Playoff race.

[mandiblesofdoom]

Across all sports past scoring differential is a solid predictor of future results. In baseball they talk about Pythagorean wins but it is one of the few stats with transferability across sports. Winning by a lot, often, generally means you will keep winning.

A good way you can leverage this: number 1 seeds in the NCAA tourney that don’t win via blowout the first two rounds usually get upset before the final four.


This sounds like a chapelle skit

Of course they do

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

As a Rangers fan, Tampa is the one team I do NOT want to face in the first round. Really hoping either the Rangers jump FLA/BOS and face the lower WC, or Tampa falls down.

This probably won't make you feel any better, but we don't really wanna face you guys either. Our playoff history against you is good, but we've failed to go on and win the Cup afterwards both times. We're much happier facing the Islanders...we've never won the Cup without beating the Islanders at some point.

 

[NVious]

Detroit can not be beat to a playoff spot by -30 goal diff Washington.

The virgin winning and losing close games
Vs
The chad either win or get blown out

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

The Capitals are going to get that Wild Card spot. Baw god.

 

[BallardEra]

The Capitals are going to get that Wild Card spot. Baw god.

I don't think they will. Overall schedule is just too tough for them and Kuemper looks like trash.

As some point Lindgren will run out of gas.

 

[BallardEra]

 

[Chimaera]

they're bad. Though the numbers the last month or so have been much better.

 

[BallardEra]

Wings off to a bad start.

 

[nbwingsfan]

Wings off to a bad start.

It’s been a pretty standard start for the last 10 games really.

I don’t care if Larkin is only 50% healthy, get him some shifts. He would require a full leg to be amputated to be as bad as certain players

 

[SnowblindNYR]

This probably won't make you feel any better, but we don't really wanna face you guys either. Our playoff history against you is good, but we've failed to go on and win the Cup afterwards both times. We're much happier facing the Islanders...we've never won the Cup without beating the Islanders at some point.

I was hoping for a compliment but got superstition, lol.

It’s been a pretty standard start for the last 10 games really.

I don’t care if Larkin is only 50% healthy, get him some shifts. He would require a full leg to be amputated to be as bad as certain players

Is Larkin the love child of Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr, and Jesus Christ? How could one man's injury sink a team to these levels? I would think that this is closer to correlation than causation.

 

[nbwingsfan]

I was hoping for a compliment but got superstition, lol.



Is Larkin the love child of Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr, and Jesus Christ? How could one man's injury sink a team to these levels? I would think that this is closer to correlation than causation.

When he’s the only top 6C the team has and because of his injury Czarnik is actually getting shifts with Kane and Debrincat then yeah, it makes a really big difference

They’re like 4-12 when he’s been out of the lineup or something like that

 

[BallardEra]

Caps now in WC2 spot and play Detroit next.

 

[Slapshot Sultan]

That wash-det game on tuesday is gonna be massive.

 

[Slapshot Sultan]

Isles look to be done after this coming loss to the devils. Flyers also down 0-2 to panthers. It's gonna come down to wash, det and philly. 2 of them makes it, one is out.

 

[Schennanigans]

What a complete choke job the isles have been. Detroit too if they miss it.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

This has to be the most pathetic race I've ever seen in the East. It's like nobody wants to make it.

 

[hatterson]

Everyone in the media keeps saying how the Leafs are basically locked into the 3rd spot in the Atlantic, but they're only 4 points ahead of Tampa with 2 head to head games left. They're also 8 points behind Boston and Florida with a game in hand against the Panthers (plus 2 head to head) and 2 against the Bruins. Suddenly getting cold or hot for the last dozen games could easily see them move up a spot or down to the wild card.

They're 11 ahead of Detroit and 10 ahead of Washington so it would take a pretty spectacular collapse to actually fall out of the playoffs, but I see no reason why WC1 should be considered off the table and Atlantic 2 (or even 1) is theoretically possible although pretty unlikely.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

This has to be the most pathetic race I've ever seen in the East. It's like nobody wants to make it.

There is one team that is really motivated to get it, but people are too hung up on the goal differential to see it.

The Caps have a 13-8-2 record since the All-Star break, with a goal differential of +4. If they end up making it, it's not only well deserved, but they have the potential to be dangerous.

With Lindgren playing fantastic hockey, they could be this year's version of the 2010 Montreal Canadiens. A team with low expectations/pressure and a red hot goaltender can be trouble.

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[BallardEra]

 

[Torontonian]

Bumping this up, the race has gotten even tighter now!

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Bumping this up, the race has gotten even tighter now!

Race? More like a shuffle. Or old folks trying to make a getaway with their walkers.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Bumping this up, the race has gotten even tighter now!

Looking at it now, to me looks like Detroit, Philly, and Washington will miss, NYI and Pittsburgh will sneak in. Pittsburgh all of a sudden has gotten hot. Big win against Washington last night

 

[Torontonian]

Looking at it now, to me looks like Detroit, Philly, and Washington will miss, NYI and Pittsburgh will sneak in. Pittsburgh all of a sudden has gotten hot. Big win against Washington last night

Pittsburgh also faces the NYI and Redwings with their remaining games left, so those will be monster games.

 

[filinski77]

Bumping this up, the race has gotten even tighter now!

It's hilarious how bad that mix of teams is (coming from a caps fan). None deserve to be in the playoffs.