Eastern Conference Playoff Chances 2016-2017

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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

Philadelphia	90	1	40	21		-	10	9	100.0	%	+0.1	2.6	%	+1.5	49	28	15	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1.9	+0.31	7	.535	Philadelphia Flyers
New Jersey	89		40	23		-	9	31	100.0		+0.1	0.9		+0.5	35	31	21	9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0					2.2	+0.28	10	.585	New Jersey Devils
Detroit	86	1	39	24		-	8	38	99.7		+0.0	0.2		+0.1	12	25	28	17	10	2	4	1	0	0	0	0					3.2	-0.01	9	.600	Detroit Red Wings
Ottawa	84	1	37	24		-	10	22	97.2		-1.2	0.0		-0.0	2	8	16	25	22	7	12	5	2	1	0	0	0				4.7	-0.65	18	.560	Ottawa Senators
Tampa Bay	85	1	38	24		-	9	14	96.9		+0.2	0.0		+0.0	2	7	14	24	23	7	14	6	2	1	0	0	0	0			4.9	+0.07	12	.527	Tampa Bay Lightning
Toronto	78	2	34	26		-	10	3	73.1		+1.3	No			0	1	2	6	11	4	27	22	13	8	4	2	0	0	0	0	7.4	+0.08	17	.523	Toronto Maple Leafs
Boston	80	1	37	28		-	6	1	71.0		+1.9	No			0	0	2	6	11	4	24	24	15	8	4	1	0	0	0	0	7.5	+0.10	14	.506	Boston Bruins
Carolina	80	1	36	27		-	8	-10	67.7		-8.6	No			0	0	1	4	9	36	6	11	15	10	5	2	0	0	0		7.3	-0.54	16	.492	Carolina Hurricanes

NY Islanders	79	1	36	28		-	7	-11	59.4		+1.8	No			0	0	1	3	7	28	8	13	18	12	7	3	0	0	0	0	7.8	+0.12	15	.483	New York Islanders
Columbus	76	1	34	29		-	8	-7	22.5		+0.2	No			0	0	0	0	1	9	4	9	16	24	20	12	5	1	0	0	9.7	-0.02	20	.490	Columbus Blue Jackets
Montreal	75		34	31		-	7	0	8.6		+3.9	No				0	0	0	0	0	2	6	12	19	27	23	8	2	0	0	10.7	+0.51	21	.513	Montreal Canadiens
NY Rangers	74		35	33		-	4	-30	3.4		+0.3	No					0	0	0	1	0	2	5	12	23	33	19	4	1	0	11.5	-0.08	19	.438	New York Rangers
Washington	71	1	32	32		-	7	-29	0.6		+0.0	No						0	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	20	42	16	6	2	12.7	-0.03	24	.440	Washington Capitals
Florida	65	1	30	36		-	5	-22	0.0		-0.0	No									0	0	0	0	1	2	10	28	31	28	14.7	-0.40	25	.457	Florida Panthers
Pittsburgh	65	1	29	35		-	7	-34	0.0			No								0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	20	32	40	15.0	+0.27	28	.428	Pittsburgh Penguins
Buffalo	67		29	34		-	9	-36	0.0			No									0	0	0	0	0	2	8	30	30	30	14.8	-0.01	27	.427	Buffalo Sabres

Big Games

Who should we root for? Explain

Sunday
Philadelphia 3 Carolina 1
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Philadelphia	+0.1		+0.6		+0.3
New Jersey					-0.0
Detroit					-0.0
Ottawa	+0.2				-0.0
Tampa Bay	+0.3
Toronto	+1.3
Boston	+1.6
Carolina	-7.6				-0.5
NY Islanders	+1.9				+0.1
Columbus	+1.4				+0.1
Montreal	+0.3
NY Rangers	+0.4
Washington	+0.1

Montreal 3 Ottawa 1
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Philadelphia					+0.1
New Jersey					+0.1
Detroit					+0.1
Ottawa	-1.2				-0.5
Tampa Bay	-0.1				+0.1
Toronto	-0.4
Boston	-0.4				+0.0
Carolina	-0.2
NY Islanders	-0.3
Columbus	-0.1				-0.1
Montreal	+2.9				+0.4
NY Rangers	-0.1				-0.1
Washington					-0.1

New Jersey 2 Columbus 1 (ot)
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Philadelphia					-0.1
New Jersey	+0.1		+0.2		+0.3
Detroit					-0.1
Ottawa					-0.0
Tampa Bay	*-0.1				-0.0
Toronto	*+0.2
Boston	*+0.1
Carolina	*+0.4				+0.0
NY Islanders	*+0.1				-0.0
Columbus	-0.8
Montreal					*-0.0
NY Rangers	*-0.1				-0.0

Pittsburgh 3 Florida 2
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Florida					-0.4
Pittsburgh					+0.3
Buffalo					+0.0

Chicago 2 Colorado 4
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Philadelphia			+0.4
New Jersey			+0.2
Detroit			+0.1

Monday
Toronto vs BostonIf winner is:HomeHome OTHome SOAway SOAway OTAway
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Ottawa	*97.296.997.097.096.997.3				4.74.84.74.74.84.7
Tampa Bay	96.996.596.596.596.596.9				4.84.94.94.94.94.8
Toronto	82.881.479.170.469.861.5				6.96.97.17.67.68.1
Boston	60.268.869.578.780.982.4				8.17.77.67.17.06.9
Carolina	68.066.467.066.866.167.6
NY Islanders	59.957.858.258.057.759.3
Columbus	*22.521.221.721.721.422.7
Montreal	8.87.87.87.87.6*8.7
NY Rangers	3.53.03.03.13.0*3.5

Detroit vs BuffaloHomeHome OTHome SOAway SOAway OTAway
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Philadelphia					1.91.91.91.81.81.8
New Jersey					2.22.22.22.22.22.1
Detroit	99.999.999.9*99.799.699.2		0.20.20.20.10.10.0		2.92.93.03.33.33.7
Ottawa					4.74.74.74.74.74.6
Tampa Bay					4.94.94.94.84.84.8
Washington					12.712.812.812.812.812.8
Florida					14.614.714.714.814.814.8
Pittsburgh					15.015.115.115.115.115.1
Buffalo	OutOutOut0.00.00.0				14.914.714.714.514.514.4

Nashville vs ArizonaHomeHome OTHome SOAway SOAway OTAway
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Philadelphia			3.42.92.92.42.12.1
New Jersey			1.21.01.00.70.70.7
Detroit			0.20.2*0.20.10.10.1

Dallas vs San JoseHomeHome OTHome SOAway SOAway OTAway
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Pres Trophy	100.0*	Average seed
Philadelphia			2.52.52.62.6*2.72.7

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