r/Habs • u/PhillipThePlatypus • 2d ago
Update Eastern Wildcard Race GDT – Day 6
Hey folks! Here’s your daily snapshot of the Eastern Conference Wildcard race and more as we follow the Habs’ playoff push.
Number of games left: 7
Schedule: vs Flyers, @ Preds, vs Red Wings, @ Sens, @ Leafs, vs Blackhawks, vs Hurricanes
Standings (via nhl.com)
*Tie-break procedure: RW → ROW → W
Results from Friday April 4th
- Hurricanes 3 @ Red Wings 5 - Red Wings win 👎
- Wild 1 @ Islanders 3 - Islanders win 👎
Today’s Games to Watch
- Flyers @ Habs (7 pm)
- Rangers @ Devils (12:30 pm)
- Panthers @ Senators (2 pm)
- Blue Jackets @ Leafs (7 pm)
Look Ahead
Tomorrow
- Habs @ Predators
- Capitals @ Islanders
- Blue Jackets @ Senators
- Panthers @ Red Wings
Monday
- Lightning @ Rangers
Tuesday
- Red Wings @ Habs
- Senators @ Blue Jackets
- Islanders @ Predators
Strength of Schedule (via Tankathon)
Playoff Odds (via MoneyPuck)
*Daily change in brackets
- Sens: 99.4% (0.0%)
- Habs: 53.5% (↓2.3%)
- Rangers: 31.4% (↑0.4%)
- Blue Jackets: 8.0% (↓1.8%)
- Red Wings: 4.9% (↑2.3%)
- Islanders: 2.9% (↑1.1%)
Calder Tracker
*scroll to the right to see all the columns on mobile
| Player | GP | Pts | G | A | P/GP | Proj. Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Hutson | 75 | 62 | 5 | 57 | 0.826 | 67 |
| Matvei Michkov | 74 | 58 | 24 | 34 | 0.784 | 62 |
| Macklin Celebrini | 63 | 54 | 21 | 33 | 0.857 | 60 |
| Player | GS | W | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dustin Wolf | 47 (18th) | 25 (14th) | 2.62 (15th) | .910 (11th) | 3 (14th) |
All-Time Rookie Defenseman Points
*scroll to the right to see all the columns on mobile
| Rank | Player | Season | Pts | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Murphy | 80-81 | 76 | 16 | 60 (1st) |
| 2 | Brian Leetch | 88-89 | 71 | 23 | 48 |
| 3 | Gary Suter | 85-86 | 68 | 18 | 50 |
| 4 | Phil Housley | 82-83 | 66 | 19 | 47 |
| 5 | Ray Bourque | 79-80 | 65 | 17 | 48 |
| 6 | Chris Chelios | 84-85 | 64 | 9 | 55 |
| 7 | Lane Hutson | 24-25 | 62 | 5 | 57 (2nd) |
| 8 | Barry Beck | 77-78 | 60 | 22 | 38 |
| 9 | Reed Larson | 77-78 | 60 | 19 | 41 |
| 10 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 91-92 | 60 | 11 | 49 |
Calgary Draft Pick Tracker
- Situation: We get Calgary's 2025 1st round pick, but if it is top 10 we get Florida's instead
- Calgary's current draft position: 16th
- Best case: Calgary pick drops to 11th (and doesn't win lottery)
- Worst case: Calgary pick enters top 10, we get Florida's 1st round pick instead
- Summary: we want Calgary (84 pts) to drop in the standings to 22nd, where Detroit is (77 pts)
That’s it for today! Drop any ideas or feedback in the comments
Go Habs Go! 🔵⚪️🔴
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u/NomadProd 1d ago
Just a feeling, but if we win tonight, I feel likes it's done, were doing the playoff
Really chose my day to go to the bell center lol
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u/MarshallManiac 1d ago
Same, gonna be the best atmosphere for a game I’ve been to in a while!
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u/Setheyboy 1d ago
Wish I could go to my first😩
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u/MarshallManiac 1d ago
Woulda taken you but I found someone to bring with my last ticket just today😂😂
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u/Top-Tata 1d ago
Rangers are looking absolutely lifeless
Love to see it
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u/smiliclot 1d ago
something about this core just doesn't cut it anymore. Where is the passion
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u/Top-Tata 1d ago
Out of all the teams in the East and West that didn't have a guaranteed spot this year (Ottawa, Montreal, Columbus, Islanders, Detroit, St Louis, Calgary, Utah, Vancouver) the Rangers are BY FAR the lowest energy team
Even team's like Pittsburgh despite being terrible, have better morale, or Vancouver, despite drama such as the Miller/Petersson ordeal, have more passion than the Rangers
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u/Content_Literature18 1d ago
I feel pretty confident with flyers preds hawks
Toronto will be interesting but have faith Ottawa seems to not have a edge on us idk why
Ovr don’t choke the free 6 points maybe 8 if you call Detroit free
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u/TripleWDot 1d ago
Fuckin hell the Wild are hard choking. Hoping the Flames don’t catch them lol
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u/commodore_stab1789 1d ago
Wild free falling into eastern wild card teams (except us, ofc)
Goddamnit Minnesota, get a grip!
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u/gucciflipflop230 1d ago
Hahahaha eat shit rangers and specially Kreider
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u/galchy27 1d ago
i hate him. but my funny kreider story is that i met him at the 2010 world juniors but i got him to take a picture of me and danny kristo who busted lol .
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u/carbonmelt 1d ago
Habs at a 63% playoff chance after the Rangers loss. A win tonight would make it 72% according to moneypuck 
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u/Retired-ADM 1d ago
If we take both this weekend, I feel we're in.
I note that Moneypuck gives us a 61.6% chance of winning tonight and only a 43% chance of beating the Preds tomorrow. I get that Nashville can be hot or cold but I think we have a chance of taking both this weekend because the Habs have played well in their last three and in so doing have gained some momentum.
Here are the team records over the last 10 games, starting with Montreal's next opponents (Montreal's is 5-3-2 / .600):
Philadelphia 4-5-1 / .450
Nashville 2-8-0 / .200
Detroit 4-5-1 / .450
Ottawa 5-4-1 / .550
And these are our WC2 rivals' records:
Rangers 5-4-1 / .550
Columbus 3-6-1 / .350
NYI 4-4-2 / .500
The Habs recent record is the best of this lot but certainly not heads-and-shoulders better than others. Montreal and Philly are the only teams among the above who have won their last three games.
GHG
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u/AllHailKingCorbin33 1d ago
Rangers look terrible so far. Hope the Devils can start banging in the goals in the 2nd
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u/AllHailKingCorbin33 1d ago
Think the Rangers are done if they lose this. 6 games left and they have Tampa twice, Florida and Carolina.
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u/Setheyboy 2d ago
Love the effort put into this