"...per the brilliant Sports Club Stats"
(thank you Mr. Dater)

Ottawa Senators Playoff Chances 1

Beat Pittsburgh 5-3, playoff odds up 28.2 to 100%
98 points   45 29-8

How are these numbers calculated?

Big Games

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

Sunday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Pittsburgh 3 Ottawa 5 +15.3
+1.0
Philadelphia 5 Carolina 4 (ot)+11.5
+0.1
New Jersey 2 Boston 0 -4.2
-0.1
Buffalo 0 NY Islanders 5 -0.5
-0.0
Washington 2 Tampa Bay 3 +0.1
+0.0
Points
Chance Will Make Playoffs

Lottery

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

Big Games

Sunday100.0*Lottery seed
Pittsburgh 3 Ottawa 5 -0.6
Buffalo 0 NY Islanders 5 +0.1
St. Louis 2 Detroit 0 +0.0