How are these numbers calculated?

Big Games

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

Saturday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 Montreal Canadiens 3 (so)*-0.1
Sunday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Minnesota Wild 4 Arizona Coyotes 3 (so)-20.8
-0.2
Colorado Avalanche 3 Dallas Stars 2 (so)+0.4
Buffalo Sabres 1 Florida Panthers 2 *+0.1
Monday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Los Angeles Kings 4 Anaheim Ducks 2 Out
-0.5

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

Points
Chance Will Make Playoffs

Lottery

We are out of the playoffs. Here are the big games and what ifs for draft seeds.
Although it might be more fun to go down swinging.

Big Games

SaturdayNone
Sunday100.0*Lottery seed
Minnesota Wild 4 Arizona Coyotes 3 (so)+0.2
New York Rangers 5 Ottawa Senators 3 +0.1
Monday100.0*Lottery seed
Los Angeles Kings 4 Anaheim Ducks 2 +0.5