Daily Update April 10

Augh shootouts why why why. Both Los Angeles and Detroit manhandled their opponents only to lose in the shootout.

Nothing too strange here. The islanders team is nearly unrecognizable compared to a few weeks back (11 rookies now playing) but the model doesn't know that, so that's probably money wasted. Florida to knock off the hapless leafs is good value, as is most of the rest. There's still time to lose a packet of smugs before the season's done, though.

Playoff Chances

The east is all sewn up, Columbus and Detroit are in, New Jersey and Washington are out. Matchups yet to be determined, except Montreal will play Tampa with home-ice to be decided.

Plots stretched out to the last month; these two teams will duke it out for the last spot. This will almost certainly come down to the final game of the year, when they meet in Phoenix. One playoff matchup is already set, namely Los Angeles at San Jose. That is a cruel, cruel trick to play on hockey fans, in the sense that they're both extraordinary and one of them has to lose, but it's wonderful in the sense that it'll be an amazing series almost guaranteed to go seven games.

Points after elimination

Team	Points	Games
Calgary	8	5
Edmonton	6	6
Buffalo	3	9
Winnipeg	2	2
Florida	2	5
New York (I)	1	2
Vancouver	0	0
Carolina	0	0
Ottawa	0	0
Toronto	0	0
Nashville	0	0
New Jersey	0	0
Washington	0	0