For example if we take today's standings as the final results with re-alignment they look like this:
Pacific
1. ANA - 27
2. VAN - 24
3. SJ - 21
4. PHX - 21
5. LA - 20
6. CAL - 18
7. EDM - 18
Mid-West
1. CHI - 35
2. NAS - 23
3. STL - 22
4. DAL - 22
5. MIN - 20
6. WPG - 19
7. COL - 17
Neither of the 5 seeds would make the wildcard, but as top seed Chicago would play worst wildcard; in this case Phoenix....and Dallas would then also cross over and play Anaheim
other matchups: VAN v. SJ and NAS v. STL
In the East:
Central
1. MTL - 27
2. BOS - 26
3. OTT - 26
4. TOR - 24
5. DET - 21
6. TB - 19
7. FLA - 16
8. BUF 15
Atlantic:
1. PIT - 26
2. NJ - 24
3. CAR - 19
4. PHI -19
5. NYR - 18
6. NYI - 17
7. WAS - 15
8. CLB - 13
Here the wildcards would both be from the Central.
Top seed Montreal would play low wildcard Detroit, Toronto would cross over and play Pittsburgh.
Other match ups; BOS v. OTT, and NJ v. CAR
So we would actually see 3 1st rd match ups with crossovers
Also strange to see that the 6th place Central team has the same number of pts as the 3rd place Atlantic team.
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