NHL Playoff Outlook

Post by **Nakor** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:40 pm

Here's a brief overview of the two conferences, what teams can still make it (however outside the odds).

LEGEND:

Team: The team. Duh.
GP: Games Played.
Pts: Points in the standings
Max: The most points a team could potentially get by the end of the season [Pts + 2 * (82 - GP)]
Clinch: This is the "magic number" required to clinch a playoff spot - to clinch, a team needs to reach this number in any combination of points they earn, and points the team(s) in 9th fail to. "In" and "Out" means the team is just that - in the playoffs for sure, or out of them.

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WEST
To clinch:  96

    Team  GP   Pts  Max   Clinch
1   SJ    75   109  123   In
2   DET   76   107  119   In
3   CAL   75   92   106   4
4   CHI   74   91   107   5
5   VAN   75   91   105   5
6   CBJ   76   86   98    10
7   NAS   76   84   96    12
8   STL   76   83   95    13
9   EDM   75   81   95    14
10  ANA   75   80   94    16
11  MIN   75   78   92    18
12  DAL   75   75   89    21
13  LA    75   73   87    23
14  PHO   75   69   83    27
15  COL   75   64   78    Out

EAST
To clinch:  98

    Team  GP   Pts  Max   Clinch
1   BOS   75   106  120   In
2   WAS   76   99   111   In
3   NJ    75   98   112   In
4   PHI   75   92   106   6
5   CAR   77   91   101   7
6   PIT   76   90   102   8
7   NYR   76   87   99    11
8   MON   75   86   100   12
9   FLA   76   85   97    13
10  BUF   75   82   96    16
11  TOR   76   75   87    23
12  OTT   74   74   90    24
13  ATL   76   70   82    Out
14  TB    76   70   82    Out
15  NYI   75   59   73    Out

Four teams fallen so far, and several soon to follow. Interesting to note: St. Louis does not have enough games remaining to clinch their 8th spot without Edmonton losing a game. They do not play each other, and on the unlikely chance they both win all their remaining games, Edmonton takes the tie-breaker (and ergo requires one fewer point to clinch)