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This rematch carries more edge than a typical late-season interconference game. Toronto comes into Anaheim after another flat offensive showing, while the Ducks are trying to steady themselves at the top of the Pacific after letting Edmonton tighten the race. Add in the fallout from Radko Gudas’ knee-on-knee hit on Auston Matthews earlier this month, and this is a matchup with real emotional weight on top of the standings pressure. Monday night at Honda Center should feel tense from the opening shift. Toronto has lost too much offensive rhythm lately, failing to reach 20 shots in three of its last four games, but the Leafs still have every reason to push this game early after the way the March 12

This is one of the sharper NHL handicaps on Monday because the standings pressure is obvious and the market has to price both urgency and uncertainty at the same time. The Islanders enter this matchup at 42-27-5 with 89 points, sitting one point ahead of Pittsburgh in the race for second place in the Metropolitan Division. That alone makes this game feel like a playoff matchup before the postseason even starts. The Penguins are 36-21-16 with 88 points, but they come in off a rough 6-3 home loss to Dallas and are still waiting on clarity around Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin after both returned to practice on Sunday. New York, meanwhile, is trending the right way. The Islanders have

Colorado still has bigger goals in front of it, but Monday night is about fixing something much more immediate. The Avalanche are trying to lock down home ice for the playoffs, yet Ball Arena has stopped feeling like the automatic edge it was earlier in the season. Colorado opened the year 19-0-2 at home, then slipped into a 2-4-1 home stretch after the Olympic break. That makes this game important beyond two standings points. It is about whether the Avalanche can reestablish control in their own building before the games get even heavier. Calgary arrives in much better recent form than its overall record suggests. The Flames stumbled after the trade deadline, then responded with a 5-0-1 stretch that includes

The St. Louis Blues head to SAP Center on Monday night for a 10:00 p.m. ET start against the San Jose Sharks, and this one has real playoff weight to it. Both teams enter with 73 points and both are chasing the same target in the Western Conference wild-card race. San Jose has the game in hand. St. Louis has the better recent run. That alone makes this matchup pretty interesting from a betting perspective. The Blues are 31-30-11 and suddenly look like a team that believes again after ripping off four straight wins and going 10-1-2 over their last 13. San Jose is 33-31-7 and finally stopped a six-game slide with a 3-2 win over Columbus on Saturday. The