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April 11 update:
Magic/Tragic #

 

West - Magic #

 

Winnipeg - Clinched playoff spot

Dallas - Clinched playoff spot

Vegas - Clinched playoff spot

Colorado - Clinched playoff spot

Los Angeles - Clinched playoff spot

Edmonton* - 1

Minnesota* - 3

St. Louis - 4

———————

Tragic #

 

Calgary - 4

Vancouver** - Eliminated 

Utah - Eliminated 

Anaheim - Eliminated

Seattle - Eliminated

Nashville - Eliminated

Chicago - Eliminated

San Jose - Eliminated

 

 

East - Magic #

 

Washington - Clinched playoff spot

Carolina - Clinched playoff spot

Toronto - Clinched playoff spot

Tampa Bay - Clinched playoff spot 

Florida - Clinched playoff spot

Ottawa - Clinched playoff spot

New Jersey - Clinched playoff spot 

Montreal - 3

 

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Tragic #

 

Columbus - 3 

Detroit - 1

NY Islanders- 1

NY Rangers - 1

Buffalo - Eliminated

Pittsburgh - Eliminated

Philadelphia - Eliminated

Boston - Eliminated

 

*Hold the tiebreaker advantage

** Have a tiebreaker disadvantage 

Tonight’s clinching/elimination scenarios:

 

Montreal clinches a playoff spot with a regulation win against Ottawa (Montreal would hold the tiebreaker against Columbus)  

 

Columbus is eliminated with a Montreal regulation win against Ottawa (Montreal would hold the tiebreaker)

 

Detroit, NY Islanders, and NY Rangers are all eliminated with a Montreal win or OT/SO loss against Ottawa

 

Detroit is also eliminated with a loss of any kind against Tampa Bay

 

Edmonton clinches a playoff spot with:

- a win or OT/SO loss against San Jose, OR

- a loss of any kind by Calgary against Minnesota 

 

Minnesota clinches a playoff spot with a win in any fashion against Calgary 

Edited by TrueBlue4ever

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April 12 update:
Magic/Tragic #

 

West - Magic #

 

Winnipeg - Clinched playoff spot

Dallas - Clinched playoff spot

Vegas - Clinched playoff spot

Colorado - Clinched playoff spot

Los Angeles - Clinched playoff spot

Edmonton - Clinched playoff spot

Minnesota* - 3

St. Louis - 4

———————

Tragic #

 

Calgary - 4

Vancouver - Eliminated 

Utah - Eliminated 

Anaheim - Eliminated

Seattle - Eliminated

Nashville - Eliminated

Chicago - Eliminated

San Jose - Eliminated

 

 

East - Magic #

 

Washington - Clinched playoff spot

Carolina - Clinched playoff spot

Toronto - Clinched playoff spot

Tampa Bay - Clinched playoff spot 

Florida - Clinched playoff spot

Ottawa - Clinched playoff spot

New Jersey - Clinched playoff spot 

Montreal - 3

 

——————-

Tragic #

 

Columbus - 3 

Detroit - 1

NY Islanders- 1

NY Rangers - 1

Buffalo - Eliminated

Pittsburgh - Eliminated

Philadelphia - Eliminated

Boston - Eliminated

 

*Hold the tiebreaker advantage

** Have a tiebreaker disadvantage 

Today’s clinching/elimination scenarios:

Montreal clinches a playoff spot with:

- a regulation win against Toronto (Montreal would hold the tiebreaker against Columbus), OR

- anOT/SO loss and a loss of any kind by Columbus against Washington

 

Columbus is eliminated with:

- a regulation loss, OR

- a regulation win by Montreal, OR

- an OT/SO loss and an OT/SO loss by Montreal (Montreal would hold the tiebreaker advantage in any of these 3 scenarios)


Detroit is eliminated with a Montreal win or OT/SO loss

 

NY Rangers are eliminated with:

- a Montreal win or OT/SO loss, OR

- a loss of any kind against Carolina

 

NY Islanders are eliminated with:

- a Montreal win or OT/SO loss, OR

- a loss of any kind against Philadelphia

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Divisional races as of April 12:

Central:

Winnipeg has clinched a top 2 spot and home ice advantage in the opening round. Have also guaranteed home ice advantage in round 3 over the Pacific champion. Will clinch top spot in the Conference and home ice through the first 3 rounds with a single point gained  or lost by Dallas, or if any Dallas game is not won in regulation. Will clinch home ice throughout the playoffs with a combination of 6 points gained or lost by Washington. 

Dallas has clinched a top 2 spot and home ice in round 1

Colorado is guaranteed to finish 3rd in the division 

Minnesota and St. Louis can each finish anywhere from the top wildcard spot to 9th in the Conference and out of the playoffs. 
 

Pacific:

Vegas has clinched top 2 in the division and home ice in the first round

LA can finish anywhere from 1st to 3rd in the division. 

Edmonton can still finish 2nd or 3rd in the division 

Metro:

Washington has clinched top spot in the Conference and home ice advantage through the first 3 rounds. 

Carolina and New Jersey are guaranteed to finish 2nd and 3rd in the division respectively and will face each other in round 1 with Carolina having home ice advantage

Columbus, NY Rangers, and NY Islanders can finish anywhere from bottom wildcard spot to 12th in the conference 

Atlantic:

Toronto and Tampa Bay can finish anywhere from 1st to 3rd on the division

Florida can finish anywhere from 1st on the division to the top wildcard spot

Ottawa can finish anywhere from 3rd in the division to the bottom wildcard spot

Montreal can finish anywhere from top wildcard spot to 12th in the conference

Detroit can finish anywhere from bottom wildcard spot to 12th in the conference 

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April 15 update:

Magic/Tragic #

 

West - Magic #

 

Winnipeg - Clinched playoff spot

Dallas - Clinched playoff spot

Vegas - Clinched playoff spot

Colorado - Clinched playoff spot

Los Angeles - Clinched playoff spot

Edmonton - Clinched playoff spoke 

Minnesota* - 1

St. Louis - 3

———————

Tragic #

 

Calgary - 3

Vancouver - Eliminated 

Utah - Eliminated 

Anaheim - Eliminated

Seattle - Eliminated

Nashville - Eliminated

Chicago - Eliminated

San Jose - Eliminated

 

 

East - Magic #

 

Washington - Clinched playoff spot

Carolina - Clinched playoff spot

Toronto - Clinched playoff spot

Tampa Bay - Clinched playoff spot 

Florida - Clinched playoff spot

Ottawa - Clinched playoff spot

New Jersey - Clinched playoff spot 

Montreal - 1

 

——————-

Tragic #

 

Columbus - 1

Detroit - Eliminated

NY Islanders- Eliminated

NY Rangers - Eliminated

Buffalo - Eliminated

Pittsburgh - Eliminated

Philadelphia - Eliminated

Boston - Eliminated

 

*Hold the tiebreaker advantage

** Have a tiebreaker disadvantage 


Remaining clinching/elimination scenarios:

 

Montreal clinches playoff spot and Columbus is eliminated if:

- Montreal gains a single point or better against Carolina April 16, OR

- Columbus does not earn regulation wins in both their games against Philadelphia April 15 and against NY Islanders April 17  

 

Minnesota earns a playoff spot with:

- a single point or better gained against Anaheim April 15, OR

- a loss of any kind by St. Louis against Utah April 15, OR

- a loss of any kind by Calgary in either game against Vegas April 15 or Los Angeles April 17

 

St. Louis earns a playoff spot with:

- a regulation win against Utah April 15 (would hold the tiebreaker against Calgary), OR

- a win of any kind and a regulation loss by Minnesota against Anaheim April 15 OR anything less than two regulation wins by Calgary, OR

- a point gained against Anaheim and anything less than two wins by Calgary, OR

- a regulation loss by Calgary in either game, or losses of any kind in both games

 

 

Potential playoff match-ups:

Washington (M1) vs. Montreal/Columbus (WC2)

Carolina (M2) vs. New Jersey (M3)

Toronto/Tampa Bay (A1) vs. Ottawa (WC1) 

Tampa Bay/Toronto (A2) vs. Florida (A3)

Winnipeg (C1) vs. St. Louis/Minnesota/Calgary (WC2)

Dallas (C2) vs. Colorado (C3) 

Vegas (P1) vs. Minnesota/St. Louis/Calgary WC1)

Los Angeles (P2) vs. Edmonton (P3)

Edited by TrueBlue4ever

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April 17 update:

 

The playoff brackets are complete:

 

West -

Winnipeg (C1) vs St. Louis (WC2)

Dallas (C2) vs Colorado (C3)

Vegas (P1) vs Minnesota (WC1)

Los Angeles (P2) vs Edmonton (P3)

 

East - 

Washington (M1) vs Montreal (WC2)

Carolina (M2) vs New Jersey (M3)

Toronto (A1) vs Ottawa (WC1)

Tampa Bay (A2) vs Florida (A3)

Edited by TrueBlue4ever

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