[Sylvanfan]

Considering that for the 9 teams in playoff contention, you have one in Calgary who have 18 points in their last 10 games. You have the Wild who are the outlier the other way with 4. The other 7 all have 11 to 16.

I would anticipate that over the next 10, the 8 teams who ultimately make the playoffs will fall in the 11-16 range, and anyone who falls below it will be one of the teams who are already comfortably in like Minnesota, San Jose, or Chicago.

So realistically there isn't much room for any one team to move one way or the other. Any gap larger of 3 or more points most likely stays to the end of the season.