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Big Games

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

Wednesday, 9/1None
Monday, 11/1100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Senators 3 Hurricanes 5 -6.0
-0.6
Senators 2 Blue Jackets 5 -5.6
-0.6
Senators 1 Stars 4 -5.4
-0.6
Senators 1 Sharks 4 -5.4
-0.6
Senators 3 Canucks 4 -5.4
-0.6
Senators 1 Wild 4 -5.3
-0.6
Senators 1 Lightning 4 -5.3
-0.6
Thrashers 7 Senators 2 -5.2
-0.5
Maple Leafs 1 Senators 5 +4.9
+0.5
Penguins 2 Senators 1 -4.9
-0.5
Capitals 2 Senators 1 -4.8
-0.5
Capitals 3 Senators 4 +4.8
+0.5
Lightning 3 Senators 1 -4.8
-0.5
Blues 4 Senators 1 -4.7
-0.5
Sabres 4 Senators 3 -4.7
-0.5
Hurricanes 6 Senators 1 -4.7
-0.5
Sabres 1 Senators 3 +4.6
+0.5
Ducks 5 Senators 4 -4.6
-0.5
Flames 3 Senators 2 -4.6
-0.5
Islanders 2 Senators 5 +4.5
+0.5
Maple Leafs 0 Senators 2 +4.5
+0.5
Hurricanes 2 Senators 3 +4.4
+0.5
Oilers 2 Senators 3 +4.4
+0.5
Blackhawks 4 Senators 2 -4.4
-0.5
Islanders 1 Senators 3 +4.2
+0.4
Avalanche 4 Senators 7 +4.1
+0.4
Stars 1 Senators 2 +4.1
+0.4
Panthers 1 Senators 3 +4.0
+0.4
Senators 3 Devils 2 +3.8
+0.4
Senators 5 Hurricanes 1 +3.7
+0.4
Senators 3 Canadiens 0 +3.7
+0.4
Senators 4 Islanders 3 (ot)+3.7
+0.4
Senators 4 Maple Leafs 3 +3.7
+0.4
Coyotes 4 Senators 6 +3.7
+0.4
Senators 5 Panthers 3 +3.6
+0.3
Senators 3 Islanders 1 +3.5
+0.4
Senators 6 Lightning 3 +3.4
+0.4
Senators 5 Avalanche 4 +3.4
+0.3
Senators 6 Flames 4 +3.3
+0.3
Senators 3 Blues 2 +3.2
+0.3
Senators 5 Predators 3 +3.1
+0.3
Capitals 2 Stars 1 (so)-2.3
Sharks 5 Sabres 2 +1.0
+0.1
Flames 2 Islanders 1 +0.9
Islanders 2 Stars 3 +0.9
Oilers 3 Islanders 1 *+0.7
Hurricanes 5 Ducks 4 (so)*-0.7
Penguins 4 Sharks 0 *-0.7
Stars 3 Devils 2 (ot)*-0.5
Hurricanes 4 Canucks 1 *-0.5
Avalanche 2 Devils 3 (ot)*-0.3
Maple Leafs 3 Islanders 2 *+0.3
Blackhawks 2 Devils 0 *+0.2
Maple Leafs 5 Blues 6 (so)*+0.1
Kings 4 Canadiens 3 +0.1
Kings 7 Rangers 3 *+0.0
Thrashers 6 Kings 4 *-0.0
Maple Leafs 1 Rangers 3 +0.0
Canadiens 4 Coyotes 3 (so)*-0.0
Canadiens 6 Avalanche 2 *-0.0
If winner is:HomeHome OTHome SOAway SOAway OTAway
Senators vs Capitals+4.9+4.2+4.0-2.4-1.4-7.6
+0.2+0.2+0.2-0.1-0.1-0.3
Senators vs Capitals+5.0+3.7+4.9-2.5-2.2-7.4
+0.2+0.2+0.2-0.1-0.1-0.3
Senators vs Flyers+4.6+3.7+5.5*-1.2-1.7-6.6
+0.2+0.2+0.3-0.1-0.1-0.3
Thrashers vs Senators-6.0*-0.7*-1.3+4.0+5.0+6.1
-0.3-0.1*-0.1+0.2+0.3+0.3
Senators vs Penguins+4.8+4.1+3.6*-1.9-1.7-6.9
+0.2+0.2+0.2-0.1-0.1-0.3
Senators vs Thrashers+4.8+3.7+3.8-2.2*-1.1-6.8
+0.2+0.2+0.2*-0.1-0.1-0.3
Senators vs Thrashers+4.7+3.9+4.1*-0.7-1.7-6.8
+0.2+0.2+0.2*-0.1-0.1-0.3
Lightning vs Senators-6.3-1.6*-1.1+4.8+4.5+5.0
-0.3-0.1-0.0+0.2+0.2+0.2
Penguins vs Senators-5.7*-0.7*-0.4+3.4+4.8+5.5
-0.3-0.1*-0.0+0.2+0.2+0.3
Senators vs Penguins+4.6+3.8+4.4-2.2-2.1-6.6
+0.2+0.2+0.2*-0.1-0.1-0.3
Devils vs Senators-7.6-1.8-2.7+3.2+2.5+3.1
-0.3-0.1-0.1+0.2+0.1+0.1
Flyers vs Senators-5.4*-0.8*-0.3+3.2+4.9+5.3
-0.3-0.1*-0.0+0.2+0.2+0.3
Senators vs Flyers+4.2+4.0+3.7*-0.5*-0.4-6.5
+0.2+0.2+0.2*-0.1-0.1-0.3
Flyers vs Senators-5.4*-0.4*-0.4+4.9+4.3+5.2
-0.3-0.0*-0.0+0.3+0.2+0.3
Rangers vs Senators-4.6*+0.7*+1.0+4.7+5.9+5.7
-0.2*+0.0*+0.0+0.2+0.3+0.3
Senators vs Oilers+4.4+3.6+3.6*-0.6*-0.2-6.0
+0.2+0.2+0.2*-0.0*-0.0-0.3
Senators vs Sabres+4.8+3.8+5.0*-1.4*-0.1-5.3
+0.3+0.2+0.2-0.1-0.0-0.3
Senators vs Sabres+4.7+3.9+4.8*-1.0*+0.3-5.5
+0.3+0.2+0.2-0.1-0.0-0.3
Bruins vs Senators-6.0*-1.2*-1.4+4.3+3.7+3.3
-0.3-0.1*-0.1+0.2+0.2+0.2
Predators vs Senators-6.6*-1.3-3.4+3.6+3.6+3.3
-0.3*-0.1-0.1+0.1+0.2+0.2
Blue Jackets vs Senators-5.5*-0.5*-0.2+4.7+3.8+3.9
-0.3*-0.0*-0.0+0.2+0.2+0.2
Senators vs Maple Leafs+2.8+2.2+3.4*-2.1-2.0-6.8
+0.1+0.1+0.2-0.1-0.1-0.3
Canucks vs Senators-6.3*-0.6*-0.6+3.5+3.7+3.8
-0.3-0.1-0.1+0.2+0.2+0.2
Bruins vs Senators-6.2-1.8*-1.2+3.2+3.3+3.9
-0.3-0.1*-0.1+0.1+0.2+0.2
Senators vs Blackhawks+3.2+3.5+3.2*-1.9*-1.3-6.6
+0.2+0.2+0.1-0.1*-0.0-0.3
Red Wings vs Senators-5.4*-0.5*-0.8+4.4+4.8+4.1
-0.3*-0.0*-0.0+0.2+0.2+0.2
Kings vs Senators-4.9*+0.0*+0.1+4.4+5.2+5.2
-0.2*-0.0*+0.0+0.2+0.2+0.2
Sharks vs Senators-5.0*+0.3*+0.7+5.0+4.8+4.9
-0.2*-0.0*+0.0+0.2+0.2+0.2
Senators vs Canadiens+5.0+5.3+4.5*+1.3*+0.8-4.6
+0.3+0.2+0.2*+0.0*+0.0-0.2
Senators vs Panthers+3.0+3.1+3.0*-2.2-2.4-6.8
+0.1+0.1+0.2-0.1-0.1-0.3
Senators vs Coyotes+3.1+3.2+3.2*-2.2*-1.2-6.7
+0.1+0.2+0.2*-0.1-0.1-0.3
Senators vs Bruins+2.9+3.2+3.0*-1.4-2.2-6.7
+0.1+0.1+0.1-0.1-0.1-0.3
Canadiens vs Senators-3.8+1.0*+0.4+5.2+6.0+5.7
-0.2*+0.1*+0.0+0.3+0.3+0.3
Senators vs Kings+4.3+3.7+4.5*-0.7*-0.1-5.3
+0.2+0.2+0.2*-0.0*-0.0-0.3
Devils vs Senators-6.8-2.9-2.9+2.6+2.7+3.0
-0.3-0.1-0.1+0.1+0.1+0.1
Senators vs Red Wings+3.6+3.3+3.5*-1.5*-1.1-6.2
+0.2+0.1+0.2*-0.1*-0.1-0.3
Senators vs Rangers+4.8+4.9+4.5*-0.7*+0.4-4.9
+0.2+0.2+0.2*-0.0*-0.0-0.2
Panthers vs Senators-6.1*-0.9*-1.9+2.6+3.7+3.6
-0.3-0.1*-0.1+0.1+0.2+0.2
Senators vs Rangers+4.5+4.9+4.2*+0.2*+0.4-4.8
+0.2+0.2+0.2*-0.0*+0.0-0.2
Senators vs Bruins+3.0+2.9+2.7*-1.5-1.9-6.8
+0.1+0.1+0.1*-0.1-0.1-0.3
Wild vs Senators-4.5*+0.1*-0.3+4.9+5.1+5.0
-0.2*-0.0+0.0+0.3+0.2+0.2
Canadiens vs Senators-3.8*+1.0*+1.1+5.1+5.1+5.7
-0.2*+0.0*+0.1+0.3+0.3+0.3
Rangers vs Senators-4.0*+0.4*+0.9+5.4+4.1+5.3
-0.2*+0.0*+0.0+0.3+0.3+0.3
Senators vs Devils+2.2+1.8+2.0*-2.2-2.6-7.1
+0.1+0.1+0.1*-0.1-0.1-0.3

* 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 Senators finish out the regular season.   Explain

100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
If finish:Chance inChance will finish regular season at seed
TPWL-OTplayoffs123456789101112131415Count
128-138In1009*
126375-2In50502*
124366-2In1003*
123356-3In1414717*
122346-4In1767176*
121336-5In66691916*
120326-6In391633*
119316-7In2732555*
118317-6In127423109*
117318-5In127127191*
116308-6In16435291*
115309-5In059392446*
114299-6In049483705*
1132910-5In0405451,013*
1122810-6In033561001,381*
1112811-5In25591511,881*
1102711-6In017592232,396*
1092611-7In0125330503,053*
1082612-6100.0%746389003,757*
1072512-7100.04384414104,397*
1062513-699.82274622305,017*
1052413-799.301184529715,843*
1042414-698.501138371226,107*
1032314-795.906294219406,514*
1022315-692.203204128806,656*
1012215-785.6011236351416,669*
1002216-676.90728422126,441*
992116-765.80421413136,152*
982117-654.501143939605,837*
972017-741.301932481004,975*
962018-629.90425541604,317*
951918-719.90218562303,686*
941919-614.5113543113,022*
931819-78.308513912,418*
921820-64.905464721,869*
911720-72.502385631,466*
901721-62.0233596994*
891621-70.81266410736*
881622-60.611666161533*
871623-5Out1265212349*
861523-6Out862264240*
851423-7Out1058301166*
841424-6Out34152497*
831324-7Out133531376*
821426-4Out31462326*
811326-5Out36432114*
801226-6Out574314*
791025-9Out5025254*
78925-10Out33673*
50044-0Out1008
Total:71.7%0004131719181981000100,000

* Row combines multiple less frequent records.

Points
Chance Will Make Playoffs

Lottery

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

Big Games

Wednesday, 9/1None
Monday, 11/1100.0*Lottery seed
Senators 3 Hurricanes 5 +1.2
Senators 2 Blue Jackets 5 +1.2
Senators 1 Stars 4 +1.2
Senators 1 Wild 4 +1.2
Senators 1 Sharks 4 +1.2
Senators 3 Canucks 4 +1.2
Senators 1 Lightning 4 +1.1
Maple Leafs 1 Senators 5 -1.0
Thrashers 7 Senators 2 +1.0
Flames 3 Senators 2 +1.0
Capitals 2 Senators 1 +1.0
Sabres 4 Senators 3 +1.0
Hurricanes 6 Senators 1 +1.0
Penguins 2 Senators 1 +1.0
Blues 4 Senators 1 +1.0
Ducks 5 Senators 4 +1.0
Lightning 3 Senators 1 +1.0
Capitals 3 Senators 4 -1.0
Sabres 1 Senators 3 -1.0
Maple Leafs 0 Senators 2 -1.0
Blackhawks 4 Senators 2 +1.0
Oilers 2 Senators 3 -1.0
Hurricanes 2 Senators 3 -0.9
Islanders 2 Senators 5 -0.9
Stars 1 Senators 2 -0.9
Islanders 1 Senators 3 -0.9
Avalanche 4 Senators 7 -0.9
Panthers 1 Senators 3 -0.9
Coyotes 4 Senators 6 -0.8
Senators 3 Canadiens 0 -0.8
Senators 4 Maple Leafs 3 -0.8
Senators 4 Islanders 3 (ot)-0.8
Senators 5 Hurricanes 1 -0.8
Senators 3 Devils 2 -0.8
Senators 3 Islanders 1 -0.7
Senators 5 Predators 3 -0.7
Senators 6 Flames 4 -0.7
Senators 3 Blues 2 -0.7
Senators 5 Avalanche 4 -0.7
Senators 6 Lightning 3 -0.7
Senators 5 Panthers 3 -0.7
Flyers 4 Red Wings 3 (ot)+0.2
Capitals 2 Stars 1 (so)*+0.2
Canucks 2 Devils 3 (so)*+0.2
Hurricanes 4 Oilers 5 (so)*-0.2
Hurricanes 4 Sabres 3 (so)*+0.2
Flyers 5 Bruins 6 (so)*+0.2
Maple Leafs 5 Blues 6 (so)*-0.2
Blue Jackets 5 Islanders 4 (so)*+0.2
Devils 4 Maple Leafs 3 (so)*-0.2
Lightning 2 Sabres 3 (so)+0.2
Canadiens 6 Penguins 5 (so)*+0.2
Canucks 5 Blues 4 (so)*-0.2
Avalanche 3 Bruins 2 (so)*-0.2
Sharks 5 Sabres 2 -0.2
Flyers 4 Wild 5 (ot)*+0.2
Maple Leafs 0 Kings 3 -0.2
Maple Leafs 4 Hurricanes 3 (so)*+0.2
Maple Leafs 4 Canucks 3 (ot)+0.2
Canadiens 3 Red Wings 0 +0.1
Red Wings 1 Canadiens 3 +0.1
Maple Leafs 1 Rangers 3 -0.1
Kings 7 Rangers 3 *-0.0
Canadiens 3 Blackhawks 0 *+0.0
Avalanche 2 Devils 3 (ot)-0.0
Devils 1 Blues 2 *+0.0
If winner is:HomeHome OTHome SOAway SOAway OTAway
Senators vs Flyers-0.5-0.4-0.5+0.2+0.2+0.7
Senators vs Penguins-0.5-0.4-0.3+0.2+0.2+0.7
Senators vs Flyers-0.5-0.4-0.4*+0.1+0.1+0.7
Senators vs Capitals-0.4-0.4-0.5+0.3+0.2+0.7
Flyers vs Senators+0.6+0.1*+0.1-0.5-0.4-0.6
Penguins vs Senators+0.6+0.1+0.1-0.4-0.5-0.6
Flyers vs Senators+0.6+0.1+0.1-0.4-0.5-0.6
Thrashers vs Senators+0.6*+0.1*+0.1-0.4-0.5-0.6
Senators vs Penguins-0.5-0.3-0.4*+0.2+0.2+0.7
Senators vs Capitals-0.4-0.4-0.3+0.2+0.2+0.7
Senators vs Thrashers-0.4-0.4-0.4*+0.1+0.2+0.6
Senators vs Sabres-0.5-0.4-0.5+0.2+0.0+0.6
Senators vs Thrashers-0.4-0.4-0.4+0.2+0.1+0.6
Blue Jackets vs Senators+0.6*+0.1*+0.1-0.5-0.4-0.4
Senators vs Sabres-0.5-0.4-0.5+0.1+0.1+0.5
Senators vs Kings-0.4-0.4-0.5+0.0*+0.1+0.5
Devils vs Senators+0.7+0.2+0.3-0.3-0.3-0.3
Lightning vs Senators+0.6+0.1*+0.1-0.4-0.4-0.4
Senators vs Oilers-0.4-0.4-0.4*+0.0*+0.1+0.6
Rangers vs Senators+0.4*-0.0*-0.1-0.6-0.5-0.5
Canucks vs Senators+0.6*+0.1+0.2-0.4-0.4-0.4
Senators vs Maple Leafs-0.3-0.3-0.3*+0.3+0.2+0.7
Red Wings vs Senators+0.5*+0.1*+0.1-0.5-0.5-0.4
Wild vs Senators+0.5*+0.0-0.0-0.6-0.5-0.5
Senators vs Blackhawks-0.3-0.3-0.3*+0.2+0.1+0.7
Bruins vs Senators+0.6+0.2+0.1-0.4-0.4-0.3
Kings vs Senators+0.5*+0.0*+0.0-0.4-0.5-0.5
Rangers vs Senators+0.4*-0.1*-0.0-0.5-0.6-0.6
Canadiens vs Senators+0.4*-0.1*-0.0-0.6-0.6-0.6
Sharks vs Senators+0.5*+0.0*-0.0-0.5-0.4-0.5
Senators vs Red Wings-0.4-0.3-0.3+0.2+0.1+0.6
Canadiens vs Senators+0.4*-0.1*-0.1-0.6-0.5-0.6
Senators vs Rangers-0.5-0.5-0.4*+0.0*-0.0+0.5
Senators vs Panthers-0.3-0.3-0.3*+0.2+0.2+0.7
Senators vs Canadiens-0.5-0.5-0.5*-0.1*-0.1+0.5

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

What If

100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
If finish:Chance will finish season at seed
TPWL-OT123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
128-138100
126375-25050
124366-2100
123356-3141471
122346-4176717
121336-5666919
120326-638836
119316-7265725
118317-61265923
117318-51115417261
116308-61461835
115309-5039203822
114299-6026234443
1132910-50162445950
1122810-608254214900
1112811-551939211411
1102711-6021529301833
1092611-701111934247500
1082612-607103525139000
1072512-74532232112110
1062513-622241729184300
1052413-7010181233218601
1042414-6001163223151112
1032314-7006326202317240
1022315-603119142723470
1012215-7010128292781310
1002216-600642427152120
992116-70421921202950
982117-6011131623331110
972017-701098243917300
962018-60045213626710
951918-702216303314300
941919-61112233521610
931819-70081534281220
921820-60059283419500
911720-7024203726910
901721-6231233321440
891621-710722352691
881622-61021434311521
871623-511025322381
861523-631534351111
851423-721328341841
841424-6415422513
831324-7182536219
821426-441938318
811326-52173636
801226-61436437
791025-95050
78925-103367
50044-0100
Total:0000001349612811118137421100000