Metropolitan Playoff Chances 2014-2015

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Chance will make playoffs												Pres Trophy			Chance will finish regular season at seed
	P	G	W		L	-	OT	GD	%	Change		%	Change		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Avg.	Change	RPI	Strength

Islanders	88	2	41	18		-	6	21	100.0	%	+0.0	2.6	%	+0.9	28	22	22	10	14	4	0	0	0	0	0						2.7	+0.24	4	.550	New York Islanders
Penguins	84	3	40	20		-	4	33	100.0		+0.0	0.6		-1.2	11	14	22	13	28	12	0	0	0	0	0	0					3.7	-0.76	6	.581	Pittsburgh Penguins
Hurricanes	77	7	36	19		-	5	40	100.0		+0.0	1.0		+0.4	12	12	22	12	26	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				3.7	+0.22	8	.605	Carolina Hurricanes

Capitals	73		32	26		-	9	-30	29.5		-47.8	No						0	0	0	10	20	26	24	17	3	0	0	0		9.3	-1.48	18	.432	Washington Capitals
Blue Jackets	66	3	28	26		-	10	-2	13.8		+5.8	No						0	0	0	4	10	18	24	32	10	2	0	0	0	10.1	+0.22	25	.511	Columbus Blue Jackets
Devils	61	4	27	29		-	7	-33	0.5		+0.3	No						0	0	0	0	0	2	4	12	48	24	7	2	0	12.2	+0.19	23	.422	New Jersey Devils
Flyers	59	3	28	33		-	3	-27	0.0		-0.0	No								0	0	0	0	1	4	25	45	18	5	1	13.0	-0.07	24	.435	Philadelphia Flyers
Rangers	51	3	20	33		-	11	-31	0.0			No										0	0	0	0	1	7	21	46	25	14.9	+0.73	29	.461	New York Rangers

Big Games

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Thursday
Capitals 2 Wild 1 (so)
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Capitals	+4.5				+0.1
Blue Jackets	-0.6

Bruins 3 Flames 4
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Capitals	+1.0
Blue Jackets	+0.4				+0.1

Flyers 1 Blues 6
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Devils					+0.1
Flyers	-0.2				-0.3

Predators 2 Islanders 5
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Islanders			+0.7		+0.4
Penguins			+0.2		-0.1
Hurricanes			+0.1		-0.1

Kings 4 Canadiens 3
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Islanders			+0.1
Penguins			+0.1
Rangers	*Out

Lightning 5 Maple Leafs 3
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Devils					-0.0
Flyers					-0.0
Rangers					+0.1

Friday
Blackhawks 3 Oilers 6
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Islanders			+0.9
Penguins			+1.0
Hurricanes			+0.4

Devils vs Blue JacketsIf winner is:HomeHome OTHome SOAway SOAway OTAway
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Capitals	31.0*29.729.828.528.628.5				9.29.39.39.39.39.3
Blue Jackets	8.012.212.217.418.218.2				10.510.210.29.99.89.8
Devils	0.90.80.80.40.30.2				11.912.012.012.212.212.4
Flyers					13.013.013.013.013.012.9

Senators vs SabresHomeHome OTHome SOAway SOAway OTAway
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Capitals	30.327.627.927.527.629.8
Blue Jackets	14.312.812.912.812.4*13.9
Devils	0.60.50.50.50.5*0.5

Hurricanes vs WildHomeHome OTHome SOAway SOAway OTAway
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Islanders					2.82.82.82.72.72.6
Penguins					3.83.83.73.63.63.5
Hurricanes			1.31.31.20.70.70.4		3.63.63.63.93.94.2

* A starred outcome could have no effect or just a really small effect. The simulation did not run long enough to know.