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*Average seed
Carolina Hurricanes 4 Buffalo Sabres 1 +2.9
+0.3
New York Islanders 6 Ottawa Senators 3 -0.3
Washington Capitals 1 Montreal Canadiens 6 +0.3
Florida Panthers 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 1 +0.2
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 New Jersey Devils 3 -0.1
+0.0
Boston Bruins 3 New York Rangers 2 (ot)*+0.1
Toronto Maple Leafs 0 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 *+0.1
Philadelphia Flyers 3 Detroit Red Wings 4 +0.1
Sunday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Edmonton Oilers 2 Carolina Hurricanes 0 -3.6
-0.3
Ottawa Senators 2 Carolina Hurricanes 3 (ot)+2.9
+0.2
New York Rangers 1 Vancouver Canucks 3 +1.6
New York Rangers 2 Detroit Red Wings 3 +1.5
Washington Capitals 1 Anaheim Ducks 2 +0.9
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 Phoenix Coyotes 1 +0.9
Calgary Flames 9 Columbus Blue Jackets 0 +0.8
+0.1
Buffalo Sabres 2 New York Islanders 4 -0.7
Columbus Blue Jackets 8 Buffalo Sabres 1 -0.7
-0.1
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Montreal Canadiens 6 +0.6
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 New York Islanders 6 -0.5
Colorado Avalanche 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (ot)-0.4
-0.1
Los Angeles Kings 2 New Jersey Devils 1 +0.2
New Jersey Devils 3 Florida Panthers 2 -0.1
Boston Bruins 1 Philadelphia Flyers 4 *-0.1
-0.0
Toronto Maple Leafs 1 Washington Capitals 3 *-0.1
+0.1
San Jose Sharks 3 Philadelphia Flyers 4 -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 Carolina Hurricanes finish out the regular season.   Explain

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If finish:Chance inPresChance will finish regular season at seed
TPWL-OTplayoffsTrophy12345678910111213141516Count
10060-0InNo0136818177,354
9950-1InNo03484360128,569
9851-0100.0%No0129531700399,293
40-2100.0No02153241089,615
9741-1100.0No08454250557,865
30-399.9No04364910033,287
9642-099.7No022754170865,749
31-299.1No011855251307,970
20-497.7No012513526,899
9532-195.9No00745434955,803
21-391.2No033454984,762
10-583.1No2225917745
9433-086.7No022759130985,984
22-279.9No011960200391,971
11-468.4No0105831111,440
00-661.1No35836336
9323-162.2No08543710811,947
12-347.1No0344512070,979
01-530.9No031672648
9224-038.6No02375740628,738
13-229.3No1296380220,038
02-417.2No017691304,652
9114-114.4No01466181339,351
03-36.0No66526319,647
9015-04.1No0458335211,802
04-21.8No25040845,299
8905-10.4No031492056,412
8806-0OutNo16493529,565
Total:75.5%No00413253220317,336,420
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

Thursday100.0*Lottery seed
Carolina Hurricanes 4 Buffalo Sabres 1 -0.4
Philadelphia Flyers 3 Detroit Red Wings 4 -0.1
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 New Jersey Devils 3 -0.0
Sunday100.0*Lottery seed
Edmonton Oilers 2 Carolina Hurricanes 0 +0.4
Ottawa Senators 2 Carolina Hurricanes 3 (ot)-0.3
Calgary Flames 9 Columbus Blue Jackets 0 -0.1
New York Rangers 1 Vancouver Canucks 3 -0.1
New York Rangers 2 Detroit Red Wings 3 -0.1
Columbus Blue Jackets 8 Buffalo Sabres 1 +0.1
Colorado Avalanche 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (ot)+0.1
San Jose Sharks 3 Philadelphia Flyers 4 +0.1
Toronto Maple Leafs 1 Washington Capitals 3 -0.0
Boston Bruins 1 Philadelphia Flyers 4 +0.0

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
10060-0001321471800
9950-100374243330
9851-0012275341300
40-201205351910
9741-10074553750
30-300436544100
9642-000227252170
31-200118253251
20-40012249352
9532-10007144434
21-303133549
10-520225917
9433-00202659130
22-20101960200
11-4001058311
00-6358363
9323-1008543710
12-3003445020
01-5031672
9224-0002375740
13-21296380
02-401769130
9114-1014066181
03-3665273
9015-004058335
04-22050408
8905-100314920
8806-01649350
Total:000041312432020310