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The Playoff Table – March 31 2015

By Ryan Pike

Mar 31, 2015, 15:00 EDTUpdated:

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The race for the West’s eight spots in the Stanley Cup playoffs is heating up. The regular season ends in less than two weeks. The teams in the race have roughly 5 or 6 games left.

Here’s a quick update on where the Flames sit right now, who they should worry about, and what’s next.

A HANDY TABLE

	GP	ROW	Pts	GR	Pot Pts	Can CGY Catch?	Can Catch CGY?	Remaining Opponents
Ducks	78	41	105	4	113	No	N/A	EDM, COL, DAL, ARI
Predators	77	41	102	5	112	No	N/A	VAN, DAL, COL, MIN, DAL
Blues	76	37	99	6	111	Yes	N/A	CGY, DAL, CHI, WPG, CHI, MIN
Blackhawks	76	37	98	6	110	Yes	N/A	VAN, BUF, STL, MIN, STL, COL
Wild	76	40	95	6	107	Yes	N/A	NYR, DET, WPG, CHI, NSH, STL
Canucks	76	40	93	6	105	Yes	N/A	NSH, CHI, WPG, LA, ARI, EDM
Flames	77	38	91	5	101	N/A	N/A	STL, EDM, ARI, LA, WPG
Jets	76	32	90	6	102	N/A	Yes	NYR, VAN, MIN, STL, COL, CGY
Kings	76	35	88	6	100	N/A	Yes	EDM, COL, VAN, EDM, CGY, SJ
Stars	77	33	84	5	94	N/A	Yes	STL, NSH, SJ, ANA, NSH
Sharks	76	33	83	6	95	N/A	Yes	COL, ARI, ARI, DAL, EDM, LA
Avalanche	76	26	82	6	94	N/A	Yes	SJ, ANA, LA, NSH, WPG, CHI
Oilers	76	18	59	6	71	N/A	No	ANA, LA, CGY, LA, SJ, VAN
Coyotes	77	18	54	5	64	N/A	No	SJ, SJ, CGY, VAN, ANA

By virtue of last night’s loss to Calgary, the Stars are functionally dead. St. Louis hasn’t clinched yet, but is all-but-clinched.

SCOREBOARD WATCHING

Tonight, two games with playoff implications in the Western Conference.

At 6pm MT, on Sportsnet Pacific, the Vancouver Canucks head to Music City to face the Nashville Predators. Nashville’s smarting after losing to Calgary and snapping their winning streak. Vancouver’s probably happy after beating the Blues, but likely still feeling vulnerable with Calgary, Los Angeles and Winnipeg on their heels. This should be a barn-burner, particularly with the Canucks on the back-half of a back-to-back. And it burns off Vancouver’s game-in-hand, as well.
Also at 6pm MT, on TSN3, the New York Rangers visit the Winnipeg Jets. The Jets are still in a playoff spot, but definitely vulnerable with the Kings on their heels. They’re burning off their game-in-hand on Calgary, and they do so against the Rangers, who are rounding into playoff form. Like Canucks/Predators, this should be a really fun game.

Best case scenario for the Flames: Nashville and the Rangers win.