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Washington Capitals Playoff Chances 50/50

Lost to Montreal 2-6, lottery seed up 0.6 to 24.1
77 points   34 35-9

How are these numbers calculated?

Lottery

We are out of the playoffs. Here are the big games and what ifs for draft seeds.
Although it might be more fun to go down swinging.

Big Games

Thursday100.0*Lottery seed
Montreal 6 Washington 2 +0.5
St. Louis 3 NY Rangers 2 (ot)+0.1
Florida 7 Ottawa 2 -0.1
Vancouver 3 Chicago 0 +0.1
If winner is:HomeHome OTHome SOAway SOAway OTAway
Saturday100.0*Lottery seed
Washington vs Florida-0.3-0.3-0.3+0.1+0.1+0.4
Vancouver vs Calgary+0.1+0.1+0.1-0.0-0.0-0.2
Detroit vs Pittsburgh+0.1+0.1+0.1-0.0-0.0-0.1
Minnesota vs St. Louis-0.1-0.0-0.0+0.0+0.1+0.1
Ottawa vs Tampa Bay+0.1+0.1+0.0-0.0-0.0-0.1

What If

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If finish:Chance will finish season at seed
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8540-0019413280
8430-1052543251
8331-00633537
20-20530578
8221-101145827
10-301106129
8122-025147
11-225147
00-415148
8012-102772
01-32773
7913-01585
02-21684
7803-14906
7704-028613
Total:0261440380
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