Ten games populate the NHL calendar on Tuesday, all of which will have some impact on either playoff positioning or the draft lottery standings. Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sab

As is tradition, Saturday is absolutely loaded with NHL games. Hope you got a good night's sleep! With 13 games on the schedule, it's best to go game-by-game to preview what's at stake for each team -- some in the playoff races, some who are jockeying for draft lottery position.

In my title, I wrote the words “race for the playoffs” when talking about the Rangers. Know that I could have put those words in quotes because in fact, there is no real race for the playoffs right now.