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Devils What If?

The Devils What If table presents playoff probabilities depended upon how the Devils play future games. These games include either the next game or all remaining games. Other unplayed future games are assumed won/lost with a probability based upon relative team strengths.

Devils What If?

Next Game - Islanders (0‑1‑0)

  Resultant Record Metropolitan Divisional Winners Atlantic Divisional Winners Wildcard No Playoffs No POs
  W L OTLi
Overtime Loses
 Pts 1*
First Round Home
Ice Advantage
 2*
First Round Home
Ice Advantage
 3 1*
First Round Home
Ice Advantage
 2*
First Round Home
Ice Advantage
 3 7 8 9
Win Next Game 2 0 0 4 17% 14% 13% - - - 7% 6% 43%
Current Standings 1 0 0 2 17% 14% 13% - - - 7% 6% 44%
Lose Next Game 1 1 0 2 15% 14% 13% - - - 6% 6% 45%


Best/Worst Case Scenarios

  Metropolitan Divisional Winners Atlantic Divisional Winners Wildcard No Playoffs No POs
  1*
First Round Home
Ice Advantage
 2*
First Round Home
Ice Advantage
 3 1*
First Round Home
Ice Advantage
 2*
First Round Home
Ice Advantage
 3 7 8 9
Best Case Scenario 17% 14% 13% - - - 7% 6% 43%
Current Standings 17% 14% 13% - - - 7% 6% 44%
Worst Case Scenario 15% 14% 13% - - - 6% 6% 45%
Best Case Scenario
   Devils beats Islanders
 Worst Case Scenario
   Islanders beats Devils
  • Notes
  • Only games from the current week are considered for inclusion into the scenarios
  • Only those games that meaningfully affect the playoff probabilities are included in the scenarios - maximum of three


Remaining Games

Remaining Games
Won		 Winning Percentage of
Remaining Games		 Resultant Record Metropolitan Divisional Winners Atlantic Divisional Winners Wildcard No Playoffs No POs
W L OTL Pts 1*
First Round Home
Ice Advantage
 2*
First Round Home
Ice Advantage
 3 1*
First Round Home
Ice Advantage
 2*
First Round Home
Ice Advantage
 3 7 8 9
83 of 83 100% 84 0 0 168 100% ^ ^ - - - ^ ^ ^
80 of 83 96% 81 3 0 162 >99% <1% ^ - - - ^ ^ ^
71 of 83 86% 72 12 0 144 93% 7% <1% - - - <1% <1% <1%
70 of 83 84% 71 13 0 142 88% 11% <1% - - - <1% <1% <1%
69 of 83 83% 70 14 0 140 83% 16% 1% - - - <1% <1% <1%
68 of 83 82% 69 15 0 138 77% 21% 1% - - - <1% <1% <1%
67 of 83 81% 68 16 0 136 70% 27% 3% - - - <1% <1% <1%
66 of 83 80% 67 17 0 134 62% 33% 5% - - - <1% <1% <1%
65 of 83 78% 66 18 0 132 55% 37% 7% - - - <1% <1% <1%
64 of 83 77% 65 19 0 130 47% 42% 10% - - - 1% <1% <1%
63 of 83 76% 64 20 0 128 40% 45% 14% - - - 1% <1% <1%
62 of 83 75% 63 21 0 126 32% 46% 19% - - - 2% <1% <1%
61 of 83 73% 62 22 0 124 27% 46% 22% - - - 4% <1% <1%
60 of 83 72% 61 23 0 122 23% 44% 27% - - - 6% 1% <1%
59 of 83 71% 60 24 0 120 18% 41% 31% - - - 8% 1% <1%
58 of 83 70% 59 25 0 118 15% 39% 33% - - - 11% 2% <1%
57 of 83 69% 58 26 0 116 12% 36% 36% - - - 14% 3% <1%
56 of 83 67% 57 27 0 114 10% 32% 38% - - - 17% 3% <1%
55 of 83 66% 56 28 0 112 8% 29% 37% - - - 19% 6% 1%
54 of 83 65% 55 29 0 110 6% 26% 38% - - - 21% 8% 1%
53 of 83 64% 54 30 0 108 5% 23% 37% - - - 23% 10% 2%
52 of 83 63% 53 31 0 106 4% 20% 36% - - - 24% 12% 3%
51 of 83 61% 52 32 0 104 3% 17% 35% - - - 25% 15% 5%
50 of 83 60% 51 33 0 102 2% 14% 34% - - - 25% 18% 7%
49 of 83 59% 50 34 0 100 2% 13% 32% - - - 24% 19% 10%
48 of 83 58% 49 35 0 98 1% 11% 29% - - - 22% 23% 13%
47 of 83 57% 48 36 0 96 1% 9% 27% - - - 21% 24% 18%
46 of 83 55% 47 37 0 94 1% 8% 25% - - - 19% 25% 22%
45 of 83 54% 46 38 0 92 1% 7% 22% - - - 17% 27% 27%
44 of 83 53% 45 39 0 90 <1% 6% 20% - - - 15% 25% 33%
43 of 83 52% 44 40 0 88 <1% 4% 18% - - - 13% 26% 38%
42 of 83 51% 43 41 0 86 <1% 3% 16% - - - 10% 24% 47%
41 of 83 49% 42 42 0 84 <1% 3% 14% - - - 9% 22% 52%
40 of 83 48% 41 43 0 82 <1% 2% 13% - - - 7% 20% 58%
39 of 83 47% 40 44 0 80 <1% 2% 11% - - - 5% 17% 65%
38 of 83 46% 39 45 0 78 <1% 1% 9% - - - 4% 15% 70%
37 of 83 45% 38 46 0 76 <1% 1% 8% - - - 3% 12% 75%
36 of 83 43% 37 47 0 74 <1% 1% 6% - - - 2% 10% 81%
35 of 83 42% 36 48 0 72 <1% <1% 5% - - - 1% 8% 86%
34 of 83 41% 35 49 0 70 <1% <1% 4% - - - 1% 6% 89%
33 of 83 40% 34 50 0 68 <1% <1% 3% - - - 1% 4% 93%
32 of 83 39% 33 51 0 66 <1% <1% 2% - - - <1% 3% 94%
30 of 83 36% 31 53 0 62 <1% <1% 1% - - - <1% 1% 98%
20 of 83 24% 21 63 0 42 <1% <1% <1% - - - <1% <1% >99%
10 of 83 12% 11 73 0 22 X X <1% - - - X X >99%
0 of 83 0% 1 83 0 2 X X X - - - X X 100%
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this playoff spot
  • X means the team cannot win this playoff spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this playoff spot - green number indicates the team controls its destiny for this spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this playoff spot - red number indicates the team does not control its destiny for this spot
  • Table Sorting Method
  • * denotes first round home ice advantage in the playoffs