NHL Bubble Watch 2022
- bsample301
- Mar 8, 2022
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 11, 2022
Well we are drawing to the end of the season. Each team has about 25 games left which means we have to start looking at the playoff picture. You know the ESPN NCAA Basketball Bubble Watch? Well this is going to look somewhat like that.
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Locks in East: 8 teams
Locks in West: 5 teams
The bubble in West: 4 teams for 3 available spots
Work to do (West): 4 teams
Atlantic
Locks
Metropolitan
Locks
Central
Locks
Should be in
Work to do
The Stars are 6-3-0 in their last 10 games and they are barely holding on to their second wild card spot. They are 1 point behind the Predators and they are 2 points ahead of the Golden Knights. With 10 games to go, Dallas has to make every game count because if they take a break, then they will end up being pushed out of the playoffs. (Updated April 11)
The Preds are 1 point ahead of Dallas for the first wild card spot in the playoffs. But they do have the same amount of games played and games remaining as the Stars. So just like the Stars, they cannot take a game off or they will be kicked off of the wild card. But this is nothing that is impossible. (Updated April 11)
Pacific
Locks
Work to do
The Kings have lost 3 straight games when they are in a position where they are 3rd in the Pacific but still could be kicked out of the playoffs. The Kings are 2 points ahead of the Golden Knights, but Vegas has a game in hand on the Kings, meaning that Vegas has played 1 less game; hence have 1 more remaining game than LA. So if the Kings want to keep surprising us and make it to the playoffs, they have to get out of this slump and start winning games. (Updated April 11)
Vegas has kind of got their mojo back as they are 7-3-0 in their last 10 games. Vegas is at a point where they can miss the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. They have a game in hand on the Kings, but both the Stars and the Preds have a game in hand on them in the Wild Card. So they will have to work hard to make these playoffs.
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