Buffalo Sabres Playoff ChancesBeat Detroit 7-6 (so), playoff odds down 2.9 to 2.6% 83 points 38 32-7 How are these numbers calculated? Big GamesHow we did yesterday and who we should root for today. Explain Thursday | 100.0* | Chance in playoffs | Detroit 6 Buffalo 7 (so) | +1.5 | | Pittsburgh 4 Minnesota 1 | -1.5 | | Florida 7 Ottawa 2 | -1.2 | | NY Islanders 6 Tampa Bay 1 | -1.2 | | | If winner is:HomeHome OTHome SOAway SOAway OTAway | Saturday | 100.0* | Chance in playoffs | Buffalo vs Carolina | +2.8+2.8+1.0-1.5-1.4-2.3 | | NY Islanders vs Philadelphia | -0.6-0.6-0.4+0.4+0.3+1.8 | | Detroit vs Pittsburgh | +1.1+0.4+0.4-0.7-1.0-1.0 | | Washington vs Florida | +1.1+0.2+0.2-0.5-1.0-1.0 | |
What IfChances based on how well the Buffalo finish out the regular season. Explain | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | | If finish: | Chance in | Pres | Division seed | Conference seed (wildcard race) | | TP | W | | L | - | OT | playoffs | Trophy | 1a | 1b | 2 | 3 | WCb | WCa | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Count | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 93 | | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | 63.7 | % | No | | | | | 21 | 43 | 30 | 7 | | | | | | | 572,949 | | 92 | | 4 | 0 | - | 1 | 23.1 | | No | | | | | 3 | 20 | 44 | 32 | | | | | | | 1,061,206 | | 91 | | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | 8.2 | | No | | | | | 1 | 8 | 36 | 56 | | | | | | | 2,840,404 | | | 3 | 0 | - | 2 | 3.5 | | No | | | | | 0 | 3 | 29 | 68 | | | | | | | 737,333 | | 90 | | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 0.6 | | No | | | | | 0 | 1 | 12 | 87 | | | | | | | 3,955,111 | | | 2 | 0 | - | 3 | 0.3 | | No | | | | | 0 | 0 | 10 | 90 | | | | | | | 237,792 | | 89 | | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | 0.0 | | No | | | | | | 0 | 4 | 96 | | | | | | | 5,298,816 | | | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | Out | No | | | | | | | 2 | 98 | | | | | | | 1,910,364 | | | 1 | 0 | - | 4 | Out | No | | | | | | | 2 | 98 | | | | | | | 35,162 | | 88 | | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | Out | No | | | | | | | | 100 | | | | | | | 5,499,830 | * | 87 | | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | Out | No | | | | | | | | 90 | 9 | 0 | | | | | 4,570,470 | | | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | Out | No | | | | | | | | 84 | 15 | 0 | | | | | 1,515,986 | | | 0 | 1 | - | 4 | Out | No | | | | | | | | 78 | 22 | 0 | | | | | 25,827 | | 86 | | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | Out | No | | | | | | | | 72 | 27 | 1 | | | | | 2,709,969 | | | 0 | 2 | - | 3 | Out | No | | | | | | | | 62 | 36 | 2 | | | | | 138,187 | | 85 | | 1 | 4 | - | 0 | Out | No | | | | | | | | 39 | 51 | 10 | 0 | | | | 1,811,786 | | | 0 | 3 | - | 2 | Out | No | | | | | | | | 23 | 63 | 14 | 0 | | | | 370,955 | | 84 | | 0 | 4 | - | 1 | Out | No | | | | | | | | 11 | 60 | 29 | 1 | | | | 497,854 | | 83 | | 0 | 5 | - | 0 | Out | No | | | | | | | | | 39 | 57 | 4 | | | | 269,407 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total: | 2.6 | % | No | | | | | 0 | 2 | 8 | 79 | 9 | 2 | 0 | | | | 34,059,408 | |
* Row combines multiple less frequent records. First Round Opponent What IfFirst round opponent based on how well the Buffalo finish out the regular season. Explain | | If finish: | | Chance will play in first round | TP | W | | L | - | OT | Win Cup | Boston | Carolina | New Jersey | NY Rangers | | | | 93 | | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | 0.1 | % | 43 | 19 | 2 | | 92 | | 4 | 0 | - | 1 | 0.0 | | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | 0.0 | | 8 | 0 | 0 | | | 3 | 0 | - | 2 | 0.0 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 90 | | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 0.0 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | 2 | 0 | - | 3 | No | 0 | 0 | | | 89 | | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | 0.0 | | 0 | | | | | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | No | | | | | | 1 | 0 | - | 4 | No | | | | | 83 | -88 | | No | | | | | | | | Total: | 0.0 | % | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
LotteryYe of little faith, already thinking about next year. Here are the big games and what ifs for draft seeds. Big GamesThursday | 100.0* | Lottery seed | Detroit 6 Buffalo 7 (so) | -0.4 | | Pittsburgh 4 Minnesota 1 | +0.1 | | Nashville 3 Carolina 0 | +0.1 | | NY Islanders 6 Tampa Bay 1 | +0.1 | | Florida 7 Ottawa 2 | -0.0 | | | If winner is:HomeHome OTHome SOAway SOAway OTAway | Saturday | 100.0* | Lottery seed | Buffalo vs Carolina | -0.4-0.4-0.3+0.1+0.1+0.4 | | Winnipeg vs Nashville | -0.1+0.0+0.0+0.1+0.1+0.1 | | Ottawa vs Tampa Bay | +0.1+0.1+0.0-0.0-0.0-0.1 | | NY Islanders vs Philadelphia | +0.0+0.0+0.0-0.0-0.0-0.1 | | Washington vs Florida | -0.1-0.0-0.0+0.0+0.0+0.0 | |
What If | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | If finish: | Chance will finish season at seed | TP | W | | L | - | OT | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 93 | | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21 | 4 | 39 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 92 | | 4 | 0 | - | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 33 | 28 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 91 | | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 44 | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 0 | - | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 46 | 31 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 90 | | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 63 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 0 | - | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 65 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 89 | | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | | 0 | 13 | 86 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 11 | 88 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | - | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 11 | 88 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 88 | | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 97 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 97 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 97 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 87 | | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 90 | 9 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 84 | 15 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 1 | - | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 76 | 23 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | 86 | | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 69 | 28 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 2 | - | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 60 | 36 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | 85 | | 1 | 4 | - | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35 | 50 | 14 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 3 | - | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21 | 59 | 18 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | 84 | | 0 | 4 | - | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 43 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | 83 | | 0 | 5 | - | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 45 | 31 | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 69 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
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