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April 1st, 2016 The NHL Playoff Picture

East

Atlantic Division	GP	W	L	O/T	PTS	DIFF
Detroit Red Wings	77	47	23	7	101	66
Tampa Bay Lightning	77	47	28	2	96	59
Montreal Canadiens	78	38	27	13	89	11
Boston Bruins	77	41	30	6	88	11
Florida Panthers	77	39	35	3	81	-11

Metropolitan Division	GP	W	L	O/T	PTS	DIFF
Pittsburgh Penquins	77	43	23	11	97	51
Washington Capitals	77	46	27	4	96	42
Philadelphia Flyers	77	42	26	9	93	30
New York Rangers	77	42	30	5	89	27
Columbus Blue Jackets	77	40	30	7	87	3
New York Islanders	77	39	32	6	84	9

Detroit and Tampa Bay pretty much have the 1st and 2nd seeds wrapped up in the Atlantic with Montreal and Boston fighting for the 3rd seed. Florida is a long shot for either a 3rd seed or Wild Card spot. It looks like Pittsburg, Washington and Philadelphia are the likely 1st, 2nd and 3rd seeds. The Rangers, Islanders and Blue Jackets will be playing for the the Wild Card spots.

West

Pacific Division	GP	W	L	O/T	PTS	DIFF
Los Angeles Kings	77	48	25	4	100	34
Edmonton Oilers	79	40	34	5	85	10
Calgary Flames	78	36	33	9	81	-3

Central Division	GP	W	L	O/T	PTS	DIFF
Minnesota Wild	78	44	25	9	97	27
St Louis Blues	77	45	26	6	96	36
Dallas Stars	78	44	29	5	93	22
Nashville Predators	78	41	29	8	90	16
Colorado Avalanche	77	40	32	5	85	-3
Chicago Blackhawks	77	37	34	6	80	1
Winnipeg Jets	77	35	35	7	77	-26

The Pacific spots are already finalized with the Kings, Oilers and Flames. The rest of the division is all eliminated. The Central is much more confusing. The Wild and Blues are guarenteed a top 3 spot while the Stars look like they are pretty close to clinching the 3rd spot. The Preds and Avs have a good handle on the Wild Card spots but the Hawks and Jets are not officially eliminated.