Bobcat110
Registered User
I like CBJ's schedule vs. Pens schedule. Pens do have the game in hand, but they've looked shaky lately with losses to NYR and NYI. Five of their 8 remaining games are against divisional teams fighting for seeding and playoff lives in PHI, NJDx2, CBJ and Caps. They also have 2 back-to-backs remaining vs. 0 for CBJ.
Other than the Pens, the only other CBJ remaining opponent with something to fight for are the Blues tomorrow night. Blues had 9 losses in 10 games in Feb/Early March, but since then have won 6 of last 7 games. Now they are only out of playoffs by 3 points. One scheduling benefit is that the Blues have a home game tonight, so they're coming to NWA on 2nd night of a back to back and losing an hour on the time zone change doing so.
For 2nd seed, CBJ will likely need to beat Pens in regulation on the 5th and pick up 1 more point than Pens in remaining games due to Pens owning tie-breaker. So, if Pens go 5-3-0 with one of those losses in regulation to CBJ, then CBJ would need to go 5-1-1 overall. Philly would likely need to go 6-0-1 in that scenario with a regulation win over Pens to finish 2nd in Metro or 6-1-0 to pass Pens for 3rd.
Other than the Pens, the only other CBJ remaining opponent with something to fight for are the Blues tomorrow night. Blues had 9 losses in 10 games in Feb/Early March, but since then have won 6 of last 7 games. Now they are only out of playoffs by 3 points. One scheduling benefit is that the Blues have a home game tonight, so they're coming to NWA on 2nd night of a back to back and losing an hour on the time zone change doing so.
For 2nd seed, CBJ will likely need to beat Pens in regulation on the 5th and pick up 1 more point than Pens in remaining games due to Pens owning tie-breaker. So, if Pens go 5-3-0 with one of those losses in regulation to CBJ, then CBJ would need to go 5-1-1 overall. Philly would likely need to go 6-0-1 in that scenario with a regulation win over Pens to finish 2nd in Metro or 6-1-0 to pass Pens for 3rd.