New York Rangers Playoff Chances 50/50

Lost to New Jersey 3-4, playoff odds down 6.5 to 42.2%

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Big Games

How we did yesterday and who we should root for today. Explain

Tuesday	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Win Stanley Cup	100.0*	Pres Trophy
NY Rangers 3 New Jersey 4	-6.2		-0.4		-1.0
Pittsburgh 5 Washington 4 (ot)	-0.7		*-0.0
Philadelphia 3 Buffalo 0	*+0.1

Wednesday	None

* A starred number could be exactly 0 or just really small. The simulation did not run long enough to know.

What If

Chances based on how well the NY Rangers 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

85	-108						In		99.5	%	100														392	*
84		39	10		-	4	In		97.4		99	1													232	*
83		38	10		-	5	In		96.4		99	1													412	*
82		38	11		-	4	In		95.1		99	1	0												719	*
81		37	11		-	5	In		92.8		98	2	1												1,123	*
80		36	11		-	6	In		87.1		95	4	1												1,685	*
79		36	12		-	5	In		81.8		92	6	2												2,659	*
78		35	12		-	6	In		73.1		88	8	3												3,919	*
77		35	13		-	5	In		62.2		83	12	5	0											5,851	*
76		34	13		-	6	In		49.8		75	17	8	0											8,239	*
75		34	14		-	5	In		36.7		64	22	13	0											11,187	*
74		33	14		-	6	In		24.1		52	29	18	1	0										15,228	*
73		33	15		-	5	In		13.9		41	33	25	2	0										20,209	*
72		32	15		-	6	100.0	%	6.0		28	36	33	3	0		0								25,893	*
71		32	16		-	5	100.0		2.3		17	35	41	7	0		0								32,597	*
70		31	16		-	6	100.0		0.6		9	30	47	13	1	0	0								39,693	*
69		31	17		-	5	99.9		0.1		4	23	50	21	2	0	0		0						47,948	*
68		30	17		-	6	99.7		0.0		1	15	47	31	5	0	0	0							56,141	*
67		30	18		-	5	99.1		No		0	8	38	41	11	1	1	0	0						64,312	*
66		29	18		-	6	96.8		No		0	3	26	46	19	3	3	0	0						72,717	*
65		29	19		-	5	91.4		No		0	1	14	42	26	9	8	1	0	0					79,684	*
64		28	19		-	6	79.6		No			0	5	30	25	19	17	3	0	0	0				85,214	*
63		28	20		-	5	61.5		No			0	2	17	17	27	25	11	2	0	0				90,334	*
62		27	20		-	6	40.1		No				0	7	7	26	26	23	9	2	0	0			92,691	*
61		27	21		-	5	21.1		No				0	2	2	17	18	30	21	8	1	0	0		44,202	*
		26	20		-	7	21.6		No				0	2	2	17	19	30	21	8	2	0			49,028	*
60		26	21		-	6	9.5		No				0	1	0	9	9	25	30	19	7	1	0	0	92,058	*
59		26	22		-	5	3.4		No				0	0	0	3	3	14	28	29	17	5	1	0	88,817	*
58		25	22		-	6	1.0		No				0	0	0	1	1	6	18	31	28	13	3	0	84,029	*
57		25	23		-	5	0.3		No				0	0		0	0	2	9	23	33	24	8	1	77,417	*
56		24	23		-	6	0.1		No				0	0		0	0	0	3	13	29	33	17	3	70,930	*
55		24	24		-	5	0.0		No							0	0	0	1	6	21	35	28	8	62,848	*
54		23	24		-	6	0.0		No					0		0	0	0	0	2	12	32	38	16	54,581	*
53		23	25		-	5	0.0		No							0			0	1	6	24	42	26	46,367	*
52		22	25		-	6	Out		No									0	0	0	3	16	42	39	38,482	*
51		22	26		-	5	Out		No											0	1	10	39	51	31,615	*
50		21	26		-	6	0.0		No							0				0	0	6	32	62	25,179	*
49		21	27		-	5	Out		No											0	0	3	25	72	19,889	*
48		20	27		-	6	Out		No												0	1	19	79	15,065	*
47		20	28		-	5	Out		No												0	1	14	86	11,250	*
46		19	28		-	6	Out		No													0	10	90	8,436	*
45		19	29		-	5	Out		No													0	6	94	6,063	*
44		18	29		-	6	Out		No														4	96	4,209	*
43		18	30		-	5	Out		No														2	98	2,931	*
42		17	30		-	6	Out		No														2	98	1,913	*
41		17	31		-	5	Out		No														1	99	1,233	*
40		16	31		-	6	Out		No														1	99	870	*
39		16	32		-	5	Out		No														2	98	522	*
38		15	32		-	6	Out		No														0	100	355	*
2	-37						Out		No															100	568	*

Total:							42.2	%	1.9	%	4	5	10	11	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	1,597,936

* Row combines multiple less frequent records.

First Round Opponent What If

First round opponent based on how well the NY Rangers finish out the regular season. Explain


If finish:									Chance will play in first round
TP		W		L	-	OT	Win Cup		Vegas	Philadelphia	New Jersey	Washington	NY Islanders	Minnesota	Colorado	St. Louis	Arizona	Anaheim	Boston	Pittsburgh	Los Angeles	San Jose	Buffalo

108		53	0		-	0	7.0	%		9	20	15	16			1			16	10	1		12
91		43	7		-	3	No			50									50
90		42	7		-	4	No												67	33
89		42	8		-	3	No			17	17									33			33
88		41	8		-	4	No		12	12	18	6	6	12			6	6		12			12
87		40	8		-	5	3.1			6	16	25	6	3	3	3	3		3	16	3	3	9
86		39	8		-	6	11.3		3	14	15	4	15		6	1	4	1	6	15	3	4	7
85		39	9		-	5	4.5		3	15	7	8	11	3	2	5	2	5	8	13	2	2	15
84		39	10		-	4	5.2		4	8	13	10	12	2	3	4	4	6	6	11	3	3	11
83		38	10		-	5	7.5		3	9	9	12	10	3	6	5	6	2	9	9	4	4	8
82		38	11		-	4	6.8		5	10	10	9	10	4	5	4	5	4	9	8	5	4	8
81		37	11		-	5	5.4		5	8	11	10	11	5	4	4	4	4	9	7	4	5	9
80		36	11		-	6	6.2		5	9	9	10	8	5	6	5	5	4	9	9	4	4	8
79		36	12		-	5	5.9		5	10	9	10	10	5	5	4	5	4	9	8	4	5	8
78		35	12		-	6	5.8		5	9	10	9	9	5	5	5	4	6	8	8	5	5	7
77		35	13		-	5	6.6		5	9	9	9	9	5	5	5	5	5	8	9	5	5	7
76		34	13		-	6	6.4		5	9	9	9	9	5	5	5	5	5	9	9	5	5	7
75		34	14		-	5	6.3		5	9	9	9	9	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	5	5	7
74		33	14		-	6	6.3		5	10	10	10	9	5	5	4	5	4	9	8	4	4	7
73		33	15		-	5	6.1		4	11	11	10	10	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	4	4	7
72		32	15		-	6	6.6		4	12	12	11	11	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	3	3	8
71		32	16		-	5	6.3		3	12	13	12	12	3	3	3	3	3	10	10	3	3	7
70		31	16		-	6	6.4		2	13	14	13	13	2	2	2	2	2	10	10	2	2	8
69		31	17		-	5	6.2		2	14	14	14	13	2	2	2	2	2	11	11	2	2	8
68		30	17		-	6	6.2		2	15	15	14	14	1	1	1	1	1	11	11	1	1	9
		29	16		-	8	6.0		1	15	15	15	14	1	1	1	1	1	11	12	1	1	9
67		30	18		-	5	6.1		2	15	15	15	14	1	1	1	1	1	12	11	1	1	8
		31	19		-	3	6.2		2	14	15	14	14	1	1	1	1	1	11	11	1	1	8
66		29	18		-	6	5.9		2	14	14	14	13	1	2	1	1	1	11	11	1	1	8
		28	17		-	8	6.0		2	14	14	14	13	2	2	2	2	1	11	10	1	1	8
65		29	19		-	5	5.8		3	13	13	13	11	2	2	2	2	2	10	10	1	1	7
		28	18		-	7	5.4		4	12	12	12	11	2	3	2	2	2	9	9	1	1	7
		30	20		-	3	5.6		3	12	13	12	11	2	2	2	2	2	10	9	1	2	7
64		28	19		-	6	5.3		4	11	11	10	10	3	3	3	2	2	8	8	2	2	6
		27	18		-	8	4.6		4	9	10	9	8	3	3	3	2	2	7	7	2	2	5
63		28	20		-	5	3.9		4	8	7	7	6	3	3	3	2	2	5	5	2	2	3
		29	21		-	3	3.8		4	7	7	7	6	3	3	3	2	2	5	5	2	2	3
62		27	20		-	6	2.5		3	5	5	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	1	1	2
61		27	21		-	5	1.4		2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
60		27	22		-	4	0.6		1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
59		26	22		-	5	0.2		0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
58		26	23		-	4	0.1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
57		25	23		-	5	0.0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
56		25	24		-	4	0.0		0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0			0
55		25	25		-	3	No			0	0	0	0		0				0	0			0
54		24	25		-	4	0.0			0	0	0	0						0	0			0
53		23	25		-	5	0.0			0		0	0
51	-52						No
50		21	26		-	6	No					0
2	-49						No

Total:							2.6	%	1.6	5.5	5.6	5.4	5.1	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.1	4.2	4.1	0.9	0.9	3.0

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Lottery

Ye of little faith, already thinking about next year. Here are the big games and what ifs for draft seeds.

Big Games

Tuesday	100.0*	Lottery seed
NY Rangers 3 New Jersey 4	+1.4
Pittsburgh 5 Washington 4 (ot)	+0.1
If winner is:HomeHome OTHome SOAway SOAway OTAway
Nashville vs Carolina	-0.0-0.0+0.1+0.0+0.0-0.0

If winner is:HomeHome OTHome SOAway SOAway OTAway
Wednesday	100.0*	Lottery seed
Vegas vs Arizona	-0.0+0.0+0.1-0.0+0.0-0.0

* A starred number could be exactly 0 or just really small. The simulation did not run long enough to know.

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
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

86	-108						100
85		39	9		-	5	98	2
84		39	10		-	4	97	2	1
83		38	10		-	5	96	2	1
82		38	11		-	4	95	3	1		0
81		37	11		-	5	93	5	2		1
80		36	11		-	6	87	8	4		1
79		36	12		-	5	82	10	6	0	2
78		35	12		-	6	73	15	8	0	3
77		35	13		-	5	62	21	12	0	5	0	0		0
76		34	13		-	6	50	25	16	1	8	0	0		0
75		34	14		-	5	37	28	21	1	12	0	0		0
74		33	14		-	6	24	28	25	3	17	1	0		1				0
73		33	15		-	5	14	27	27	6	21	2	2	0	2		0		0
72		32	15		-	6	6	22	26	10	24	5	4	0	3	0	0		0				0
71		32	16		-	5	2	15	20	15	24	10	7	0	6	0	0		0				0
70		31	16		-	6	1	8	13	17	19	15	13	1	12	1	1		1		0		0
69		31	17		-	5	0	3	7	16	11	17	19	3	16	2	2	0	2	0	0		0		0
68		30	17		-	6	0	1	2	12	5	15	20	8	20	6	5	0	5	0	0		0	0
67		30	18		-	5		0	1	7	1	9	15	13	16	12	12	1	11	1	1	0	1	0	0
66		29	18		-	6		0	0	3	0	4	8	15	9	15	18	3	16	3	3	0	3	0	0
65		29	19		-	5		0	0	1	0	1	2	11	3	11	19	9	18	8	8	0	8	1	0	0
64		28	19		-	6				0	0	0	0	5	0	5	12	13	12	13	17	2	15	5	1	0	0	0
63		28	20		-	5				0		0	0	2	0	1	4	12	4	12	20	6	19	13	5	1	0	0	0	0
62		27	20		-	6						0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	6	15	11	14	21	15	7	2	1	0	0
61		27	21		-	5								0		0	0	2	0	2	6	11	6	17	22	18	10	4	1	0	0	0
60		26	21		-	6								0			0	1	0	0	2	7	1	7	16	21	21	14	7	3	1	0	0	0
59		26	22		-	5								0			0	0		0	0	3	0	1	5	13	20	22	18	11	5	1	0	0	0
58		25	22		-	6								0				0		0	0	1	0	0	1	4	10	17	22	21	15	7	2	1	0	0
57		25	23		-	5								0				0			0	0		0	0	1	3	7	14	21	23	17	9	3	1	0	0
56		24	23		-	6								0				0				0		0	0	0	0	2	6	13	21	24	19	11	4	1	0
55		24	24		-	5																0				0	0	0	2	5	12	21	25	20	11	3	0
54		23	24		-	6												0				0					0	0	0	1	5	13	23	27	21	9	2
53		23	25		-	5																0						0	0	0	1	5	15	26	29	18	5
52		22	25		-	6																						0	0	0	0	2	8	20	31	28	11
51		22	26		-	5																								0	0	1	3	12	28	36	20
50		21	26		-	6																0										0	1	6	21	40	32
49		21	27		-	5																										0	0	3	14	38	45
48		20	27		-	6																										0	0	1	9	33	57
47		20	28		-	5																											0	0	4	28	68
46		19	28		-	6																											0	0	2	21	76
45		19	29		-	5																												0	1	15	84
44		18	29		-	6																													0	10	90
43		18	30		-	5																													0	7	93
42		17	30		-	6																													0	5	95
41		17	31		-	5																														3	97
40		16	31		-	6																													0	2	98
39		16	32		-	5																														2	98
38		15	32		-	6																														1	99
2	-37																																				100

Total:							2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4