"...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

Wednesday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Blackhawks 5 Blues 4 (so)+2.2
+0.3
Jets 5 Avalanche 3 +0.5
Canucks 4 Predators 3 (so)*-0.1
If winner is:HomeHome OTHome SOAway SOAway OTAway
Thursday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Oilers vs Sabres-1.0-1.0-0.9*-0.1*-0.1+1.0
Devils vs Wild+0.8*+0.1*+0.1-0.6-0.6-0.6
Coyotes vs Panthers-0.2*-0.1*-0.1*+0.0*+0.0+0.2
-0.1-0.1-0.1+0.0+0.0+0.1
Flyers vs Stars+0.0-0.0-0.0-0.1-0.1-0.1

* 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 Blackhawks finish out the regular season.   Explain

100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
If finish:Chance inChance will finish regular season at seed
TPWL-OTplayoffs12345678910111213141516Count
99120-0In166293002,334
98110-1In0474210012,499
97111-099.7%030472002018,478
100-299.82844251301,597
96101-197.90154234172025,086*
95102-092.56304311370092,150
91-290.94274411581014,768*
9492-178.7216410201930110,515
81-374.71123902321405,406*
9393-059.6073301932800277,725
82-254.1052902035101059,673
71-448.60526018361511,231*
9283-135.80219015412120300,062
72-330.6011501442253019,365*
9184-018.50110084134600566,804
73-215.4008073938700143,812
62-412.10573742803,970*
9074-16.9003329471510543,384
63-35.40232649172040,880*
8975-02.3001118482750818,523
64-21.701115492950227,239
53-41.211134831607,356*
8865-10.5000841391110685,159
54-30.40006394113154,269
43-50.50043643141860*
8766-00.100328452220861,487
55-20.100226452320244,687
44-40.0002244626308,107*
8656-10.000116433560616,966
45-30.0001441377049,445*
8557-00.000073346140663,085
46-20.00073246150183,951
35-4Out0631471615,834*
8447-1Out032148272395,437
36-3Out02194829229,647*
8348-0Out011143405371,934
37-2Out01104242593,632
26-4Out09414452,679*
8238-1Out04315311177,824
27-3Out0430541211,139*
8139-0Out01195623148,430
28-2Out0118572432,360*
8029-1Out0010543552,741
18-3Out0954372,452*
79210-0Out04445239,988
19-2Out0443536,314*
78110-1Out133669,693*
77111-0Out021797,036*
76011-1Out01585773
75012-0Out06941,114
Total:9.3%00150312242419928,039,900

* Row combines multiple less frequent records.

Points
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

Wednesday100.0*Lottery seed
Blackhawks 5 Blues 4 (so)-0.8
Maple Leafs 4 Lightning 2 -0.0
If winner is:HomeHome OTHome SOAway SOAway OTAway
Thursday100.0*Lottery seed
Coyotes vs Panthers+0.1+0.1+0.1-0.0-0.0-0.1
Flyers vs Stars-0.0*+0.0+0.0+0.1+0.0+0.1
Oilers vs Sabres+0.1+0.0+0.0*+0.0*+0.0-0.1
Senators vs Lightning-0.0+0.0+0.0+0.1+0.1+0.0

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

What If

100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
If finish:Chance will finish season at seed
TPWL-OT123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
99120-001420372991
98110-101624392361
97111-001103035184000
100-20182836216000
96101-102133132163020
95102-0000416322910100700
91-20031329311320810
9492-10041630216101930
81-3031228228102140
9393-000151722123032800
82-200314201330351010
71-4021017144136151
9283-10014111361412120
72-300391162422530
9184-000137624035700
73-20025533838810
62-401353354291
9074-10001332645183000
63-300123224622400
8975-00001212393211200
64-200001103634143000
53-400017323618410
8865-100003193427123000
54-30002153230165100
43-50111332918611
8766-000006203126133000
55-200417302815410
44-400313273019610
8656-1001517292815410
45-30004142830185100
8557-000016183028143000
46-20014152930164000
35-400312283219610
8447-10015173029143000
36-300414293116400
8348-0001619332811200
37-201517323013200
26-40031630311540
8238-100162035271010
27-30151834291220
8139-0001825352371
28-2017233525810
8029-10021129361930
18-302928362150
79210-0003163634110
19-2003153535120
78110-10152543261
77111-0011240452
76011-1632565
75012-02186812
Total:00000001222111115131110986431100