I just had a good look at the remaining schedule and it is very interesting...
MTL has the easiest schedule, with the most home games, and 5 games left with OTT
EDM has the hardest schedule with the fewest home games and the fewest games against OOT (2). Add to that the fact that they have the most suspect goaltending.
Things are going to tighten up and get very interesting down the stretch. Here are the games remaining, home, away, games with OTT:
TOR: 26 / 12 / 14 / 3
WPG: 28 / 13 / 15 / 5
EDM: 25 / 10 / 15 / 2
MTL: 28 / 17 / 11 / 5
CGY: 27 / 15 / 12 / 4
VAN: 24 / 10 / 14 / 5
WPG finishes the year with 3 games against OTT, where they will likely have packed it in for the season already. The Jets will be hard to catch.
EDM has the fewest games, the fewest home games, and the fewest games against OTT - they are in serious trouble.
MTL has 17 home games and 5 games against OTT - I don't think that they will be the team that misses.
This is going to be an absolute horse race the rest of the way. The game tomorrow night is HUGE. We could be 3 back of the Oil with 2 games in hand, or 7 back, which would make it tough to catch them.
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