Where is your team going in the playoffs? The Central Division Playoff Picture table presents the probabilities that a team will win each playoff spot. All future unplayed games are assumed won/lost with a probability based upon relative team strengths. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.
| Record | Playoff Spots | No Playoffs No POs |
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| Team | W | L | OTL | GP | Pts | 1* | 2* | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Lightning | 17 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 36 | 54% | 27% | 14% | 4% | 1% |
| Hurricanes | 17 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 35 | 25% | 35% | 28% | 9% | 3% |
| Panthers | 15 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 34 | 19% | 30% | 34% | 12% | 5% |
| Blackhawks | 13 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 2% | 6% | 16% | 41% | 36% |
| Blue Jackets | 10 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 25 | <1% | <1% | 2% | 10% | 87% |
| Predators | 11 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 22 | <1% | <1% | 1% | 6% | 93% |
| Stars | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 19 | <1% | 1% | 5% | 19% | 75% |
| Red Wings | 7 | 16 | 3 | 26 | 17 | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |