Lets start right in with the New Projected Standings...
Eastern W L OTL Points Metro 1 NYI 48 27 7 103 2 PIT 46 25 11 103 3 WSH 47 27 8 102 Atlantic 1 TB 63 15 4 130 2 BOS 51 21 10 112 3 TOR 47 27 8 102 Wild Card 7 CBJ 47 31 4 98 8 CAR 42 31 9 93 Outside 9 MTL 42 32 8 92 10 PHI 41 33 8 90 11 FLA 35 35 12 82 12 BUF 33 38 11 77 13 NYR 32 37 13 77 14 DET 30 41 11 71 15 NJ 30 42 10 70 16 OTT 27 48 7 61 Western W L OTL Points Central 1 WPG 49 27 6 104 2 NSH 47 28 7 101 3 STL 45 28 9 99 Pacific 1 CGY 50 25 7 107 2 SJ 47 25 10 104 3 LV 44 30 8 96 Wild Card 7 DAL 41 32 9 91 8 COL 37 31 14 88 Outside 9 MIN 38 34 10 86 10 ARZ 39 36 7 85 11 CHI 37 35 10 84 12 EDM 37 36 9 83 13 ANA 34 38 10 78 14 VAN 33 38 11 77 15 LAK 30 43 9 69
Changes in the Projections
For there ONLY being 6 games last night it is quite remarkable what a few wrong projections/upsets can do to the standings...
Starting in the Metro... The Isles win over the Jets on Thursday, combined with the Penguins loss to the Preds last night puts the projection for the Islanders now at the the top of the Metro. This is a huge deal. avoiding the Pens or Caps in the first round and drawing potentially Columbus.
Out West...
The Preds win combined with the Blues loss to the Rangers Puts Nashville very much back in the drivers seat for home ice in round one and perhaps even the division.
The Avalanche's win over Arizona knocks the Yotes out of the playoffs in the projections and Colorado in.
The Wild victory versus Vegas was projected, so that keeps Minnesota right where they were...just outside the bubble.
Today's Game Projected Points..
BOS 2 FLA 0 CAR 1 PHI 2 EDM 2 ANA 0 LAK 2 CHI 0 NJ 0 STL 2 NSH 2 CBJ 0 NYI 2 BUF 0 OTT 1 TOR 2 SJ 1 LV 2 TB 2 WSH 0 VAN 1 DAL 2 WPG 1 MTL 2 (Upset Special)
Blashill Extended...
The Red Wings have extended Coach Blashill for two years. This is the right move in my opinion, although I know quite a few Wings fans are very much on the fence about his performance so far...
What do you think?