Last night’s results
The Good: KINGS WON, ANA lost, SJS half-lost.
The Bad: NAS won, PHX won.
Tonight’s Big Games
None that impact the Kings.
Now, the updated standings:
| Q | NHL | PTS | W% | PRJ | LSF | PB | +/- | TO 97 | GR | W! | SS | SSGR | GD | |
| 1 | 1 | VAN | 105 | 0.7095 | 116.4 | 103 | 43 | 17 | n/a | 8 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 67 |
| 2 | 2 | DET | 95 | 0.6419 | 105.3 | 102 | 53 | 7 | 1-7-0 | 8 | 39 | 3 | LAK | 27 |
| 3 | 3 | SJS | 95 | 0.6333 | 103.9 | 113 | 55 | 5 | 1-6-0 | 7 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| 4 | 5 | LAK | 90 | 0.6081 | 99.7 | 101 | 58 | 2 | 3-4-1 | 8 | 33 | n/a | n/a | 23 |
| 5 | 7 | CHI | 88 | 0.6027 | 98.8 | 112 | 58 | 2 | 4-4-1 | 9 | 35 | -8 | CHI | 36 |
| 6 | 4 | PHX | 93 | 0.6118 | 100.3 | 107 | 59 | 1 | 2-4-0 | 6 | 37 | -2 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | NAS | 90 | 0.6000 | 98.4 | 100 | 60 | 0 | 3-3-1 | 7 | 34 | 4 | LAK | 21 |
| 8 | 9 | DAL | 86 | 0.5890 | 96.6 | 88 | 60 | 0 | 5-3-1 | 9 | 33 | 3 | LAK | 0 |
| 9 | 8 | ANA | 87 | 0.5878 | 96.4 | 89 | 61 | -1 | 5-3-0 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 2 | -4 |
| 10 | 10 | CGY | 85 | 0.5592 | 91.7 | 90 | 67 | -7 | 6-0-0 | 6 | 30 | 2 | LAK | 8 |
| 11 | 11 | MIN | 78 | 0.5270 | 86.4 | 84 | 70 | -10 | n/a | 8 | 33 | 1 | LAK | -22 |
| 12 | 12 | CBJ | 77 | 0.5203 | 85.3 | 79 | 71 | -11 | n/a | 8 | 29 | 3 | LAK | -27 |
| 13 | 13 | STL | 75 | 0.5068 | 83.1 | 90 | 73 | -13 | n/a | 8 | 29 | -8 | STL | -10 |
| 14 | 14 | COL | 64 | 0.4384 | 71.9 | 95 | 82 | -22 | n/a | 9 | 23 | 6 | LAK | -52 |
| 15 | 15 | EDM | 56 | 0.3784 | 62.1 | 62 | 92 | -32 | n/a | 8 | 21 | 5 | LAK | -68 |
Click on the headers to sort.
KEY: Q is my standings, default sorted by points-blown (explanation of points-blown here). NHL is the official standings, via NHL.COM (ESPN has the tie-breakers wrong). PRJ is projected point total for 82 games. LSF is last season’s final point total. PB is points-blown. +/- is the distance in points-blown above or below the 8th seed. TO 96 is the record needed to get to the presumed (by me) playoff-threshold. GR is games-remaining. W! is wins plus OT wins (the first tie-breaker). SS and SSGR are season series against the Kings (Kings’ points-earned vs. that team’s points-earned) and games remaining (team name in the SSGR column means that team has won the season series). 2 points for a Kings win, 1 for an OT or SO win, -1 for an OT or SO loss, -2 for a loss. GD is goal–differential.
Observations:
- LAK is three points ahead of ANA, and both teams have six games before their home-and-home to close out the season.
- I would like the Kings to get to 98 before those two games, or 8 points out of their next 6 games. 4-2-0. That way, they won’t need anything going in.
- As much as I still want CHI, PHX and NAS to lose (can never be too careful), it’s probably going to come down to DAL and ANA; specifically, how soon one of them drops out of contention.