How this works:
Basically what I do, is to take the points a team has managed till now, divide it by the games played, then multiply it by 82. That should accurately project what the team should finish like, unless there is an extreme streak one way or the other.
| Current Rank |
Team | Games Played | Points | Points Per Game |
Projected Final Points |
Projected Rank |
| 6 | Atlanta | 63 | 72 | 1.1429 | 94 | 6 |
| 7 | Montreal | 63 | 70 | 1.1111 | 91 | 8 |
| 8 | Carolina | 63 | 69 | 1.0952 | 90 | 9 |
| 9 | N.Y. Islanders | 61 | 68 | 1.1148 | 91 | 7 |
| 10 | Toronto | 61 | 67 | 1.0984 | 90 | 10 |
| 11 | N.Y. Rangers | 61 | 64 | 1.0492 | 86 | 12 |
| 12 | Boston | 59 | 62 | 1.0508 | 86 | 11 |
As you can see, it isn’t within the realm of impossibility for us to make it. Therefore using these numbers we can project what the Rangers would have to go over the remaining 21 games in order to secure the projected 92 points needed to secure the final playoff spot:
14-7-0
13-6-2
12-5-4
11-4-6
10-3-8
9-2-10
8-1-12
7-0-14
-Inferno