This team has played at a .554 pace so far. Lets say the cutoff for playoffs is 92 pts. They will need 41 points in their last 36 games, that is a .569 pace. They have 19 games left against teams below them in the standings.
A loss Saturday and suddenly they have to play at a .585 pace.
They are teetering on the edge. They need to make serious hay against those 19 games vs teams below them or that stretch at the end Feb / early March could be it. Knights, Avs, Bruins, Leafs, Wild, Stars Wild.
That is why losing points vs the Hawks and a banged up Blues team should not be acceptable
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