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The 2018 Playoff Chase: A chaotic West
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Ryan Pike
Feb 10, 2018, 14:00 ESTUpdated: Feb 10, 2018, 03:58 EST
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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our continuing coverage of the 2018 Calgary Flames and their attempts to qualify for the postseason. This season has been tumultuous to say the least, but despite their best efforts – including employing Eddie Lack as an NHL goaltender – the Flames remain in playoff contention.
How close are they to actually making it? Let’s break it down, friends.

Where they stand

(Sorted by points percentage.)
Team
GP
W
Pts
Pct.
ROW
Div
Chances
% Change
Golden Knights
54
36
74
.704
34
PAC
100%
n/a
Predators
53
32
73
.689
28
CEN
99.6%
n/a
Jets
55
32
73
.664
30
CEN
98.2%
n/a
Stars
56
33
70
.625
29
CEN
88.3%
n/a
Blues
57
34
71
.623
31
CEN
82.9%
n/a
Kings
54
30
65
.602
28
PAC
87.8%
n/a
Wild
54
29
64
.593
26
CEN
46.0%
n/a
Sharks
54
28
64
.593
25
PAC
61.5%
n/a
Avalanche
53
29
62
.585
28
CEN
53.3%
n/a
Flames
55
28
64
.582
26
PAC
44.8%
n/a
Ducks
56
27
64
.571
24
PAC
33.1%
n/a
Blackhawks
54
24
56
.519
24
CEN
4.3%
n/a
Oilers
53
23
50
.472
21
PAC
0.2%
n/a
Canucks
55
21
48
.436
21
PAC
0.0%
n/a
Coyotes
54
12
35
.324
12
PAC
0.0%
n/a
(Chances courtesy Sports Club Stats.)
Heading into the weekend, the Flames are on the outside looking in. In terms of points, they’re in a three-way tie with San Jose and Anaheim for the last Pacific spot at 64 points – the Sharks are in the spot by virtue of tiebreakers – and with Minnesota for the last wildcard spot at 64 points – again, they lose via tiebreakers.
In terms of points percentage, they’re a smidge behind the Sharks for the final Pacific spot and the Wild for the final wildcard spot – 0.011 each.

This past week

The Flames won three of four games this week. They beat Chicago twice and New Jersey once, but lost to the NY Rangers. The games were all one-goal games.

This coming week

Calgary will finish off their six-game road trip this week. They face the NY Islanders on Sunday, Boston on Tuesday and Nashville on Thursday. They’re back at home next Saturday when they host the Florida Panthers.

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