How are these numbers calculated?

Big Games

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

Thursday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Pres Trophy100.0*Average seed
Carolina Hurricanes 4 Buffalo Sabres 1 -0.7
-1.6
-0.3
Toronto Maple Leafs 0 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 +0.2
Florida Panthers 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 1 -0.7
+0.0
Vancouver Canucks 3 Los Angeles Kings 4 -0.6
Sunday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Pres Trophy100.0*Average seed
Columbus Blue Jackets 8 Buffalo Sabres 1 -0.9
-0.7
-0.4
Buffalo Sabres 2 New York Islanders 4 -0.9
-0.7
-0.4
Colorado Avalanche 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (ot)-0.3
Toronto Maple Leafs 1 Washington Capitals 3 +0.3
Montreal Canadiens 2 Minnesota Wild 3 (ot)*+0.1
+0.0
New York Rangers 1 Vancouver Canucks 3 +0.1
Washington Capitals 1 Anaheim Ducks 2 +0.1
New Jersey Devils 3 Florida Panthers 2 +0.4
Florida Panthers 3 Dallas Stars 2 (ot)-0.4
Dallas Stars 1 Los Angeles Kings 4 -0.2
Los Angeles Kings 2 New Jersey Devils 1 -0.2
+0.1
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 Phoenix Coyotes 1 +0.1

* 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 Buffalo Sabres finish out the regular season.   Explain

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If finish:Chance inPresChance will finish regular season at seed
TPWL-OTplayoffsTrophy12345678910111213141516Count
10860-0In0.6%32551336,401
10750-1In0.1135631052,866
10651-0In0.0646470163,773
40-2InNo44450132,293
10541-1InNo128664200,449
30-3InNo12567710,350
10442-0InNo01674100311,200
31-2InNo0147115097,456
20-4InNo012682001,899
10332-1InNo0565290301,396
21-3InNo45738123,712
10-5InNo352451190
10233-0InNo02554220312,055
22-2InNo2455130110,304
11-4InNo1365932,946
00-6InNo44569
10123-1InNo02763100228,005
12-3InNo0186913018,000
01-5InNo1269181139
10024-0InNo01662211176,602
13-2InNo0106326155,626
02-4InNo6623021,054
9914-1InNo34744686,150
03-3InNo14148104,361
9815-0InNo126532053,514
04-2InNo021532610,430
9705-1InNo7435013,308
9606-0InNo119806,972
Total:In0.0%1134730712,311,460
Points
Chance Will Make Playoffs

Lottery

Why are you looking down here? We just made the playoffs!

Big Games

Thursday100.0*Lottery seed
Carolina Hurricanes 4 Buffalo Sabres 1 +0.7
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 New Jersey Devils 3 +0.1
Florida Panthers 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 1 -0.1
Boston Bruins 3 New York Rangers 2 (ot)*-0.0
Sunday100.0*Lottery seed
Buffalo Sabres 2 New York Islanders 4 +0.8
Columbus Blue Jackets 8 Buffalo Sabres 1 +0.8
Los Angeles Kings 2 New Jersey Devils 1 -0.1
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 Phoenix Coyotes 1 -0.1
Washington Capitals 1 Anaheim Ducks 2 -0.1
New Jersey Devils 3 Florida Panthers 2 +0.1
New York Rangers 1 Vancouver Canucks 3 -0.1
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 New York Islanders 6 +0.1
New York Rangers 2 Detroit Red Wings 3 -0.0
Colorado Avalanche 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (ot)+0.0

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

What If

This isn't your lottery pick because it does not factor in ping pong balls.
It's the final seed that gets you the ping pong balls.
The top 16 seeds are wrong, just ignore them for now.

100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
If finish:Chance will finish season at seed
TPWL-OT123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
10860-01314411130
10750-101336203100
10651-00622254530
40-2420254731
10541-11821551140
30-31619521570
10442-002154628900
31-2011341301410
20-4011133341820
10332-1005244225500
21-304154130810
10-53114131151
10233-00028472616200
22-2025402922200
11-41333273230
00-6441144
10123-101262141820
12-300181752930
01-51216531261
10024-000168541381
13-2001065715111
02-4635914162
9914-10324518276
03-31141143410
9815-01026114220
04-2002194426
9705-1743850
9606-0111880
Total:014822251417441