Eastern Conference Playoff Chances 2017-2018

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

Boston	55	3	24	5		-	7	29	In			100																1.0		2	.661	Boston Bruins
Ottawa	54	4	25	6		-	4	34	In				100															2.0		1	.679	Ottawa Senators
Columbus	50	1	23	11		-	4	21	In					100														3.0		7	.598	Columbus Blue Jackets
Montreal	46	1	22	14		-	2	15	In						100													4.0		3	.570	Montreal Canadiens
Carolina	45	2	21	13		-	3	3	In							100												5.0	+0.44	11	.521	Carolina Hurricanes
Pittsburgh	42		18	15		-	6	-2	In								100											6.0	-0.44	23	.492	Pittsburgh Penguins
Detroit	44	3	21	13		-	2	5	In									100										7.0		6	.526	Detroit Red Wings
New Jersey	41	3	18	13		-	5	-3	In		+48.4								100									8.0	+0.48	10	.490	New Jersey Devils

Buffalo	41	2	18	14		-	5	5	Out											100								9.0	+0.48	12	.535	Buffalo Sabres
NY Rangers	40	2	17	14		-	6	-4	Out												100							10.0	+0.54	9	.501	New York Rangers
Toronto	40		18	17		-	4	-16	Out		-48.4											100						11.0	-1.51	17	.437	Toronto Maple Leafs
Washington	40		16	15		-	8	-16	Out														100					12.0		21	.417	Washington Capitals
NY Islanders	38	2	18	17		-	2	-2	Out															100				13.0		16	.501	New York Islanders
Florida	38	2	16	15		-	6	3	Out																100			14.0		28	.530	Florida Panthers
Tampa Bay	37	3	16	15		-	5	-16	Out																	100		15.0		22	.437	Tampa Bay Lightning
Philadelphia	35	2	15	17		-	5	-11	Out																		100	16.0		25	.443	Philadelphia Flyers

Big Games

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Wednesday
Buffalo 1 NY Islanders 5
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Montreal	In
Carolina	In
Pittsburgh	+5.8
Detroit	In		+0.3
New Jersey	+24.0		+0.3
Buffalo	Out		-1.0
NY Rangers			-0.2
Toronto	+9.1
Washington			-0.2
NY Islanders			+1.5
Florida			-0.4
Tampa Bay			-0.3
Philadelphia			-0.2

Detroit 5 New Jersey 3
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Montreal	In		-0.3
Carolina	In		+0.2
Pittsburgh	In		+0.3
Detroit	In		+1.0
New Jersey	-36.9		-1.2
Buffalo	+2.9		-0.1
Toronto	+3.7

Montreal 4 Carolina 3 (ot)
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Montreal	In		+0.9
Carolina	+5.8		-0.3
Detroit	-7.8		-0.5
New Jersey	-1.0
Buffalo	*-0.2

Columbus 6 Pittsburgh 3
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Montreal	+0.9
Pittsburgh	-8.1		-0.6
Detroit	+4.4		+0.2
New Jersey	+0.6		+0.2
Buffalo	+1.0
Toronto	+1.0

Washington 3 NY Rangers 4 (ot)
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
NY Rangers			+0.9
Washington			-0.6
Florida			+0.1

Thursday
Toronto 4 Arizona 2
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
New Jersey	-22.8		-0.2
Buffalo			-0.2
NY Rangers			-0.2
Toronto	+22.8		+1.1
NY Islanders			-0.2

Montreal 2 Tampa Bay 1 (ot)
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Montreal			+1.0
Carolina			-0.2
Detroit			-0.8
Washington			+0.2
NY Islanders			+0.4
Florida			+0.2
Tampa Bay			-0.6
Philadelphia			-0.2

Boston 2 Washington 3 (so)
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Boston			+0.2
Ottawa			-0.2
Toronto			-0.2
Washington			+1.4
NY Islanders			-0.7
Florida			-0.4
Tampa Bay			-0.2

Philadelphia 1 Florida 3
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Washington			-0.3
Florida			+1.0
Philadelphia			-0.6

Friday
Toronto 1 Colorado 3
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
New Jersey	In		+0.5
Buffalo			+0.5
NY Rangers			+0.5
Toronto	Out		-1.5

Pittsburgh 2 Carolina 4
	100.0*	Chance in playoffs	100.0*	Average seed
Carolina			+0.4
Pittsburgh			-0.4

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