Stats Corner: Guess What? Hockey Is Back Soon. Some Predictions

August 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment

By Chris Boersma

Hockey Numbers

Based on the expected offense from the tables presented in the other posts, this would be the expected standings. There seems to be a lot of volatility in the east, but the west appears to be business as usual (changes smaller than 10 are not really that significant)

Western Standings
N Team 2007 2008 D
1 Detroit Red Wings 115 114 -1
2 Anaheim Ducks 102 104 2
3 San Jose Sharks 107 97 -10
4 Vancouver Canucks 88 94 6
5 Dallas Stars 97 93 -4
6 Calgary Flames 94 89 -5
7 Minnesota Wild 98 88 -10
8 Chicago Blackhawks 88 88 0
9 Edmonton Oilers 88 87 -1
10 Colorado Avalanche 95 86 -9
11 Nashville Predators 91 84 -7
12 St. Louis Blues 79 81 2
13 Columbus Blue Jackets 80 77 -3
14 Phoenix Coyotes 83 77 -6
15 Los Angeles Kings 71 77 6
Eastern Standings
N Team 2007 2008 D
1 Washington Capitals 94 116 22
2 Pittsburgh Penguins 102 113 11
3 Montreal Canadiens 104 103 -1
4 New York Rangers 97 98 1
5 Buffalo Sabres 90 97 7
6 New Jersey Devils 99 95 -4
7 Tampa Bay Lightning 71 95 24
8 Philadelphia Flyers 95 93 -2
9 Florida Panthers 85 93 8
10 Ottawa Senators 94 92 -2
11 Carolina Hurricanes 92 86 -6
12 Boston Bruins 94 80 -14
13 Atlanta Thrashers 76 80 4
14 Toronto Maple Leafs 83 78 -5
15 New York Islanders 79 75 -4

I think it’s worth saying I’m not very satisfied with the results, but I like the method. There are a few things I still need to work out, especially in terms of Crosby and Ovechkin’s offense. I also need to look at Tampa a little bit closer ( they are expected to score 300 GF – a little bit unrealistic).


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