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

How are these numbers calculated?

Big Games

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

Saturday, 2/1100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Disbanded100.0*Average seed
Carolina 0 Calgary 0 +0.5
Boston 1 Anaheim 1 +0.5
Edmonton 2 Detroit 0 *-0.1
Columbus 4 Colorado 0 *-0.1
If winner is:HomeTieAway
Pittsburgh vs Phoenix-28.0*+0.0+28.0
+24.3-9.0-19.9
-0.6*+0.0+0.6
Minnesota vs Los Angeles-0.2+0.6-0.1
Tampa Bay vs St. Louis-0.2+0.6-0.1
Ottawa vs NY Rangers-0.1+0.5-0.1
New Jersey vs Nashville-0.1+0.5-0.1
Washington vs Vancouver-0.1+0.5-0.1
If winner is:HomeTieAway
Sunday, 2/2100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Disbanded100.0*Average seed
Phoenix vs San Jose+28.0*-0.0-28.0
-19.9-8.9+24.4
+0.6*-0.0-0.6
Detroit vs Florida*+0.1+2.0-0.6
Colorado vs Dallas*+0.1+2.0-0.6
Calgary vs Chicago-0.8+0.2+0.6
Anaheim vs Buffalo-0.8+0.3+0.6
NY Rangers vs Philadelphia-0.1+0.5-0.1
Vancouver vs Winnipeg-0.2+0.5*-0.1
Los Angeles vs Montreal-0.1+0.5-0.1
Nashville vs NY Islanders*-0.1+0.5-0.1
St. Louis vs Toronto-0.1+0.4*-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 Phoenix finish out the regular season.   Explain

100100100
If finish:Chance inChance will finish regular season at seed
TWW-L-Tplayoffs123DisbandedCount
22-0-0In100No498,399
1.51-0-1In8020No498,207
11-1-086.7%1373130.0%996,376
0-0-293.378770.0125,056
0.50-1-120.1208027.4498,657
00-2-0Out10096.9498,725
Total:66.7%33333319.9%3,115,420
Games Above .500
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

If winner is:HomeTieAway
Saturday, 2/1100.0*Lottery seed
Pittsburgh vs Phoenix+6.4+0.2-6.5
New Jersey vs Nashville+0.0-0.1+0.0
If winner is:HomeTieAway
Sunday, 2/2100.0*Lottery seed
Phoenix vs San Jose-6.5+0.2+6.4
St. Louis vs Toronto+0.0-0.1+0.0
Los Angeles vs Montreal+0.0-0.1+0.0

What If

100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
If finish:Chance will finish season at seed
TWW-L-T123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
22-0-0212120171262100
1.51-0-10014813161716138310000
11-1-0000014811111110109875210000
0-0-20001257910111112119731000
0.50-1-10000137121617161394100
00-2-0001271217202121
Total:333333333444444433333333333333