Playoff races

[JonLP24]

Washington blew a 3-0 lead to the Jets not too long ago to lose 4-3 in OT. They're sitting at the 8 spot.

The Kings lead the Pacific division with 84 points with the Coyotes right behind with 84. Phoenix has played an extra game so LA has the edge. Dallas and San Jose are 1 and 2 points back. Dallas is sitting at 8 in Conference. Colorado, San Jose, and Calgary are right behind with no more than 2 points the difference.

Phoenix has 2 games vs San Jose and 2 games against St. Louis left on their schedule for their final 7 games. Also Anaheim isn't a slouch.

The East Buffalo is at #9 with the same amount of points with 82. Winnipeg is #10 with 78.

[madinmaryland]

1. Oops. Sorry, Jon. I thought this was a baseball thread.

Still waiting for the Pirates to finish above 500!

[Iggo]

2. GO KINGS GO.

[JonLP24]

3. Oops, looking at old standings

[JonLP24]

4. Gloat-free Pacific Division scores

Dallas 4, Calgary 1
Boston 4, Los Angeles 2
San Jose 4, Phoenix 3 SO
Vancouver 3, Colorado 2

Place in standings

#3 Dallas 87 Pts
#7 Phoenix 86
#8 Los Angeles 86
#9 San Jose 86
#10 Colorado 86

Colorado has 5 games remaining, Phoenix 6, the rest listed above has 7 games left to play.

[Iggo]

5. Dangit!!!

[JonLP24]

6. Pacific scores

Bruins 3, Ducks 2
St. Louis 4, Phoenix 0

#3 Dallas 87
#7 Phoenix 87
#8 LA 86
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#9 San Jose 86
#10 Colorado 86
#11 Calgary 83

Phoenix & Colorado 5 games left, Calgary 6, the rest 7.

East
Washington 3, Minnesota 0

#8 Washington 84
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#9 Buffalo 84
#10 Winnipeg 78

6 left for Wash & Buffalo, 7 for the Jets.

[JonLP24]

7. Pacific scores

Calgary 5, Dallas 4
Vancouver 1, LA 0
San Jose 5, Colorado 1

#3 San Jose 88
#7 Dallas 87
#8 Phoenix 87
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#9 LA 86
#10 Colorado 86
#11 Calgary 85

Colorado has 4 games remaining, Calgary & Phoenix has 5, the rest 6.

[JonLP24]

8. ***Game of the Week***

Buffalo 5, Washington 1

East

#8 Buffalo 86
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#9 Washington 84
#10 Winnipeg 78

[JonLP24]

9. Pacific scores

Kings 3, Flames 0
Stars 3, Oilers 1
Vancouver 1, Colorado 0
Anaheim 3, SJ 1

3 Dallas 89 pts
7 Los Angeles 88
8 San Jose 88
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9 Phoenix 87
10 Colorado 86
11 Calgary 85

Colorado has 3 games left, Calgary 4, the rest 5.

[JonLP24]

10. Phoenix 2, San Jose 0

I'm tired of doing this but the Pacific race is really interesting to me this year.

Partial standings

#3 Dallas 89 Pts
#7 Phoenix 89
#8 Los Angeles 88
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#9 San Jose 88
#10 Colorado 86
#11 Calgary 85

Colorado has 3 games left. Phoenix, San Jose, & Calgary with 4. Dallas & LA with 5.

Also Caps stay alive w/ SO victory over the Bruins

#8 Buffalo 86
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#9 Washington 86 but they played 1 more game than Buffalo.

[Upton]

11. Might be better if the Sharks didn't make it..

that way they'll be an outcry for some major housecleaning. Sharks GM Doug Wilson has taken a team that made the WC finals 2 years in a row and turned them into what looks to be an also ran.

He traded Devon Setoguchi and Dany Heatley, a pair that combined for 48 goals last year and have put up 39 so far for Minnesota this season, for a defenseman in Brent Burns when the team's GAA was just fine, and Martin Havlat who is one of the more injury prone players in the NHL...the two have scored but 17 goals between them..

So, while the Sharks GAA compared to last year has stayed virtually the same (2.51-2.54) their scoring per game has gone down from 2.96 to 2.64. Is it any wonder they've dropped back to the rest of the pack?