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The 2017 Playoff Chase: back from the bye
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Ryan Pike
Feb 17, 2017, 16:00 ESTUpdated:
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Welcome to the sixth week of our Western Conference playoff race coverage. The Calgary Flames have completed their five day bye period and are back for their stretch drive. Despite their idleness, the standings didn’t change a heck of a lot around them.
Let’s check out the race as we begin the weekend!

WHERE THEY STAND

Team
GP
W
Pts
Pct
ROW
Div
Chances
% Change
Wild
57
38
82
.719
35
CEN
100%
none
Blackhawks
57
35
75
.658
33
CEN
100%
none
Sharks
58
34
74
.638
32
PAC
99.9%
none
Oilers
58
31
70
.603
27
PAC
99.5%
up 0.7%
Ducks
58
30
70
.603
28
PAC
98.6%
up 1.2%
Blues
58
31
67
.578
30
CEN
97.0%
up 13.2%
Predators
56
27
62
.554
25
CEN
79.9%
up 0.2%
Flames
58
29
61
.526
26
PAC
37.8%
down 4.1%
Kings
56
28
60
.536
27
PAC
79.9%
down 3.1%
Jets
60
26
57
.475
24
CEN
3.8%
down 3.8%
Canucks
58
25
56
.483
21
PAC
2.6%
down 2.7%
Stars
59
22
54
.458
22
CEN
0.9%
down 1.8%
Coyotes
55
19
45
.409
14
PAC
0.0%
none
Avalanche
55
15
32
.291
15
PAC
0.0%
none
(Chances courtesy Sports Club Stats.)
The Flames head into the weekend eighth in points and ninth in points percentage in the Western Conference.
The Blues have been on a great run since their coaching change. Barring anything going nuts in the Gateway City, only the wildcard spots are in question. Two of Calgary, Nashville and Los Angeles will make the playoffs. Minnesota, Chicago, San Jose, Edmonton, Anaheim and now St. Louis seem to have cemented themselves in the post-season picture.
If the playoffs began today, the Flames would be playing Minnesota (judging by points) or golfing (judging by points percentage).

THIS PAST WEEK

The Flames split their two games this week. They lost 5-0 to Arizona on Monday, but bounced back with a 3-1 victory over Philadelphia on Wednesday. (They weren’t great in either game, to be honest.)

THIS COMING WEEK

The Flames have three road games between now and next Friday. They’re in Vancouver on Saturday night, then play in Nashville on Tuesday and in Tampa Bay on Thursday.
As for the teams the Flames are chasing?
  • St. Louis (games played even, six points up) plays twice against Buffalo and Florida.
  • Nashville (two games in hand, one point up) plays four games against Minnesota, Columbus, Calgary and Colorado.
  • Los Angeles (two games in hand, one point back) plays four games against Florida, Anaheim, Colorado and Boston.
The good news is by next Friday, Nashville and Los Angeles will be a lot closer to burning off their games in hand. The better news is that the Flames have a golden chance to catch up to Nashville when they play on Tuesday.

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