The Playoff Push
Where the Sabres stand in the race, read against what playoff teams have looked like at the same point of every full season since 2010-11.
The odds, team by team · EasternNov 9
Each ring fills to a team's playoff odds across 10,000 simulated seasons.
The eight likeliest
>99%CAR
95%NJD
90%TBL
80%BOS
77%MTL
76%OTT
63%FLA
60%NYR
Chasing
51%WSH
38%BUF
25%NYI
17%CBJ
11%PIT
11%TOR
6%DET
1%PHI
Where every team could finish · Eastern
Each bar is where a team's final points land across 10,000 simulated seasons: the pill the middle half, the thin line 8 seasons in 10, the dot the middle season. The shaded band is where the conference's last playoff team usually finishes. A bar clear of the band is safe; one straddling it is the race.
CAR 30 pts>99% NJD 26 pts95% TBL 24 pts90% BOS 27 pts80% MTL 25 pts77% OTT 23 pts76% FLA 20 pts63% NYR 21 pts60% WSH 18 pts51% BUF 19 pts38% NYI 17 pts25% CBJ 14 pts17% PIT 14 pts11% TOR 18 pts11% DET 17 pts6% PHI 13 pts1%8 in 10 simulated seasonsthe middle halfthe middle seasonwhere the last team in usually finishes (94–100)
The odds, team by team · Western
The eight likeliest
98%EDM
96%MIN
91%VGK
86%COL
83%DAL
77%UTA
71%NSH
46%SEA
Chasing
41%ANA
33%STL
29%LAK
25%WPG
20%CGY
5%SJS
<1%CHI
<1%VAN
Where every team could finish · Western
EDM 27 pts98% MIN 28 pts96% VGK 26 pts91% COL 22 pts86% DAL 22 pts83% UTA 21 pts77% NSH 21 pts71% SEA 19 pts46% ANA 21 pts41% STL 16 pts33% WPG 17 pts25% LAK 12 pts29% CGY 17 pts20% SJS 15 pts5% CHI 9 pts<1% VAN 7 pts<1%8 in 10 simulated seasonsthe middle halfthe middle seasonwhere the last team in usually finishes (93–99)
The Sabres' odds this season