This week, Pittsburgh jumps to the top of the East as Boston plummets. No, it's not the Sidney Crosby effect. It's the Score-Adjusted Fenwick.
Included at the end of each blurb is the playoff probability provided by Fear the Fin, based on the Score-Adjusted Fenwick first published by Broad Street Hockey’s Eric T, and incorporated in the Power Ranking Rating.
The Power Ranking Rating is arrived at through a formula which includes the teams' adjusted points per game (regulation wins count for two while games going to overtime, regardless of outcome, count for one point) and Score-Adjusted Fenwick. The two are weighted, giving strong preference to Score-Adjusted Fenwick, while also factoring in how successful a team has been at winning games in 60 minutes.
Here we go:
Eastern Conference
| This Week | Last Week |
Rationale |
Rating | |
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1 | 3 | The Penguins...Sidney Crosby! Really, that's it. (Playoff Probability 100%) | 1.045 |
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2 | 2 | New York clinched a playoff berth, the first team in the East to do so. (Playoff Probability 100%) | 1.031 |
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3 | 4 | The Flyers lost Andrej Meszaros to back surgery, ending his season. (Playoff Probability 100%) | 1.010 |
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4 |
1 | Boston beat Toronto 8-0. Yeah, it was bad. (Playoff Probability 99.9%) | 0.942 |
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5 |
5 | The Senators are getting great production out of Ben Bishop, making his acquisition one of the best of the deadline. (Playoff Probability 94.4%) | 0.876 |
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6 |
9 | Florida is once again receiving solid goaltending, something they've had their entire existence. (Playoff Probability 96.3%) | 0.869 |
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7 |
6 | The Capitals are crashing the net, and Mathieu Perreault is one of the biggest culprits. (Playoff Probability 65.6%) | 0.842 |
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8 |
7 | New Jersey didn't quite get the Enforcer aspect right. (Playoff Probability 99.7%) | 0.841 |
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9 |
8 | The Jets have one of the largest home/road splits of anyone in awhile. (Playoff Probability 23.5%) | 0.813 |
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10 |
12 |
Carolina lost Jeff Skinner to a suspension for kicking. Yup. (Playoff Probability 0.4%) | 0.767 |
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11 | The Sabres lost Tyler Myers to a suspension for boarding. (Playoff Probability 19.2%) | 0.752 |
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12 |
10 |
Tampa Bay is going through injuries, but they have clearly defined jobs for their call-ups. (Playoff Probability 0.5%) | 0.736 |
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The Maple Leafs are a sad, sad bunch. But they provide some solid humor, like this video parody. (Playoff Probability 0.3%) | 0.724 |
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14 | 15 | New York is a bad franchise. This much is obvious. But Larry Brooks doesn't really know why this is true. (Playoff Probability 0.0%) | 0.675 |
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15 | 14 | The Canadiens are revisiting whether letting Saku Koivu go and acquiring Scott Gomez was a smart move. It wasn't. (Playoff Probability 0.0%) | 0.670 |
Western Conference
| This Week | Last Week |
Rationale |
Rating | |
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1 | 2 | The Blues lost to the Hurricanes, which is bad. But haikus always cheer people up! (Playoff Probability 100%) | 1.154 |
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2 | 1 | Detroit is going to be without Jimmy Howard again. (Playoff Probability 100%) | 1.034 |
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3 |
3 | The Canucks may be better than last year's version. (Playoff Probability 100%) | 1.014 |
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4 |
6 | Chicago is getting solid production out of Patrick Sharp and Viktor Stalberg. (Playoff Probability 98.8%) | 0.951 |
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5 |
5 | The Predators are getting Alexander Radulov soon. He's already in the States. (Playoff Probability 99.9%) |
0.902 |
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6 |
9 | Los Angeles does not have an easy road to the playoffs. (Playoff Probability 59.3%) | 0.893 |
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7 |
4 | The Sharks are looking closely at themselves to see why they are on the outside of the playoffs looking in. (Playoff Probability 65.9%) | 0.887 |
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Dallas got Sheldon Souray and Radek Dvorak back from injury. They rejoiced. (Playoff Probability 70.4%) | 0.858 |
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7 | The Coyotes have had their share of troubles lately, including giving up early goals. (Playoff Probability 45.4%) | 0.831 |
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11 |
Calgary is questioning whether Jarome Iginla is worthy of a Hart Trophy nomination. (Playoff Probability 15.6%) | 0.808 |
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11 |
10 |
The Avalanche want heart over skill. This is supposedly a winning formula. (Playoff Probability 44.7%) | 0.798 |
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12 |
12 |
Anaheim still offers a few reasons to keep watching. (Playoff Probability 0%) | 0.740 |
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13 |
13 |
The Oilers are once again playing spoilers in the West. (Playoff Probability 0%) | 0.634 |
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14 |
Minnesota is not happy Ryan Kesler avoided a suspension for clipping Cal Clutterbuck. (Playoff Probability 0%) | 0.622 |
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15 | 15 | The Blue Jackets are going to be without Curtis Sanford and James Wismiewski again, and neither injury sounds good. (Playoff Probability 0%) | 0.513 |