The Skinny on the Playoff Chase

 It looked like the Bruins were going to get no points in Buffalo tonight, instead a tying goal at 14:00 and a Pavel Zacha overtime winner pushes Boston three points ahead of the Isles in the only game Wednesday that affected the playoff race:

The Playoff Chase

1.      (1^st Metro)  Carolina 96 points (32 RW) in 71 games

2.      (1^st Atlantic) Buffalo 96 (37 RW) in 72

3.      (2^nd Atlantic) Tampa Bay 93 (35 RW) in 70

4.      (3^rd Atlantic) Montreal 88 (27 RW) in 70

5.      (1^st WC) Boston 88 (29 RW,37 ROW) in 72

6.    (2^nd Metro) Columbus 87 (27 RW) in 71

7.      (3^rd Metro) Pittsburgh 86 (29 RW,33 ROW) in 71

8.      (2^nd WC) Ottawa 85 (32 RW) in 71

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9.      (3^rd WC/4^th Metro) ISLES 85 (26 RW) in 72

10.   (4^th WC) Detroit 84 (27 RW) in 71

11.   (5^th WC) Philadelphia 80 (21 RW) in 70

12.   (6^th WC) Washington 79 (30 RW) in 72

 

Wednesday's Result:

BOS 4 @BUF 3 (OT)

Upcoming Games:

Thu: DAL@NYI, SEA@TB, CBJ@MTL, PIT@OTT, CHI@PHI, WAS@UTA

Fri: DET@BUF

Sat: FLA@NYI, SEA@BUF, OTT@TB, MTL@NSH, NJ@CAR, DAL@PIT, SJ@CBJ, MIN@BOS,  PHI@DET, WAS@VGK