Some “What If” for Your Break

I figured it was a good time to take a peak at the “What If” standings, focusing on whether or not the shootout has an affect on the playoff standings.

Legend:
Rank - Position in conference standings
PTS - Points
SO Rank - Position in conference standings without shootout wins
SO PTS - Points without shootout wins
- Where a team moved into a playoff position, the rank is bold green.
- Where a team moved out of a playoff position, the rank is bold red.

Eastern Conference

Team Rank PTS SO Rank SO PTS
Buffalo 1 70 1 63
New Jersey 2 63 2 58
Atlanta 3 62 3 57
Montreal 4 59 5 55
Ottawa 5 58 4 57
Carolina 6 56 6 56
Tampa Bay 7 54 7 49
NY Rangers 8 50 12 45
Pittsburgh 9 50 8 49
Toronto 10 50 9 48
Boston 11 48 14 43
NY Islanders 12 48 13 44
Washington 13 47 10 47
Florida 14 46 11 46
Philadelphia 15 27 15 26

Western Conference

Team Rank PTS SO Rank SO PTS
Nashville 1 71 1 67
Anaheim 2 68 2 66
Detroit 4 65 4 64
San Jose 5 64 5 64
Dallas 6 59 6 54
Calgary 3 56 3 56
Vancouver 7 56 7 53
Minnesota 8 54 10 46
Colorado 9 51 9 47
Edmonton 10 50 8 49
Phoenix 11 46 11 42
St. Louis 12 46 12 42
Chicago 13 41 13 40
Columbus 14 41 14 40
Los Angeles 15 38 15 36

Like last season, there's one change in each conference. So the shootout's impact is once again minimal, but the breakaway contest isn't a complete throw-away.

Some notes of interest:

- The Penguins, a team I assumed would be great at the post-overtime content with Sidney Crosby and their young, skilled lineup is 1-5 in shootouts. Alex Ovechkin's Caps are 0-5.

- The Sharks haven't had a game go to a shootout yet. In fact, after winning the first game of the season in overtime, they haven't even gone to overtime again.

- The Wild have had the most games go to the shootout with 12. They're 8-4. The Devils are second in shootout appearances with 10. They're 5-5.

Posted by David M Singer on Jan 23, 2007 at 09:39 AM
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