It's certainly not business as usual in the NHL postseason, and despite the strangeness of the round robin and games without fans, the stakes are starting to get very real.
At the conclusion of Thursday night's games, we were left with a severely shaken up playoff picture. The Calgary Flames clinched their spot in the first round with a win over the Winnipeg Jets. In the East, the Columbus Blue Jackets went up 2-1 on the Toronto Maple Leafs. In the West, the Vancouver Canucks went up 2-1 on the Minnesota Wild.
Meanwhile, the Arizona Coyotes, Chicago Blackhawks and Montreal Canadiens, all of whom would have been eliminated from playoff contention had the regular season and the playoffs gone normally this season, can clinch a playoff spot following the qualifying round.