NHL NHL Standings Watch - 2019-20 Edition - Updated 3/11/20

[Fenway]

 

[Trap Jesus]

Man, if it wasn't for this stupid playoff structure the Bruins could already be coasting and strategically resting players. Just so happens that they would likely lose home ice in a prospective 2nd round match-up if they don't finish 1st in the entire f***ing league lol.

 

[RoccoF14]

Relax. Home Ice is overrated. Ask St Louis.....or Washington.

Just get healthy and rested......

 

[Trap Jesus]

Have we not already clinched? I know the Bruins vs. Florida doesn't add up, but if you go by this site regardless of it being a weighted or 50/50 measure for each game, there are zero combinations where the Bruins don't make the playoffs:

Boston Bruins Playoff Chances - Sports Club Stats

 

[RustyBruins72]

Have we not already clinched? I know the Bruins vs. Florida doesn't add up, but if you go by this site regardless of it being a weighted or 50/50 measure for each game, there are zero combinations where the Bruins don't make the playoffs:

Boston Bruins Playoff Chances - Sports Club Stats

It's all mathematical. Even if there's 0.0001 chances for them to miss, they won't say they've clinched.

 

[Trap Jesus]

It's all mathematical. Even if there's 0.0001 chances for them to miss, they won't say they've clinched.

This site runs through literally every kind of possibility and there are zero that involve the Bruins missing the playoffs though.

 

[RustyBruins72]

This site runs through literally every kind of possibility and there are zero that involve the Bruins missing the playoffs though.

If every team below them win out and bruins lose every game they've got left, they won't make it.

Islanders have 14 games left with 80 points. So if they win out, it's 108 points. If the bruins don't win a game they stay at 100.

It's probably something like 100,000 to 1, but it's mathematically possible.

Until the bruins are 7 up with 5 to play, then won't say they've clinched.

 

[Trap Jesus]

If every team below them win out and bruins lose every game they've got left, they won't make it.

Islanders have 14 games left with 80 points. So if they win out, it's 108 points. If the bruins don't win a game they stay at 100.

It's probably something like 100,000 to 1, but it's mathematically possible.

Until the bruins are 7 up with 5 to play, then won't say they've clinched.

But those teams would be playing each other as well, it's not possible for every team to win out.

 

[Smitty93]

But those teams would be playing each other as well, it's not possible for every team to win out.

Yeah, I would guess the combination of games ends up so that it's basically impossible for the Bruins not to clinch. I don't know if they ever actually go by that officially. They just strictly use the maximum amount of points another team could get irrespective of the schedule. That's why the magic number is currently 5, since Florida can only max out at 104.

 

[Glove Malfunction]

This site runs through literally every kind of possibility and there are zero that involve the Bruins missing the playoffs though.

No, it just simulates the remainder of the season like 1000 times, and in none of those simulations do the Bruins miss the playoffs. The simulations do not account for every possible permutation of results - they just play through the remaining games in fantasy world. There are potential scenarios where the Bruins don't make the playoffs - FLA wins out, and the Bruins lose out, with all the teams between them gathering enough points to get to 101 points. It's very unlikely, but it is technically possible the Bruins don't make the playoffs - just none of those scenarios came up in the simulations.

 

[BMC]

Blackhawks vs Sharks No score 14 minutes left in the first

 

[BMC]

Kane from Thornton, Sharks up 1-0

Somebody needs to pin Joe down and shave off that ridiculous beard. He looks like someone from Duck Dynasty.