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by Paul on 04/11/09 at 09:53 PM ET
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If St. Louis wins tomorrow, they finish as the 6th seed, Columbus 7th and Anaheim 8th.
If the Blues get one point or lose in regulation, Columbus 6th, Anaheim 7th and St. Louis 8th.
St. Louis plays in Colorado tomorrow at 5pm ET.
added 11:10pm, via NHL.com,
Anaheim’s 5-4 shootout loss to Phoenix and Columbus’ 6-3 loss to Minnesota on Saturday night assured that the last three playoff pairings in the Western Conference won’t be decided until Sunday.
The Jackets’ loss left them with 92 points, sixth in the West. But St. Louis could match them by winning at Colorado on Sunday; the Blues would finish ahead of Columbus because they won the season series between the teams.
If St. Louis gets one or no points on Sunday, the Ducks will finish seventh and the Blues eighth. The Ducks have 91 points and 43 wins; if the Blues get 91 points with an overtime or shootout loss, they’ll have 41 victories.
The sixth-place finisher will play Vancouver, which won the Northwest Division title and the third seed with a 1-0 victory at Colorado. The seventh seed will play Detroit, the Central Division winner and second seed. The eighth seed will play San Jose, which won the Pacific Division and captured the Presidents’ Trophy with the NHL’s best regular-season record.
My question, Blues tied late in the 3rd tomorrow, do they pull the goalie for a regulation win?
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George, not sure if it goes that deep. First tie breaker is total wins, then total points against each other, which I believe St. Louis has over Columbus.
I could be wrong, been a long day.
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 04/11/09 at 10:04 PM ET
My question, Blues tied late in the 3rd tomorrow, do they pull the goalie for a regulation win?
Why? You’re more likely to get scored on when you pull the goalie than score. But thanks to the shootout, every team has roughly a 50% chance of winning a game that goes past regulation time.
Only time I can think of it’d be worth pulling the goalie in a regulation tie is St. Louis was playing a team two points ahead of them. Then giving up the bonus point would mean they can’t pass the other team. But as the standings are now, St. Louis doesn’t care if Colorado gets a bonus point or not.
Posted by Ryan from Toronto on 04/11/09 at 10:52 PM ET
You’d think you still couldn’t find happiness outside the playoffs, in a loss no less.
Yet because Toronto beat Ottawa, they get to pick 7th in the pre-lottery draft. Had they lost to Ottawa, coupled with the Kings and Coyotes winning their games, they would have picked 5th and had an elusive but present shot at Tavares and Hedman. Instead, they miss them both and by one spot could also find themselves missing the other Schenn (ranked 6th).
Posted by SENShobo from Waterloo, ON on 04/12/09 at 07:42 AM ET
Honestly, I’m just glad the Blues ducked a first-round matchup with the Wings. Based off this past regular season, I like their chances better against San Jose, and maybe even more so against Vancouver. Chris Mason will have to outplay a big-name goaltender either way.
Posted by JG on 04/12/09 at 01:21 PM ET
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It’s pretty amazing that it would come down to goals for vs. goals against if the Blues win.
Posted by George Malik from South Lyon, MI on 04/11/09 at 09:59 PM ET