Tuesday morning update

Not much movement in the great Western Conference playoff race last night because the Stars-Phoenix game was the only one that had an impact on the race for those final spots and it really had little impact since the Stars are basically out of the picture. But it's a big night tonight. Nashville is at Columbus, Anaheim is at Edmonton and Minnesota hosts Vancouver.

Who would have thought at the beginning of the season that on March 31 I would be trying to work my schedule to be in front of the TV at 6pm Central Time to take in Nashville and Columbus because it's a huge game.

Monday's games:

Phoenix 6, Dallas 5 (OT)

The Stars' tragic number is down to five points.  It could stay there after tonight or drop as low as two depending on how they and other teams do.

RK	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	Tuesday
6	Columbus	76	39	29	8	86	vs. Nashville
7	Nashville	76	38	30	8	84	at Columbus
8	St. Louis	76	37	30	9	83	idle
9	Anaheim	76	38	32	6	82	at Edmonton
10	Edmonton	76	36	31	9	81	vs. Anaheim
11	Minnesota	76	36	32	8	80	vs. Vancouver
12	Dallas	76	33	33	10	76	Tue. at Los Angeles

As for the draft lottery standings, the Stars are still in the eighth spot.

Rk	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS
1	NY Islanders	75	25	41	9	59
2	Colorado	76	31	43	2	64
3	Tampa Bay	76	24	35	17	65
4	Phoenix	75	31	37	7	69
5	Atlanta	76	32	38	6	70
6	Los Angeles	75	31	33	11	73
7	Toronto	76	31	32	13	75
8	Dallas	76	33	33	10	76
9	Ottawa	75	33	32	10	76
10	Minnesota	76	36	32	8	80

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