Washington Capitals Playoff Chances 1st 50/50

Did not play, playoff odds up 0.2 to 52.2%

2 points 1 0-0

Big Games

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

Wednesday	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Colorado 5 Anaheim 4 (so)					*-0.1

If winner is:HomeHome OTHome SOAway SOAway OTAway
Thursday	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Washington vs Calgary	+3.9+0.5+1.0-0.8-0.5-3.9		+0.9+0.9+1.0-0.4*-0.3-1.1		+0.4+0.1+0.1-0.1-0.1-0.4

* 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 Washington finish out the regular season. Explain

											100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
If finish:							Chance in		Pres		Chance will finish regular season at seed
TP		W		L	-	OT	playoffs		Trophy		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Count

123	-164						In		Yes		100																143	*
122		55	16		-	10	In		Yes		98				2												56	*
121		55	17		-	9	In		Yes		95				5												110	*
120		55	18		-	8	In		Yes		95				4	1											119	*
119		54	18		-	9	In		99.5	%	98	0			1	0											202	*
118		54	19		-	8	In		97.8		96	1			2	1											314	*
117		53	19		-	9	In		97.4		95	1			3												419	*
116		53	20		-	8	In		96.1		92	1			5	1	0	0									645	*
115		52	20		-	9	In		92.6		91	3			5	1	0										881	*
114		51	20		-	10	99.9	%	89.5		87	4	0		6	3	0	0	0								1,223	*
113		51	21		-	9	99.9		86.6		84	5	0		8	2	0	0	0								1,612	*
112		51	22		-	8	99.8		80.7		80	7	0		9	2	1	0	0								2,177	*
111		50	22		-	9	99.8		73.4		78	9	0		9	2	1	0	0	0	0						2,828	*
110		49	22		-	10	99.8		63.8		71	13	0		10	4	1	0	0	0	0		0				3,648	*
109		49	23		-	9	99.5		55.0		65	16	1	0	11	5	2	1	0	0	0	0					4,800	*
108		48	23		-	10	98.9		43.7		58	19	1	0	13	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0			5,926	*
107		48	24		-	9	98.5		32.3		51	22	3	0	13	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0			7,456	*
106		47	24		-	10	98.0		22.7		42	25	4	0	15	7	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		8,820	*
105		47	25		-	9	97.1		14.1		36	27	6	0	14	8	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		10,552	*
104		46	25		-	10	95.8		7.4		28	28	8	1	15	9	5	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	12,359	*
103		46	26		-	9	94.4		3.4		21	28	11	1	15	9	6	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	14,530	*
102		45	26		-	10	92.2		1.2		15	26	13	2	14	10	7	5	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	16,567	*
101		45	27		-	9	89.6		0.3		10	23	16	3	14	11	8	6	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	18,824	*
100		44	27		-	10	86.7		0.1		6	20	17	4	13	11	9	6	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	20,760	*
99		44	28		-	9	83.7		0.0		4	16	18	6	12	11	10	7	6	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	22,530	*
98		43	28		-	10	79.6		No		2	12	18	8	11	11	10	8	6	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	24,374	*
97		43	29		-	9	74.5		No		1	8	17	9	10	10	10	9	8	6	5	3	2	1	0	0	26,033	*
96		42	29		-	10	69.9		No		1	6	14	11	9	10	10	9	8	7	6	4	3	2	1	0	27,158	*
95		42	30		-	9	64.7		No		0	3	12	12	8	10	10	10	9	8	7	5	4	2	1	0	28,231	*
94		41	30		-	10	58.8		No		0	2	9	12	7	9	10	10	9	8	8	6	4	3	2	1	28,501	*
93		41	31		-	9	52.6		No		0	1	7	12	5	8	10	10	10	9	8	7	6	4	2	1	28,605	*
92		40	31		-	10	46.5		No		0	0	5	12	4	7	9	10	10	10	9	8	7	5	3	1	28,502	*
91		40	32		-	9	40.7		No		0	0	3	11	3	6	8	9	10	10	10	9	8	6	4	2	27,552	*
90		39	32		-	10	34.9		No			0	2	10	3	5	7	8	10	10	11	10	9	8	5	3	26,635	*
89		39	33		-	9	29.4		No			0	1	8	2	4	6	8	9	11	11	11	10	9	7	3	25,307	*
88		38	33		-	10	24.9		No			0	1	7	2	3	5	7	8	10	11	11	11	10	8	4	23,897	*
87		38	34		-	9	19.9		No			0	0	6	1	3	4	6	8	9	11	12	12	12	10	6	21,862	*
86		37	34		-	10	16.4		No				0	4	1	2	4	5	7	9	10	11	13	14	12	8	19,935	*
85		37	35		-	9	12.7		No			0	0	3	1	2	3	4	6	8	10	12	14	15	14	10	17,812	*
84		36	35		-	10	9.5		No				0	3	0	1	2	3	5	7	9	11	14	16	15	13	15,563	*
83		36	36		-	9	7.5		No					2	0	1	2	3	4	6	8	10	14	16	18	15	13,951	*
82		35	36		-	10	5.7		No				0	2	0	1	1	2	4	5	7	10	13	17	20	19	11,947	*
81		35	37		-	9	4.4		No				0	1	0	0	1	1	3	4	6	8	12	17	21	23	9,974	*
80		34	37		-	10	3.3		No					1	0	0	1	1	2	3	5	8	11	17	22	27	8,536	*
79		34	38		-	9	1.9		No					1	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	7	11	17	24	31	6,798	*
78		33	38		-	10	1.4		No					0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	6	10	16	25	36	5,422	*
77		32	38		-	11	1.0		No					0		0	0	0	1	1	3	5	9	14	25	41	4,486	*
76		32	39		-	10	0.9		No					0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	7	13	25	46	3,515	*
75		31	39		-	11	0.5		No					0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	7	12	24	50	2,791	*
74		31	40		-	10	0.4		No					0			0	0	0	1	1	2	5	11	25	55	2,069	*
73		31	41		-	9	0.1		No								0	0	1	0	1	1	5	9	23	59	1,701	*
72		30	41		-	10	0.1		No							0			0	0	1	1	3	7	23	64	1,199	*
71		30	42		-	9	Out		No										0	0	0	1	2	7	22	67	910	*
70		29	42		-	10	0.1		No									0	0	0	1	1	2	5	19	71	667	*
69		29	43		-	9	Out		No										0	0		1	3	4	16	76	480	*
68		28	43		-	10	Out		No													1	2	2	11	85	360	*
67		28	44		-	9	Out		No											0			1	4	13	81	226	*
66		27	44		-	10	Out		No													1			13	87	164	*
65		26	44		-	11	Out		No													1	1	1	9	88	108	*
64		27	46		-	8	Out		No																8	92	49	*
63		25	45		-	11	Out		No																2	98	44	*
62		26	47		-	8	Out		No																7	93	28	*
61		25	47		-	9	Out		No																4	96	26	*
2	-60						Out		No																	100	81	*

Total:							52.2	%	4.0	%	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	603,000

* 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	None

If winner is:HomeHome OTHome SOAway SOAway OTAway
Thursday	100.0*	Lottery seed
Washington vs Calgary	-0.9-0.8-0.9+0.2*+0.1+1.1
Pittsburgh vs New Jersey	+0.0-0.0-0.1+0.0-0.1+0.0

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

What If

None

							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

120	-164						100
119		54	18		-	9	100	0
118		54	19		-	8	98	2	0
117		53	19		-	9	97	3
116		53	20		-	8	96	4
115		52	20		-	9	93	7
114		51	20		-	10	90	10	0
113		51	21		-	9	87	13	1	0
112		51	22		-	8	81	18	1
111		50	22		-	9	73	23	3	0
110		49	22		-	10	64	31	5	0
109		49	23		-	9	55	35	9	1	0		0
108		48	23		-	10	44	40	14	2	0	0
107		48	24		-	9	32	42	20	5	1	0
106		47	24		-	10	23	38	26	10	2	0	0
105		47	25		-	9	14	33	31	16	5	1	0	0
104		46	25		-	10	7	24	32	23	10	3	0	0	0
103		46	26		-	9	3	15	28	27	17	7	2	0	0
102		45	26		-	10	1	8	19	27	24	14	5	1	0	0
101		45	27		-	9	0	3	10	21	26	21	12	5	1	0	0
100		44	27		-	10	0	1	4	12	22	24	20	11	4	1	0	0	0
99		44	28		-	9	0	0	1	5	12	21	23	19	11	5	1	0	0
98		43	28		-	10		0	0	2	5	12	20	24	19	12	5	2	0	0	0	0	0
97		43	29		-	9			0	0	1	4	11	19	23	20	13	6	2	1	0		0
96		42	29		-	10				0	0	1	4	9	16	22	21	15	8	3	1	0	0	0
95		42	30		-	9					0	0	1	3	7	14	20	22	17	10	4	1	0	0	0	0
94		41	30		-	10					0	0	0	0	2	5	11	18	22	20	13	6	2	1	0	0	0
93		41	31		-	9							0	0	0	1	3	9	16	21	21	16	9	4	1	0	0
92		40	31		-	10								0	0	0	1	2	6	13	19	22	19	11	5	2	0	0	0	0
91		40	32		-	9										0	0	0	1	4	10	17	22	20	15	8	3	1	0	0
90		39	32		-	10										0	0	0	0	1	3	7	14	20	22	17	10	4	1	0	0	0
89		39	33		-	9												0	0	0	0	2	5	12	19	22	19	13	6	2	0	0	0
88		38	33		-	10											0	0		0	0	0	1	4	9	17	23	21	14	7	2	1	0	0
87		38	34		-	9														0	0	0	0	1	3	8	15	21	22	16	8	3	1	0	0
86		37	34		-	10																0		0	1	3	7	15	22	23	17	9	3	1	0
85		37	35		-	9																	0	0	0	1	2	7	14	23	24	17	8	3	0	0
84		36	35		-	10																			0	0	1	2	8	16	24	24	17	7	2	0
83		36	36		-	9																			0	0	0	1	3	8	17	26	25	15	5	1
82		35	36		-	10																					0	0	1	3	10	21	28	24	11	2
81		35	37		-	9																					0	0	0	1	5	14	26	30	18	5
80		34	37		-	10																						0	0	0	2	8	20	33	28	10
79		34	38		-	9																								0	1	4	13	28	36	18
78		33	38		-	10																								0	0	2	8	24	39	27
77		32	38		-	11																									0	1	4	18	41	36
76		32	39		-	10																									0	0	2	12	38	47
75		31	39		-	11																											1	9	33	57
74		31	40		-	10																											0	5	30	65
73		30	40		-	11																											0	3	22	75
72		30	41		-	10																												2	18	80
71		30	42		-	9																												1	14	85
70		29	42		-	10																												0	7	93
69		29	43		-	9																											0		6	94
68		28	43		-	10																													3	98
67		28	44		-	9																													3	97
66		27	44		-	10																													5	95
2	-65																																			100

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