Welcome to the FINAL week of the season…. The week before the BEST TWO WEEKS in Hockey, the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs…Down the stretch we go… Its time to put the final games of the 5 teams battling for a playoff spot/ int opt Hockeybuzz Projected Standings
Tuesday Night Nash OTW over Cal Vegas OTW Dallas Vancouver W over Seattle
Wednesday Night Dallas Win over Arizona LA win over Seattle Vegas Win Over Chic
Thursday Night NASH Loss to Colorado VAN OTW over LA
Friday Night. VAN OTL EDM DAL LOSS to ANA NAS WIN over ARZ Vegas OTW over St Louis
So these are the final points we are predicting these teams will grab… TEAM WIN LOSS OTL Dallas 1 1 1 Vegas 3 0 0 LA 1 0 1 NASH 2 1 0
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— Michael Augello (@MikeInBuffalo) January 5, 2021
That means the final playoff spots in the West will play out like this.
LA Kings will have 99 points and Take 3rd in the West and will face Edmonton.
However after that, Dallas, Nashville AND Vegas will all end up with 96 points.
The First Tie breaker is Regulation Wins
The way it sits now... Nashvile has 35 Regulation Wins Vegas has 33 Regulation Wins Dallas has 30 Regulation Wins
The Projected is Nashville 37 Regulation Wins Vegas 35 Regulation Wins Dallas 31 Regualtion Wins.
So the first round matchups will be...
Colorado/Vegas Minnesota/St Louis Calgary/Nashville Edmonton/LA
Tomorrow...We play out the East's top 8 spots...