Sharks and Flames each have 17 games left. Sharks are currently 5 points behind Calgary.
Let’s say a playoff team is a team in a spot, a bubble team is within 5 points of a playoff spot, a bottom feeder is >5 points out.
Flames have 5 against playoff teams, 2 against bubble teams, and 9 against bottom feeders.
Sharks have 7 against playoff teams, 1 against a bubble team, and 8 against bottom feeders.
Then they’ve also got a game against each other.
The Sharks could definitely overtake Calgary for the Western Conference but I don’t see Calgary losing more than 2 of those games against bottom feeders. The Sharks are too many games behind with a slightly tougher schedule and they’re going to be missing Erik Karlsson for most of those games.