Best case scenario from the week that was
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
Real Life
Two tough games during the week have dropped Detroit’s playoff chances from 2.8 percent to 1.7. If you want to check out some playoff percentage information for the Wings here it is. If you are interested in the flip side of the coin you can check out this lottery simulator.
Teams to keep an eye on
NY Islanders. They are playing well and have a few games in hand on most of the teams in the wild card chase.
Red Wings games upcoming (2/10 – 2/12)
Saturday – Detroit @ Columbus 5 PM, Sunday – Detroit @ Minnesota 3 PM NBC
The weekend schedule (2/10 – 2/12)
I ranked the games on a scale of 1 to 4. 1+ is least important to 4+ for most important
Friday, February 10th
++ Tampa Bay @ Minnesota 8 PM NBCSN
Saturday, February 11th
++++ San Jose @ Philadelphia 1 PM NHLN
++++ Vancouver @ Boston 1 PM
+++ NY Islanders @ Ottawa 1 PM – Toughest game to pick. Went with Ottawa because they are way in front of Detroit for second in the atlantic and the Wings would have to pass the NYI to be in play for the wild card spot.
++ Florida @ Nashville 2 PM
++ Carolina @ Dallas 2 PM
+ Colorado @ NY Rangers 7 PM
+++ Buffalo @ Toronto 7 PM
+ St. Louis @ Montreal 7 PM NHLN
++ Tampa Bay @ Winnipeg 7 PM
+ Anaheim @ Washington 7:30 PM
+ Pittsburgh @ Arizona 8 PM
Sunday, February 12th
+++ San Jose @ New Jersey 12:30 PM
++++ Colorado @ NY Islanders 6 PM
++ Vancouver @ Buffalo 7:30 PM
++++ Montreal @ Boston 7:30 PM NBCSN
Best case scenario
2nd Atlantic: Ottawa – 53 GP 64 PTS
3rd Atlantic: Toronto – 54 GP 61 PTS
2nd Wild Card: Boston – 58 GP 60 PTS
In the Hunt
Philadelphia – 56 GP 59 PTS
NY Islanders – 54 GP 58 PTS
Detroit – 56 GP 58 PTS
Florida – 54 GP 56 PTS
New Jersey – 55 GP 56 PTS
Buffalo – 56 GP 56 PTS
Carolina – 53 GP 55 PTS
Tampa Bay – 56 GP 54 PTS
