The Jets have 16 games remaining. 12 of them are against teams currently in a playoff position, the remaining non-playoff teams are the Kings (9th place), New Jersey (second game of a back-to-back), Flyers and Canucks.
The Blues have 18 games remaining. Only 7 of them are against teams currently occupying a playoff position. They play Colorado (30th by far) 3 more times, they play Arizona (29th by far) 3 more times. The other non-playoff teams are the Kings, Canucks, Jets, Panthers and Hurricanes. St. Louis has such an easy schedule on paper. It's why there's such a discrepancy on SportClubStats between the weighted (77% chance to make playoff for the Blues) and the 50/50 (65% chance). Given the schedule, St. Louis would have to be blamed for throwing away the lead when they have more points, more games to play, and 6 games against the absolute bottom feeding teams.
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