Best case scenario from the weekend that was
2nd Atlantic: Ottawa: 50 GP – 60 PTS
3rd Atlantic: Boston: 55 GP – 60 PTS
2nd Wild Card: Philadelphia: 53 GP – 58 PTS
In the Hunt
Toronto: 50 GP – 55 PTS
Florida: 52 GP – 54 PTS
NY Islanders: 50 GP – 53 PTS
Carolina: 51 GP – 53 PTS
Detroit: 52 GP – 53 PTS
Buffalo: 51 GP – 52 PTS
New Jersey: 53 GP – 51 PTS
Tampa Bay: 53 GP – 50 PTS
Real Life
The Red Wings had a very good weekend with two tough wins. However, the teams in front of Detroit in the East also played well. But at least the Red Wings playoff percentage is going in the right direction with a jump from 1.1 to 2.8. If you want to check out some playoff percentage information for the Wings here it is.
Teams to keep an eye on
Carolina and Florida are moving up the standings with win streaks and are serious contenders for the Wild Card and in Florida’s case the Atlantic.
Go Western Conference! It is a week dominated by East vs. West games. Makes knowing who to root for very simple.
Red Wings games upcoming (2/6 – 2/9)
Tuesday – Columbus @ Detroit 7:30 PM, Thursday – Detroit @ Washington 7 PM
The weekday schedule (2/6 – 2/9)
I ranked the games on a scale of 1 to 4. 1+ is least important to 4+ for most important
Monday, February 6th
++++ St.Louis @ Philadelphia 7PM NBCSN
++ Buffalo @ New Jersey 7 PM
+++ Toronto @ NY Islanders 7 PM – Detroit needs help to catch Toronto
Tuesday, February 7th
+ Anaheim @ NY Rangers 7 PM – Big day of East v. West
+ Calgary @ Pittsburgh 7 PM
+++ Carolina @ Washington 7 PM
++ San Jose @ Buffalo 7 PM
++ Los Angeles @ Tampa Bay 7:30 PM NBCSN
+++ St. Louis @ Ottawa 7:30 PM
++++ Dallas @ Toronto 7:30 PM
+ Montreal @ Colorado 9 PM – Yuck
Wednesday, February 8th
Chicago @ Minnesota 8 PM NBCSN – Only NHL game. Sad!
Thursday, February 9th
+ Vancouver @ Columbus 7PM – Another day of majority East v. West
++ Anaheim @ Buffalo 7 PM
++++ San Jose @ Boston 7 PM
+ Nashville @ NY Rangers 7 PM
+++ NY Islanders @ Philadelphia 7 PM NBCSN
+++ Dallas @ Ottawa 7:30 PM
++++ St. Louis @ Toronto 7:30 PM
+++ Los Angeles @ Florida 7:30 PM
+ Montreal @ Arizona 9 PM
+ Pittsburgh @ Colorado 9 PM
Best case scenario
2nd Atlantic: Ottawa – 52 GP 60 PTS
3rd Atlantic: Boston – 56 GP 58 PTS
2nd Wild Card: Philadelphia – 55 GP 59 PTS
In the Hunt
NY Islanders – 52 GP 58 PTS
Toronto – 53 GP 57 PTS
Detroit – 54 GP 57 PTS
Florida – 53 GP 56 PTS
Carolina – 52 GP 55 PTS
New Jersey – 54 GP 54 PTS
Buffalo – 54 GP 54 PTS
Tampa Bay – 54 GP 52 PTS
