Posts Tagged ‘ Vancouver Canucks ’

It’s Not Too Early to Consider Tie-Breakers (or, why we are rooting for one of Vancouver or Calgary, but we don’t know which one)

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January 5, 2010

The Kings are likely to be in a down-to-the-wire dogfight for 4th thru 8th place, with eight teams competing for six spots. One of CGY, COL or VAN will win the NW and get the 1-3 seed, and the other two will fight for 4-8. Two teams will lose out. The teams locked in...
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Standings in Points Blown: Kings XMas Vacation Edition

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December 24, 2009

Okay, now that the Kings 8 day winter break is all but over, and all of our rivals have played their games while we were drinking egg nog, let’s look at how the Kings did in terms of points blown. As usual, teams are awarded two points for a loss and one point for...
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With Sunday’s Results, the Kings PLayoff Chances Tick Up 1.1%

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December 20, 2009

…to 78%. Numbers per SportsClubStats (link below). Essentially, what the site does is, they randomly generate results for the rest of the season, running millions of complete season simulations starting from the standings today, and then calculate the likelihood of different finishes in final standings for each team. They also report the effect that...
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Standings in Points Blown (Sunday update)

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December 13, 2009

Two points “awarded” for every loss, one point for every OTL/SOL. Lowest point total is best. In parentheses are the official (ESPN) rankings. Calgary loses on Sunday; Kings inch to within one point of the Flames. Chicago 19 (3) Calgary 22 (2) Los Angeles 23 (1) San Jose 23 (4) Phoenix 24 (6) Nashville...
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Friday’s Standings in Points Blown

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December 11, 2009

Two points “awarded” for every loss, one point for every OTL/SOL. Lowest point total is best. In parentheses are the official (ESPN) rankings. Chicago 19 (2) Calgary 20 (3) San Jose 21 (1) Los Angeles 23 (4) Phoenix 24 (6) Nashville 24 (7) Dallas 25 (8) Colorado 26 (5) Detroit 27 (9) Columbus 28...
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Thursday’s Standings in Points Blown

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December 10, 2009

Two points “awarded” for every loss, one point for every OTL/SOL. Lowest point total is best. In parentheses are the official (ESPN) rankings. Chicago 17 (2) Calgary 19 (3) San Jose 20 (1) Los Angeles 23 (4) Phoenix 24 (6) Nashville 24 (7) Dallas 25 (8) Colorado 26 (5) Detroit 27 (9) St. Louis...
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Monday Night’s Standings in Points Blown

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December 7, 2009

Two points “awarded” for every loss, one point for every OTL/SOL. Lowest point total is best. In parentheses are the official (ESPN) rankings. Blues, Wild and Flames lost. Chicago 17 (3) San Jose 19 (1) Calgary 19 (4) Los Angeles 23 (5) Phoenix 23 (6) Colorado 24 (2) Nashville 24 (7) Dallas 24 (8)...
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Saturday Night’s Standings in Points Blown

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December 5, 2009

Two points “awarded” for every loss, one point for every OTL/SOL. Lowest point total is best. In parentheses are the official (ESPN) rankings. Chicago 17 (2) Calgary 17 (3) San Jose 19 (1) Los Angeles 23 (5) Phoenix 23 (6) Colorado 24 (4) Nashville 24 (7) Dallas 24 (8) Detroit 25 (10) St. Louis...
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Friday Night: Standings in Blown Points

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December 4, 2009

Two points “awarded” for every loss, one point for every OTL/SOL. Lowest point total is best. In parentheses are the official (ESPN) rankings. Chicago loses. Anaheim gets a “loser point.” San Jose 17 (1) Chicago 17 (2) Calgary 17 (3) Los Angeles 22 (4) Nashville 22 (6) Phoenix 23 (7) Dallas 23 (8) Colorado 24 (5)...
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Thursday Night’s Blown Points Standings

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December 3, 2009

Two points “awarded” for every loss, one point for every OTL/SOL. Lowest point total is best. In parentheses are the official (ESPN) rankings, when the ranking is different. Blue Jackets lose. Wings lose. Ducks lose. Avs lose. Flames lose. San Jose gets a “loser point.” Chicago 15 (2) Calgary 17 (3) San Jose 17 (1)...
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