Hockey Playoff Push

Well the NHL season ends on Sunday. That means a lot of teams can make or break their hopes of playoffs with remaining games on their schedules. Let's take a look at who can fall out of that playoff spot they are currently sitting in.

East
All spots are accounted for in the East playoff picture looks like this
-Bruins - First in the East at 114 points, and two games left
-Capitals - Solid second in the East at 108 points right now, one game left
-Devils - Solid third in the East at 104 points right now, one game left
-Flyers - tied with Canes and Pens at 97 points, two games left
-Hurricanes - tied with Flyers and Pens at 97 points, one game left
-Penguins - tied with Canes and Flyers at 97 points, one game left
-Rangers - tied with the Habs at 93 points, with one game left
-Canadiens - tied with the Rangers at 93 points, with one game left


West
West looks like this right now, all these teams are fighting for the 7th and 8th spot in the west.
-Ducks - has two games left, sitting at 88 points
-Blues - has two games left, sitting at 88 points
-Predators - has two games left, sitting at 88 points
-Wild - has two games left, sitting at 85 points. It's a long shot but it's not mathematically impossible. Only two of those three teams sitting at 88 have to lose both games and the Wild win their two and they could be the eight seed.

West Playoff picture, minus 7th and 8th seed
-Sharks - First in the West at 117 points, one game left
-Red Wings - Second in the West at 112 points, two games left
-Canucks - Third in the West at 98 points, one game left
-Blackhawks - Fourth in the West at 100 points, two games left
-Flames - Fifth in the West at 96 points, two games left
-Blue Jackets - Sixth in the West at 92 points, two games left

Playoffs start next Wednesday the 15 of April. I'm looking forward to another fine year of playoff hockey.
By: Shane Murray