But if the season ended today we would only be a 4th seed!
Looks like a lot of folks owe Darcy Reiger an apology for not doing a Boston and gobbling up every aged free agent alive.
Now we still have plenty of room to pick up a rent-a player or two at the trade deadline.
National Hockey League GP W L OTL PTS GF GA PP% PK% HOME AWAY L10 Ottawa 34 25 6 3 53 148 75 23.3 85.0 14-3-0 11-3-3 5-2-3 Buffalo 37 25 11 1 51 123 113 21.5 84.3 12-5-1 13-6-0 9-1-0 Detroit 36 24 9 3 51 136 97 25.2 84.2 12-5-1 12-4-2 6-3-1 Nashville 33 23 7 3 49 109 92 19.2 86.0 16-3-0 7-4-3 7-3-0 Carolina 35 23 9 3 49 130 112 18.3 79.3 14-4-0 9-5-3 7-2-1 Philadelphia 35 22 8 5 49 132 110 19.2 78.5 13-5-3 9-3-2 7-2-1 Dallas 34 23 10 1 47 118 92 15.8 84.4 10-6-1 13-4-0 7-3-0 Edmonton 36 21 11 4 46 121 111 18.7 82.3 9-4-2 12-7-2 7-0-3 NY Rangers 37 21 12 4 46 113 95 16.4 87.9 11-5-2 10-7-2 4-5-1 Los Angeles 37 22 14 1 45 127 107 14.3 82.2 12-6-0 10-8-1 6-4-0 Vancouver 35 20 10 5 45 121 111 18.6 82.2 13-2-3 7-8-2 5-2-3 Calgary 35 20 11 4 44 90 88 16.0 82.1 12-3-2 8-8-2 6-3-1 Toronto 36 19 14 3 41 118 117 20.8 80.4 13-7-1 6-7-2 5-5-0 Tampa Bay 37 19 15 3 41 116 119 15.2 82.2 11-7-1 8-8-2 5-5-0 Montreal 34 17 11 6 40 97 109 18.5 80.9 11-5-2 6-6-4 3-5-2 Colorado 36 18 15 3 39 132 121 19.4 84.2 9-5-3 9-10-0 4-6-0 Phoenix 36 18 16 2 38 100 96 18.6 81.7 10-7-1 8-9-1 5-5-0 Anaheim 36 16 14 6 38 103 101 15.4 83.2 13-6-3 3-8-3 5-3-2 Atlanta 37 16 16 5 37 128 132 20.9 78.8 9-7-3 7-9-2 6-2-2 NY Islanders 35 17 16 2 36 116 127 18.6 81.3 8-7-1 9-9-1 5-4-1 San Jose 34 15 14 5 35 102 107 15.0 82.3 9-3-3 6-11-2 7-2-1 New Jersey 36 15 16 5 35 100 113 14.4 83.4 9-6-3 6-10-2 2-5-3 Minnesota 35 15 16 4 34 97 88 19.0 90.1 10-6-1 5-10-3 5-5-0 Florida 38 13 20 5 31 98 122 15.6 81.3 10-6-2 3-14-3 4-5-1 Chicago 35 13 18 4 30 98 126 14.0 84.0 7-6-1 6-12-3 3-4-3 Boston 35 12 17 6 30 101 115 17.3 82.6 6-6-2 6-11-4 4-5-1 Washington 33 12 19 2 26 96 129 12.9 77.7 8-8-1 4-11-1 4-6-0 Pittsburgh 34 8 19 7 23 92 138 15.2 79.1 4-9-4 4-10-3 1-8-1 Columbus 36 10 25 1 21 76 132 12.3 82.6 7-11-0 3-14-1 3-6-1 St. Louis 33 8 21 4 20 90 133 15.1 81.4 4-12-2 4-9-2 3-6-1
* Standings are updated with the completion of each game. Overtime losses do not count as losses in the overall standings.
Seeding tiebreakers
The top eight teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs. The division winners in each conference are seeded Nos. 1 - 3, and the remaining five teams are seeded Nos. 4 - 8, according to point total.
In the event teams are tied in the standings, the following tiebreakers are applied to determine which team receives the higher seeding.
Tiebreaker
1. Wins
2. Points obtained in games against tied teams
3. Goal differential