Yeah last night was a pretty good night. Now we can't waste it and need to make up some ground. One win and we're back in the thickest of the thick of things!
Yeah last night was a pretty good night. Now we can't waste it and need to make up some ground. One win and we're back in the thickest of the thick of things!
Pace remains unchanged. the Flames still need 94 points, so a record of 11-4. Four losses is still the number to be watching. More than that and we need a ton of help.
The pace remains unchanged. 94 points is still the number for the Flames. 10 more wins and hope for no three point games which inflate the point above 94. Next week will be crucial, with games against San Jose and Phoenix.
Avs won 3-2 over Edmonton with the Oil getting a loser point.
Stars beat the Ducks 2-0 in regulation
Coyotes beat Sharks 3-0 in regulation
We are now tied for 10th with LA, 1 point behind San Jose (SJ has 1 game in hand), 2 points behind Colorado (we have 2 games in hand), 4 points behind Phoenix (we have 1 game in hand
Good news on the pace. It dropped by a point to 92' meaning we need 93 points to get in. Record down the stretch is now 10-4-1. We picked up a potential muligan. The loss count remains at 4.
It is wins, at the end of the season. During the season they use winning percentage. it doesn't matter how things look tonight or tomorrow morning, it only matters how it looks when all teams have played 82 games. Colorado has a 5 game cushion on the Flames. Calgary needs one more point in the standings or they're toast.
What's interesting about this playoff race is who's in the actual mix. We've seen how L.A and San Jose look in the playoffs year after year, but they might not even make it this year. We don't know what kind of damage St. Louis will do in the playoffs, and since it's been so long since Dallas, Colorado, and Calgary made the playoffs, these teams will be the wild card. Who really knows what kind of damage they would do either.
The only "certainty" in this year's playoffs is Vancouver and Detroit. Year after year they've proven to go deep-ish.
The only "certainty" in this year's playoffs is Vancouver and Detroit. Year after year they've proven to go deep-ish.
I don't think you can put any certainty on a team this year. St.Louis, Detroit, Vancouver, and Nashville are proving to be very tough teams but even the ones battling for playoff position could go deep. Some awesome playoff hockey is to be expected in the West.
It is wins, at the end of the season. During the season they use winning percentage. it doesn't matter how things look tonight or tomorrow morning, it only matters how it looks when all teams have played 82 games. Colorado has a 5 game cushion on the Flames. Calgary needs one more point in the standings or they're toast.
Actually, it is ROW (regulation and overtime wins), and the teams are tied with 28
And if it is a two-way tie, then head to head record is next, and (going by memory) I think we have the season series
I don't think you can put any certainty on a team this year. St.Louis, Detroit, Vancouver, and Nashville are proving to be very tough teams but even the ones battling for playoff position could go deep. Some awesome playoff hockey is to be expected in the West.
Oh for sure. Even Chicago has been so up and down it's hard to say, but they can't be ruled out as a high calibre team. Pheonix is another team that just might get past the first round, so there's another unknown.
As far as the Flames goes, I'm hoping the make the playoffs because chances are (fingers crossed), we'll start getting healthy and getting some bodies back by then. Some people figure that it's the healthy teams that go deep, moreso than the teams with the better season record.
1st tie breaker is actually percentage of points won, which can easily be figured out by fewest games played when the teams are tied in the standings. the 2nd tie breaker is regulation and overtime wins (which we would be leading in with a win today)
1st tie breaker is actually percentage of points won, which can easily be figured out by fewest games played when the teams are tied in the standings. the 2nd tie breaker is regulation and overtime wins (which we would be leading in with a win today)
Yeah, ROW is the only win stat that matters.
And to correct the GF stat mentioned earlier, it's actually the differential that matters, not total goals for.
And to correct the GF stat mentioned earlier, it's actually the differential that matters, not total goals for.
and goal differential is the final tie breaker. the 3rd tie breaker is head to head points. So we actually hold the #2 and 3 tie breakers against the Kings at the moment
I know we have been saying this for weeks but the next two games determine the season. We play the Sharks then the Coyotes we have to win both.
They are important yes but we do not HAVE to win them... nthe Sharks could go stink it up after beating Calgary sure... either way, great to see the Flames beat the Wild again.
Pace remains unchanged. 93 points still the number and 4 loses still the number to watch. Two huge games this week, but the reality is we can lose any four games and still get in, as long as every other team maintains their respective trend and we lose no more than four games. 9-4-1 the rest of the way!
