The NHL common season is wrapping up with the marketing campaign set to conclude on April 17. Consequently, playoff races are actually heating up atop the divisions and for the wild card spots.
Throughout the last month of the marketing campaign, each level will loom massive as groups contend for playoff seeding. Followers are going to be preserving a detailed eye on the standings over the following three weeks main as much as the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
To date, the Dallas Stars, Vegas Golden Knights, Winnipeg Jets and Washington Capitals are the one groups to have clinched a playoff spot. The Jets now maintain a slim one-point benefit over the Capitals within the race for the Presidents’ Trophy.
The playoff image will probably change every day, so CBS Sports activities may have you coated with our NHL playoff race tracker. It is going to be up to date day by day to point out the place every potential playoff crew sits within the standings because the postseason attracts close to.
Reminder: Here is how the NHL playoff seeding works
- The highest three groups in every division routinely qualify for the playoffs.
- Every convention has two wild-card spots.
- The highest division winner in every convention will play the second wild card crew, and the opposite division winner will play the primary wild card crew.
- The second and third-place groups in every division will match up with each other within the first spherical.
*Regulation wins are the primary tiebreaker, and regulation plus extra time wins are the second tiebreaker. Shootout wins are usually not counted in regulation plus extra time wins. X denotes clinched playoff berth.
Jap Convention playoff image
Atlantic Division
1. Toronto Maple Leafs | 45-25-4 | 94 factors
Factors proportion: .635
Regulation wins: 37
Regulation plus extra time wins: 44
Present first-round matchup: Ottawa Senators
2. Tampa Bay Lightning | 44-25-5 | 93 factors
Factors proportion: .628
Regulation wins: 38
Regulation plus extra time wins: 42
Present first-round matchup: Florida Panthers
3. Florida Panthers | 44-26-4 | 92 factors
Factors proportion: .622
Regulation wins: 35
Regulation plus extra time wins: 39
Present first-round matchup: Tampa Bay Lightning
Metropolitan Division
1. Washington Capitals | 48-17-9 | 105 points-X
Factors proportion: .709
Regulation wins: 41
Regulation plus extra time wins: 47
Present first-round matchup: Montreal Canadiens
2. Carolina Hurricanes | 45-24-4 | 94 factors
Factors proportion: .644
Regulation wins: 40
Regulation plus extra time wins: 45
Present first-round matchup: New Jersey Devils
3. New Jersey Devils | 40-29-7 | 87 factors
Factors proportion: .572
Regulation wins: 35
Regulation plus extra time wins: 38
Present first-round matchup: Carolina Hurricanes
Wild Card
WC1. Ottawa Senators | 39-29-6 | 84 factors
Factors proportion: .568
Regulation wins: 30
Regulation plus extra time wins: 38
Present first-round matchup: Toronto Maple Leafs
WC2. Montreal Canadiens | 35-30-9 | 79 factors
Factors proportion: .534
Regulation wins: 25
Regulation plus extra time wins: 33
Present first-round matchup: Washington Capitals
Columbus Blue Jackets | 34-30-9 | 77 factors
Factors proportion: .527
Regulation wins: 24
Regulation plus extra time wins: 28
New York Rangers | 35-32-7 | 77 factors
Factors proportion: .520
Regulation wins: 32
Regulation plus extra time wins: 34
Detroit Purple Wings | 34-33-7 | 75 factors
Factors proportion: .507
Regulation wins: 26
Regulation plus extra time wins: 31
New York Islanders | 32-32-10 | 74 factors
Factors proportion: .500
Regulation wins: 25
Regulation plus extra time wins: 30
Western Convention playoff image
Central Division
1. Winnipeg Jets | 51-20-4 | 106 points-X
Factors proportion: .707
Regulation wins: 40
Regulation plus extra time wins: 50
Present first-round matchup: Minnesota Wild
2. Dallas Stars | 49-21-4 | 102 points-X
Factors proportion: .689
Regulation wins: 40
Regulation plus extra time wins: 47
Present first-round matchup: Colorado Avalanche
3. Colorado Avalanche | 45-26-4 | 94 factors
Factors proportion: .627
Regulation wins: 38
Regulation plus extra time wins: 43
Present first-round matchup: Dallas Stars
Pacific Division
1. Vegas Golden Knights | 45-21-8 | 98 points-X
Factors proportion: .662
Regulation wins: 42
Regulation plus extra time wins: 44
Present first-round matchup: St. Louis Blues
2. Los Angeles Kings | 42-23-9 | 93 factors
Factors proportion: .628
Regulation wins: 37
Regulation plus extra time wins: 41
Present first-round matchup: Edmonton Oilers
3. Edmonton Oilers | 43-26-5 | 91 factors
Factors proportion: .615
Regulation wins: 31
Regulation plus extra time wins: 43
Present first-round matchup: Los Angeles Kings
Wild Card
WC1. St. Louis Blues | 41-28-7 | 89 factors
Factors proportion: .586
Regulation wins: 30
Regulation plus extra time wins: 37
Present first-round matchup: Vegas Golden Knights
WC2. Minnesota Wild | 41-28-6 | 88 factors
Factors proportion: .587
Regulation wins: 33
Regulation plus extra time wins: 38
Present first-round matchup: Winnipeg Jets
Calgary Flames | 35-27-12 | 82 factors
Factors proportion: .554
Regulation wins: 26
Regulation plus extra time wins: 31
Vancouver Canucks | 34-27-13 | 81 factors
Factors proportion: .547
Regulation wins: 26
Regulation plus extra time wins: 31
Utah Hockey Membership | 34-29-12 | 80 factors
Factors proportion: .533
Regulation wins: 26
Regulation plus extra time wins: 33
