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If the Bruins stand pat,this may help once all teams have played 82.More damning is the goal differential although it's been better under Sacco and Swayman is coming on. There is still alot of hockey left, so we will see where everyone is when they play 82
A set of 14 ping pong balls are placed in a lottery machine, which allows for 1,001 combinations.
Each team in the lottery is assigned a set of random four-number combinations. The worse a team's record, the more combinations they are assigned; so the team with the worst record, gets 185, representing an 18.5% chance of winning the first lottery draw.
A team can move up a maximum of 10 spots in the order; therefore, if a team in spot Nos. 12-16 wins the first draw, they move up accordingly, and the team lowest in the standings slots in at No. 1.
There is then a second draw, to determine the next possible spot, using similar rules as the first. Similarly, a team in spot Nos. 13-16 can still move up only 10 slots, so they would move up accordingly and the next lowest available team in the standings would get pick No. 2.
Draft lottery odds:
1. 18.5%
2.13.5%
3. 11.5%
4. 9.5%
5. 8.5%
6. 7.5%
7. 6.5%
8. 6.0%
9. 5.0%
10. 3.5%
11. 3.0%
12. 2.5%
13. 2.0%
14. 1.5%
15. 0.5%
16. 0.5%