Friday morning look at the West

The Stars find themselves in eighth place in both the regular standings and in the points percentage standings after last night's games. They're still bunched up with a bunch of teams at 65 points. The Blue Jackets, 1-0 winners over Edmonton last night, passed them in points percentage. St. Louis and Nashville - both winners last night - and the Kings are very much in the picture too right now.

Key games tonight: Minnesota at Calgary; Vancouver vs. Tampa Bay; Los Angeles at Detroit.

The points pace for the last playoff spot remains 89 points, which is seven games over .500.

Here's last night's action involving the West:

St. Louis 3, Dallas 1
Boston 6, Anaheim 0
New Jersey 4, Colorado 0
San Jose 2, Ottawa 1
Nashville 4, Phoenix 1
Columbus 1, Edmonton 0

The regular standings:

RK	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	Friday
1	San Jose	60	42	9	9	93	idle
2	Detroit	61	40	13	8	88	vs. Los Angeles
3	Calgary	60	36	18	6	78	vs. Minnesota
4	Chicago	59	34	17	8	76	vs. Pittsburgh
5	Vancouver	60	30	22	8	68	vs. Tampa Bay
6	Columbus	62	31	25	6	68	idle
7	Minnesota	59	30	24	5	65	at Calgary
8	Dallas	60	29	24	7	65	idle
9	Edmonton	61	30	26	5	65	idle
10	Anaheim	63	30	28	5	65	idle
11	Nashville	62	30	28	4	64	idle
12	St. Louis	61	27	26	8	62	idle
13	Los Angeles	60	26	25	9	61	at Detroit
14	Phoenix	62	27	30	5	59	idle
15	Colorado	62	28	33	1	57	idle

Here are the points percentage standings:

RK	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PTS%
1	San Jose	60	42	9	9	93	.775
2	Detroit	61	40	13	8	88	.721
3	Calgary	60	36	18	6	78	.650
4	Chicago	59	34	17	8	76	.644
5	Vancouver	60	30	22	8	68	.567
6	Minnesota	59	30	24	5	65	.551
7	Columbus	62	31	25	6	68	.548
8	Dallas	60	29	24	7	65	.542
9	Edmonton	61	30	26	5	65	.533
10	Nashville	62	30	28	4	64	.516
11	Anaheim	63	30	28	5	65	.516
12	Los Angeles	60	26	25	9	61	.508
13	St. Louis	61	27	26	8	62	.508
14	Phoenix	62	27	30	5	59	.476
15	Colorado	62	28	33	1	57	.460

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