The Stanley Cup playoff picture is becoming clearer

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With three nights left in the regular season, 15 of the 16 playoff entries are now set, while the races for some major individual awards are close to being resolved. Here's a look and what's settled and what's still up in the air after an eventful Tuesday night:

Vegas is hanging by a thread. The most impactful result last night was Vegas' 3-2 shootout loss at Dallas. It left the Golden Knights, a top-three Stanley Cup favourite before the season, four points behind the Stars for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference with two games to play. Vegas needs to beat Chicago and St. Louis and have Dallas lose home games to lowly Arizona and Anaheim in regulation — a scenario with a 1.5 per cent chance of occurring, according to MoneyPuck's playoff odds. The Knights' failure to beat Dallas last night also moved several pieces of the playoff picture into place, as you'll see below.

Only three of the seven Canadian teams will be in the playoffs. Despite last night's 5-2 win over Seattle, the Vancouver Canucks were officially eliminated from post-season contention when Dallas beat Vegas. Winnipeg, Montreal and Ottawa were already out. That leaves Toronto, Calgary and Edmonton as the three teams with a chance to bring the Stanley Cup to Canada for the first time since Montreal won it in 1993.

Edmonton will play Los Angeles in the first round. Toronto and Calgary's opponents are still TBD. The Vegas loss ensured the idle Kings will finish third in the Pacific Division. They'll face the Oilers, who clinched second place (and home-ice advantage vs. the Kings) by beating