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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
For anyone that has to listen to Oiler fans harping about them catching the Flames, here it is numbers so you can shut them up...
For the Flames to clinch the division, their number is 15 - any combination of points earned by the Flames, or missed out on by the Oilers, that totals 15, and the Flames have clinched (a Flames win is 2 points, an Oiler loss is also 2 points).
For the Oilers to clinch, their number is 28. They need a combination of points they get, plus points the Flames miss, totaling 28 (in other words, ain't happening)
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I had to read this twice. That sounds like an insurmountable difference but under this formula you can gain 4 points each time you both play. So in four games, Oilers could in theory pull ahead.
No of course I don't think it will happen. But I am a long time Jays fan and Jays had this exact same big a lead (3.5 games) with only 7 games left and didn't even make it to a tiebreaker. Of course there were no three point games and they had head to head matchups with the Tigers.
Still just need to keep winning and celebrate when it's done, not before.