Thursday: The Real Standings
| Q | NHL | PTS | W% | PRJ | PB | +/- | TO 95 | GR | W! | R:W | L | OT:W | L | SO:W | L | |
| 1 | 1 | VAN | 95 | 0.6985 | 114.6 | 41 | 16 | n/a | 14 | 40 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | DET | 86 | 0.6418 | 105.3 | 48 | 9 | 3-9-3 | 15 | 35 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | SJS | 84 | 0.6269 | 102.8 | 50 | 7 | 4-8-3 | 15 | 34 | 29 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | 6 | DAL | 80 | 0.5970 | 97.9 | 54 | 3 | 6-6-3 | 15 | 31 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | CHI | 81 | 0.5956 | 97.7 | 55 | 2 | 6-6-2 | 14 | 32 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | LAK | 79 | 0.5896 | 96.7 | 55 | 2 | 7-6-2 | 15 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | CGY | 81 | 0.5870 | 96.3 | 57 | 0 | 6-5-2 | 13 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 8 | PHX | 79 | 0.5809 | 95.3 | 57 | 0 | 7-5-2 | 14 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | 9 | MIN | 77 | 0.5746 | 94.2 | 57 | 0 | 8-5-2 | 15 | 33 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 10 | ANA | 77 | 0.5746 | 94.2 | 57 | 0 | 8-5-2 | 15 | 32 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | 11 | NAS | 76 | 0.5672 | 93.0 | 58 | -1 | 8-4-3 | 15 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 12 | 12 | CBJ | 71 | 0.5379 | 88.2 | 61 | -4 | 11-3-2 | 16 | 27 | 23 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | 13 | STL | 69 | 0.5149 | 84.4 | 65 | -8 | 12-1-2 | 15 | 26 | 23 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | 14 | COL | 60 | 0.4545 | 74.5 | 72 | -15 | n/a | 16 | 23 | 18 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | 15 | EDM | 54 | 0.3971 | 65.1 | 82 | -25 | n/a | 14 | 21 | 19 | 37 | 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 (ESPN has the tie-breakers wrong). 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:
- Four points-blown separate 4th from 11th.
- Two points-blown separate 5th from 10th.
- W% and PB are in total agreement.
- W%/PB and official points all have the same teams in the top 8.
- The Kings pulled even with PHX in tie-breaker wins. They're still one behind DAL and two behind CHI and ANA.
- We're now looking at, essentially, 8 teams fighting for 5 spots. DAL, CHI, LAK, CGY and PHX currently have an edge over MIN, ANA and NAS. But that can change in a heartbeat.
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