A different look at the standings
/Andrew's Dallas Stars Page
Here's a different way to look at
the standings. It's based on points percentage instead of points. Based on this
way of looking at, which takes into account how many the percentage of possible
points a team has earned, the Stars are 9th instead of 11th and Anaheim is
11th instead of 8th. Minnesota is actually holding down the 7th spot and
Vancouver is in 8th. Anyway you slice it or spin it, the race is still very,
very close. With the Canucks points percentage of .531, the points pace for the
final playoff spot is 87 points. I still think it will creep up to about 90
points as the season goes along, but we'll see.
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PTS% |
| 1 | San Jose | 45 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 73 | .811 |
| 2 | Detroit | 46 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 68 | .739 |
| 3 | Calgary | 46 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 60 | .652 |
| 4 | Chicago | 45 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 58 | .644 |
| 5 | Edmonton | 46 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 51 | .554 |
| 6 | Phoenix | 48 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 53 | .552 |
| 7 | Minnesota | 46 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 49 | .533 |
| 8 | Vancouver | 48 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 51 | .531 |
| 9 | Dallas | 45 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 47 | .522 |
| 10 | Columbus | 47 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 49 | .521 |
| 11 | Anaheim | 49 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 51 | .520 |
| 12 | Colorado | 47 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 47 | .500 |
| 13 | Los Angeles | 46 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 45 | .489 |
| 14 | Nashville | 46 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 43 | .467 |
| 15 | St. Louis | 46 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 42 | .457 |
“More different?” Really, Mark? Was that an attempt at comedy?
No, it was a typo. I changed it.
Andrew,
Actually, they were 7-11-4 towards the end of November so their play didn’t turn around until the end of the second month of the season.
They’ve been 13-7-3 mark since then for a .630 points percentage, which would probably rank them about 5th in the conference over the past two months.
Unfortunately, all 82 games count and they are going to have to overcome the first two months to make the playoffs.
A good way of looking at the standings. But Vancouver is both in 8th AND 11th spots? I don’t know whether to be relieved or distressed!
Though I guess the Ducks fans might be even more concerned at first glance… 
Wow, the great Alanah of Kukla’s Korner & Canucks and Beyond. I am honored.
It’s not much better for the Stars, but at least they trend up to 9th from 11th under this look.
Mark - Can you recalculate and base the points percentage removing the first month? They’ve (Stars) been playing about the same hockey since then, that 1st month was horrid. If they continue on the points pace since mid-November, they’re (all teams) point % would be much different and maybe more accurate of current play. Just a thought.