With 2 points last night the Columbus Blue Jackets locked up the sixth playoff spot in the West, and we're coming down to the wire. Here are the current Western Conference standings:
DIV | GP | W | L | OT | Pts | GF | GA | Home | Away | L10 | Streak | ||
1 | y - San Jose Sharks | PAC | 80 | 53 | 16 | 11 | 117 | 253 | 196 | 32-4-4 | 21-12-7 | 7-2-1 | Won 2 |
2 | CEN | 79 | 51 | 19 | 9 | 111 | 290 | 233 | 27-8-4 | 24-11-5 | 6-4-0 | Won 2 | |
3 | x - Calgary Flames | NW | 80 | 45 | 29 | 6 | 96 | 249 | 242 | 26-10-4 | 19-19-2 | 4-6-0 | Lost 1 |
4 | CEN | 80 | 44 | 24 | 12 | 100 | 257 | 214 | 23-9-8 | 21-15-4 | 7-2-1 | Lost 1 | |
5 | NW | 80 | 43 | 27 | 10 | 96 | 244 | 220 | 23-12-5 | 20-15-5 | 5-4-1 | Won 1 | |
6 | CEN | 80 | 41 | 29 | 10 | 92 | 222 | 221 | 25-12-3 | 16-17-7 | 5-1-4 | Won 1 | |
7 | PAC | 80 | 41 | 33 | 6 | 88 | 237 | 230 | 19-18-3 | 22-15-3 | 8-2-0 | Lost 1 | |
8 | CEN | 80 | 39 | 31 | 10 | 88 | 229 | 232 | 22-13-5 | 17-18-5 | 7-2-1 | Won 1 | |
9 | CEN | 80 | 39 | 33 | 8 | 86 | 205 | 222 | 24-13-4 | 15-20-4 | 4-3-3 | Lost 1 | |
10 | NW | 80 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 85 | 205 | 193 | 22-11-7 | 16-22-2 | 5-4-1 | Won 1 |
So, PPPers, who should we root for in the West? San Jose because of their handsome teal jerseys and warm weather? Columbus on their first trip to the postseason (yes)? Anaheim because we all love Pronger and Bobby Ryan?
If anybody selects Vancouver or Detroit (besides SkinnyFish), I'm going to let Moose start blogging full time about how great the Oilers are.
Select your favorite western team to bandwagon for in the playoffs!
SJ | 40 |
DET (Don't click this) | 6 |
CGY | 24 |
CHI | 10 |
VAN (Don't click this) | 14 |
CLB | 42 |
ANA | 1 |
STL | 162 |
NSH | 4 |
MIN | 0 |