The Good: Wings lose, Wild half-lose, Avs lose, Ducks lose, Stars lose, Canucks half-lose.
The Bad: Flames win, Preds win, Canucks win, Kings half-lose, Yotes win (3pt all-rival game grrrrr).
And as a result…
Three points separate 3 from 6. Six points separate 7 from 10.
Here are the standings*:
- San Jose Sharks 37 (1) +11
- Chicago Blackhawks 39 (2) +9
- Vancouver Canucks 49 (3) 0
- Phoenix Coyotes 49 (4) 0
- Los Angeles Kings 49 (5) —
- Colorado Avalanche 52 (6) -3
- Nashville Predators 55 (7) -6
- Calgary Flames 57 (8) -8
- Detroit Red Wings 58 (9) -9
- St. Louis Blues 61 (11) -12
- Dallas Stars 62 (10) -13
- Minnesota Wild 62 (12) -13
- Anaheim Ducks 64 (13) -15
- Columbus Blue Jackets 71 (14) -22
- Edmonton Oilers 82 (15) -35
And here’s the record each team needs from here on, to get to the assumed (by me) magical point total of 95.
- San Jose Sharks 1-16-0
- Chicago Blackhawks 1-15-0
- Vancouver Canucks 5-10-0
- Phoenix Coyotes 5-10-0
- Los Angeles Kings 6-10-0
- Colorado Avalanche 7-8-1
- Nashville Predators 9-7-0
- Calgary Flames 10-6-0
- Detroit Red Wings 10-5-1
- St. Louis Blues 13-5-0
- Dallas Stars 12-3-1
- Minnesota Wild 13-3-1
- Anaheim Ducks 13-2-1
- Columbus Blue Jackets
- Edmonton Oilers
*standings in points-blown explained: two points “awarded” for every loss, one point for every OTL/SOL. Lowest point total is best. Number in parentheses is the official standings (via ESPN). Last number (+/-) is number of points (in my system) ahead or behind Los Angeles. Because it’s a Kings-centric universe.