2024 2025 Playoff Tracker

[JianYang]

Yeah, but we also have a tough schedule, with Dallas, Toronto, Tampa Bay, Florida, and New Jersey. We could easily lose all 5 of those and not really be on us choking, as those are all among the top teams in the league. I won't be surprised to see us go 1-5, or 2-4 the rest of the way.

Schedule strength gets tricky at this time of the year. It's a time where Buffalo goes on winning streaks and some teams that have nothing to play for (standings wise) can go on a slide (like Washington right now)

 

[Henkka]

Schedule strength gets tricky at this time of the year.

I think we already see what schedule strength will mean.

A lot of contenders have already secured the playoff spot, and are taking easy at this time. Carolina did look uninterested and Florida had those heavy resting yesterday, was giving their depth players a chance to adjust in.

This is giving easier games for Red Wings, those team records (for schedule strength) will mean nothing at the moment.

Montreal is the only do-or-die game left. Others are all "taking easy" playoff teams, we could win them all, if they have this attitude to take easy.

vs. CAR - win (Carolina had secured a playoff spot 1 game earlier)
vs. FLO - win (Barkov, Tkachuk, Bennet, Reinhart, Ekblad, Forsling, Bobrovsky missing or resting. That was ~50M of cap value off from roster)
@ MTL - Do or DIE.
@ FLO (could be same roster resting/injuries game 2, as yesterday)
@ TBL (secured playoff spot, could be uninterested)
vs. DAL (has secured playoff spot, and almost the opponent too, Colorado)
@ NJD (has secured the playoff spot, and opponent too, CAR)
@ TOR (could be totally meaningless game for TOR on last round)

 

[weklof]

We basically have to win the rest of the games.

If we defeat MTL in regulation, we are still 4 pts back. It is unrealistic to expect MTL to lose all their remaining games, so we probably have to get at least 8 pts in the last 5 games.

 

[Henkka]

We basically have to win the rest of the games.

If we defeat MTL in regulation, we are still 4 pts back. It is unrealistic to expect MTL to lose all their remaining games, so we probably have to get at least 8 pts in the last 5 games.

Yeah.

1. Must win in regulation (vs. MTL)
2. One game in hand and that's a must win.
3. Then have to collect 3 points more than them from rest of the games.

It could be that this season was really lost in Lalonde-coached Montreal games.

21st and 22nd December, two back-to-back losses with 0 points. Montreal got their season-first 3-game win streak going on and it was turnaround for their season.

Lalonde was fired after that.

With McLellan, we have won the only game against Montreal. Tomorrow is the 2nd game.

 

[datsyukfan]

Yeah.

1. Must win in regulation (vs. MTL)
2. One game in hand and that's a must win.
3. Then have to collect 3 points more than them from rest of the games.

It could be that this season was really lost in Lalonde-coached Montreal games.

21st and 22nd December, two back-to-back losses with 0 points. Montreal got their season-first 3-game win streak going on and it was turnaround for their season.

Lalonde was fired after that.

With McLellan, we have won the only game against Montreal. Tomorrow is the 2nd game.

You would probably only need 2 more points then them as Detroit would probably hold tie-breaker