"...per the brilliant Sports Club Stats"
(thank you Mr. Dater)

How are these numbers calculated?

Big Games

How we did last week and who we should root for this week.   Explain

Week of 3/8100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
DC 15 St Louis 6 +17.1
+0.4
Dallas 12 New York 30 -6.7
-0.1
LA 41 Tampa Bay 34 +1.8
+0.1
Houston 32 Seattle 23 -0.2
If winner is:HomeTieAway
Week of 3/15100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
DC vs Dallas+9.8-9.7-14.2
+0.2-0.1-0.3
New York vs Houston-9.4-7.8+5.3
-0.1-0.1+0.1
Seattle vs LA+0.6*+0.7-0.4
Tampa Bay vs St Louis+0.3*-1.1-0.2

* 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 DC finish out the regular season.   Explain

100100100100
If finish:Chance inChance will finish regular season at seed
TWW-L-Tplayoffs1234Count
7.5-8In100372,454*
74-1-0In9462,870,884
3-0-2In50502
6.53-1-199.3%6633111,193
63-2-097.6465228,374,737
2-1-2In554511
5.52-2-175.6126324023,094
52-3-053.235045211,071,378
1-2-252.9534717
4.51-3-118.001873919,236
41-4-04.3458376,626,983
0-3-2Out67339
3.50-4-10.3042585,575
30-5-0Out9911,467,835
Total:57.2%2433301330,843,408

* Row combines multiple less frequent records.

Games Above .500
Chance Will Make Playoffs