The chase for the playoffs (standings, scoreboard watching, and, of course, sagacious commentary)

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Lets discard NYR, NJD, BUF, MYL, OTT, DET. That leaves 10 teams that are in the running.

Among these 10 teams only BOS, TBL, WSH and PIT are almost certainly going to make it.

That leaves 6 teams which compete for 4 spots. Thats quite fair, I like our hmm, I mean CBJ's chances.

February and March are going to be awesome imo.

Yes I came to the same conclusion but I think only three of those spots are available to the CBJ? Because one of the available spots is 3rd in Atlantic?

 

[KCbus]

I wouldn't discard Buffalo or the Rangers yet. They have games in hand. Enough to get within six or seven points of the line, and we had a similar deficit to make up when our run started.

 

[Madifer]

Yes I came to the same conclusion but I think only three of those spots are available to the CBJ? Because one of the available spots is 3rd in Atlantic?

Yes I know yet for the sake of simplicity I decided to neglect that for now :Р

But yes yes, lets deduct one spot and one team from this pool..

 

[DarkandStormy]

This is the week where "games in hand" catches up.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Pens and Knights the choices on the out of town scoreboard.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

CBJ will be in a playoff spot after games in hand resolved ( for now).

 

[punk_o_holic]

Pens and Knights the choices on the out of town scoreboard.

Unfortunately Pens Flyers went to OT. Pens won though. Vegas holding on but time still left.

 

[ViD]

Vegas up 3-1

 

[Speedy Sanderson]

Carolina comes back to tie it at 3, but Vegas gets a power play goal and now up 4-3. Need to hang on.

 

[DJA]

Crazy game

 

[ViD]

Jesus, almost jinxed it

 

[EspenK]

I think the Jackets playoff fate rests almost solely in their hands. If they continue to play like they have been they're a lock. If they revert to pre-injury era they are toast.

 

[Finner]

Vancouver wins Isles at OT so thats a good thing. Montreal leading Fla 3-0 after 2periods. Something good.

 

[Speedy Sanderson]

Flyers and Leafs both win. Going to be a tight race down to the wire.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Toronto is getting in, probably as the 3rd seed in the Atlantic. The only toss up spots are WC 1, 2, and Metro 3.

 

[EspenK]

Toronto is getting in, probably as the 3rd seed in the Atlantic. The only toss up spots are WC 1, 2, and Metro 3.

I'd add Atlantic 3 to the mix with Florida & Toronto battling it out. And if Carey Price comes on strong Montreal has an outside chance imo.

 

[Byrral]

No help. Carolina wins skills competition.

 

[Cowumbus]

Hurricanes win in SO

 

[Cowumbus]

The game with Florida on Tuesday is HUGE. Panthers will be coming off a game Monday night, need to win in regulation.

 

[Cowumbus]

33 points to go.
15-17 wins out of the next 29

 

[pled]

Let's keep the bjorkstreak alive

 

[Long Live Lyle]

No help. Carolina wins skills competition.

Technically, a tiny bit of help. They remain at 21 RW and 26 ROW. If they win in regulation the game in hand that they have, they would be tied with us in points and tied with us in RW, but we would be ahead in ROW, so we’d remain ahead. If they had won in regulation today, a regulation win in the game in hand would put them ahead of us in ROW. If they had won in OT today, a regulation win in their game in hand would have tied us in RW and ROW, and they’d be ahead based on total W.

For those interested, here are the numbers:

CBJ: 22 RW, 28 ROW
TOR: 22, 27
NYI: 19, 26
Carolina: 21, 26
Philly: 19, 23
Florida: 23, 25
NYR: 22, 25

It’s extremely likely we’d finish ahead of Philly in a tiebreak scenario and pretty likely we’d finish ahead of NYI. It’s extremely unlikely we’d finish ahead of NYR in a tiebreak scenario and pretty unlikely we’d finish ahead of Florida. Toronto and Carolina are toss-ups.

ETA: The reason why it’s extremely unlikely we’d finish ahead of NYR in a tiebreak, even though we’re tied now in RW and ahead in ROW, is because if they can make up 11 points, that almost certainly means they’ll have more RW than we will. Unless, they make up those 11 points via a ton of OT/SO wins and/or OT losses. That also applies a bit to Florida.

 

[Byrral]

Technically, a tiny bit of help.

Thanks for this. Was just thinking in my head how the new tiebreaker rules work now.

 

[ViD]

Crazy to think that if we were in the West we’d have 9 points on the 9th team