The Skinny on the Playoff Chase

 The two games played in the East Wednesday only had a modest impact on the Isles as Buffalo beat the Rangers and Washington beat Toronto.

The Isles head into their Thursday game trailing both Ottawa and Philadelphia by three points. They need a win over Toronto and could really use some help.

 The Standings:

1.      xy(1^st Metro)  Carolina 106 points (36 RW) in 78 games

2.      x (1^st Atlantic) Buffalo 104 (40 RW, 43 ROW) in 79

3.      x (2^nd Atlantic) Tampa Bay 102 (39 RW, 44 ROW) in 78

4.      x(3^rd Atlantic) Montreal 102 (32 RW) in 78

5.      (2nd Metro) Pittsburgh 96 (33 RW) in 78

6.      (1^st WC) Boston 96 (31 RW) in 79

7.      (2^nd WC) Ottawa 92 (35 RW) in 78

8.      (3^rd Metro) Philadelphia 92 (25 RW) in 78

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9.      (3^th WC/4^th Metro) Columbus 90 (27 RW, 32 ROW) in 78

10.   (4^th WC) Detroit 89 (29 RW, 38 ROW) in 78

11.   (5^th WC) ISLES 89 (28 RW, 38 ROW) in 78

12.   (6^th WC) Washington 89 (34 RW, 38 ROW) in 79

 

Wednesday's Results

BUF 5 @ NYR 3

WAS 4 @ TOR 0 

Remaining Games

Thu 4/9: TOR@NYI, CBJ@BUF, TB@MTL, CAR@CHI, PIT@NJ, FLA@OTT, PHI@DET

Fri 4/10: No Games in Chase

Sat 4/11: OTT@NYI, TB@BOS, CBJ@MTL, CAR@UTA, WAS@PIT, PHI@WPG, NJ@DET

Sun 4/12 MTL@NYI, PIT@WAS, BOS@CBJ, OTT@NJD, 

Mon 4/13 DET@TB, BUF@CHI, CAR@PHI

Tue 4/14 CAR@NYI, MTL@PHI, PIT@STL,NJ@BOS, WSH@CBJ

Wed 4/15 NYR@TB, DAL@BUF, TOR@OTT, DET@FLA