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
Carolina 1 Buffalo 2 (ot)+5.1
+0.5
Buffalo 2 Carolina 0 +3.9
+0.4
Boston 4 Columbus 3 (ot)-0.6
Los Angeles 4 Winnipeg 5 (ot)-0.4
Winnipeg 1 Los Angeles 4 +0.3
Anaheim 6 St. Louis 5 (ot)*-0.2
Nashville 4 Toronto 5 +0.2
Toronto 6 Nashville 3 +0.2
Arizona 2 Dallas 3 +0.2
St. Louis 4 Anaheim 6 +0.2
Columbus 4 Boston 5 -0.1
Dallas 2 Arizona 5 *-0.1
If winner is:HomeHome OTAway OTAway
Sunday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Boston vs Buffalo-5.3-0.5+6.6+7.0
-0.4-0.0+0.5+0.6
Buffalo vs Boston+5.2+4.8-2.3-6.8
+0.4+0.4-0.2-0.6
Washington vs Dallas-0.1-0.5-0.3+0.3
Carolina vs Arizona+0.4*+0.1-0.3-0.3
Arizona vs Carolina-0.2-0.2*+0.0+0.5
Dallas vs Washington+0.2-0.3-0.5-0.1
Columbus vs Winnipeg+0.1-0.2-0.5*-0.0
Anaheim vs Nashville*+0.0-0.4-0.3+0.1
Nashville vs Anaheim+0.1-0.2-0.3*-0.0
Winnipeg vs Columbus*+0.0-0.3-0.3+0.1
Toronto vs Los Angeles+0.1*-0.0-0.3*-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 Buffalo finish out the regular season.   Explain

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If finish:Chance inChance will finish regular season at seed
TPWL-OTplayoffs1234567891011121314Count
80-97In1001,491*
79348-2In98288*
78349-1In991165*
77339-2In982363*
76329-3In973622*
753210-2In9731,212*
743110-3In92801,974*
733111-2In891103,419*
723011-3In841515,780*
713012-2In7722209,370*
702912-3In68293014,313*
692913-2In583660021,939*
682813-3In4643101032,256*
672814-2In35461720046,938*
662714-3In24462550065,153*
652715-2In1441331010088,793*
642615-3In8323918300117,594*
632616-2In32139288100152,203*
622516-3In111323517400190,629*
612517-2100.0%052136279100236,601*
602417-3100.001102935195100281,238*
592418-299.800417343012200330,117*
582318-398.80172435248100374,785*
572319-295.0002123033184000419,025*
562219-384.7000417333013200452,249*
552220-266.300172335248100480,305*
542120-342.6000212293419500495,186*
532121-222.0000417333012200502,807*
522021-39.00018253624610492,392*
512022-22.900031432341520473,495*
501922-30.8001623382660442,032*
491923-20.2002133436141407,305*
481823-30.000162541243362,409*
471824-20.00031640356317,437*
461724-3Out019354411267,691*
451725-2Out004265019222,892*
441625-3Out002185227178,928*
431626-2Out001125137142,336*
421526-3Out0074646108,723*
411527-2Out04405681,861*
401427-3Out002346459,476*
391428-2Out01277242,582*
381328-3Out1227829,300*
371329-2Out0168419,617*
361229-3Out0138713,020*
351230-2Out09918,172*
341130-3Out06945,176*
331131-2Out5953,041*
321031-3Out3971,743*
311032-2Out3971,016*
30932-3Out199533*
29933-2Out199291*
9-28Out1001,705*
Total:43.1%1345678991011111068,009,788

* Row combines multiple less frequent records.

Points
Chance Will Make Playoffs