Reviewing the Flyers’ playoff percentage odds
The NHL is on a winter break. The league resumes on the 27th of December. Tampa Bay Lightning are the best team in the league with 44 points and 8-1-0 in their last ten games. Arizona Coyotes are at the bottom with 14 points, and only 6 wins. Flyers are in 6th place with a 12-12-5 record, 4 points out of the second wild card spot in Eastern Conference.
The Flyers are 12.7% of the playoffs. The Blue Jackets are tied on points with the Flyers, but their playoff odds are lower. MoneyPuck's model projects the Bruins will overtake the Red Wings in the wildcard and/or divisional standings.
Micah Blake McCurdy has updated his NHL point projections for the Flyers. He has them finishing on 80.6 points, well below the 90.9 point projected playoff threshold.
The Bulsink Bot is a Twitter account which posts data visualizations made by Daily Faceoff’s Philip Blesink. This model gives the Flyers a 3.0% chance of making the postseason. However, they stand more of a fighting chance with how surprisingly close they are to the second Eastern Conference wild card spot.
