Last night’s results
The Good: KINGS WON, PHX lost, CBJ lost, STL lost.
The Bad: MIN won, NAS won, SJS won.
Tonight’s Kings-centric meaningful games
CAR @ CHI – Go Canes.
CBJ @ CGY – Go Regulation, Go Jackets.
DAL @ ANA – Go Regulation.
Now, the updated standings:
| Q | NHL | PTS | W% | PRJ | PB | +/- | TO 95 | GR | W! | R:W | L | OT:W | L | SO:W | L | |
| 1 | 1 | VAN | 89 | 0.6846 | 112.3 | 41 | 14 | 2-13-2 | 17 | 37 | 35 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | DET | 84 | 0.6563 | 107.6 | 44 | 11 | 4-11-3 | 18 | 35 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | SJS | 82 | 0.6308 | 103.4 | 48 | 7 | 5-9-3 | 17 | 33 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | CHI | 76 | 0.5938 | 97.4 | 52 | 3 | 8-7-3 | 18 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 | LAK | 76 | 0.5938 | 97.4 | 52 | 3 | 8-7-3 | 18 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| 6 | 9 | DAL | 74 | 0.5873 | 96.3 | 52 | 3 | 9-7-3 | 19 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | 7 | NAS | 75 | 0.5769 | 94.6 | 55 | 0 | 9-6-2 | 17 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 8 | 11 | ANA | 71 | 0.5635 | 92.4 | 55 | 0 | 11-6-2 | 19 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | PHX | 76 | 0.5758 | 94.4 | 56 | -1 | 8-5-3 | 16 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 10 | MIN | 74 | 0.5692 | 93.4 | 56 | -1 | 9-5-3 | 17 | 32 | 27 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 8 | CGY | 75 | 0.5682 | 93.2 | 57 | -2 | 9-5-2 | 16 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 12 | 12 | CBJ | 69 | 0.5476 | 89.8 | 57 | -2 | 12-5-2 | 19 | 27 | 23 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | 13 | STL | 65 | 0.5078 | 83.3 | 63 | -8 | 14-2-2 | 18 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | 14 | COL | 60 | 0.4688 | 76.9 | 68 | -13 | n/a | 18 | 23 | 18 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | 15 | EDM | 52 | 0.4000 | 65.6 | 78 | -23 | n/a | 17 | 20 | 18 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
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. PRJ is projected point total for 82 games. PB is points-blown. +/- is the distance in points-blown above or below the 8th seed. TO 95 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). R, OT and SO are regulation, over-time and shoot-out, and W and L after each indicates wins and losses for each of those three categories (e.g. R:W is regulation wins, OT:W is over-time wins, etc.).
Some observations:
- Five points-blown separate 4th from 12th.
- PHX and CGY continue to look better in the official standings than they really are.
- DAL and ANA look worse in the official standings than they really are.
- I made a new chart.
| PTS | W! | SS | GD | GR:LA | |
| SJS | 82 | 33 | -1 | 19 | 2 |
| CHI | 76 | 30 | -8 | 31 | 0 |
| PHX | 76 | 30 | -2 | -4 | 1 |
| LAK | 76 | 29 | n/a | 23 | n/a |
| NAS | 75 | 27 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
| CGY | 75 | 27 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| MIN | 74 | 32 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| DAL | 74 | 29 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| ANA | 71 | 29 | 2 | -9 | 3 |
| CBJ | 69 | 27 | 1 | -14 | 1 |
This chart:
- shows the tie-breakers, or tries to.
- W!, same as in the first chart, shows “wins plus OT wins”, the first tie-breaker.
- The Kings must pick up ground against PHX and CHI, since the odds of a tie in the final standings is, um, high.
- SS is season-series. The number reflects the relative number of points the Kings have earned against that team. In this column, the Kings get 2 for a regulation win, 1 for an OT or SO win, -1 for an OT or SO loss, and -2 for a regulation loss.
- The Kings have already lost the season series with CHI, and won the season series with MIN. The others are still up for grabs.
- SS is the second tie-breaker…
- …assuming that only two teams are tied for that spot. If it’s more than two, then it’s head-to-head-to-head records, and that’s too complicated for me to chart at this time when I pretend to actually have a life.
- GR:LA is the games remaining in the season series with that team.
- GD is goal differential, the third tie-breaker.
- Chart is sortable, unless it’s broken.