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Got my pair to game one today at noon. Resale market. Very pricey but that is to be expected.

If you ignore the quotes and merely answer the bolded part, the answer is always “no”, regardless of the article or issue at hand. The Hockey Writers are hackS, IMO. Just write “provocative” hot takes for click bait.

If you go to the “NHL Playoff Chase” thread I have outlined on nauseating detail the tiebreaker rules for ranking teams. Won’t regurgitate it here, but to explain it quickly: Dallas is 6 points behind Winnipeg with 3 games each left to play. If Winnipeg loses all 3 and Dallas wins all 3, they would end up tied in points, so the tiebreaker would take effect. First tiebreaker is “regulation wins”. Jets currently have 43, Dallas 41, so Dallas could still finish with 44 and pass the Jets. If they ended up tied in regulation wins, the next tiebreaker is “regulation and overtime wins” where the Jets lead 53 to 48 and cannot be caught. So the upshot is that if the Jets gain one more point or Dallas loses any possible points, Jets finish with more points and win the division. But even if Dallas wins out and the Jets lose out, if any of Dallas’ games go to overtime, the Jets will have the tiebreaker edge and get first place.

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 ——————- 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

Won’t clinch quite yet as they haven’t secured the tiebreaker yet. They would be up by two regulation wins with 3 games to go.

Had to check all the tiebreaker scenarios and made some corrections to tonight’s clinching/elimination scenarios. For anyone wondering, the sequence of tiebreaker procedures is as follows (assuming teams are tied in points): 1. Points amassed in fewer games, a.k.a. higher winning percentage (obviously not at issue at season’s end when everyone has played 82 games) 2. Higher number of regulation wins (reflected as RW in the standings) 3. Higher number of regulation and overtime wins combined (ROW in the standings) 4. Higher number of regulation, overtime, and shootout wins - basically number of wins in the win column (W in the standings) 5. Greater number of points on head-to-head match-ups: (a) if an odd number of games has been played between two teams head-to-head, then the team with the higher number of home games in the season series will not have its first home game (the “odd” game) count in the determination of total points (b) where three or more clubs are tied, then the club with the greatest points percentage in games between all tied teams (not counting any “odd” games) is seeded first 6. Larger goal differential (reflected as DIIFF in the standings) 7. Greater number of goals scored (reflected as GF in the standings) This has all led to the scenario tonight where New Jersey can get into the playoffs without playing a game and even if their rival NY Rangers win their game tonight. NJ has 89 points with 4 games to play, NYR, Detroit, NYI, and Columbus all have 78 points with 5 games to play, meaning that at most they can tie New Jersey by season’s end. NJ already holds the regulation wins tiebreaker against every team but NYR, and leads NYR by 4 regulation wins. If NYR does not get a regulation win tonight, than at best they will finish the season tied in regulation wins, ROW, and total wins. NJ holds the 5th tiebreaker by winning the season series 3-0-1 against the Rangers. So even if the Rangers win tonight, if the game goes to overtime they will be eliminated due to being behind in the tiebreaker sequence to NJ. Or they could just lose and make all the math easier.

April 9 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 - 5 St. Louis - 5 Minnesota* - 6 ——————— Tragic # Calgary** - 6 Vancouver**- 2 Utah** - 1 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 - 1 Montreal - 3 ——————- Tragic # Detroit - 3 NY Islanders- 3 NY Rangers - 3 Columbus - 3 Buffalo - Eliminated Pittsburgh - Eliminated Philadelphia - Eliminated Boston - Eliminated *Hold the tiebreaker advantage ** Have a tiebreaker disadvantage Clinching/elimination scenarios tonight: Edmonton clinches with a win against St. Louis AND a Calgary regulation loss against Anaheim (Edmonton would hold the tiebreaker) St. Louis clinches with a regulation win against Edmonton AND a Calgary regulation loss against Anaheim (St. Louis would hold the tiebreaker) Vancouver is eliminated with a Minnesota win over San Jose (Vancouver has the tiebreaker disadvantage against all other teams in the West) Utah is eliminated with a Minnesota win or OT/SO loss against San Jose (Minnesota holds the tiebreaker) New Jersey clinches a playoff spot with any result other than a NY Rangers regulation win against Philadelphia (New Jersey holds the regulation wins tiebreaker against Detroit, NY Islanders, and Columbus, and would hold the head-to-head wins tiebreaker against NY Rangers if their game went to overtime tonight)

April 8 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 - 5 St. Louis - 5 Minnesota* - 6 ——————— Tragic # Calgary** - 6 Vancouver**- 2 Utah** - 1 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 - 2 New Jersey* - 2 Montreal - 7 ——————- Tragic # Detroit - 7 NY Islanders- 6 NY Rangers - 5 Columbus - 5 Buffalo - 2 Pittsburgh - Eliminated Philadelphia - Eliminated Boston - Eliminated *Hold the tiebreaker advantage ** Have a tiebreaker disadvantage Clinching/elimination scenarios tonight: Utah is eliminated with a loss of any kind against Seattle (Minnesota holds the tiebreaker) Vancouver is eliminated with a regulation loss against Dallas (Minnesota holds the tiebreaker) Buffalo is eliminated with: - a regulation loss against Carolina, OR - a Montreal win against Detroit, OR - an OT/SO loss and a Montreal OT/SO loss Columbus is eliminated with: - a regulation loss against Ottawa AND a Montreal regulation win against Detroit (Montreal would hold the tiebreaker) Ottawa clinches a playoff spot with: - a win against Columbus, OR - a Detroit loss of any kind against Montreal (Ottawa would hold the tiebreaker) New Jersey clinches a playoff spot with: - a win against Boston (New Jersey holds the tiebreaker over Detroit and NY Islanders), OR - an OT/SO loss AND an OT/SO loss by Detroit against Montreal

April 7 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 - 5 St. Louis - 5 Minnesota* - 6 ——————— Tragic # Calgary** - 6 Vancouver**- 2 Utah** - 1 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 - 2 New Jersey - 3 Montreal - 7 ——————- Tragic # NY Rangers - 7 Detroit - 7 NY Islanders- 6 Columbus - 5 Buffalo - 2 Pittsburgh - Eliminated Philadelphia - Eliminated Boston - Eliminated *Hold the tiebreaker advantage ** Have a tiebreaker disadvantage Clinching/elimination scenarios tonight: Edmonton clinches a playoff spot with a win in any fashion against Anaheim AND a Calgary regulation loss against San Jose (Edmonton would hold the tiebreaker) St. Louis clinches a playoff spot with a regulation win against Winnipeg AND a Calgary regulation loss against San Jose (St. Louis would hold the tiebreaker)

April 6 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 - 5 St. Louis - 5 Minnesota - 9 ——————— Tragic # Calgary - 9 Vancouver- 7 Utah** - 3 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 New Jersey - 3 Ottawa - 4 Montreal - 9 ——————- Tragic # Columbus - 9 NY Rangers - 9 Detroit - 9 NY Islanders- 8 Buffalo - 4 Pittsburgh** - 1 Philadelphia - Eliminated Boston - Eliminated *Hold the tiebreaker advantage ** Have a tiebreaker disadvantage Clinching/elimination scenarios today: Pittsburgh is eliminated with: - a loss of any kind against Chicago, OR - a win or OT/SO loss by Montreal against Nashville Buffalo is eliminated with: - a regulation loss against Boston AND a Montreal win against Nashville.

I’m frustrated too. They showed no intensity through the first 35 minutes of the game, and blew a golden opportunity with Dallas losing today, which they would have known before the opening faceoff. But Hellebuyck made some huge saves on high danger chances. He was the only reason it wasn’t 6-0 after 2 periods. Jets lost in spite of his play, not because of it. Injuries are not helping either. Completely changes our power play, which did not need extra reasons to struggle.

Are you suggesting he was bad tonight?

Scheifele and Hellebuyck appear to be the only players interested in trying in the first period. Jets go to Sin City and look completely dialled in, then go to Mormon Central and look completely distracted for the second time this year. Go figure.

I was somewhat unsettled after the LA game. Coach Arniel seemed to have had a more positive view of the effort than I did, but last night soothed a lot of my concerns and showed again why coaches are coaches and fans are fans. Team was dialled in from the start, that was a playoff-style effort and game plan. Hopefully the injury bug is not rearing its head now after a fairly clean year, but a result like that renews my good vibes about this team finishing first and making a deep run. Exciting times.

April 5 update: Magic/Tragic # West - Magic # Winnipeg - Clinched playoff spot Dallas - Clinched playoff spot Vegas* - Clinched playoff spot Colorado* - Clinched playoff spot Los Angeles* - 3 Edmonton - 6 St. Louis - 8 Minnesota - 10 ——————— Tragic # Calgary - 10 Vancouver- 7 Utah** - 3 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 - 1 Florida - 2 New Jersey - 7 Ottawa - 8 Montreal - 13 ——————- Tragic # Columbus - 13 NY Rangers - 13 Detroit - 11 NY Islanders- 10 Buffalo - 6 Pittsburgh - 4 Philadelphia - 3 Boston - 1 *Hold the tiebreaker advantage ** Have a tiebreaker disadvantage Clinching/elimination scenarios tonight - Tampa Bay clinches a playoff spot with: - a win against Buffalo, OR - an OT/SO loss, OR - a loss of any kind by NY Rangers against New Jersey (Tampa Bay holds the tiebreaker advantage with Columbus) Florida clinches a playoff spot with: - a win against Ottawa, OR - an OT/SO loss and a loss of any kind by NY Rangers, OR - a regulation loss by NY Rangers and a loss of any kind by Columbus against Toronto (Florida holds the tiebreaker advantage with Columbus) Boston is eliminated with: - a loss of any kind against Carolina, OR - a win or OT/SO loss by Montreal against Philadelphia Philadelphia is eliminated with: - a loss of any kind against Montreal Pittsburgh is eliminated with: - a regulation loss against Dallas AND a win or OT/SO loss by Montreal against Philadelphia, OR - a loss of any kind AND a regulation win by Montreal (Montreal will hold the tiebreaker advantage in either scenario) Los Angeles clinches a playoff spot with: - a win against Edmonton AND a loss of any kind by Calgary against Vegas, OR - an OT/SO loss and a regulation loss by Calgary

April 3 update: Magic/Tragic # West - Magic # Winnipeg - Clinched playoff spot Dallas - Clinched playoff spot Vegas* - Clinched playoff spot Colorado* - 2 Los Angeles* - 5 Edmonton - 8 St. Louis - 10 Minnesota - 10 ——————— Tragic # Calgary - 10 Vancouver- 7 Utah - 6 Anaheim** - 2 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* - 2 Florida* - 3 New Jersey* - 8 Ottawa - 12 Montreal - 17 ——————- Tragic # Columbus - 17 NY Rangers - 15 Detroit - 13 NY Islanders- 12 Buffalo - 8 Pittsburgh - 7 Boston - 5 Philadelphia - 5 *Hold the tiebreaker advantage ** Have a tiebreaker disadvantage Clinching/elimination scenarios tonight: Colorado clinches a playoff spot with: - a win against Columbus, OR - a Calgary regulation loss against Anaheim, OR - an OT/SO loss AND a Calgary loss of any kind (Colorado holds the tiebreaker) Anaheim is eliminated with: - a regulation loss against Calgary (St. Louis and Minnesota both hole the tiebreaker) Tampa Bay clinches a playoff spot with: - a win against Ottawa, OR - a regulation loss by Montreal against Boston, OR - a regulation loss by Columbus against Colorado, OR - an OT/SO loss AND a loss of any kind by either Montreal or Columbus

April 2 update: Magic/Tragic # West - Magic # Winnipeg - Clinched playoff spot Dallas - Clinched playoff spot Vegas* - Clinched playoff spot Colorado* - 4 Los Angeles* - 5 Edmonton - 8 St. Louis - 10 Minnesota - 11 ——————— Tragic # Calgary - 10 Vancouver- 9 Utah - 7 Anaheim** - 2 Seattle - Eliminated Nashville - Eliminated Chicago - Eliminated San Jose - Eliminated East - Magic # Washington - Clinched playoff spot Carolina* - 1 Toronto* - 1 Florida* - 3 Tampa Bay* - 2 New Jersey* - 8 Ottawa - 12 Montreal - 17 ——————- Tragic # Columbus - 17 NY Rangers - 15 Detroit - 13 NY Islanders- 12 Buffalo - 8 Pittsburgh - 7 Boston - 5 Philadelphia - 5 *Hold the tiebreaker advantage ** Have a tiebreaker disadvantage Clinching/elimination scenarios tonight: Toronto clinches a playoff spot with a win or OT/SO loss against Florida Carolina clinches a playoff spot with a win or OT/SO loss against Washington

Remaining schedules for Winnipeg and their 3 main rivals for the division, conference, and league titles (Dallas, Vegas, and Washington). No matter which way you slice it, Jets have the biggest disadvantage (and fairly significant at that) schedule-wise in April. Winnipeg: @LA, @Vgs, @Uta, St.L, @Dal, @ Chi, Edm, Ana Home/Road - 3/5 Playoff/Non-playoff - 5/3 West/East - 8/0 Opponent winning % - .567 Back-to-back - 1 (@Chi/Edm) 2+ days off - 1 Time zones - 3 (2 Pac’, 1 Mtn*, 5 Cen***^) ‘9:30pm start (1), *6pm start (4), ^6:30pm start (1) Travel distance - 9,292 km (including travel from last game in March to first game in April) Dallas: Nsh, Pit, @Min, Van, Wpg, Uta, @Det, @Nsh Home/Road - 5/3 Playoff/Non-playoff - 2/6 West/East - 6/2 Opponent winning % - .524 Back-to-back - 1 (Pit/@Min) 2+ days off - 1 Time zones - 2 (7 Cen**, 1 Est) *2pm start (2) Travel distance - 7,792 km (including travel from last game in March to first game in April) Vegas: Edm, Wpg, @Cal, @Van, @Col, Sea, Nas, @Cal, @ Van Home/Road - 4/5 Playoff/Non-playoff - 3/6 West/East - 9/0 Opponent winning % - .560 Back-to-back - 2 (@Cal/@Van twice) 2+ days off - 1 Time zones - 2 (6 Pac, 3 Mtn*^) *9pm start (1), ^8:30pm start (1) Travel distance - 10,016 km (including travel from last game in March to first game in April) Washington: @Bos, @Car, Chi, @NYI, Car, @Cbs, Cbs, @NYI, @Pit Home/Road - 3/6 Playoff/Non-playoff - 2/7 West/East - 1/8 Opponent winning % - .514 Back-to-back - 2 (@Bos/@Car and @Cbs/Cbs) 2+ days off - 1 Time zones - 1 (9 Est) includes 11:30am start (2), 5pm start (1), 6:30pm start (1) and 7pm start (1) Travel distance - 4,758 km (including travel from last game in March to first game in April)

April 1 update: Magic/Tragic # West - Magic # Winnipeg - Clinched playoff spot Dallas* - Clinched playoff spot Vegas* - 2 Colorado* - 6 Los Angeles - 10 Edmonton - 12 Minnesota - 13 St. Louis - 14 ——————— Tragic # Calgary - 14 Vancouver- 11 Utah - 8 Anaheim - 4 Seattle - Eliminated Nashville - Eliminated Chicago - Eliminated San Jose - Eliminated East - Magic # Washington - Clinched playoff spot Carolina* - 1 Toronto* - 1 Florida* - 4 Tampa Bay* - 4 New Jersey* - 8 Ottawa - 12 Montreal - 19 ——————- Tragic # Columbus - 19 NY Islanders- 16 NY Rangers - 17 Detroit - 16 Buffalo - 10 Boston - 9 Pittsburgh - 9 Philadelphia - 7 *Hold the tiebreaker Clinching/elimination scenarios today: Vegas clinches a playoff spot with: - a win - a Calgary regulation loss - an OT/SO loss and a Calgary OT/SO loss - an OT/SO loss and a regulation loss by St. Louis Anaheim is eliminated with: - a regulation loss and a St. Louis win Toronto and Carolina each clinch a playoff spot with: - a loss of any kind by either Montreal OR Columbus Florida clinches a playoff spot with: - a regulation win over Montreal - a win and a regulation loss by Columbus Tampa Bay clinches a playoff spot with: -a win and a regulation loss by either Montreal OR Columbus

March 31 update: Magic/Tragic # West - Magic # Winnipeg - Clinched playoff spot Dallas* - Clinched playoff spot Vegas* - 2 Colorado* - 7 Los Angeles - 10 Edmonton - 12 Minnesota - 14 St. Louis - 14 ——————— Tragic # Calgary - 14 Vancouver- 11 Utah - 8 Anaheim - 4 Seattle - Eliminated Nashville - Eliminated Chicago - Eliminated San Jose - Eliminated East - Magic # Washington - Clinched playoff spot Carolina* - 1 Toronto* - 1 Florida* - 4 Tampa Bay* - 4 New Jersey* - 10 Ottawa - 12 Montreal - 19 ——————- Tragic # Columbus - 19 NY Islanders- 16 NY Rangers - 17 Detroit - 16 Buffalo - 10 Boston - 9 Pittsburgh - 9 Philadelphia - 7 *Hold the tiebreaker Today’s clinching/elimination scenario: Vegas clinches a playoff spot with a regulation loss by Calgary against Colorado.

Amazing consistency by the Jets all year. They have had 3 big win streaks (7, 8, and 11) and only one significant losing streak (4 games), but here are their monthly records: 9-1-0 October 9-5-0 November 9-5-1 December 9-3-2 January 6-1-0 February 9-4-1 March

Sorry to burst your bubble of hate-on for Stanley, but that was Schenn’s man to cover. Stanley was playing the puck carrier as he should have.

March 30 update: Magic/Tragic # West - Magic # Winnipeg - Clinched playoffs Dallas* - Clinched playoffs Vegas* - 2 Colorado* - 7 Los Angeles - 12 Edmonton - 12 Minnesota - 14 St. Louis - 14 ——————— Tragic # Calgary - 14 Vancouver- 13 Utah - 7 Anaheim - 6 Seattle - Eliminated Nashville - Eliminated Chicago - Eliminated San Jose - Eliminated East - Magic # Washington - Clinched playoff spot Carolina* - 3 Toronto* - 3 Florida* - 4 Tampa Bay* - 4 New Jersey* - 10 Ottawa - 13 Montreal - 21 ——————- Tragic # Columbus - 21 NY Islanders- 20 NY Rangers - 19 Detroit - 18 Buffalo - 12 Boston - 11 Pittsburgh - 11 Philadelphia - 9 *Hold the tiebreaker advantage Clinching/elimination scenarios today: Florida clinches a playoff spot with a regulation win over Montreal and a loss of any kind by NY Islanders (Florida would hold the tiebreaker over both) Carolina clinches a playoff spot with a win of any kind over NY Islanders and a loss of any kind by Montreal (Carolina holds the tiebreaker over both) Toronto clinches a playoff spot with a win over Anaheim and a loss of any kind by Montreal OR an OT/SO loss, a regulation loss by Montreal, and a loss of any kind by NY Islanders (Toronto holds the tiebreaker over both)

March 29 update: Magic/Tragic # West - Magic # Winnipeg - Clinched playoff spot Dallas* - 3 Vegas* - 5 Colorado* - 8 Los Angeles - 13 Edmonton - 15 Minnesota - 15 St. Louis - 17 ——————— Tragic # Calgary - 23 Vancouver- 15 Utah - 9 Anaheim - 8 Seattle - 2 Nashville - Eliminated Chicago - Eliminated San Jose - Eliminated East - Magic # Washington - Clinched playoff spot Carolina* - 3 Florida* - 4 Toronto* - 5 Tampa Bay* - 6 New Jersey - 13 Ottawa - 15 Columbus - 21 ——————- Tragic # NY Islanders- 22 Montreal - 21 NY Rangers - 19 Detroit - 18 Buffalo - 14 Boston - 13 Pittsburgh - 11 Philadelphia - 9 *Hold the tiebreaker Clinching/elimination scenarios today - Dallas clinches a playoff spot with a win and a loss of any kind by either St. Louis or Calgary OR an OT/SO loss and a regulation loss by either St. Louis or Calgary Seattle is eliminated with a regulation loss OR a win by St. Louis, OR an OT/SO loss for both.

March 28 update: Magic/Tragic # West - Magic # Winnipeg - Clinched playoff spot Dallas* - 3 Vegas* - 7 Colorado* - 8 Los Angeles - 13 Edmonton - 15 Minnesota - 15 St. Louis - 17 ——————— Tragic # Calgary - 23 Vancouver- 16 Utah - 11 Anaheim - 8 Seattle - 2 Nashville - Elimknated Chicago - Eliminated San Jose - Eliminated East - Magic # Washington - Clinched playoff spot Carolina* - 7 Toronto - 8 Tampa Bay* - 8 Florida - 9 New Jersey - 15 Ottawa - 17 Montreal - 23 ——————- Tragic # Columbus - 23 NY Islanders- 22 NY Rangers - 20 Detroit - 18 Buffalo - 14 Boston - 13 Pittsburgh - 11 Philadelphia - 9 *Hold the tiebreaker Clinching/elimination scenarios tonight: None Next clinching/elimination date: March 29