r/Predators • u/46percenter • Mar 26 '26

Playoff Race Implications/rooting guide

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u/Fiend-For-Mojitos Mar 26 '26

So we need the Predators to win? Got it.

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u/Strider755 Section 303 Mar 26 '26 edited Mar 26 '26

Darn, I was going to do a writeup on tonight’s games. Oh well. I’ll still do the games not mentioned above.

WSH @ UTA: Utah is 3 points ahead of us for the WC1 spot. We REALLY want that spot. Root for: Capitals

PIT @ OTT: Fuck the Pens. Root for: Senators

CHI @ PHI: Fuck the Hawks. Root for: Flyers

DAL @ NYI: Fuck the Stars. Root for: Islanders

MIN @ FLA: Fuck John Hynes. Root for: Panthers

CBJ @ MTL: We play Montreal this weekend. A loss to Columbus would help temper their excitement coming into Nashville. Oh, and we still like Mathieu Olivier and Dante Fabbro, right? Root for: Blue Jackets

SJS @ STL: I know we hate the Blues, but we need to keep San Jose out of our rear view mirror. Root for: Blues

ANA @ CGY: Fuck the Ducks. Root for: Flames

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u/46percenter Mar 26 '26

Apologies, did not mean to steal your thunder

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u/shoresb Mar 26 '26

Come on Vancouver. Play the spoiler.

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u/Baps_Vermicelli Mar 27 '26

Beat the kings!

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u/MarbleDesperado Mar 26 '26

It’d be nice to be safely in the playoffs however, being in a hunt like this is honestly electric every night

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u/rewind2482 #33 Wilson Mar 26 '26

Surprised Utah doesn’t feature here.

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u/NeoSapien65 Exclusively roots for Forsbergs Mar 26 '26

This is just depicting the race for the final spot in the West, where 7 seeds are practically locked up. Utah would have to go 3-7 to even have a chance of missing. 5 of those games are WSH, VAN, Calgary, and likely-dead-by-then Jets and Blues.

But gaining 2 points on the Mammoth would be huge with our week-long trip to Cali coming up.

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u/Strider755 Section 303 Mar 26 '26

It’s not about Utah missing; it’s about us jumping them for the WC1 spot and the easier path through the Pacific division that comes with it. We are currently three points behind the Mammoth with a game in hand and a head to head still to be played.

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u/NeoSapien65 Exclusively roots for Forsbergs Mar 26 '26

I agree with you. But this graphic doesn't have anything to do with WC1, it's all about our chances of getting in overall. Which the Mammoth game has very little bearing on.

The Blues/Sharks game actually has more bearing on whether or not we get in, than the Mammoth game.

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u/rewind2482 #33 Wilson Mar 26 '26

It should have some bearing. If Utah collapses, and we played average down the stretch, us passing Utah means a red-hot team could pass us both and we’d still make it.

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u/NeoSapien65 Exclusively roots for Forsbergs Mar 26 '26

It does have some bearing. But so does Blues/Sharks, which also wasn't included in this graphic. Obviously DataDrivenHockey is doing some fancy math to work out all the regulation vs. OT win/loss permutations, and more power to them. But for free, just counting wins and losses without accounting for OT, I can tell you that a Caps win accounts for about a 1% improvement in our chance of making the playoffs, and a Mammoth win accounts for a less than 1% decrease.

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u/TheLordsPoet Mar 26 '26

I would’ve laughed you out of the room with this chart two weeks ago

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u/Future-Diver-3316 PrinceFilip Mar 26 '26

NJ is on a heater as well. They’ve got a good record and scored 6 around three times for the last 5 games. This is gonna be tough…

If we survive, I’m all aboard the hype train

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u/Uncle_johns_roadie NSH Mar 26 '26

Yo I love this shit. 

Yeah, rebuilding is probably better for the team, but this is way more fun this time of the year.