Buffalo Sabres Playoff Chances 1 50/50Beat Blues 1-0 (ot), playoff odds up 8.6 to 58.6% 2 points 1 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) | +8.6 | | +6.7 | | -6.9 | | +0.5 | | If winner is:HomeHome OTAway OTAway | Predators vs Flames | *+0.1-1.1-1.3*+0.1 | | | | *-0.0+0.9+1.0*-0.1 | | | | Flyers vs Senators | *+0.1-1.2-1.1*+0.0 | | +0.1-1.0-1.0*+0.0 | | *-0.0+0.9+1.0*-0.1 | | | | Capitals vs Panthers | *+0.1-1.2-1.1*+0.1 | | *+0.1-0.9-1.1*+0.0 | | *-0.1+1.1+0.8*-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 | Panthers vs Sabres | -10.9-1.1+8.9+10.5 | | -9.7-1.7+7.9+9.4 | | +7.3*+0.3-6.1-7.0 | | -0.6-0.1+0.5+0.6 | | Blues vs Capitals | *-0.0-1.1-1.2+0.1 | | *-0.0-0.9-0.9+0.1 | | *+0.1+1.0+0.9-0.2 | | *-0.0-0.1-0.1+0.0 | | Senators vs Predators | *+0.0-1.0-1.3*+0.1 | | | | *-0.0+0.8+1.0*-0.1 | | *+0.0-0.1-0.1*+0.0 | | Flames vs Flyers | | | | | *-0.0+1.0+0.9*-0.1 | | | |
* 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 Sabres 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26 | -28 | | In | Yes | 100 | | | | | | | | No | 8,390 | * | 25 | | 11 | 1 | - | 1 | In | Yes | 100 | 0 | | | | | | | No | 3,744 | * | 24 | | 11 | 2 | - | 0 | In | Yes | 99 | 1 | | | | | | | No | 35,488 | | | 10 | 1 | - | 2 | In | Yes | 99 | 1 | | | | | | | No | 1,064 | * | 23 | | 10 | 2 | - | 1 | In | 100.0 | % | 98 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | No | 19,270 | | | 9 | 1 | - | 3 | In | Yes | 97 | 3 | | | | | | | No | 160 | | 22 | | 10 | 3 | - | 0 | In | 100.0 | | 94 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | No | 122,728 | | | 9 | 2 | - | 2 | In | 99.9 | | 93 | 7 | 0 | | | | | | No | 5,033 | * | 21 | | 9 | 3 | - | 1 | In | 99.8 | | 85 | 14 | 0 | | | | | | No | 61,589 | | | 8 | 2 | - | 3 | In | 99.6 | | 84 | 15 | 0 | | | | | | No | 744 | | 20 | | 9 | 4 | - | 0 | In | 98.4 | | 72 | 27 | 2 | 0 | | | | | No | 293,444 | | | 8 | 3 | - | 2 | In | 97.6 | | 68 | 30 | 2 | 0 | | | | | No | 13,839 | | | 7 | 2 | - | 4 | In | 97.5 | | 65 | 32 | 2 | | | | | | No | 81 | | 19 | | 8 | 4 | - | 1 | In | 92.7 | | 49 | 44 | 7 | 0 | | | | | No | 131,764 | | | 7 | 3 | - | 3 | In | 90.5 | | 43 | 48 | 9 | 0 | | | | | No | 1,865 | * | 18 | | 8 | 5 | - | 0 | 100.0 | % | 77.5 | | 27 | 51 | 21 | 2 | 0 | | | | No | 502,023 | | | 7 | 4 | - | 2 | 99.9 | | 71.9 | | 22 | 50 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | | No | 26,392 | | | 6 | 3 | - | 4 | In | 61.8 | | 14 | 47 | 36 | 2 | | | | | No | 173 | | 17 | | 7 | 5 | - | 1 | 99.4 | | 46.0 | | 7 | 39 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 0 | | | No | 199,373 | | | 6 | 4 | - | 3 | 98.8 | | 37.6 | | 5 | 33 | 47 | 14 | 1 | | | | No | 3,101 | * | 16 | | 7 | 6 | - | 0 | 93.9 | | 17.9 | | 1 | 17 | 44 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | % | 632,722 | | | 6 | 5 | - | 2 | 90.4 | | 12.5 | | 1 | 12 | 41 | 37 | 9 | 1 | | | No | 34,853 | | | 5 | 4 | - | 4 | 80.6 | | 8.4 | | | 8 | 33 | 40 | 18 | 1 | | | No | 227 | | 15 | | 6 | 6 | - | 1 | 68.3 | | 1.5 | | 0 | 2 | 19 | 47 | 28 | 4 | 0 | | 0.1 | | 222,509 | | | 5 | 5 | - | 3 | 58.5 | | 0.6 | | | 1 | 14 | 44 | 35 | 6 | 0 | | 0.2 | | 3,551 | * | 14 | | 6 | 7 | - | 0 | 31.2 | | 0.1 | | | 0 | 4 | 27 | 45 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2.3 | | 602,384 | | | 5 | 6 | - | 2 | 22.3 | | 0.0 | | | 0 | 2 | 20 | 44 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 4.5 | | 32,905 | | | 4 | 5 | - | 4 | 15.2 | | No | | | 1 | 14 | 45 | 33 | 7 | | 7.4 | | 204 | | 13 | | 5 | 7 | - | 1 | 4.6 | | No | | | 0 | 5 | 30 | 47 | 17 | 1 | 18.4 | | 180,714 | | | 4 | 6 | - | 3 | 2.6 | | No | | | | 3 | 22 | 49 | 24 | 2 | 26.2 | | 2,714 | * | 12 | | 5 | 8 | - | 0 | 0.7 | | No | | | 0 | 1 | 11 | 41 | 39 | 8 | 47.2 | | 429,000 | | | 4 | 7 | - | 2 | 0.3 | | No | | | | 0 | 7 | 36 | 45 | 12 | 56.5 | | 22,498 | | | 3 | 6 | - | 4 | 0.7 | | No | | | | 1 | 4 | 37 | 42 | 17 | 59.0 | | 139 | | 11 | | 4 | 8 | - | 1 | 0.0 | | No | | | | 0 | 1 | 19 | 52 | 28 | 79.9 | | 107,306 | | | 3 | 7 | - | 3 | Out | No | | | | | 0 | 14 | 52 | 34 | 85.6 | | 1,499 | * | 10 | | 4 | 9 | - | 0 | 0.0 | | No | | | | 0 | 0 | 7 | 43 | 49 | 92.3 | | 227,353 | | | 3 | 8 | - | 2 | Out | No | | | | | 0 | 5 | 39 | 56 | 95.1 | | 10,535 | | | 2 | 7 | - | 4 | Out | No | | | | | | | 51 | 49 | Yes | 55 | | 9 | | 3 | 9 | - | 1 | Out | No | | | | | 0 | 1 | 25 | 73 | 98.8 | | 45,380 | | | 2 | 8 | - | 3 | Out | No | | | | | | 1 | 18 | 81 | 99.4 | | 529 | | 8 | | 3 | 10 | - | 0 | Out | No | | | | | | 0 | 14 | 85 | 99.7 | | 86,238 | | | 2 | 9 | - | 2 | Out | No | | | | | | 0 | 11 | 89 | 99.9 | | 3,367 | * | 7 | | 2 | 10 | - | 1 | Out | No | | | | | | 0 | 5 | 95 | 100.0 | | 12,882 | | | 1 | 9 | - | 3 | Out | No | | | | | | | 3 | 97 | Yes | 114 | * | 6 | | 2 | 11 | - | 0 | Out | No | | | | | | | 2 | 98 | Yes | 22,328 | | | 1 | 10 | - | 2 | Out | No | | | | | | | 2 | 98 | Yes | 657 | | 5 | | 1 | 11 | - | 1 | Out | No | | | | | | | 0 | 100 | Yes | 2,267 | * | 4 | | 1 | 12 | - | 0 | Out | No | | | | | | | 0 | 100 | Yes | 3,544 | | | 0 | 11 | - | 2 | Out | No | | | | | | | | 100 | Yes | 50 | | 2 | -3 | | Out | No | | | | | | | | 100 | Yes | 1,707 | * | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total: | 58.6 | % | 31.7 | % | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 18.2 | % | 4,120,496 | |
* Row combines multiple less frequent records. Chance Will Make Playoffs |