The Playoff Hunt. Flames Vs Wild Vs Blues

[browna]

Both St L and Minnesota start an hour before the Flames game on Tuesday. So, will all know the situation going into the third period vs Las Vegas.

[#-3]

My math now

Cgy 575 / LVK 669 = 43%
Cgy 575 / LAK 639 = 45%

Ana 494 / Min 586 / 2 / 1.1 for the 10% risk of Overtime = 38%
Uta 544 / Stl 580 / 2 = 43%

45% x 43% = 19.34% x (38% + 43%) = 15.65%

Just over 1 day of the week the Flames make the playoffs, the other 6 garbage bags next weekend.

[dino7c]

I dont think you can expect Vegas or LA to be playing at their usual clip in these games

[topfiverecords]

Flames will get 3 goal lead on Vegas. Blues will win in regulation. Wild will lose in OT. Parekh will play in LA. Andersson trade value thread will commence.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by dino7c

I dont think you can expect Vegas or LA to be playing at their usual clip in these games

Well LA has to take care of business tomorrow, first.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by #-3

My math now

Cgy 575 / LVK 669 = 43%
Cgy 575 / LAK 639 = 45%

Ana 494 / Min 586 / 2 / 1.1 for the 10% risk of Overtime = 38%
Uta 544 / Stl 580 / 2 = 43%

45% x 43% = 19.34% x (38% + 43%) = 15.65%

Just over 1 day of the week the Flames make the playoffs, the other 6 garbage bags next weekend.

[FanSince'01]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Well LA has to take care of business tomorrow, first.

That or beat the Kraken on Tuesday. Either or will get them home ice.

[dino7c]

Yep, and if the Flames need to be a full stength LA to make the playoffs I'll take it anyway. Surviving Tuesday night would be massive

[FlamesFanInEdmonton]

Nice to still live to fight another day. I was thinking the most likely scenario would be the Blues losing to Utah, but I just realized Utah plays tomorrow.

Hopefully they really want to win their last game of the season.

[Hockeyguy15]

Let's face it, will we catch a break and have one or both of them lose? Probably not, but the season is still a success.

[Always Earned Never Given]

It would be nice if the 1st tie breaker would come into play as I have never witnessed it.
Flames win and Stl loss in regulation. Both sit at 94 points but Flames played 1 fewer game therefore Flames point percentage is higher.

Kings want to rest up so call the league to let them know Thursday’s make up game cannot be made up as arena was double booked or some other silly reason.

[united]

The Athletic daily. The Flames do their job and cruise to a win.

- The Flames are at 14% (+3%) to make playoffs.
- The Flames' median finish is 94 points (+1), 2 points (-1) out of the playoffs assuming the Blues - median finish of 95 points - hold the tie-breaker.
- The Flames are most likely to pick 16th overall (-).
- The Flames are projected to finish 11 points out of the top 10 (illustrative only as cannot finish top 10 at this point).

[EDMONTONisNG]

Flames will make it imo as they are surging at the right time. Just perfect timing as Blues are cooling off quick and wild have been on life support for a couple weeks.

[Sylvanfan]

Well the one path here would be Utah forces the Blues to OT, and the Flames can win both their games in regulation. Flames and Blues at 96 with Cslgary having 32-31 edge in regulation wins. So all the Flames need is for Utah to be tied after 60 minutes.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by EDMONTONisNG

Flames will make it imo as they are surging at the right time. Just perfect timing as Blues are cooling off quick and wild have been on life support for a couple weeks.

I wish I had your optimism.

[Paulie Walnuts]

St. Louis may have peaked early, and Wild are flailing since the big injuries and it takes time for those guys to find their way, but they don't have time.

Don't discount the immense pressure on both teams to win to clinch and their opponents wanting to play spoiler.

[looooob]

obviously the odds are ridiculously long for both to make it- but still pretty cool that the Flames and CBJ- if nothing else- are the last 2 standing with 2 games to go with a shot at the playoffs


wouldn't mind if CBJ won the lottery and bumped up this year based on how they performed

[Always Earned Never Given]

For the nostalgic here is what the standings would look like for the 3 teams involved 50 years ago

Minnesota North Stars 81-33-30-18 84 pts
Atlanta Flames. 80-30-27-23 83 pts
St-Louis Blues. 81-31-20-20 82 pts

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by Always Earned Never Given

For the nostalgic here is what the standings would look like for the 3 teams involved 50 years ago

Minnesota North Stars 81-33-30-18 84 pts
Atlanta Flames. 80-30-27-23 83 pts
St-Louis Blues. 81-31-20-20 82 pts

23 ties! I don’t remember those kind of numbers back in the day

[1qqaaz]

I would feel a lot more confident if the Flames' last two opponents weren't Vegas and LA. Hopefully they rest everyone.