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Originally Posted by Beatle17
If you look at the playoff standings the Pacific has 5 teams in the playoffs currently. PPG can get really thrown off by 3 point games, so if St. Louis has 70 points and Winnipeg has 50 the PPG don't determine anything when Calgary has 57 and Vegas has 55 (point totals used are example only). Total points determine playoff spots.
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It doesn't take into account that the teams played an uneven amount of games. Nashville for example has 5 games in hand on Vegas. So while at the moment the Pacific has 5 teams in the playoffs, all the teams in the central are in the playoffs picture. Meanwhile, 3 of the teams in the Pacific are out of it. Also St. Louis and Colorado are locks to make it. Which is more than I can say about any team in the Pacific.
Edit: Also since 3 point games are throwing you off - The central has 145 regulation wins in 345 games (42%). The pacific has 139 regulation wins in 399 games (35%).