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How many points will it take to make the playoffs - 2013-14 edition

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After games of 12/11/13:

Minnesota and Vancouver are now projected to tie for the 2nd wild-card spot at 102 points, making the safe target for the playoffs 103 points, translating to a record of 26-19-5 (a percentage of .570 - which would be good enough for third in the Metropolitan, or the 2nd wild-card in the East, but which would be on par with the 10th-place Dallas Stars in our own conference).

Playoff matchups would be:
Vancouver at Chicago
Phoenix at Anaheim
Colorado at St. Louis
San Jose at Los Angeles

Magic number is 94 points, meaning a record of 47-3 gets the Kings into the post-season no matter what any other team does.
 
HansH said:
After games of 12/11/13:

Minnesota and Vancouver are now projected to tie for the 2nd wild-card spot at 102 points, making the safe target for the playoffs 103 points, translating to a record of 26-19-5 (a percentage of .570 - which would be good enough for third in the Metropolitan, or the 2nd wild-card in the East, but which would be on par with the 10th-place Dallas Stars in our own conference).

Playoff matchups would be:
Vancouver at Chicago
Phoenix at Anaheim
Colorado at St. Louis
San Jose at Los Angeles

Magic number is 94 points, meaning a record of 47-3 gets the Kings into the post-season no matter what any other team does.
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That's it? Basically if we go .500 the rest of the way with a few OTL/SOL tossed in, we've made it? This team can do that in its elf pajamas.
 
After games of 12/14/13:

Minnesota is now projected just outside the 2nd wild-card spot at 101 points, making the safe target for the playoffs 102 points, translating to a record of 25-20-4 (a percentage of .551).

Playoff matchups would be:
Phoenix (2WC) at St. Louis (1C)
Vancouver (1 WC) at Los Angeles (1P)
Colorado (3C) at Chicago (2C)
San Jose (3P) at Anaheim (2P)

Magic number is 90 points, meaning a record of 45-4 gets the Kings into the post-season no matter what any other team does.
 
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HansH said:
After games of 12/11/13:

Minnesota is now projected just outside the 2nd wild-card spot at 101 points, making the safe target for the playoffs 102 points, translating to a record of 25-20-4 (a percentage of .551).

Playoff matchups would be:
Phoenix (2WC) at St. Louis (1C)
Vancouver (1 WC) at Los Angeles (1P)
Colorado (3C) at Chicago (2C)
San Jose (3P) at Anaheim (2P)

Magic number is 90 points, meaning a record of 45-4 gets the Kings into the post-season no matter what any other team does.
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OH NOW WOULDN'T THAT BE SOMETHING :D

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After games of 12/19/13:

Minnesota is still projected just outside the 2nd wild-card spot, now at 100 points, making the safe target for the playoffs 101 points, translating to a record of 23-20-3 (a percentage of .533).

Playoff matchups would be:
Phoenix (2WC) at Chicago (1C)
Vancouver (1 WC) at Anaheim (1P)
Colorado (3C) at St. Louis (2C)
San Jose (3P) at Los Angeles (2P)

Magic Number
84 points, meaning a record of 42-4 gets the Kings into the post-season no matter what any other team does.
 
HansH said:
After games of 12/19/13:

Minnesota is still projected just outside the 2nd wild-card spot, now at 100 points, making the safe target for the playoffs 101 points, translating to a record of 23-20-3 (a percentage of .533).

Playoff matchups would be:
Phoenix (2WC) at Chicago (1C)
Vancouver (1 WC) at Anaheim (1P)
Colorado (3C) at St. Louis (2C)
San Jose (3P) at Los Angeles (2P)

Magic Number
84 points, meaning a record of 42-4 gets the Kings into the post-season no matter what any other team does.
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Not this again. :help::cry:
 
After games of 12/21/13:

No change, Minnesota still projected just outside the 2nd wild-card spot, at 100 points, making the safe target for the playoffs 101 points, now translating to a record of 22-20-3 (a percentage of .522).

Playoff matchups would be:

Vancouver (1WC) at St. Louis (1C)
Colorado (3C) at Chicago (2C)

Phoenix (2WC) at Anaheim (1P)
San Jose (3P) at Los Angeles (2P)

Magic Number
82 points, meaning a record of 41-4 gets the Kings into the post-season no matter what any other team does.
 
After games of 12/22/13:

Minnesota is still the team projected just outside the 2nd wild-card spot, but yesterday's loss now has slipped them to 97 points, making the safe target for the playoffs 98 points, translating to a record of 20-21-4 (a percentage of .489).

Playoff matchups would be:

Vancouver (1WC) at St. Louis (1C)
Colorado (3C) at Chicago (2C)

Phoenix (2WC) at Anaheim (1P)
San Jose (3P) at Los Angeles (2P)

Magic Number
81 points, meaning a record of 40-4-1 gets the Kings into the post-season no matter what any other team does.
 
After games of 12/23/13:

Dallas is now the team projected just outside the 2nd wild-card spot at 96 points, making the safe target for the playoffs 97 points, translating to a record of 20-21-3 (a percentage of .489).

Playoff matchups would be:

Vancouver (1WC) at Chicago (1C)
Colorado (3C) at St. Louis (2C)

Phoenix (2WC) at Anaheim (1P)
San Jose (3P) at Los Angeles (2P)

Magic Number
Still 81 points, meaning a record of 40-3-1 gets the Kings into the post-season no matter what any other team does.
 
After games of 12/31/13:

Dallas is still the team projected just outside the 2nd wild-card spot, now at 99 points, making the safe target for the playoffs 100 points, translating to a record of 21-16-4 (a percentage of .561).

Playoff matchups would be:

Phoenix (2WC) at St. Louis (1C)
Colorado (3C) at Chicago (2C)

Vancouver (1WC) at Anaheim (1P)
Los Angeles (3P) at San Jose (2P)

Magic Number
80 points, meaning a record of 40-1 gets the Kings into the post-season no matter what any other team does.
 
After games of 1/2/14:

Dallas is projected just outside the 2nd wild-card spot at 96 points, making the safe target for the playoffs 97 points, translating to a record of 20-17-3 (a percentage of .538).

Playoff matchups would be:

Phoenix (2WC) at St. Louis (1C)
Colorado (3C) at Chicago (2C)

Vancouver (1WC) at Anaheim (1P)
Los Angeles (3P) at San Jose (2P)

Magic Number
78 points, meaning a record of 39-1 gets the Kings into the post-season no matter what any other team does.
 
After games of 1/4/14:

Dallas is projected just outside the 2nd wild-card spot at 94 points, making the safe target for the playoffs 95 points, translating to a record of 18-18-3 (a percentage of .500).

Playoff matchups would be:

Phoenix (2WC) at St. Louis (1C)
Colorado (3C) at Chicago (2C)

Vancouver (1WC) at Anaheim (1P)
Los Angeles (3P) at San Jose (2P)

Magic Number
74 points, meaning a record of 37-2 gets the Kings into the post-season no matter what any other team does.
 
HansH said:
After games of 1/4/14:

Dallas is projected just outside the 2nd wild-card spot at 94 points, making the safe target for the playoffs 95 points, translating to a record of 18-18-3 (a percentage of .500).

Playoff matchups would be:

Phoenix (2WC) at St. Louis (1C)
Colorado (3C) at Chicago (2C)

Vancouver (1WC) at Anaheim (1P)
Los Angeles (3P) at San Jose (2P)

Magic Number
74 points, meaning a record of 37-2 gets the Kings into the post-season no matter what any other team does.
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Thanks again Hans.

Man, we really need home ice, especially if we're on a collision course with San Jose again.
 
MN14 said:
Thanks again Hans.

Man, we really need home ice, especially if we're on a collision course with San Jose again.
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Just for grins and giggles, the Sharks are projected to finish with 114 points on this pace -- so the Kings would need 115 for home ice in that round.

That's a record of 28-8-3, a percentage of .756.

So, the Sharks need to start losing somewhere -- it's not really realistic to _hope_ for an above-.750 half-season JUST to grab some home ice.
 
After games of 1/7/14:

Minnesota's win surges them into the bubble position, projecting to 93 points, making the safe target for the playoffs 94 points, translating to a record of 17-18-3 (a percentage of .487).

Playoff matchups would be:

Phoenix (2WC) at St. Louis (1C)
Colorado (3C) at Chicago (2C)

Vancouver (1WC) at Anaheim (1P)
Los Angeles (3P) at San Jose (2P)

Magic Number
71 points, meaning a record of 35-2-1 gets the Kings into the post-season no matter what any other team does.
 
After games of 1/9/14:

Minnesota sits in the bubble position, projecting to 94 points, making the safe target for the playoffs 95 points, translating to a record of 16-17-4 (a percentage of .486).

Playoff matchups would be:

Phoenix (2WC) at St. Louis (1C)
Colorado (3C) at Chicago (2C)

Vancouver (1WC) at Anaheim (1P)
Los Angeles (3P) at San Jose (2P)

Magic Number
67 points, meaning a record of 33-3-1 gets the Kings into the post-season no matter what any other team does.
 
Using my own algorithm I see us (providing things continue down a similar path, health etc) ending up at or near 115 pts at the end of the season.

My algorithm is based on squirrel movements and the amount of times per day I say something laden with profanities but it has worked (or within 5 pts) over the past several years (I called our cup win in 12 back in 11, so did PuckU but he uses his own set of mathematical equations).

I am curious where you see us ending up HansH and again thanks as always for your efforts.
 
The numbers of points we need in wins to make the playoffs are a factor
in which the Kings win games and that takes scoring goals. When you
have a player getting paid 7.6 million dollars this season, who has not
scored a goal in his last 19 games...good luck making the playoffs.

When you have a bottom 6, that cannot score a single goal in over 10 games,
you should not make the playoffs.
 
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