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Originally Posted by Textcritic
And that's just it:
Only ONE of those five teams needs to keep winning, and the Oilers will miss. With five of them in the mix the chances are almost certain that at least one will not trail off. Two or maybe three teams will sag, but that won't be enough for the Oilers to get in.
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And the nature of the NHL schedule and points system means the teams they are chasing are frequently playing against each other -- often in games where one team gets one point and the other gets two.