How are these numbers calculated?

Big Games

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

Thursday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Columbus 3 Tampa Bay 2 +8.1
-0.0
Philadelphia 1 Nashville 3 -7.8
-0.2
FridayNone
Saturday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Buffalo 1 Philadelphia 2 (ot)*In
Detroit 5 Tampa Bay 1 In

* 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

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

Big Games

Thursday100.0*Lottery seed
Philadelphia 1 Nashville 3 +0.3
Columbus 3 Tampa Bay 2 -0.2
FridayNone
SaturdayNone