Washington Capitals Playoff Chances 1 50/50Plays Panthers, playoff odds down 1.2 to 48.8% 0 points 0 0-0 How are these numbers calculated? Big GamesHow we did last week and who we should root for this week. Explain Week of 12/21 | 100.0* | Chance in playoffs | 100.0* | Division I | 100.0* | Division III | 100.0* | Average seed | Sabres 1 Blues 0 (ot) | -1.1 | | -0.7 | | +1.0 | | -0.1 | | If winner is:HomeHome OTAway OTAway | Capitals vs Panthers | +10.4+8.6-1.7-10.8 | | +8.0+6.6-1.9-8.2 | | -8.4-6.7+0.6+8.7 | | +0.6+0.5-0.1-0.6 | | Predators vs Flames | *+0.1-1.0-1.1*+0.0 | | *+0.0-0.7-0.5*+0.0 | | *-0.1+1.1+1.3*-0.1 | | | | Flyers vs Senators | *+0.0-1.2-1.1*+0.1 | | *+0.0-0.7-0.6*+0.0 | | -0.1+0.8+1.1*-0.0 | | +0.0-0.1-0.1*+0.0 | | | If winner is:HomeHome OTAway OTAway | Week of 12/28 | 100.0* | Chance in playoffs | 100.0* | Division I | 100.0* | Division III | 100.0* | Average seed | Blues vs Capitals | -10.6-1.4+8.7+10.3 | | -8.1-2.0+6.8+7.8 | | +8.6+0.5-7.1-8.3 | | -0.6-0.1+0.5+0.6 | | Panthers vs Sabres | +0.1-1.3-1.5*+0.0 | | +0.2-0.9-1.2-0.1 | | +0.1+1.1+1.0-0.2 | | +0.0-0.1-0.1+0.0 | | Flames vs Flyers | *+0.1-1.2-1.0*+0.0 | | *+0.0-0.8-0.6*+0.0 | | -0.1+1.1+0.9*+0.0 | | +0.0-0.1-0.1*+0.0 | | Senators vs Predators | | | *+0.1-1.0-1.1*+0.0 | | | | +0.0-0.1-0.1*+0.0 | |
* A starred number could be exactly 0 or just really small. The simulation did not run long enough to know. What IfChances based on how well the Capitals finish out the regular season. Explain | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | | If finish: | Chance in | Division | Chance will finish regular season at seed | Division | | TP | W | | L | - | OT | playoffs | I | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | III | Count | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27 | -28 | | In | Yes | 100 | | | | | | | | No | 1,726 | * | 26 | | 13 | 1 | - | 0 | In | Yes | 100 | 0 | | | | | | | No | 3,452 | * | 25 | | 12 | 1 | - | 1 | In | Yes | 100 | 0 | | | | | | | No | 2,207 | * | 24 | | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | In | Yes | 99 | 1 | | | | | | | No | 20,560 | | | 11 | 1 | - | 2 | In | Yes | 99 | 1 | | | | | | | No | 645 | | 23 | | 11 | 2 | - | 1 | In | Yes | 98 | 2 | | | | | | | No | 12,424 | | | 10 | 1 | - | 3 | In | Yes | 98 | 2 | | | | | | | No | 108 | | 22 | | 11 | 3 | - | 0 | In | 100.0 | % | 95 | 5 | 0 | | | | | | No | 78,731 | | | 10 | 2 | - | 2 | In | 99.9 | | 94 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | No | 3,485 | * | 21 | | 10 | 3 | - | 1 | In | 99.7 | | 86 | 14 | 0 | | | | | | No | 43,397 | | | 9 | 2 | - | 3 | In | 99.5 | | 82 | 17 | 1 | | | | | | No | 582 | * | 20 | | 10 | 4 | - | 0 | In | 98.5 | | 72 | 26 | 1 | 0 | | | | | No | 205,348 | | | 9 | 3 | - | 2 | In | 98.0 | | 69 | 29 | 2 | 0 | | | | | No | 10,758 | * | 19 | | 9 | 4 | - | 1 | In | 92.8 | | 49 | 44 | 7 | 0 | | | | | No | 102,197 | | | 8 | 3 | - | 3 | In | 90.1 | | 41 | 49 | 10 | 0 | | | | | No | 1,631 | * | 18 | | 9 | 5 | - | 0 | 100.0 | % | 78.5 | | 28 | 51 | 20 | 2 | 0 | | | | No | 389,699 | | | 8 | 4 | - | 2 | 99.9 | | 73.1 | | 22 | 51 | 24 | 3 | 0 | | | | No | 23,451 | | | 7 | 3 | - | 4 | 99.4 | | 69.6 | | 20 | 49 | 26 | 4 | 1 | | | | No | 168 | * | 17 | | 8 | 5 | - | 1 | 99.4 | | 47.0 | | 7 | 40 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 0 | | | No | 174,673 | | | 7 | 4 | - | 3 | 99.1 | | 37.9 | | 5 | 33 | 46 | 16 | 1 | 0 | | | No | 3,086 | * | 16 | | 8 | 6 | - | 0 | 94.4 | | 19.2 | | 1 | 18 | 45 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | % | 553,610 | | | 7 | 5 | - | 2 | 91.0 | | 13.6 | | 1 | 13 | 41 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | | 35,046 | | | 6 | 4 | - | 4 | 86.7 | | 8.1 | | 0 | 8 | 38 | 41 | 11 | 2 | | | No | 271 | | 15 | | 7 | 6 | - | 1 | 68.8 | | 1.5 | | 0 | 1 | 20 | 47 | 27 | 4 | 0 | | 0.1 | | 221,533 | | | 6 | 5 | - | 3 | 58.5 | | 0.6 | | | 1 | 13 | 45 | 35 | 6 | 0 | | 0.2 | | 4,091 | * | 14 | | 7 | 7 | - | 0 | 33.3 | | 0.1 | | | 0 | 5 | 28 | 45 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | | 602,820 | | | 6 | 6 | - | 2 | 24.4 | | 0.0 | | | 0 | 2 | 22 | 45 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | | 39,043 | | | 5 | 5 | - | 4 | 16.7 | | No | | | 2 | 15 | 44 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 6.3 | | 317 | * | 13 | | 6 | 7 | - | 1 | 4.7 | | No | | | 0 | 5 | 31 | 47 | 17 | 1 | 17.9 | | 210,556 | | | 5 | 6 | - | 3 | 3.0 | | No | | | 0 | 3 | 24 | 47 | 23 | 2 | 25.3 | | 3,919 | * | 12 | | 6 | 8 | - | 0 | 0.9 | | No | | | 0 | 1 | 12 | 42 | 38 | 7 | 45.1 | | 500,715 | | | 5 | 7 | - | 2 | 0.3 | | No | | | | 0 | 8 | 37 | 43 | 11 | 54.2 | | 31,652 | | | 4 | 6 | - | 4 | Out | No | | | | | 4 | 31 | 52 | 13 | 65.1 | | 255 | | 11 | | 5 | 8 | - | 1 | 0.0 | | No | | | | 0 | 1 | 19 | 52 | 27 | 79.0 | | 150,168 | | | 4 | 7 | - | 3 | Out | No | | | | | 1 | 16 | 49 | 34 | 83.6 | | 2,681 | * | 10 | | 5 | 9 | - | 0 | 0.0 | | No | | | | 0 | 0 | 8 | 44 | 47 | 91.6 | | 317,626 | | | 4 | 8 | - | 2 | Out | No | | | | | 0 | 5 | 40 | 54 | 94.4 | | 18,707 | | | 3 | 7 | - | 4 | Out | No | | | | | | 5 | 31 | 64 | 95.4 | | 131 | | 9 | | 4 | 9 | - | 1 | Out | No | | | | | 0 | 1 | 26 | 72 | 98.5 | | 79,236 | | | 3 | 8 | - | 3 | Out | No | | | | | | 0 | 20 | 80 | 99.5 | | 1,251 | * | 8 | | 4 | 10 | - | 0 | Out | No | | | | | 0 | 0 | 16 | 84 | 99.6 | | 150,717 | | | 3 | 9 | - | 2 | Out | No | | | | | | 0 | 12 | 88 | 99.8 | | 7,734 | * | 7 | | 3 | 10 | - | 1 | Out | No | | | | | | 0 | 5 | 95 | 100.0 | | 30,107 | | | 2 | 9 | - | 3 | Out | No | | | | | | | 3 | 97 | Yes | 403 | | 6 | | 3 | 11 | - | 0 | Out | No | | | | | | 0 | 3 | 97 | 100.0 | | 52,129 | | | 2 | 10 | - | 2 | Out | No | | | | | | | 1 | 99 | Yes | 2,206 | * | 5 | | 2 | 11 | - | 1 | Out | No | | | | | | | 1 | 99 | Yes | 7,950 | * | 4 | | 2 | 12 | - | 0 | Out | No | | | | | | | 0 | 100 | Yes | 12,368 | | | 1 | 11 | - | 2 | Out | No | | | | | | | | 100 | Yes | 372 | * | 0 | -3 | | Out | No | | | | | | | | 100 | Yes | 4,554 | * | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total: | 48.8 | % | 24.2 | % | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 26.0 | % | 4,120,496 | |
* Row combines multiple less frequent records. Chance Will Make Playoffs |