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The Calgary Flames have been eliminated from playoff contention, but that reality hasn’t stopped them from making a difference in the postseason race. The Flames (33-38-9, 75 points) beat Utah 4-1 on Sunday and will try to defeat another playoff-bound team when they host the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night. In between, Calgary will host the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night in a game that will have no impact on the playoff race. Colorado (53-16-11, 117 points) clinched the top overall seed with a win over Calgary on Thursday and will play its last two games of the regular season with nothing at stake but health. The Avalanche are coming off a 2-1 victory in a shootout at Edmonton

It would be hard to blame the Anaheim Ducks if they come out a little sluggish Tuesday. They might have been too excited to sleep the previous night. Anaheim (42-32-6, 90 points) clinched its first playoff berth in eight years during an off day Monday, thanks to the San Jose Sharks’ win over the Nashville Predators. But before heading to the postseason, the Ducks have two more games left in the regular season, starting with Tuesday’s tilt against the Minnesota Wild (45-24-12, 102 points) in Saint Paul, Minn. Like Anaheim, Minnesota knows it is playoff bound. The Wild are locked into the No. 3 spot in the Western Conference’s Central Division, and they will face the No. 2 seed Dallas

The Arizona Diamondbacks head to Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Tuesday night trying to avoid letting one ugly collapse turn into a bigger problem. Arizona is 9-8, third in the NL West, and it just watched a 7-1 lead disappear in a 9-7 loss Monday night. Baltimore is 9-7, leading the AL East, and suddenly looks like one of the hotter teams in the league after winning six of its last seven. First pitch is set for 6:35 PM ET, with Merrill Kelly making his 2026 season debut for Arizona against Trevor Rogers for Baltimore. This game feels a little more delicate than the moneyline suggests. The Orioles are favored around -147 to -149, which makes sense with Rogers’

The Kings head to Rogers Arena on Tuesday night for a 10:00 p.m. ET matchup with the Canucks, and this one still carries real weight for Los Angeles even after Monday’s win in Seattle. The Kings are 35-26-19 now, not 34-26-19, and they have already locked up a playoff berth while still sorting out their final seeding in the West. Vancouver is 24-48-8, last in the conference, and playing its final home game of the season on Fan Appreciation Night. ESPN+ has the broadcast, and the odds you provided make Los Angeles a road favorite at -179 with a total of 6.0. That is the first thing that stands out here. One team is chasing a better playoff path and