The Good, The Bad and What's Up Tomorrow (not to mention The Real Western Conference Standings)
Tonight's Results
- The Good: Kings won, Ducks lost, Wild lost, Stars lost.
- The Bad: Hawks won, Flames won.
- The Doesn't Matter: Bettman Point for the Blue Jackets.
Tomorrow's Games
- LAK @ NYR -- Go Kings.
- VAN @ NAS -- Go Canucks.
- ATL @ PHX -- Go Thrashers.
- WAS @ SJS -- Go Caps.
| Q | OFF. | PTS | W% | PRJ | PB | +/- | to95 | GR | R/OTW | R/OT/SO | |
| 1 | 1 | VAN | 83 | 0.7155 | 117.3 | 33 | 15 | 5-17-2 | 24 | 35 | 33-12/2-4/2-5 |
| 2 | 2 | DET | 74 | 0.6607 | 108.4 | 38 | 10 | 9-14-3 | 26 | 32 | 25-16/7-4/2-2 |
| 3 | 4 | NAS | 68 | 0.5965 | 97.8 | 46 | 2 | 12-10-3 | 25 | 24 | 24-19/0-5/6-3 |
| 4 | 3 | PHX | 69 | 0.5948 | 97.6 | 47 | 1 | 12-10-2 | 24 | 27 | 26-19/1-6/3-3 |
| 5 | 9 | LAK | 67 | 0.5877 | 96.4 | 47 | 1 | 13-10-2 | 25 | 25 | 24-22/1-2/7-1 |
| 6 | 5 | ANA | 68 | 0.5862 | 96.1 | 48 | 0 | 12-9-3 | 24 | 28 | 25-22/3-2/4-2 |
| 7 | 7 | SJS | 68 | 0.5862 | 96.1 | 48 | 0 | 12-9-3 | 24 | 28 | 25-21/3-4/3-2 |
| 8 | 6 | DAL | 68 | 0.5862 | 96.1 | 48 | 0 | 12-9-3 | 24 | 26 | 22-21/4-2/5-4 |
| 9 | 10 | MIN | 65 | 0.5702 | 93.5 | 49 | -1 | 14-9-2 | 25 | 28 | 24-22/4-1/2-4 |
| 10 | 11 | CHI | 64 | 0.5614 | 92.1 | 50 | -2 | 14-8-3 | 25 | 26 | 24-22/2-2/3-4 |
| 11 | 13 | STL | 59 | 0.5364 | 88.0 | 51 | -3 | 17-8-2 | 27 | 22 | 20-21/2-4/3-5 |
| 12 | 8 | CGY | 68 | 0.5667 | 92.9 | 52 | -4 | 12-7-3 | 22 | 24 | 22-22/2-3/6-5 |
| 13 | 12 | CBJ | 62 | 0.5439 | 89.2 | 52 | -4 | 15-7-3 | 25 | 24 | 20-23/4-3/4-3 |
| 14 | 14 | COL | 57 | 0.4914 | 80.6 | 59 | -11 | 18-4-2 | 24 | 22 | 17-26/5-7/3-0 |
| 15 | 15 | EDM | 42 | 0.3684 | 60.4 | 72 | -24 | n/a | 25 | 16 | 14-32/2-1/1-7 |
KEY: Q is my standings, sorted by points-blown (explanation of points-blown here). OFF. is the official (ESPN) standings. PRJ is projected point total for 82 games. PB is points-blown. TO95 is the record needed to get to the presumed (by me) playoff-threshold. GR is games-remaining. R/OTW is wins plus OT wins (the first tie-breaker).R/OT/SO is the team's record broken down into wins-losses in regulation/overtime/shoot-out. So, for example, LAK is 24-22 in regulation, 1-2 in OT and 6-1 in the shoot-out.
Some observations:
- The Kings jump from 8th to a tie for 4th in points-blown. The Kings are 5th in W%. And, yes, still 9th in the deceptive, official standings.
- As it stands, the Kings would lose the tie-breaker to all the teams they might actually tie, with the exception of the Preds. They need to finish some of these SOWs before the shoot-out. Then maybe convert some of those regulation losses to OT/SOLs, and we'll be onto something!
- The Kings have clawed their way back to ten games over .500, which they haven't been since they beat SJS 4-0 on 12/27/10.
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