind Tyrese Maxey’s 31 points, and they were 22-19 on the road during the regular season, so this is not a team completely out of its depth away from home. Boston, though,