The Stockton Heat can get two points closer to clinching their first American Hockey League playoff berth since 2016–17 when they take on the Bakersfield Condors at Stockton Arena on Monday evening.
The top seven teams in the AHL’s Pacific Division will qualify for the Calder Cup playoffs. Stockton currently leads the Pacific — and the entire league, for that matter — with a 34–9–5 record and a .760 points percentage in 48 games.
The Heat currently sit 34 points up with one game in hand on the eighth-place Tucson Roadrunners. The Roadrunners have 19 games remaining in their 2021–22 schedule, meaning the maximum number of points they can reach is 77.