Pre-post-season thoughts

• The Kings finished ahead of San Jose in the standings for the first time since 2003, the end of the season in which Dean Lombardi was fired as Sharks GM.
• The Kings were second in the conference in regulation wins, with 24, one win behind Chicago.
• The Kings finished the season tied in points with Vancouver. Were the two teams in the same division, the Kings would have won the tie-breaker (ROWs). As it stands, Vancouver has the 3rd seed, the Kings 5th.
• The Kings finished 7 points behind the Ducks, but only allowed 2 more points-against (see “PA” column in points-blown standings). That is, the Ducks and Kings were equivalently difficult for opposing teams to earn points against. The Ducks handed out more OT/SO points.
• Compared to the previous season, the Ducks were the most improved team in the West (see “DIFF” column in points-blown standings), followed by the Hawks, Jackets, Wild, Kings, Oilers and Sharks.
• Everyone else got worse.

 

Some posts the robot says are related, but I'll let you be the judge of that:

1. 2013 UPDATE: NHL Waiver Rules in Plain English
2. Dean Lombardi Trade History
3. Season Series (2011-12 FINAL)
4. Points by Year (1988-2013)
5. LA Kings Game Log (2013)
6. Points-Blown Standings (2011-12 Final)
7. Wednesday’s Standings in Points Blown

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Points-Blown Standings (regular season final)

Q	NHL	div		W/L/OTL	W	L	OTW	OTL	SOW	SOL	PTS	ROW	GF	GA	GD	PT%		11-'12	diff	OSP%	321%	PB	PA	PD
					270	270	35	35	55	55	810	20.3	1910	1910	0	0.563				0.500	0.500
1	1	C.1		36-7-5	25	7	5	0	6	5	77	30	155	102	53	0.802		0.616	0.186	0.740	0.708	19	35	42
2	2	P.1		30-12-6	23	12	1	3	6	3	66	24	140	118	22	0.688		0.488	0.200	0.594	0.618	30	43	23
3	4	C.2		29-17-2	20	17	4	1	5	1	60	24	129	116	13	0.625		0.665	-0.040	0.563	0.556	36	47	13
4	5	P.2		27-16-5	24	16	1	1	2	4	59	25	133	118	15	0.615		0.579	0.035	0.583	0.576	37	45	14
5	3	N.1		26-15-7	20	15	1	1	5	6	59	21	127	121	6	0.615		0.677	-0.062	0.552	0.549	37	50	9
6	6	P.3		25-16-7	17	16	0	3	8	4	57	17	124	116	8	0.594		0.585	0.008	0.479	0.514	39	54	3
7	7	C.3		24-16-8	20	16	2	3	2	5	56	22	124	115	9	0.583		0.622	-0.039	0.531	0.528	40	52	4
8	8	N.2		26-19-3	19	19	3	1	4	2	55	22	123	127	-4	0.573		0.494	0.079	0.521	0.514	41	51	4
9	9	C.4		24-17-7	14	17	5	3	5	4	55	19	120	119	1	0.573		0.396	0.177	0.490	0.479	41	58	-3
10	10	P.4		21-18-9	16	18	1	3	4	6	51	17	125	131	-6	0.531		0.591	-0.060	0.458	0.465	45	59	-8
11	11	P.5		22-22-4	18	22	2	3	2	1	48	20	130	142	-12	0.500		0.543	-0.043	0.448	0.458	48	56	-8
12	12	N.3		19-22-7	15	22	2	4	2	3	45	17	125	134	-9	0.469		0.451	0.018	0.406	0.417	51	62	-17
13	13	N.4		19-25-4	17	25	2	1	0	3	42	19	128	160	-32	0.438		0.549	-0.111	0.427	0.410	54	60	-18
14	14	C.5		16-23-9	11	23	3	3	2	6	41	14	111	139	-28	0.427		0.634	-0.207	0.375	0.361	55	69	-28
15	15	N.5		16-25-7	11	25	3	5	2	2	39	14	116	152	-36	0.406		0.537	-0.130	0.333	0.347	57	69	-30

KEY

• Q = my standings, default sorted by points-blown (explanation of points-blown here).
• NHL = the official standings, via NHL.COM.
• DIV = Divisional ranking. C is Central; N is Northwest; P is Pacific.
• R/OT/SO = wins and losses in each of regulation, over-time, and shoot-out.
• GR = games-remaining.
• ROW = regulation plus OT (but not SO) wins. The first tie-breaker.
• GD = goal-differential.
• PT% = points-percentage.
• ’11-’12 = final PT% from the previous season.
• DIFF = the difference between this year’s and last year’s PT%.
• OSP% = “old school points percentage” — PT% with 2 points awarded for a regulation or OT win, 1 point for SO win or loss, and 0 points for a loss in regulation or OT. In other words, no Bettman point, and games that are tied after OT are ties (no shoot-out).
• 321% = winning % (actually % of possible points) if a team is awarded 3 points for a regulation win, 2 points for an OT or SO win, and 1 point for an OT or SO loss. (This is a system that many think should be used by the league. I like it expressed as a point-% because it penalizes teams for giving away loser points, e.g. a team that is 10-0 with all wins in regulation is at 1.000, but a team that is 10-0 with all wins in OT is at 0.667. This only seems fair, since we already have a system where a team that is 0-10 but loses every game in OT has a point-% of .500, but a team that is 0-10 with ten losses in regulation is 0.000.)
• PRJ = projected point total for 48 games.
• TO 54 = the record needed to get to the presumed (by me) playoff-threshold. I lowered the presumptive playoff threshold to 54 points, from 55.
• PB = points-blown.
• 8th+/- = the distance in points-blown above or below the 8th seed.
• PA = Points-Against — how many points a team has allowed other teams to earn. A loss of any kind is 2 points-against. An OT or SO win is 1 point-against.
• PD = Point-differential — Points a team has earned, minus points-against.
• PA% = Points-against percentage — a team’s points-against divided by the sum total of points earned in the conference, i.e. your share of the damage.