The Sharks entered games Tuesday in sixth place in the Western Conference with 42 points.
Vancouver (4-4-4) jumped into sixth place in the Western Conference with its second win since March 9.
This season, the Americans (27-18-2-1) are second in the North Division and sixth in the Western Conference.
Calgary is 14th in the Western Conference and will likely miss the playoffs for the fourth straight season.
And last year, Duncan's top-seeded Spurs handled the Utah Jazz in four games, but lost in the Western Conference Finals.
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Through Tuesday, Los Angeles was 13th in the Western Conference with eight points, only two more than the last-place Calgary Flames.
It's a significant move for a team that was fourth in the Western Conference and three games behind the third-place Clippers.
They began the day in the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference, a point ahead of Dallas and Columbus.
But he ranks 48th among all guards in the NBA in scoring (11.3 points per game) and 26th in the Western Conference.
The Suns' 13-28 record is the worst in the Western Conference and fourth-worst in the NBA. Only Cleveland, Charlotte and Washington are worse.
Louis Blues, in the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference, acquired defenseman Jay Bouwmeester from the Calgary Flames on Monday night.
Beckham's side, head into the final as favourites against Salt Lake, who only just made the play-offs by finishing fifth in the Western Conference.
In his first full season in Anaheim, Boudreau led the Ducks to the Pacific Division title and the second seed in the Western Conference playoffs.
Houston currently holds the No. 8 spot in the Western Conference.
He led Calgary to the 2004 Stanley Cup finals, but the Flames haven't been to the playoffs since 2009 and are currently 14th in the Western Conference.
It was a costly loss for the Blazers, who are 33-38 and still fighting for a playoff spot in the Western Conference with just 11 games remaining.
Although the Nuggets have the fourth-best record in the Western Conference, no Denver player was selected for next Sunday's All-Star Game, a fact Karl is quick to point out.
With 76 points this season through Sunday, the Kings were currently tied with the Calgary Flames and Colorado Avalanche for the eighth and final postseason berth in the Western Conference.
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They won 25 of 45 games after Feaster took over as interim General Manager in December, but a late-season slide left Calgary three points shy of a playoff spot in the Western Conference.
The fourth-leading scorer in NBA history probably will miss the postseason for just the second time, even if Los Angeles hangs on to the eighth spot in the Western Conference playoff race without him.
The Lakers spent most of the season under .500 and out of the playoff picture before rallying to win eight of their final nine games and secure the seventh playoff seed in the Western Conference.
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The Thunder finish a run of four games in five days Monday night at San Antonio, with a chance to tie the Spurs without All-Star point guard Tony Parker for the best record in the Western Conference.
Nick Bonino scored on the power play 18 seconds after Abdelkader was ejected for his hit on Lydman, and Anaheim went on to a 4-0 victory Saturday night to take a 2-1 series lead over the Red Wings in the Western Conference playoffs.
You gotta love this crazy man and the hype. (Not to mention his miracle put-back on a Kobe Bryant miss at the buzzer to win Game 5 between the Suns and Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.) Who else but Artest, in a trademark bizarre post-game interview, would attribute his championship performance to his psychiatrist?
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No official details of the changes have been released by the NHL, but it is widely believed that teams such as Detroit and Columbus will be put into more travel-friendly divisions in the Eastern time zone, and the Winnipeg Jets formerly the Atlanta Thrashers will leave the Southeast Division for a spot in the Western Conference.
Bryant, who injured his right elbow in a loss at Oklahoma City on Tuesday night but played through it to score 30 against the Thunder, scored 25 points in the second half, 18 in the final quarter as the Lakers (31-31) pulled back to .500 and remained within three games of the last playoff spot in the Western Conference.
It's not clear whether this factor helped propel the Grizzlies past the Clippers in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs and past the Thunder in the second.
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