TomsRiverDevil Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 What is the absolute worst the Devils can finish (record-wise) and still make the playoffs? What are the scenarios for catching the rangers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMONPETEYD Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 http://www.sportsclubstats.com/NHL/Eastern/Atlantic/NewJersey.html This should give you all you need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilMinder Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 The usual ticket for the post season starts around 93 points. They have twenty four games left, so you figure at least 21 more points will be needed. so 10-12-0 or any combo is probably the worst. .500 hockey! OH, nice link Petey D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsRiverDevil Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 nice link! even if they finish 9 12 3, they still have a 97% chance to be in the playoffs! i miss playoff hockey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgeControl Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 just beat the ice-landers....PLEASE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 What is the absolute worst the Devils can finish (record-wise) and still make the playoffs? What are the scenarios for catching the rangers? Rags would have to tank pretty hard. They're up 9 points with a game-in-hand. And the way Lundqvist is playing, it's almost impossible for them to go on extended losing streak...his team doesn't have to do much offensively for him to win. Devils have a crazy March coming up too...17 games in 31 days, including that weird Islanders 3-games-in-7-days stretch. And the Devils seem to have a way of stumbling against them...wouldn't surprise me if they came out of those 3 games with 3 points or less. Anyway, I don't think the Devils won't make the playoffs (a lot would have to go right/wrong for that to happen), but I don't think they can possibly catch the Rangers unless Lundqvist suddenly slumps big-time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 The equation might change in the next week depending on what teams may or may not do at the deadline...but so long as the Devils can keep playing well this month, they can probably weather the 17 in 31 stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 i don't think we could catch up the Rags... 9 pts is already hard to catch up for team trying to squeeze a playoff spot racing with .500 teams... catch up a team like the rangers is a bit harder but let's say lundqvist get hurt then we may rise to the top lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilMinder Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 We thought Boston was untouchable weeks ago, and now the Devils are tied with them in points. Don't forget the rangers usual crash in march. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 The equation might change in the next week depending on what teams may or may not do at the deadline...but so long as the Devils can keep playing well this month, they can probably weather the 17 in 31 stretch. The Devils have really done a hell of a job staying away from a bad month. The numbers: October: 4-4-1 November: 8-6-0 December: 9-5-0 January: 6-4-2 February: 7-1-1 (four games remaining) I think March will be around a .500 month for them, maybe slightly better. They need to get their missing bodies back in the lineup. If they can get notch 5 out of the remaining 8 points for February, that would give them 77 points on the season...if they get through March with about a .500 mark, that would put them at 94 points or so, with three April games left to play. That would put in them in pretty good shape, as far as getting into the playoffs goes. Sure, they could have a terrific March, but I think that's going to be a tough month for the Devils...if they won 10 games, I'd sign up for that right now. We thought Boston was untouchable weeks ago, and now the Devils are tied with them in points. Don't forget the rangers usual crash in march. Rangers usually crash in January and February, look like they're going to miss the playoffs, then get hot at the end, usually due to Lundqvist breaking out of his annual midseason slump. This year Lundqvist avoided that, big-time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 We thought Boston was untouchable weeks ago, and now the Devils are tied with them in points. Don't forget the rangers usual crash in march. the best thing about is that we did this with our top center out and a bunch of injuries, new coach and all while the Bruins had their cup hangover for awhile then but played the whole season with no injuries at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Going into the season, I would have been happy with just the Devils making the playoffs. Where they are at now def went above and beyond so as long as they still make it in, I really am not going to worry about trying to catch the Rags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilsfan26 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 It is worth noting that the Rangers also have 17 games in March. Rangers usually crash in January and February, look like they're going to miss the playoffs, then get hot at the end, usually due to Lundqvist breaking out of his annual midseason slump. This year Lundqvist avoided that, big-time. Or hopefully he just postponed it until the end of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoreMoreThan3 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Our March is so brutal I don't even want to check the schedule again. This is just super exciting. I didn't think they would be where they are right now a few months ago, no way in hell. I can't get too pumped up though just because of how brutal our March is lining up to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Rattlehead18 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 well we have 3 games with the rangers. and they're virtually 11 points away with that game in hand. If we win all 3 then we're only 5 points away. We'd only need 3 more wins than them in the last 25 games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilsfan118 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 3-regulation wins against the Rangers isn't exactly guaranteed with the Queen in net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onddeck Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Exactly. I'm as excite about this team as the rest of u are but we have to remember that we are literally one bad week from dropping to the bottom. We can't get too excited because these standings are so tight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelastonealive Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 We thought Boston was untouchable weeks ago, and now the Devils are tied with them in points. Don't forget the rangers usual crash in march. I think you're confusing the Rangers' January crash with the Devils' March crash. The Rangers are probably taking the division. But I also thought we had no shot at the division in '06. Anything can happen, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxpower Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 All of the chasers are in the SE Division and we're 7 points up on the division leader. We're not missing the playoffs at this point and a low number might get teams in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 well we have 3 games with the rangers. and they're virtually 11 points away with that game in hand. If we win all 3 then we're only 5 points away. We'd only need 3 more wins than them in the last 25 games That's assuming the Devils can win them all in regulation. I don't think the Devils will win all three of those games, but even if they did, it wouldn't surprise me if the Rangers managed to go 0-1-2 on their end. This is the age of the 3-point game in the NHL. I'd be happy with 3 or 4 points in those three Ranger matchups. My focus is not on catching the Rangers, it's making the playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpathianForest Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 The Devils recent history is that thy stumble into the playoffs on a losing streak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neb00rs Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 We really would need to get hot to pass the Rangers. We have to make up 5 wins in 24 games. It would be a great feat to pull off this year too because the first seed is going to actually play the worst playoff team - as it looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 We really would need to get hot to pass the Rangers. We have to make up 5 wins in 24 games. It would be a great feat to pull off this year too because the first seed is going to actually play the worst playoff team - as it looks. I just can't see how the Devils could do that...for one, the Devils are already unbelievably hot (think about it...they're 8-1-1 in their last 10, 13-4-2 in their last 19, 22-8-3 in their last 33. That 22-8-3 mark would put them on a course for about 55 wins and a 114-point season over 82 games. How much hotter can they really get?), they would also need the Rangers to go through a pretty significant slump...and they haven't really gone through one all season long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylbert Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 (edited) I like to peak in on http://hockeyrodent.com/ often. It's a ranger's site, but I always liked it. As of this morning, Atlantic division winner: 88.4% NEW YORK RANGERS 5.2% NEW JERSEY DEVILS 4.1% PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 2.3% PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 0.0% NEW YORK ISLANDERS Devils playoff chance and conference finish: (96.6% for playoff berth) 4.2% first 0.9% second 0.0% third 33.3% fourth 27.3% fifth 17.5% sixth 9.2% seventh 4.2% eighth 1.8% ninth 0.9% tenth 0.4% eleventh 0.2% twelfth 0.1% thirteenth 0.0% fourteenth 0.0% fifteenth Edited February 21, 2012 by aylbert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neb00rs Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I just can't see how the Devils could do that...for one, the Devils are already unbelievably hot (think about it...they're 8-1-1 in their last 10, 13-4-2 in their last 19, 22-8-3 in their last 33. That 22-8-3 mark would put them on a course for about 55 wins and a 114-point season over 82 games. How much hotter can they really get?), they would also need the Rangers to go through a pretty significant slump...and they haven't really gone through one all season long. 100% agreed. And you know it may be better to hold on to a playoff spot and rest players at the end and play Philly or Pitt then to expend energy to the last minute and play Toronto or Winnipeg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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