The required points are going to come up, but the fact the Pacific has been an absolute joke has erased our October entirely. To hold third place, we need to finish ahead of Phoenix (on pace for 79 points), Edmonton (75), Vancouver (75) and Anaheim (74). If those teams were to fail to improve, we are already in a position where we don't even need a .500 record from here to the end of the year to make the playoffs.
Some teams will get better though, and others will drop. We just need to be one of the former group, and that means winning the intradivisional games. But making the playoffs in the Pacific might not even require 90 points. (The wild card spots will be higher).
To get to 90:
LA: 24-27-0 (.471)
SJ: 28-22-1 (.559)
Cgy: 29-22-0 (.569)
Ari: 30-21 (.588)
Ana: 31-20-1 (.606)
Edm: 30-19 (.612)
Van: 30-19 (.612)
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