President's trophy magic numbers:
Nashville - 8
Boston - 7
Tampa - 5
Vegas - 4
Weren't a few people claiming it was going to take 100+ points for a Central team to clinch even a wild card spot? looks like Avs or Blues will be getting in with the usual 95-97 points
Weren't a few people claiming it was going to take 100+ points for a Central team to clinch even a wild card spot? looks like Avs or Blues will be getting in with the usual 95-97 points
Congratulations to Nashville for clinching 1st in the central and the Presidents Trophy
Tonight the Jets did however clinch the second best record in the West. Vegas cannot catch us.
Aavco posted the NHL rules earlier. Once you get to the conference finals home ice advantage is determined by regular season points. As is the Stanley cup finals.Can someone clarify, i thought Vegas gets 2nd spot and home ice if we meet them in the 3rd round. Division winners get 1st and 2nd place regardless of points. Because honestly that is the only thing that would have mattered concerning Vegas.
Can someone clarify, i thought Vegas gets 2nd spot and home ice if we meet them in the 3rd round. Division winners get 1st and 2nd place regardless of points. Because honestly that is the only thing that would have mattered concerning Vegas.
Nope:
First-round winners within each bracket play one another in the Second Round to determine the four participants in the Conference Finals. Home-ice advantage through the first two rounds goes to the team that placed higher in the regular-season standings. In the Conference Finals and Stanley Cup Final, home-ice advantage goes to the team that had the better regular-season record -- regardless of the teams' final standing in their respective divisions.
NHL Hockey Standings
Can someone clarify, i thought Vegas gets 2nd spot and home ice if we meet them in the 3rd round. Division winners get 1st and 2nd place regardless of points. Because honestly that is the only thing that would have mattered concerning Vegas.
Tie Breakers
1. ROW
(Currently STL 41 COL 40)
2. Points head to head. If odd # of games 1st home game of city with extra game not counted
(Currently STL 4 COL 2)
3. Goal differential
(Currently COL +17 STL +7)
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Scenarios
COL regulation win. COL qualifies.
Any other result means STL qualifies.