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Big 10 Hockey - Week 8 of 22

Minnesota What If?

The Minnesota Golden Gophers What If table presents finishing probabilities depended upon how Minnesota plays future conference games. These games include either the next game or all remaining games. Other unplayed future conference games are assumed won/lost with a probability based upon relative team strengths.

Minnesota What If?

Next Game - Notre Dame (5‑7)

  Resultant Record Regular Season Finish
  WRi
Wins in Regulation
WOSi
Wins in OT and SO
LOSi
Losses in OT and SO
LRi
Losses in Regulation
Ptsi
Pts = 3*WR + 2*WOS + 1*LOS + 0*LR
1*
First Round Bye
2**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
3**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
4**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
5 6 7
Win Next Game 4 1 0 0 14 19% 28% 27% 20% 4% 1% <1%
Current Standings 3 1 0 0 11 17% 27% 27% 21% 6% 2% <1%
Lose Next Game 3 1 0 1 11 14% 26% 28% 23% 8% 2% <1%


Current Series - Notre Dame (5‑7) - 2 Remaining Games

  Resultant Record Regular Season Finish
  WRi
Wins in Regulation
WOSi
Wins in OT and SO
LOSi
Losses in OT and SO
LRi
Losses in Regulation
Ptsi
Pts = 3*WR + 2*WOS + 1*LOS + 0*LR
1*
First Round Bye
2**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
3**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
4**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
5 6 7
Minnesota Sweeps 5 1 0 0 17 20% 29% 29% 19% 3% <1% <1%
Current Standings 3 1 0 0 11 17% 27% 27% 21% 6% 2% <1%
Notre Dame Sweeps 3 1 0 2 11 10% 24% 28% 25% 10% 3% <1%


Best/Worst Case Scenarios

  Regular Season Finish
  1*
First Round Bye
2**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
3**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
4**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
5 6 7
Best Case Scenario 19% 28% 27% 20% 4% 1% <1%
Current Standings 17% 27% 27% 21% 6% 2% <1%
Worst Case Scenario 14% 26% 28% 23% 8% 2% <1%
Best Case Scenario
   Minnesota beats Notre Dame
Worst Case Scenario
   Notre Dame beats Minnesota
  • 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 Regular Season Finish
WRi
Wins in Regulation
WOSi
Wins in OT and SO
LOSi
Losses in OT and SO
LRi
Losses in Regulation
Ptsi
Pts = 3*WR + 2*WOS + 1*LOS + 0*LR
1*
First Round Bye
2**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
3**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
4**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
5 6 7
20 of 20 100% 23 1 0 0 71 100% ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
19 of 20 95% 22 1 0 1 68 100% ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
18 of 20 90% 21 1 0 2 65 >99% <1% ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
17 of 20 85% 20 1 0 3 62 97% 3% ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
16 of 20 80% 19 1 0 4 59 87% 13% <1% ^ ^ ^ ^
15 of 20 75% 18 1 0 5 56 66% 34% <1% ^ ^ ^ ^
14 of 20 70% 17 1 0 6 53 39% 57% 3% <1% ^ ^ ^
13 of 20 65% 16 1 0 7 50 17% 66% 17% <1% ^ ^ ^
12 of 20 60% 15 1 0 8 47 5% 53% 40% 2% <1% ^ ^
11 of 20 55% 14 1 0 9 44 1% 29% 57% 12% <1% ^ ^
10 of 20 50% 13 1 0 10 41 <1% 11% 56% 32% <1% <1% ^
9 of 20 45% 12 1 0 11 38 <1% 3% 38% 55% 4% <1% ^
8 of 20 40% 11 1 0 12 35 X <1% 17% 66% 16% <1% <1%
7 of 20 35% 10 1 0 13 32 X <1% 4% 55% 38% 3% <1%
6 of 20 30% 9 1 0 14 29 X X <1% 31% 54% 14% <1%
5 of 20 25% 8 1 0 15 26 X X <1% 11% 53% 33% 3%
4 of 20 20% 7 1 0 16 23 X X X 2% 33% 54% 10%
3 of 20 15% 6 1 0 17 20 X X X <1% 11% 60% 29%
2 of 20 10% 5 1 0 18 17 X X X X 1% 44% 55%
1 of 20 5% 4 1 0 19 14 X X X X <1% 23% 77%
0 of 20 0% 3 1 0 20 11 X X X X X 9% 91%
  • 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 bye in the post season conference tournament
  • ** denotes first round bye home field advantage in the post season conference tournament