Pittsburgh Penguins Playoff Chances 2013-2014 50/50

Big Games

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

Thursday	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Florida Panthers 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 1	-3.4		-0.6		-0.5
New York Islanders 6 Ottawa Senators 3	-0.4				-0.0
Carolina Hurricanes 4 Buffalo Sabres 1	-0.3
Philadelphia Flyers 3 Detroit Red Wings 4	+0.2
Boston Bruins 3 New York Rangers 2 (ot)	*+0.2				+0.0
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 New Jersey Devils 3					-0.1
Vancouver Canucks 3 Los Angeles Kings 4			-0.1
Washington Capitals 1 Montreal Canadiens 6					+0.0

Sunday	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Montreal Canadiens 6	-4.8		-0.1		-0.6
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 Phoenix Coyotes 1	-4.6		-0.1		-0.6
Calgary Flames 9 Columbus Blue Jackets 0	+0.8				+0.1
New York Rangers 2 Detroit Red Wings 3	+0.6				+0.1
Ottawa Senators 2 Carolina Hurricanes 3 (ot)	-0.6
New York Rangers 1 Vancouver Canucks 3	+0.6				+0.1
Columbus Blue Jackets 8 Buffalo Sabres 1	-0.6
Washington Capitals 1 Anaheim Ducks 2	+0.6				+0.1
Edmonton Oilers 2 Carolina Hurricanes 0	+0.5
Buffalo Sabres 2 New York Islanders 4	-0.5				-0.0
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 New York Islanders 6	-0.4				-0.1
Los Angeles Kings 2 New Jersey Devils 1	+0.3				+0.1
New Jersey Devils 3 Florida Panthers 2	-0.3		+0.1		-0.1
Toronto Maple Leafs 1 Washington Capitals 3	+0.2				-0.0
Colorado Avalanche 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (ot)	*-0.2
Montreal Canadiens 2 Minnesota Wild 3 (ot)	*+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

Chances based on how well the Pittsburgh Penguins finish out the regular season. Explain

Lottery

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

Big Games

Thursday	100.0*	Lottery seed
Florida Panthers 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 1	+1.0
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 New Jersey Devils 3	+0.1
New York Islanders 6 Ottawa Senators 3	+0.1
Carolina Hurricanes 4 Buffalo Sabres 1	-0.1
Washington Capitals 1 Montreal Canadiens 6	-0.1
Boston Bruins 3 New York Rangers 2 (ot)	-0.0

Sunday	100.0*	Lottery seed
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Montreal Canadiens 6	+1.2
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 Phoenix Coyotes 1	+1.1
New York Rangers 2 Detroit Red Wings 3	-0.2
New York Rangers 1 Vancouver Canucks 3	-0.1
Washington Capitals 1 Anaheim Ducks 2	-0.1
Los Angeles Kings 2 New Jersey Devils 1	-0.1
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 New York Islanders 6	+0.1
New Jersey Devils 3 Florida Panthers 2	+0.1
Calgary Flames 9 Columbus Blue Jackets 0	-0.1
Toronto Maple Leafs 1 Washington Capitals 3	+0.1
Ottawa Senators 2 Carolina Hurricanes 3 (ot)	+0.1
Edmonton Oilers 2 Carolina Hurricanes 0	-0.0
Buffalo Sabres 2 New York Islanders 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.