NHL looking to confirm playoff teams

The National Hockey League is working on finalizing a plan for the playoffs and they’ll vote on that later today.

It would be based on Conference and points percentage. Here is the proposed idea:

It makes sense if they’re going to do it.

Notice how Buffalo didn’t make it. They definitely didn’t deserve to, but Montreal grabbed the last spot only based on their points percentage. The Canadiens have played two more games than the Sabres, but have one more win and one more OT/shootout loss, helping raise that percentage.

All Buffalo needed was one more win somewhere earlier in the season. And Buffalo’s very next game of the regular season would have been against Montreal.

We’ll see if the teams and format get approved later today or tonight. They still have to work out much bigger details, but I would be surprised if this vote didn’t pass.



Kevin Freiheit
Kevin Freiheit
I founded Buffalo Hockey Central in 2008 and have poured hours and hours into this site. Luckily, we have a great team of writers and designers who have helped keep this up and running despite a ton of out-of-pocket costs. We do this because we enjoy it, and we're desperate to see the Sabres win the Cup someday, but they have to make the playoffs first.
[td_block_social_counter facebook="BuffaloHockeyCentral" twitter="BHCdotcom" custom_title="Follow BHC:" header_color="#002654" open_in_new_window="y"]