The Playoff Hunt. Flames Vs Wild Vs Blues

[Caged Great]

Realistically those are the teams remaining.


Remaining Schedules. BOLD = Playoff Team, Italics = Home Game.

Minnesota - Anaheim

1 games at home, 1 vs non playoff teams

St. Louis - Utah

1 games at home, 1 vs non playoff teams

Calgary - Vegas, Los Angeles

1 games at home, 1 on the road. 2 vs playoff teams


Currently

Wild - 95 points (1 games remaining)
Blues - 94 points (1 games remaining)
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Flames - 92 points - (2 games remaining)


Magic Number Table. Arranged by max points remaining.

Team..................Points.....Max Points...Magic #

Wild.....................95..............97....... ...0.5
Blues....................94..............96....... ..1.0
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Flames..................92..........….96.........3 .0

[troutman]

Utah has 75 points.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by troutman

Utah has 75 points.

With games against Calgary and St. Louis.

[WideReceiver]

Pardon my ignorance but how many of those bubble teams get in?

[Party Elephant]

Originally Posted by WideReceiver

Pardon my ignorance but how many of those bubble teams get in?

Probably only 1. Minnesota and Edmonton are each 6 points up on 8th place so they're likely not missing (a man can dream though)

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Maybe one of MIN/EDM falls back into the race, but it's unlikely.

Edmonton is probably the best shot at that with the glitter twins out. But even that rotting corpse of a roster tends to find ways to collect points in these situations.

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by troutman

Utah has 75 points.

I will add them soon. I'll also be adding the Magic Number stuff later too.

[Brodie66]

I think we need 95 points so we probably finish with 94

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Brodie66

I think we need 95 points so we probably finish with 94

Seems high

[midniteowl]

So how many win / otl we need to make the cut?

[jg13]

I really hope the Wild lose a few in a row. St Louis has to be the heavy favourite to get in if theres only 1 spot for the taking.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Why the "heavy" favourite?

Flames have a higher points percentage with 2 Ducks games and 2 sharks games to go.

Blues are doing well but with the games in hand the Flames currently control their own destiny.

[stemit14]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Why the "heavy" favourite?

Flames have a higher points percentage with 2 Ducks games and 2 sharks games to go.

Blues are doing well but with the games in hand the Flames currently control their own destiny.

Blues are the hottest team in the league since the Four nations break and have the softest schedule to finish the season amongst the teams in the hunt for the last playoff spot.

But you’re right in the sense that calling them the “heavy” favourite might be an exaggeration.

[dino7c]

Flames are gonna have 4 games in hand soon, its kinda ridiculous

[jg13]

Because since the 4 nations break the Blues are 11-2-2

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Sounds like they're due for a skid.

[jg13]

I certainly hope so

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by jg13

Because since the 4 nations break the Blues are 11-2-2

More likely they come back to earth versus continuing at that pace.

[SemicolonD]

We have the biggest "gimme" games with 2 Ducks and 2 Sharks games, go 4-0 in those games and you could even go 4-5 in the other 9 games to get 93 points and likely still make it.

Canucks would need to go 9-3 to get 94 points which is unlikely, and Blues would need to have the tie break and go 7-4 or 7-3-1 without the tie break.

I like those odds with a 4-5 record against the non Ducks/Sharks opponents, so if we go 4-4-1 or 5-4 against those opponents it makes everything look even better.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

7 games in 10 days by the end of Tuesday with two back to backs in there.

Hopefully fatigue hits them tomorrow and Tuesday.