Welcome to the NHL On Tap, a daily look at the games on the NHL schedule. There are 14 games on the schedule for Saturday, including two nationally televised in the United States and five in Canada.

Sometimes, the difference between making or missing the playoffs isn’t just about how many wins but who those wins are ...

Five minutes later, Tampa Bay regained the lead at 10:14 when Thomas Chabot tried to intercept a rink-long Lightning stretch pass and missed the puck. Brandon Hagel did not and scored on a breakaway, ...