For the Lockout Season

I’m not running the site for the lockout-shortened season because teams will not have many games in hand on each other during the condensed schedule.  I still firmly believe in the arguments presented below.  You can find a site with similar information here.

This site will return (perhaps even this season), and if all goes well it will be better than ever.

2011-2012 NHL Standings Breakdown

The prior post has the regular final standings for 2011-12.  This is the breakdown of every type of win/loss for each team.

	East	RW	RL	OTW	OTL	SOW	SOL	Points	Opponents’ Points	Total 3-Pt Games
1	NY Rangers	39	24	8	2	4	5	109	74	19
2	Pittsburgh	40	25	2	3	9	3	108	73	17
3	Philadelphia	37	26	6	2	4	7	103	80	19
4	Boston	38	29	2	1	9	3	102	77	15
5	New Jersey	32	28	4	2	12	4	102	84	22
6	Florida	31	26	1	7	6	11	94	95	25
7	Ottawa	30	31	5	6	6	4	92	93	21
8	Washington	31	32	7	4	4	4	92	91	19
9	Buffalo	27	32	5	4	7	7	89	98	23
10	Tampa Bay	25	36	10	5	3	3	84	101	21
11	Winnipeg	27	35	6	6	4	4	84	100	20
12	Carolina	29	33	3	10	1	6	82	102	20
13	Toronto	26	37	5	5	4	5	80	103	19
14	NY Islanders	24	37	3	7	7	4	79	106	21
15	Montreal	24	35	2	4	5	12	78	109	23
	West	RW	RL	OTW	OTL	SOW	SOL	Points	Opponents’ Points	Total 3-Pt Games
1	Vancouver	36	22	7	2	8	7	111	77	24
2	St. Louis	42	22	3	1	4	10	109	73	18
3	Nashville	40	26	3	3	5	5	104	76	16
4	Detroit	36	28	3	3	9	3	102	80	18
5	Chicago	34	26	4	4	7	7	101	85	22
6	Phoenix	33	27	3	3	6	10	97	89	22
7	San Jose	31	29	3	5	9	5	96	90	22
8	Los Angeles	31	27	3	6	6	9	95	93	24
9	Calgary	32	29	2	7	3	9	90	95	21
10	Dallas	31	35	4	1	7	4	89	91	16
11	Colorado	25	35	7	4	9	2	88	98	22
12	Minnesota	22	36	2	2	11	9	81	107	24
13	Anaheim	29	36	2	5	3	7	80	101	17
14	Edmonton	25	40	2	3	5	7	74	107	17
15	Columbus	23	46	2	2	4	5	65	112	13

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RW=Regulation Win
RL=Regulation Loss
OTW=Overtime Win
OTL=Overtime Loss
SOW=Shootout Wins
SOL=Shootout Losses

Opponents’ Points=the number of points opponents earned in games against that team (this number is not the same as the number of points the team failed to earn because of three point games).  This number shows how difficult the team was to play from the opponents’ perspective.
Three Point Games=the number of games decided in overtime or shootout (resulting in two points to the winner and one to the loser).

The Standings as They Should Be, April 1 through 7, 2012

Current as of the end of the season. 

[Explanation below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	ROW	OTW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	NY Rangers	82	51	24	7	109	4	47	8	0.665	0	109.00	ATL
2*	Boston	82	49	29	4	102	9	40	2	0.622	3.5	102.00	NE
3*	Florida	82	38	26	18	94	6	32	1	0.573	7.5	94.00	SE
4	Pittsburgh	82	51	25	6	108	9	42	2	0.659	0.5	108.00	ATL
5	Philadelphia	82	47	26	9	103	4	43	6	0.628	3	103.00	ATL
6	New Jersey	82	48	28	6	102	12	36	4	0.622	3.5	102.00	ATL
7	Washington	82	42	32	8	92	4	38	7	0.561	8.5	92.00	SE
8	Ottawa	82	41	31	10	92	6	35	5	0.561	8.5	92.00	NE
9	Buffalo	82	39	32	11	89	7	32	5	0.543	10	89.00	NE
10	Tampa Bay	82	38	36	8	84	3	35	10	0.512	12.5	84.00	SE
11	Winnipeg	82	37	35	10	84	4	33	6	0.512	12.5	84.00	SE
12	Carolina	82	33	33	16	82	1	32	3	0.500	13.5	82.00	SE
13	Toronto	82	35	37	10	80	4	31	5	0.488	14.5	80.00	NE
14	NY Islanders	82	34	37	11	79	7	27	3	0.482	15	79.00	ATL
15	Montreal	82	31	35	16	78	5	26	2	0.476	15.5	78.00	NE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	ROW	OTW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Vancouver	82	51	22	9	111	8	43	7	0.677	0	111.00	NW
2*	St. Louis	82	49	22	11	109	4	45	3	0.665	1	109.00	CTL
3*	Phoenix	82	42	27	13	97	6	36	3	0.591	7	97.00	PAC
4	Nashville	82	48	26	8	104	5	43	3	0.634	3.5	104.00	CTL
5	Detroit	82	48	28	6	102	9	39	3	0.622	4.5	102.00	CTL
6	Chicago	82	45	26	11	101	7	38	4	0.616	5	101.00	CTL
7	San Jose	82	43	29	10	96	9	34	3	0.585	7.5	96.00	PAC
8	Los Angeles	82	40	27	15	95	6	34	3	0.579	8	95.00	PAC
9	Calgary	82	37	29	16	90	3	34	2	0.549	10.5	90.00	NW
10	Dallas	82	42	35	5	89	7	35	4	0.543	11	89.00	PAC
11	Colorado	82	41	35	6	88	9	32	7	0.537	11.5	88.00	NW
12	Minnesota	82	35	36	11	81	11	24	2	0.494	15	81.00	NW
13	Anaheim	82	34	36	12	80	3	31	2	0.488	15.5	80.00	PAC
14	Edmonton	82	32	40	10	74	5	27	2	0.451	18.5	74.00	NW
15	Columbus	82	29	46	7	65	4	25	2	0.396	23	65.00	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	410		501		0.611		100.20
	Northeast	410		441		0.538		88.20
	Southeast	410		436		0.532		87.20
	Pacific	410		457		0.557		91.40
	Central	410		481		0.587		96.20
	Northwest	410		444		0.541		88.80
	ECF Avg.	1230		1378		0.560		91.87
	WCF Avg.	1230		1382		0.562		92.13
	3-pt Game Pctg:		24.39%
	True .500:	0.561

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*Note that the leaders of each division are given top-three seeds in the conference, per NHL playoff seeding rules.

SW: Shootout Wins; ROW: Regulation and Overtime Wins (i.e. non-shootout wins)**; OTW: Overtime Wins (not including shootout wins); GB: Games Back; Pace: points accumulated at end of season based on current points/game (here is a great site with weighted projections of playoff chances based on the remaining schedule for each team).  For a further glossary of terms, click here.

**Per NHL rules, the first tie-breaker for teams that are tied in points and games played is the number of non-shootout wins (ROW), i.e. wins in regulation and overtime but not the shootout.

Explanation of The NHL Standings As They Should Be

This site is not an “alternative hypothetical standings” based on a dispute with the current NHL system of two points for a win, one for an overtime or shootout loss, and zero for a regulation loss (thus creating the “three-point game” for overtime finishes).  As silly as that system may be, the numbers above are all based on the current NHL standings, with the same value assigned to wins (2 points), regulation losses (0 points), and overtime/shootout losses (1 point).

Even so, the order of teams in the commonly published NHL standings is flawed and misleading.  Every other professional sports league standings are ordered by winning percentage.  It makes more sense to order the NHL standings by points earned divided by points possible rather than simply total points, just as other leagues divide wins by wins possible rather than simply total wins.  This removes the “games in hand” anomaly which gives a false impression of the best record (really, would you rather your team be 4-0-0 or   4-3-1?) and instead orders the teams by the most desirable and successful record.  At the end of the season, the TrueStandings and the standings in the newspaper will be identical.  It is worth noting that the NHL actually uses the percentage method to determine the order of waivers (i.e. the worst team by percentage and not by points gets the first priority in selecting a player off of waivers; see CBA Article 13.19), so even the NHL knows how the standings should be kept, but the published standings order the teams by total points regardless of games played.  In MLB or NBA standings, this would be the equivalent of ordering teams by the number of wins, regardless of losses or winning percentage.

In my view, the NHL “standings” ought to show where the teams “stand” in relation to each other.  No rational person would rather that their favorite team have a 4-3-1 record than a   4-0-0 record.  The team with the 4-0-0 record stands in a superior position to that of the team with the 4-3-1 record.  The standings provided in this website provide a better picture of where the teams stand in relation to each other based on desirability of record.

The “games back” column is just like the one the MLB and NBA standings employ to give you an idea of how far one team trails behind another.  It is based on the teams’ records above or below .500.  If one team is four games above .500 (i.e. four more points than games played, or four more wins than regulation losses), a team that is two games above .500 is one game back of that other team.

In the league stats, “3-pt Game Pctg.” is the percentage of NHL games which go to overtime or a shootout, resulting in a 3-point game.  “True .500” is the average record (by percentage) of NHL teams.  In sports leagues that don’t have a 3-point game, .500 is always average (and thus, being “above .500” in those leagues means “above average”).  To be above average in the NHL, a team’s record must be better than the “True .500” listed here.

The posts are divided into weekly segments so you can scroll down and see where teams stood in prior weeks, but the most recent post is updated every night at the end of all games.

Feel free to leave any questions or comments.

The Standings as They Should Be, March 25 through 31, 2012

Updated after all games on March 31, 2012.

[Explanation below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	ROW	OTW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	NY Rangers	78	50	21	7	107	4	46	8	0.686	0	112.49	ATL
2*	Boston	78	46	28	4	96	8	38	2	0.615	5.5	100.92	NE
3*	Florida	78	37	25	16	90	6	31	1	0.577	8.5	94.62	SE
4	Pittsburgh	78	48	24	6	102	9	39	2	0.654	2.5	107.23	ATL
5	Philadelphia	78	45	24	9	99	4	41	6	0.635	4	104.08	ATL
6	New Jersey	79	45	28	6	96	12	33	4	0.608	6	99.65	ATL
7	Ottawa	78	40	28	10	90	6	34	5	0.577	8.5	94.62	NE
8	Washington	79	40	31	8	88	4	36	7	0.557	10	91.34	SE
9	Buffalo	79	38	31	10	86	7	31	4	0.544	11	89.27	NE
10	Winnipeg	79	36	34	9	81	4	32	5	0.513	13.5	84.08	SE
11	Tampa Bay	78	36	35	7	79	3	33	9	0.506	14	83.05	SE
12	Carolina	79	31	32	16	78	0	31	3	0.494	15	80.96	SE
13	NY Islanders	78	33	34	11	77	7	26	3	0.494	15	80.95	ATL
14	Toronto	79	34	36	9	77	4	30	4	0.487	15.5	79.92	NE
15	Montreal	79	29	35	15	73	5	24	2	0.462	17.5	75.77	NE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	ROW	OTW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Vancouver	79	49	21	9	107	7	42	7	0.677	0	111.06	NW
2*	St. Louis	79	48	21	10	106	4	44	3	0.671	0.5	110.03	CTL
3*	Los Angeles	79	39	27	13	91	6	33	3	0.576	8	94.46	PAC
4	Detroit	78	46	27	5	97	7	39	3	0.622	4.5	101.97	CTL
5	Nashville	79	45	26	8	98	4	41	3	0.620	4.5	101.72	CTL
6	Chicago	79	44	26	9	97	6	38	4	0.614	5	100.68	CTL
7	Phoenix	79	39	27	13	91	6	33	3	0.576	8	94.46	PAC
8	San Jose	79	40	29	10	90	8	32	2	0.570	8.5	93.42	PAC
9	Dallas	79	42	32	5	89	7	35	4	0.563	9	92.38	PAC
10	Colorado	80	41	33	6	88	9	32	7	0.550	10	90.20	NW
11	Calgary	80	35	29	16	86	3	32	2	0.538	11	88.15	NW
12	Anaheim	78	33	34	11	77	3	30	1	0.494	14.5	80.95	PAC
13	Minnesota	78	33	35	10	76	9	24	2	0.487	15	79.90	NW
14	Edmonton	78	31	38	9	71	5	26	2	0.455	17.5	74.64	NW
15	Columbus	79	27	45	7	61	4	23	2	0.386	23	63.32	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	391		481		0.615		100.87
	Northeast	393		422		0.537		88.05
	Southeast	393		416		0.529		86.80
	Pacific	394		438		0.556		91.16
	Central	394		459		0.582		95.53
	Northwest	395		428		0.542		88.85
	ECF Avg.	1177		1319		0.560		91.89
	WCF Avg.	1183		1325		0.560		91.84
	3-pt Game Pctg:		24.07%
	True .500:	0.560

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The Standings as They Should Be, March 18 through 24, 2012

Current as of the end of action on March 24, 2012.

[Explanation below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	ROW	OTW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	NY Rangers	75	47	21	7	101	4	43	8	0.673	0	110.43	ATL
2*	Boston	74	43	28	3	89	8	35	2	0.601	5.5	98.62	NE
3*	Florida	74	36	24	14	86	5	31	1	0.581	7	95.30	SE
4	Pittsburgh	74	46	22	6	98	9	37	2	0.662	1	108.59	ATL
5	Philadelphia	75	44	23	8	96	4	40	6	0.640	2.5	104.96	ATL
6	New Jersey	75	42	27	6	90	11	31	4	0.600	5.5	98.40	ATL
7	Ottawa	76	38	28	10	86	5	33	5	0.566	8	92.79	NE
8	Buffalo	76	37	29	10	84	7	30	4	0.553	9	90.63	NE
9	Washington	75	37	30	8	82	2	35	7	0.547	9.5	89.65	SE
10	Winnipeg	75	35	32	8	78	4	31	4	0.520	11.5	85.28	SE
11	Tampa Bay	74	34	33	7	75	3	31	8	0.507	12.5	83.11	SE
12	Carolina	76	30	31	15	75	0	30	3	0.493	13.5	80.92	SE
13	Toronto	76	33	34	9	75	4	29	4	0.493	13.5	80.92	NE
14	NY Islanders	74	30	33	11	71	6	24	3	0.480	14.5	78.68	ATL
15	Montreal	76	29	34	13	71	5	24	2	0.467	15.5	76.61	NE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	ROW	OTW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	St. Louis	75	46	20	9	101	4	42	3	0.673	0	110.43	CTL
2*	Vancouver	75	45	21	9	99	7	38	6	0.660	1	108.24	NW
3*	Dallas	75	41	29	5	87	7	34	4	0.580	7	95.12	PAC
4	Detroit	75	45	25	5	95	7	38	3	0.633	3	103.87	CTL
5	Nashville	75	43	24	8	94	4	39	3	0.627	3.5	102.77	CTL
6	Chicago	75	42	25	8	92	5	37	4	0.613	4.5	100.59	CTL
7	Los Angeles	75	37	26	12	86	6	31	3	0.573	7.5	94.03	PAC
8	San Jose	75	38	27	10	86	8	30	2	0.573	7.5	94.03	PAC
9	Phoenix	76	37	26	13	87	6	31	3	0.572	7.5	93.87	PAC
10	Colorado	77	40	31	6	86	9	31	7	0.558	8.5	91.58	NW
11	Calgary	76	34	27	15	83	3	31	2	0.546	9.5	89.55	NW
12	Anaheim	75	32	32	11	75	3	29	1	0.500	13	82.00	PAC
13	Minnesota	74	31	33	10	72	8	23	1	0.486	14	79.78	NW
14	Edmonton	75	30	36	9	69	5	25	2	0.460	16	75.44	NW
15	Columbus	74	24	43	7	55	4	20	2	0.372	22.5	60.95	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	373		456		0.611		100.25
	Northeast	378		405		0.536		87.86
	Southeast	374		396		0.529		86.82
	Pacific	376		421		0.560		91.81
	Central	374		437		0.584		95.81
	Northwest	377		409		0.542		88.96
	ECF Avg.	1125		1257		0.559		91.62
	WCF Avg.	1127		1267		0.562		92.19
	3-pt Game Pctg:		24.16%
	True .500:	0.560

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The Standings as They Should Be, March 11 through 17, 2012

As of the end of action on March 17, 2012.

[Explanation here or below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	OTW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	NY Rangers	71	44	20	7	95	3	41	7	0.669	0	109.72	ATL
2*	Boston	71	41	27	3	85	8	33	2	0.599	5	98.17	NE
3*	Florida	71	35	23	13	83	5	30	1	0.585	6	95.86	SE
4	Pittsburgh	70	44	21	5	93	9	35	2	0.664	0.5	108.94	ATL
5	Philadelphia	71	41	22	8	90	3	38	5	0.634	2.5	103.94	ATL
6	New Jersey	72	41	26	5	87	11	30	4	0.604	4.5	99.08	ATL
7	Ottawa	73	37	26	10	84	5	32	5	0.575	6.5	94.36	NE
8	Washington	71	36	29	6	78	2	34	7	0.549	8.5	90.08	SE
9	Winnipeg	71	34	29	8	76	4	30	3	0.535	9.5	87.77	SE
10	Buffalo	72	33	29	10	76	7	26	4	0.528	10	86.56	NE
11	Tampa Bay	71	32	32	7	71	2	30	8	0.500	12	82.00	SE
12	Toronto	72	32	32	8	72	3	29	4	0.500	12	82.00	NE
13	Carolina	72	28	29	15	71	0	28	3	0.493	12.5	80.86	SE
14	NY Islanders	72	29	32	11	69	6	23	3	0.479	13.5	78.58	ATL
15	Montreal	73	28	32	13	69	5	23	2	0.473	14	77.51	NE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	OTW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	St. Louis	73	46	19	8	100	4	42	3	0.685	0	112.33	CTL
2*	Vancouver	71	43	20	8	94	7	36	5	0.662	2	108.56	NW
3*	San Jose	71	36	25	10	82	7	29	2	0.577	8	94.70	PAC
4	Detroit	72	44	24	4	92	7	37	3	0.639	3.5	104.78	CTL
5	Nashville	71	41	22	8	90	4	37	3	0.634	4	103.94	CTL
6	Chicago	72	39	25	8	86	5	34	3	0.597	6.5	97.94	CTL
7	Dallas	72	39	28	5	83	6	33	4	0.576	8	94.53	PAC
8	Los Angeles	72	35	25	12	82	5	30	3	0.569	8.5	93.39	PAC
9	Phoenix	72	35	26	11	81	5	30	3	0.563	9	92.25	PAC
10	Colorado	74	39	30	5	83	9	30	6	0.561	9	91.97	NW
11	Calgary	72	34	26	12	80	3	31	2	0.556	9.5	91.11	NW
12	Anaheim	72	30	31	11	71	3	27	1	0.493	14	80.86	PAC
13	Minnesota	71	29	32	10	68	7	22	1	0.479	15	78.54	NW
14	Edmonton	71	28	36	7	63	4	24	2	0.444	17.5	72.76	NW
15	Columbus	71	22	42	7	51	3	19	2	0.359	23.5	58.90	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	356		434		0.610		99.97
	Northeast	361		386		0.535		87.68
	Southeast	356		379		0.532		87.30
	Pacific	359		399		0.556		91.14
	Central	359		419		0.584		95.70
	Northwest	359		388		0.540		88.62
	ECF Avg.	1073		1199		0.559		91.63
	WCF Avg.	1077		1206		0.560		91.82
	3-pt Game Pctg:		23.72%
	True .500:	0.559

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The Standings as They Should Be, March 4 through 10, 2012

Current as of the end of action on March 10, 2012.

[Explanation here or below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	OTW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	NY Rangers	67	42	18	7	91	3	39	6	0.679	0	111.37	ATL
2*	Boston	67	40	24	3	83	7	33	2	0.619	4	101.58	NE
3*	Florida	67	31	23	13	75	4	27	1	0.560	8	91.79	SE
4	Pittsburgh	67	41	21	5	87	9	32	2	0.649	2	106.48	ATL
5	Philadelphia	67	39	21	7	85	3	36	5	0.634	3	104.03	ATL
6	New Jersey	68	39	24	5	83	10	29	4	0.610	4.5	100.09	ATL
7	Ottawa	70	36	25	9	81	5	31	4	0.579	6.5	94.89	NE
8	Washington	68	34	28	6	74	1	33	7	0.544	9	89.24	SE
9	Winnipeg	69	32	29	8	72	4	28	3	0.522	10.5	85.57	SE
10	Buffalo	69	32	29	8	72	7	25	3	0.522	10.5	85.57	NE
11	Tampa Bay	68	31	30	7	69	2	29	8	0.507	11.5	83.21	SE
12	Toronto	68	30	30	8	68	3	27	4	0.500	12	82.00	NE
13	Carolina	68	26	27	15	67	0	26	3	0.493	12.5	80.79	SE
14	NY Islanders	68	28	31	9	65	5	23	3	0.478	13.5	78.38	ATL
15	Montreal	69	27	32	10	64	4	23	2	0.464	14.5	76.06	NE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	OTW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	St. Louis	69	44	18	7	95	4	40	3	0.688	0	112.90	CTL
2*	Vancouver	69	42	19	8	92	7	35	5	0.667	1.5	109.33	NW
3*	Dallas	69	38	26	5	81	6	32	4	0.587	7	96.26	PAC
4	Detroit	69	44	22	3	91	7	37	3	0.659	2	108.14	CTL
5	Nashville	68	40	21	7	87	3	37	3	0.640	3.5	104.91	CTL
6	Chicago	69	37	25	7	81	4	33	3	0.587	7	96.26	CTL
7	Phoenix	69	34	25	10	78	5	29	3	0.565	8.5	92.70	PAC
8	San Jose	67	33	25	9	75	6	27	1	0.560	9	91.79	PAC
9	Calgary	68	31	25	12	74	3	28	1	0.544	10	89.24	NW
10	Los Angeles	68	31	25	12	74	4	27	3	0.544	10	89.24	PAC
11	Colorado	70	36	30	4	76	8	28	5	0.543	10	89.03	NW
12	Minnesota	68	29	29	10	68	7	22	1	0.500	13	82.00	NW
13	Anaheim	69	29	30	10	68	3	26	1	0.493	13.5	80.81	PAC
14	Edmonton	68	26	35	7	59	4	22	2	0.434	17.5	71.15	NW
15	Columbus	68	22	39	7	51	3	19	2	0.375	21.5	61.50	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	337		411		0.610		100.01
	Northeast	343		368		0.536		87.98
	Southeast	340		357		0.525		86.10
	Pacific	342		376		0.550		90.15
	Central	343		405		0.590		96.82
	Northwest	343		369		0.538		88.22
	ECF Avg.	1020		1136		0.557		91.33
	WCF Avg.	1028		1150		0.559		91.73
	3-pt Game Pctg:		23.24%
	True .500:	0.558

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The Standings as They Should Be, February 26 through March 3, 2012

Current as of the end of action on March 3, 2012.

[Explanation here or below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	OTW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	NY Rangers	63	41	15	7	89	3	38	6	0.706	0	115.84	ATL
2*	Boston	63	38	22	3	79	7	31	2	0.627	5	102.83	NE
3*	Florida	64	30	22	12	72	4	26	1	0.563	9	92.25	SE
4	Pittsburgh	64	38	21	5	81	8	30	2	0.633	4.5	103.78	ATL
5	Philadelphia	63	35	21	7	77	2	33	5	0.611	6	100.22	ATL
6	New Jersey	64	36	23	5	77	10	26	4	0.602	6.5	98.66	ATL
7	Ottawa	66	34	24	8	76	5	29	4	0.576	8	94.42	NE
8	Washington	64	32	27	5	69	1	31	6	0.539	10.5	88.41	SE
9	Winnipeg	66	31	27	8	70	4	27	3	0.530	11	86.97	SE
10	Tampa Bay	65	31	28	6	68	2	29	8	0.523	11.5	85.78	SE
11	Buffalo	65	30	27	8	68	6	24	2	0.523	11.5	85.78	NE
12	Toronto	65	30	28	7	67	3	27	4	0.515	12	84.52	NE
13	NY Islanders	65	27	29	9	63	5	22	3	0.485	14	79.48	ATL
14	Carolina	65	24	27	14	62	0	24	2	0.477	14.5	78.22	SE
15	Montreal	66	25	31	10	60	4	21	2	0.455	16	74.55	NE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	OTW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Detroit	65	43	19	3	89	7	36	3	0.685	0	112.28	CTL
2*	Vancouver	66	41	17	8	90	7	34	5	0.682	0	111.82	NW
3*	Phoenix	65	33	23	9	75	5	28	3	0.577	7	94.62	PAC
4	St. Louis	66	41	18	7	89	4	37	3	0.674	0.5	110.58	CTL
5	Nashville	65	38	20	7	83	3	35	3	0.638	3	104.71	CTL
6	Chicago	66	35	24	7	77	4	31	3	0.583	6.5	95.67	CTL
7	San Jose	64	33	24	7	73	6	27	1	0.570	7.5	93.53	PAC
8	Dallas	65	34	26	5	73	4	30	4	0.562	8	92.09	PAC
9	Los Angeles	65	30	23	12	72	4	26	3	0.554	8.5	90.83	PAC
10	Calgary	65	29	25	11	69	3	26	1	0.531	10	87.05	NW
11	Colorado	66	33	29	4	70	7	26	5	0.530	10	86.97	NW
12	Minnesota	65	28	27	10	66	6	22	1	0.508	11.5	83.26	NW
13	Anaheim	66	28	28	10	66	3	25	1	0.500	12	82.00	PAC
14	Edmonton	64	25	33	6	56	3	22	2	0.438	16	71.75	NW
15	Columbus	65	20	38	7	47	3	17	2	0.362	21	59.29	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	319		387		0.607		99.48
	Northeast	325		350		0.538		88.31
	Southeast	324		341		0.526		86.30
	Pacific	325		359		0.552		90.58
	Central	327		385		0.589		96.54
	Northwest	326		351		0.538		88.29
	ECF Avg.	968		1078		0.557		91.32
	WCF Avg.	978		1095		0.560		91.81
	3-pt Game Pctg:		23.33%
	True .500:	0.558

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The Standings as They Should Be, February 19 through 25, 2012

Current as of the end action on February 25, 2012.

[Explanation here or below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	OTW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	NY Rangers	60	39	15	6	84	3	36	6	0.700	0	114.80	ATL
2*	Boston	60	37	20	3	77	7	30	1	0.642	3.5	105.23	NE
3*	Florida	60	28	20	12	68	4	24	1	0.567	8	92.93	SE
4	New Jersey	60	35	21	4	74	10	25	4	0.617	5	101.13	ATL
5	Philadelphia	61	34	20	7	75	2	32	5	0.615	5	100.82	ATL
6	Pittsburgh	61	35	21	5	75	7	28	2	0.615	5	100.82	ATL
7	Ottawa	63	32	23	8	72	5	27	4	0.571	7.5	93.71	NE
8	Washington	62	31	26	5	67	1	30	5	0.540	9.5	88.61	SE
9	Winnipeg	64	30	26	8	68	4	26	3	0.531	10	87.13	SE
10	Toronto	62	29	26	7	65	3	26	4	0.524	10.5	85.97	NE
11	Buffalo	62	27	27	8	62	6	21	2	0.500	12	82.00	NE
12	Tampa Bay	61	27	28	6	60	2	25	6	0.492	12.5	80.66	SE
13	NY Islanders	61	26	27	8	60	5	21	3	0.492	12.5	80.66	ATL
14	Carolina	62	23	26	13	59	0	23	2	0.476	13.5	78.03	SE
15	Montreal	62	24	28	10	58	3	21	2	0.468	14	76.71	NE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	OTW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Vancouver	62	40	16	6	86	7	33	5	0.694	0	113.74	NW
2*	Detroit	63	41	19	3	85	7	34	3	0.675	1	110.63	CTL
3*	San Jose	60	32	21	7	71	6	26	1	0.592	6.5	97.03	PAC
4	St. Louis	62	38	17	7	83	4	34	3	0.669	1.5	109.77	CTL
5	Nashville	62	36	19	7	79	3	33	3	0.637	3.5	104.48	CTL
6	Phoenix	62	32	21	9	73	4	28	3	0.589	6.5	96.55	PAC
7	Chicago	63	33	23	7	73	4	29	3	0.579	7	95.02	CTL
8	Dallas	62	32	26	4	68	4	28	3	0.548	9	89.94	PAC
9	Los Angeles	62	28	22	12	68	4	24	3	0.548	9	89.94	PAC
10	Calgary	62	28	23	11	67	3	25	1	0.540	9.5	88.61	NW
11	Colorado	63	32	27	4	68	7	25	5	0.540	9.5	88.51	NW
12	Minnesota	61	27	25	9	63	6	21	1	0.516	11	84.69	NW
13	Anaheim	61	26	25	10	62	3	23	1	0.508	11.5	83.34	PAC
14	Edmonton	61	24	31	6	54	3	21	2	0.443	15.5	72.59	NW
15	Columbus	61	18	36	7	43	3	15	2	0.352	21	57.80	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	303		368		0.607		99.59
	Northeast	309		334		0.540		88.63
	Southeast	309		322		0.521		85.45
	Pacific	307		342		0.557		91.35
	Central	311		363		0.584		95.71
	Northwest	309		338		0.547		89.70
	ECF Avg.	921		1024		0.556		91.17
	WCF Avg.	927		1043		0.563		92.26
	3-pt Game Pctg:		23.70%
	True .500:	0.559

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The Standings as They Should Be, February 12 through 18, 2012

Current as of the end of action on February 18, 2012.

[Explanation here or below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	OTW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	NY Rangers	56	37	14	5	79	3	34	4	0.705	0	115.68	ATL
2*	Boston	56	35	19	2	72	7	28	1	0.643	3.5	105.43	NE
3*	Florida	57	27	19	11	65	3	24	1	0.570	7.5	93.51	SE
4	New Jersey	57	33	20	4	70	10	23	3	0.614	5	100.70	ATL
5	Philadelphia	58	32	19	7	71	1	31	4	0.612	5	100.38	ATL
6	Pittsburgh	58	33	20	5	71	7	26	2	0.612	5	100.38	ATL
7	Ottawa	60	30	22	8	68	5	25	4	0.567	7.5	92.93	NE
8	Washington	58	29	24	5	63	1	28	5	0.543	9	89.07	SE
9	Toronto	59	29	24	6	64	3	26	4	0.542	9	88.95	NE
10	Winnipeg	60	28	26	6	62	4	24	3	0.517	10.5	84.73	SE
11	Tampa Bay	58	26	26	6	58	2	24	6	0.500	11.5	82.00	SE
12	NY Islanders	58	25	25	8	58	4	21	3	0.500	11.5	82.00	ATL
13	Montreal	59	24	25	10	58	3	21	2	0.492	12	80.61	NE
14	Buffalo	58	24	27	7	55	5	19	2	0.474	13	77.76	NE
15	Carolina	59	22	26	11	55	0	22	2	0.466	13.5	76.44	SE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	OTW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Detroit	59	40	17	2	82	7	33	3	0.695	0	113.97	CTL
2*	Vancouver	58	37	15	6	80	6	31	5	0.690	0.5	113.10	NW
3*	San Jose	56	31	18	7	69	6	25	1	0.616	5	101.04	PAC
4	St. Louis	58	36	15	7	79	2	34	3	0.681	1	111.69	CTL
5	Nashville	58	33	19	6	72	3	30	3	0.621	4.5	101.79	CTL
6	Chicago	59	31	21	7	69	4	27	3	0.585	6.5	95.90	CTL
7	Phoenix	59	29	21	9	67	2	27	3	0.568	7.5	93.12	PAC
8	Calgary	59	28	22	9	65	3	25	1	0.551	8.5	90.34	NW
9	Los Angeles	59	27	21	11	65	4	23	3	0.551	8.5	90.34	PAC
10	Dallas	58	29	25	4	62	4	25	3	0.534	9.5	87.66	PAC
11	Colorado	59	29	26	4	62	7	22	5	0.525	10	86.17	NW
12	Minnesota	58	25	24	9	59	5	20	1	0.509	11	83.41	NW
13	Anaheim	58	24	24	10	58	2	22	1	0.500	11.5	82.00	PAC
14	Edmonton	57	22	29	6	50	3	19	2	0.439	15	71.93	NW
15	Columbus	58	17	35	6	40	3	14	2	0.345	20.5	56.55	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	287		349		0.608		99.71
	Northeast	292		317		0.543		89.02
	Southeast	292		303		0.519		85.09
	Pacific	290		321		0.553		90.77
	Central	292		342		0.586		96.04
	Northwest	291		316		0.543		89.04
	ECF Avg.	871		969		0.556		91.23
	WCF Avg.	873		979		0.561		91.96
	3-pt Game Pctg:		23.39%
	True .500:	0.558

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The Standings as They Should Be, February 5 through 11, 2012

Current as of the end of action on February 11, 2012.

[Explanation here or below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	OTW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	NY Rangers	53	35	13	5	75	3	32	4	0.708	0	116.04	ATL
2*	Boston	53	34	17	2	70	6	28	1	0.660	2.5	108.30	NE
3*	Florida	54	26	17	11	63	3	23	1	0.583	6.5	95.67	SE
4	Philadelphia	55	31	17	7	69	1	30	4	0.627	4	102.87	ATL
5	Pittsburgh	55	31	19	5	67	7	24	2	0.609	5	99.89	ATL
6	New Jersey	55	31	20	4	66	9	22	3	0.600	5.5	98.40	ATL
7	Washington	54	28	21	5	61	1	27	5	0.565	7.5	92.63	SE
8	Toronto	56	28	22	6	62	3	25	3	0.554	8	90.79	NE
9	Ottawa	58	28	22	8	64	5	23	4	0.552	8	90.48	NE
10	Winnipeg	57	26	25	6	58	3	23	3	0.509	10.5	83.44	SE
11	Tampa Bay	54	24	24	6	54	2	22	5	0.500	11	82.00	SE
12	NY Islanders	54	23	23	8	54	4	19	3	0.500	11	82.00	ATL
13	Montreal	56	23	24	9	55	2	21	2	0.491	11.5	80.54	NE
14	Buffalo	55	24	25	6	54	5	19	2	0.491	11.5	80.51	NE
15	Carolina	56	20	25	11	51	0	20	2	0.455	13.5	74.68	SE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	OTW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Detroit	56	37	17	2	76	7	30	3	0.679	0	111.29	CTL
2*	Vancouver	55	34	15	6	74	5	29	5	0.673	0.5	110.33	NW
3*	San Jose	52	30	16	6	66	6	24	1	0.635	3	104.08	PAC
4	St. Louis	54	33	14	7	73	2	31	3	0.676	0.5	110.85	CTL
5	Nashville	56	32	18	6	70	3	29	3	0.625	3	102.50	CTL
6	Chicago	56	29	20	7	65	4	25	3	0.580	5.5	95.18	CTL
7	Los Angeles	56	26	19	11	63	4	22	3	0.563	6.5	92.25	PAC
8	Phoenix	56	27	21	8	62	2	25	2	0.554	7	90.79	PAC
9	Dallas	54	28	23	3	59	4	24	2	0.546	7.5	89.59	PAC
10	Calgary	56	26	22	8	60	3	23	1	0.536	8	87.86	NW
11	Minnesota	55	25	22	8	58	5	20	1	0.527	8.5	86.47	NW
12	Colorado	57	28	25	4	60	7	21	5	0.526	8.5	86.32	NW
13	Anaheim	54	21	24	9	51	2	19	1	0.472	11.5	77.44	PAC
14	Edmonton	55	22	28	5	49	3	19	2	0.445	13	73.05	NW
15	Columbus	55	16	33	6	38	3	13	2	0.345	18.5	56.65	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	272		331		0.608		99.79
	Northeast	278		305		0.549		89.96
	Southeast	275		287		0.522		85.58
	Pacific	272		301		0.553		90.74
	Central	277		322		0.581		95.32
	Northwest	278		301		0.541		88.78
	ECF Avg.	825		923		0.559		91.74
	WCF Avg.	827		924		0.559		91.62
	3-pt Game Pctg:		23.61%
	True .500:	0.559

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The Standings as They Should Be, Jan. 29 through February 4, 2012

Updated at the end of action on February 4, 2012.

[Explanation here or below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	NY Rangers	49	32	12	5	69	3	29	0.704	0	115.47	ATL
2*	Boston	50	32	16	2	66	5	27	0.660	2	108.24	NE
3*	Florida	51	24	16	11	59	3	21	0.578	6	94.86	SE
4	Philadelphia	51	30	15	6	66	1	29	0.647	2.5	106.12	ATL
5	Pittsburgh	52	30	18	4	64	7	23	0.615	4	100.92	ATL
6	New Jersey	51	29	19	3	61	9	20	0.598	5	98.08	ATL
7	Toronto	52	27	19	6	60	3	24	0.577	6	94.62	NE
8	Washington	51	27	20	4	58	1	26	0.569	6.5	93.25	SE
9	Ottawa	55	27	21	7	61	5	22	0.555	7	90.95	NE
10	Winnipeg	53	24	23	6	54	2	22	0.509	9.5	83.55	SE
11	Tampa Bay	51	23	23	5	51	2	21	0.500	10	82.00	SE
12	NY Islanders	51	21	22	8	50	3	18	0.490	10.5	80.39	ATL
13	Buffalo	52	22	24	6	50	4	18	0.481	11	78.85	NE
14	Carolina	54	20	25	9	49	0	20	0.454	12.5	74.41	SE
15	Montreal	52	19	24	9	47	1	18	0.452	12.5	74.12	NE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Detroit	53	35	16	2	72	6	29	0.679	0	111.40	CTL
2*	Vancouver	52	32	15	5	69	4	28	0.663	1	108.81	NW
3*	San Jose	50	29	15	6	64	6	23	0.640	2.5	104.96	PAC
4	St. Louis	51	30	14	7	67	1	29	0.657	1.5	107.73	CTL
5	Nashville	53	32	17	4	68	3	29	0.642	2	105.21	CTL
6	Chicago	53	29	17	7	65	4	25	0.613	3.5	100.57	CTL
7	Los Angeles	53	25	18	10	60	4	21	0.566	6	92.83	PAC
8	Minnesota	52	25	19	8	58	5	20	0.558	6.5	91.46	NW
9	Dallas	51	27	22	2	56	4	23	0.549	7	90.04	PAC
10	Calgary	52	24	22	6	54	2	22	0.519	8.5	85.15	NW
11	Phoenix	52	23	21	8	54	2	21	0.519	8.5	85.15	PAC
12	Colorado	54	26	25	3	55	7	19	0.509	9	83.52	NW
13	Edmonton	52	21	26	5	47	3	18	0.452	12	74.12	NW
14	Anaheim	51	19	24	8	46	1	18	0.451	12	73.96	PAC
15	Columbus	52	14	32	6	34	3	11	0.327	18.5	53.62	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	254		310		0.610		100.08
	Northeast	261		284		0.544		89.23
	Southeast	260		271		0.521		85.47
	Pacific	257		280		0.545		89.34
	Central	262		306		0.584		95.77
	Northwest	262		283		0.540		88.57
	ECF Avg.	775		865		0.558		91.52
	WCF Avg.	781		869		0.556		91.24
	3-pt Game Pctg:		22.88%
	True .500:	0.557

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The Standings as They Should Be, Jan. 22 through 28, 2012 (the All-Star Break)

Current as of the All Star Break (beginning January 26, 2012). 

[Explanation here or below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	NY Rangers	47	31	12	4	66	2	29	0.702	0	115.15	ATL
2*	Boston	47	31	14	2	64	5	26	0.681	1	111.66	NE
3*	Washington	48	26	19	3	55	1	25	0.573	6	93.96	SE
4	Philadelphia	48	29	14	5	63	1	28	0.656	2	107.63	ATL
5	Pittsburgh	49	28	17	4	60	6	22	0.612	4	100.41	ATL
6	Ottawa	52	27	19	6	60	5	22	0.577	5.5	94.62	NE
7	Florida	48	22	15	11	55	3	19	0.573	6	93.96	SE
8	New Jersey	48	26	19	3	55	8	18	0.573	6	93.96	ATL
9	Toronto	49	25	19	5	55	3	22	0.561	6.5	92.04	NE
10	Winnipeg	50	22	22	6	50	1	21	0.500	9.5	82.00	SE
11	Montreal	49	19	21	9	47	1	18	0.480	10.5	78.65	NE
12	Tampa Bay	48	21	23	4	46	2	19	0.479	10.5	78.58	SE
13	NY Islanders	48	19	22	7	45	3	16	0.469	11	76.88	ATL
14	Buffalo	49	20	24	5	45	3	17	0.459	11.5	75.31	NE
15	Carolina	51	18	24	9	45	0	18	0.441	12.5	72.35	SE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Detroit	50	33	16	1	67	5	28	0.670	0	109.88	CTL
2*	Vancouver	49	30	15	4	64	3	27	0.653	1	107.10	NW
3*	San Jose	47	27	14	6	60	6	21	0.638	2	104.68	PAC
4	St. Louis	49	29	13	7	65	1	28	0.663	0.5	108.78	CTL
5	Nashville	50	30	16	4	64	3	27	0.640	1.5	104.96	CTL
6	Chicago	50	29	15	6	64	4	25	0.640	1.5	104.96	CTL
7	Los Angeles	50	24	16	10	58	4	20	0.580	4.5	95.12	PAC
8	Minnesota	49	24	18	7	55	5	19	0.561	5.5	92.04	NW
9	Dallas	48	25	21	2	52	3	22	0.542	6.5	88.83	PAC
10	Colorado	51	26	23	2	54	7	19	0.529	7	86.82	NW
11	Calgary	50	23	21	6	52	2	21	0.520	7.5	85.28	NW
12	Phoenix	50	22	20	8	52	2	20	0.520	7.5	85.28	PAC
13	Anaheim	48	18	23	7	43	1	17	0.448	11	73.46	PAC
14	Edmonton	49	18	26	5	41	2	16	0.418	12.5	68.61	NW
15	Columbus	49	13	30	6	32	3	10	0.327	17	53.55	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	240		289		0.602		98.74
	Northeast	246		271		0.551		90.33
	Southeast	245		251		0.512		84.01
	Pacific	243		265		0.545		89.42
	Central	248		292		0.589		96.55
	Northwest	248		266		0.536		87.95
	ECF Avg.	731		811		0.555		90.97
	WCF Avg.	739		823		0.557		91.32
	3-pt Game Pctg:		22.31%
	True .500:	0.556

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The Standings as They Should Be, Jan. 15 through 21, 2012

Updated at the end of action on January 21, 2012.

[Explanation here or below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	NY Rangers	46	30	12	4	64	2	28	0.696	0	114.09	ATL
2*	Boston	45	30	13	2	62	4	26	0.689	0.5	112.98	NE
3*	Florida	47	22	15	10	54	3	19	0.574	5.5	94.21	SE
4	Philadelphia	46	28	14	4	60	0	28	0.652	2	106.96	ATL
5	Ottawa	50	27	17	6	60	5	22	0.600	4	98.40	NE
6	Pittsburgh	47	26	17	4	56	5	21	0.596	4.5	97.70	ATL
7	New Jersey	47	26	19	2	54	8	18	0.574	5.5	94.21	ATL
8	Washington	46	25	19	2	52	1	24	0.565	6	92.70	SE
9	Toronto	47	23	19	5	51	3	20	0.543	7	88.98	NE
10	Winnipeg	48	22	20	6	50	1	21	0.521	8	85.42	SE
11	NY Islanders	46	19	21	6	44	3	16	0.478	10	78.43	ATL
12	Montreal	48	18	21	9	45	1	17	0.469	10.5	76.88	NE
13	Tampa Bay	47	20	23	4	44	2	18	0.468	10.5	76.77	SE
14	Buffalo	48	19	24	5	43	2	17	0.448	11.5	73.46	NE
15	Carolina	50	17	24	9	43	0	17	0.430	12.5	70.52	SE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	St. Louis	47	29	12	6	64	1	28	0.681	0	111.66	CTL
2*	Vancouver	48	29	15	4	62	2	27	0.646	1.5	105.92	NW
3*	San Jose	45	26	14	5	57	6	20	0.633	2.5	103.87	PAC
4	Detroit	48	32	15	1	65	5	27	0.677	0	111.04	CTL
5	Chicago	49	29	14	6	64	4	25	0.653	1	107.10	CTL
6	Nashville	48	28	16	4	60	3	25	0.625	2.5	102.50	CTL
7	Los Angeles	49	23	16	10	56	4	19	0.571	5	93.71	PAC
8	Minnesota	48	23	18	7	53	5	18	0.552	6	90.54	NW
9	Colorado	49	26	21	2	54	7	19	0.551	6	90.37	NW
10	Dallas	47	24	21	2	50	3	21	0.532	7	87.23	PAC
11	Calgary	49	23	20	6	52	2	21	0.531	7	87.02	NW
12	Phoenix	49	21	20	8	50	2	19	0.510	8	83.67	PAC
13	Anaheim	46	17	22	7	41	1	16	0.446	11	73.09	PAC
14	Edmonton	47	17	26	4	38	1	16	0.404	13	66.30	NW
15	Columbus	47	13	28	6	32	3	10	0.340	16	55.83	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	232		278		0.599		98.26
	Northeast	238		261		0.548		89.92
	Southeast	238		243		0.511		83.72
	Pacific	236		254		0.538		88.25
	Central	239		285		0.596		97.78
	Northwest	241		259		0.537		88.12
	ECF Avg.	708		782		0.552		90.57
	WCF Avg.	716		798		0.557		91.39
	3-pt Game Pctg:		21.91%
	True .500:	0.555

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The Standings as They Should Be, Jan. 8 through 14, 2012

Current as of the end of action on January 14, 2012. 

[Explanation here or below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	NY Rangers	42	28	10	4	60	2	26	0.714	0	117.14	ATL
2*	Boston	41	28	12	1	57	3	25	0.695	1	114.00	NE
3*	Florida	43	21	14	8	50	2	19	0.581	5.5	95.35	SE
4	Philadelphia	43	26	13	4	56	0	26	0.651	2.5	106.79	ATL
5	Ottawa	46	25	15	6	56	5	20	0.609	4	99.83	NE
6	New Jersey	44	25	17	2	52	8	17	0.591	5	96.91	ATL
7	Washington	42	23	17	2	48	1	22	0.571	6	93.71	SE
8	Pittsburgh	43	22	17	4	48	3	19	0.558	6.5	91.53	ATL
9	Toronto	44	22	17	5	49	3	19	0.557	6.5	91.32	NE
10	Winnipeg	44	20	19	5	45	1	19	0.511	8.5	83.86	SE
11	Buffalo	44	19	20	5	43	2	17	0.489	9.5	80.14	NE
12	Montreal	44	16	20	8	40	1	15	0.455	11	74.55	NE
13	NY Islanders	42	16	20	6	38	3	13	0.452	11	74.19	ATL
14	Tampa Bay	43	17	22	4	38	2	15	0.442	12	72.47	SE
15	Carolina	46	16	23	7	39	0	16	0.424	13	69.52	SE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	San Jose	41	25	11	5	55	5	20	0.671	0	110.00	PAC
2*	St. Louis	44	26	12	6	58	1	25	0.659	0	108.09	CTL
3*	Vancouver	45	28	14	3	59	2	26	0.656	0	107.51	NW
4	Detroit	44	28	15	1	57	2	26	0.648	0.5	106.23	CTL
5	Chicago	45	26	13	6	58	4	22	0.644	0.5	105.69	CTL
6	Nashville	44	25	15	4	54	3	22	0.614	2	100.64	CTL
7	Los Angeles	45	22	15	8	52	3	19	0.578	3.5	94.76	PAC
8	Dallas	43	24	18	1	49	3	21	0.570	4	93.44	PAC
9	Minnesota	45	22	16	7	51	5	17	0.567	4	92.93	NW
10	Colorado	46	24	20	2	50	7	17	0.543	5	89.13	NW
11	Phoenix	45	20	18	7	47	2	18	0.522	6	85.64	PAC
12	Calgary	46	21	20	5	47	1	20	0.511	6.5	83.78	NW
13	Edmonton	43	16	23	4	36	1	15	0.419	11	68.65	NW
14	Anaheim	43	14	22	7	35	1	13	0.407	11	66.74	PAC
15	Columbus	44	12	27	5	29	3	9	0.330	15	54.05	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	214		254		0.593		97.33
	Northeast	219		245		0.559		91.74
	Southeast	218		220		0.505		82.75
	Pacific	217		238		0.548		89.94
	Central	221		256		0.579		94.99
	Northwest	225		243		0.540		88.56
	ECF Avg.	651		719		0.552		90.57
	WCF Avg.	663		737		0.556		91.15
	3-pt Game Pctg:		21.61%
	True .500:	0.554

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The Standings as They Should Be, Jan. 1 through 7, 2012

Current after all games on January 7, 2012.

[Explanation here or below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	NY Rangers	39	26	9	4	56	1	25	0.718	0	117.74	ATL
2*	Boston	38	26	11	1	53	3	23	0.697	1	114.37	NE
3*	Florida	41	20	13	8	48	2	18	0.585	5	96.00	SE
4	Philadelphia	39	24	11	4	52	0	24	0.667	2	109.33	ATL
5	New Jersey	41	23	16	2	48	8	15	0.585	5	96.00	ATL
6	Pittsburgh	40	21	15	4	46	3	18	0.575	5.5	94.30	ATL
7	Toronto	41	21	15	5	47	3	18	0.573	5.5	94.00	NE
8	Ottawa	42	21	15	6	48	4	17	0.571	5.5	93.71	NE
9	Washington	39	21	16	2	44	1	20	0.564	6	92.51	SE
10	Winnipeg	41	20	16	5	45	1	19	0.549	6.5	90.00	SE
11	Buffalo	41	18	18	5	41	2	16	0.500	8.5	82.00	NE
12	Montreal	41	16	18	7	39	1	15	0.476	9.5	78.00	NE
13	Tampa Bay	40	17	20	3	37	2	15	0.463	10	75.85	SE
14	NY Islanders	39	14	19	6	34	3	11	0.436	11	71.49	ATL
15	Carolina	43	14	22	7	35	0	14	0.407	13	66.74	SE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	San Jose	38	23	11	4	50	5	18	0.658	0	107.89	PAC
2*	Vancouver	42	26	13	3	55	1	25	0.655	(0.5)	107.38	NW
3*	St. Louis	41	24	12	5	53	0	24	0.646	0	106.00	CTL
4	Detroit	40	25	14	1	51	1	24	0.638	0.5	104.55	CTL
5	Chicago	41	24	13	4	52	4	20	0.634	0.5	104.00	CTL
6	Dallas	40	23	16	1	47	2	21	0.588	2.5	96.35	PAC
7	Nashville	41	22	15	4	48	3	19	0.585	2.5	96.00	CTL
8	Minnesota	42	21	15	6	48	4	17	0.571	3	93.71	NW
9	Los Angeles	42	20	15	7	47	3	17	0.560	3.5	91.76	PAC
10	Colorado	43	23	19	1	47	7	16	0.547	4	89.63	NW
11	Phoenix	42	20	17	5	45	2	18	0.536	4.5	87.86	PAC
12	Calgary	43	19	19	5	43	1	18	0.500	6	82.00	NW
13	Edmonton	41	16	22	3	35	1	15	0.427	9	70.00	NW
14	Anaheim	39	11	22	6	28	1	10	0.359	12	58.87	PAC
15	Columbus	40	11	24	5	27	3	8	0.338	13	55.35	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	198		236		0.596		97.74
	Northeast	203		228		0.562		92.10
	Southeast	204		209		0.512		84.01
	Pacific	201		217		0.540		88.53
	Central	203		231		0.569		93.31
	Northwest	211		228		0.540		88.61
	ECF Avg.	605		673		0.556		91.22
	WCF Avg.	615		676		0.550		90.13
	3-pt Game Pctg:		21.15%
	True .500:	0.553

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The Standings as They Should Be, Dec. 25 through 31, 2011

Current after all games on December 31, 2011. 

[Explanation here or below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Boston	35	24	10	1	49	3	21	0.700	0	114.80	NE
2*	NY Rangers	36	23	9	4	50	1	22	0.694	0	113.89	ATL
3*	Florida	39	20	12	7	47	2	18	0.603	3	98.82	SE
4	Philadelphia	36	22	10	4	48	0	22	0.667	1	109.33	ATL
5	Pittsburgh	38	21	13	4	46	3	18	0.605	3	99.26	ATL
6	New Jersey	37	21	15	1	43	8	13	0.581	4	95.30	ATL
7	Washington	37	20	15	2	42	1	19	0.568	4.5	93.08	SE
8	Winnipeg	38	19	14	5	43	1	18	0.566	4.5	92.79	SE
9	Ottawa	39	19	15	5	43	4	15	0.551	5	90.41	NE
10	Toronto	38	18	15	5	41	3	15	0.539	5.5	88.47	NE
11	Buffalo	38	17	17	4	38	2	15	0.500	7	82.00	NE
12	Tampa Bay	37	17	17	3	37	2	15	0.500	7	82.00	SE
13	Montreal	39	14	18	7	35	1	13	0.449	9	73.59	NE
14	NY Islanders	36	13	17	6	32	2	11	0.444	9	72.89	ATL
15	Carolina	40	13	21	6	32	0	13	0.400	11	65.60	SE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Chicago	38	24	10	4	52	4	20	0.684	0	112.21	CTL
2*	Vancouver	39	24	13	2	50	1	23	0.641	1.5	105.13	NW
3*	San Jose	34	19	11	4	42	4	15	0.618	3	101.29	PAC
4	Detroit	38	24	13	1	49	1	23	0.645	1.5	105.74	CTL
5	St. Louis	38	21	12	5	47	0	21	0.618	2.5	101.42	CTL
6	Minnesota	40	21	13	6	48	4	17	0.600	3	98.40	NW
7	Dallas	37	21	15	1	43	2	19	0.581	4	95.30	PAC
8	Nashville	38	20	14	4	44	3	17	0.579	4	94.95	CTL
9	Los Angeles	39	19	14	6	44	3	16	0.564	4.5	92.51	PAC
10	Phoenix	39	19	16	4	42	2	17	0.538	5.5	88.31	PAC
11	Colorado	40	21	18	1	43	6	15	0.538	5.5	88.15	NW
12	Calgary	39	18	16	5	41	1	17	0.526	6	86.21	NW
13	Edmonton	37	15	19	3	33	1	14	0.446	9	73.14	NW
14	Anaheim	37	10	21	6	26	1	9	0.351	13	57.62	PAC
15	Columbus	38	10	23	5	25	3	7	0.329	14	53.95	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	183		219		0.598		98.13
	Northeast	189		206		0.545		89.38
	Southeast	191		201		0.526		86.29
	Pacific	186		197		0.530		86.85
	Central	190		217		0.571		93.65
	Northwest	195		215		0.551		90.41
	ECF Avg.	563		626		0.556		91.18
	WCF Avg.	571		629		0.551		90.33
	3-pt Game Pctg.:		21.34%
	True .500:	0.553

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The Standings as They Should Be, Dec. 18 through 24, 2011

Current as of December 24, 2011.

[Explanation here or below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Boston	33	23	9	1	47	3	20	0.712	0	116.79	NE
2*	NY Rangers	33	21	8	4	46	1	20	0.697	0.5	114.30	ATL
3*	Florida	36	18	11	7	43	2	16	0.597	3.5	97.94	SE
4	Philadelphia	34	21	9	4	46	0	21	0.676	1	110.94	ATL
5	Pittsburgh	35	20	11	4	44	3	17	0.629	2.5	103.09	ATL
6	New Jersey	34	19	14	1	39	8	11	0.574	4.5	94.06	ATL
7	Toronto	35	18	13	4	40	3	15	0.571	4.5	93.71	NE
8	Washington	33	17	14	2	36	1	16	0.545	5.5	89.45	SE
9	Ottawa	36	17	14	5	39	3	14	0.542	5.5	88.83	NE
10	Winnipeg	35	16	14	5	37	1	15	0.529	6	86.69	SE
11	Buffalo	34	16	15	3	35	2	14	0.515	6.5	84.41	NE
12	Montreal	36	13	16	7	33	1	12	0.458	8.5	75.17	NE
13	Tampa Bay	34	14	17	3	31	2	12	0.456	8.5	74.76	SE
14	NY Islanders	33	11	16	6	28	2	9	0.424	9.5	69.58	ATL
15	Carolina	36	11	19	6	28	0	11	0.389	11	63.78	SE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Chicago	35	22	9	4	48	4	18	0.686	0	112.46	CTL
2*	San Jose	32	19	10	3	41	4	15	0.641	2	105.06	PAC
3*	Vancouver	35	21	12	2	44	1	20	0.629	2	103.09	NW
4	St. Louis	34	20	10	4	44	0	20	0.647	1.5	106.12	CTL
5	Detroit	34	21	12	1	43	1	20	0.632	2	103.71	CTL
6	Minnesota	36	20	11	5	45	4	16	0.625	2	102.50	NW
7	Dallas	34	20	13	1	41	2	18	0.603	3	98.88	PAC
8	Nashville	35	18	13	4	40	1	17	0.571	4	93.71	CTL
9	Phoenix	35	18	14	3	39	2	16	0.557	4.5	91.37	PAC
10	Los Angeles	35	16	14	5	37	3	13	0.529	5.5	86.69	PAC
11	Calgary	36	17	15	4	38	0	17	0.528	5.5	86.56	NW
12	Colorado	36	18	17	1	37	6	12	0.514	6	84.28	NW
13	Edmonton	34	15	16	3	33	1	14	0.485	7	79.59	NW
14	Anaheim	34	9	19	6	24	1	8	0.353	11.5	57.88	PAC
15	Columbus	34	9	21	4	22	3	6	0.324	12.5	53.06	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	169		203		0.601		98.50
	Northeast	174		194		0.557		91.43
	Southeast	174		175		0.503		82.47
	Pacific	170		182		0.535		87.79
	Central	172		197		0.573		93.92
	Northwest	177		197		0.556		91.27
	ECF Avg.	517		572		0.553		90.72
	WCF Avg.	519		576		0.555		91.01
	3-pt Game Pctg.:		21.62%
	True .500:	0.554

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The Standings as They Should Be, Dec. 11 through 17, 2011

Updated after all games on December 17, 2011.

[Explanation here or below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Philadelphia	31	20	8	3	43	0	20	0.694	0	113.74	ATL
2*	Boston	31	21	9	1	43	3	18	0.694	0	113.74	NE
3*	Florida	32	17	9	6	40	2	15	0.625	2	102.50	SE
4	NY Rangers	30	18	8	4	40	1	17	0.667	1	109.33	ATL
5	Pittsburgh	33	18	11	4	40	3	15	0.606	2.5	99.39	ATL
6	New Jersey	32	18	13	1	37	7	11	0.578	3.5	94.81	ATL
7	Buffalo	32	16	13	3	35	2	14	0.547	4.5	89.69	NE
8	Toronto	32	16	13	3	35	3	13	0.547	4.5	89.69	NE
9	Washington	31	16	14	1	33	1	15	0.532	5	87.29	SE
10	Winnipeg	32	15	13	4	34	1	14	0.531	5	87.13	SE
11	Ottawa	33	15	14	4	34	3	12	0.515	5.5	84.48	NE
12	Montreal	33	13	13	7	33	1	12	0.500	6	82.00	NE
13	Tampa Bay	32	14	16	2	30	2	12	0.469	7	76.88	SE
14	NY Islanders	30	10	14	6	26	1	9	0.433	8	71.07	ATL
15	Carolina	33	10	18	5	25	0	10	0.379	10	62.12	SE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Chicago	32	20	8	4	44	4	16	0.688	0	112.75	CTL
2*	Minnesota	33	20	8	5	45	4	16	0.682	0	111.82	NW
3*	San Jose	30	17	10	3	37	3	14	0.617	2.5	101.13	PAC
4	Detroit	31	20	10	1	41	1	19	0.661	1	108.45	CTL
5	St. Louis	31	18	9	4	40	0	18	0.645	1.5	105.81	CTL
6	Vancouver	32	19	11	2	40	1	18	0.625	2	102.50	NW
7	Dallas	31	18	12	1	37	2	16	0.597	3	97.87	PAC
8	Nashville	32	17	11	4	38	1	16	0.594	3	97.38	CTL
9	Phoenix	32	16	13	3	35	2	14	0.547	4.5	89.69	PAC
10	Calgary	32	14	14	4	32	0	14	0.500	6	82.00	NW
11	Los Angeles	32	14	14	4	32	1	13	0.500	6	82.00	PAC
12	Edmonton	32	14	15	3	31	1	13	0.484	6.5	79.44	NW
13	Colorado	33	15	17	1	31	5	10	0.470	7	77.03	NW
14	Anaheim	32	9	18	5	23	1	8	0.359	10.5	58.94	PAC
15	Columbus	32	9	19	4	22	3	6	0.344	11	56.38	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	156		186		0.596		97.77
	Northeast	161		180		0.559		91.68
	Southeast	160		162		0.506		83.03
	Pacific	157		164		0.522		85.66
	Central	158		185		0.585		96.01
	Northwest	162		179		0.552		90.60
	ECF Avg.	477		528		0.553		90.77
	WCF Avg.	477		528		0.553		90.77
	3-pt Game Pctg.:		21.38%
	True .500:	0.553

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The Standings as They Should Be, Dec. 4 through 10, 2011

Updated at the end of action on December 10, 2011.

[Explanation here or below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Philadelphia	28	18	7	3	39	0	18	0.696	0	114.21	ATL
2*	Boston	28	18	9	1	37	3	15	0.661	1	108.36	NE
3*	Florida	29	16	8	5	37	1	15	0.638	1.5	104.62	SE
4	NY Rangers	26	16	6	4	36	1	15	0.692	0.5	113.54	ATL
5	Pittsburgh	30	17	9	4	38	3	14	0.633	1.5	103.87	ATL
6	Toronto	29	15	11	3	33	3	12	0.569	3.5	93.31	NE
7	Washington	28	15	12	1	31	1	14	0.554	4	90.79	SE
8	Buffalo	29	15	12	2	32	2	13	0.552	4	90.48	NE
9	New Jersey	28	14	13	1	29	6	8	0.518	5	84.93	ATL
10	Winnipeg	29	13	12	4	30	1	12	0.517	5	84.83	SE
11	Montreal	30	12	11	7	31	1	11	0.517	5	84.73	NE
12	Ottawa	30	13	13	4	30	3	10	0.500	5.5	82.00	NE
13	Tampa Bay	29	12	15	2	26	2	10	0.448	7	73.52	SE
14	NY Islanders	27	9	12	6	24	0	9	0.444	7	72.89	ATL
15	Carolina	31	9	18	4	22	0	9	0.355	10	58.19	SE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Minnesota	30	20	7	3	43	4	16	0.717	0	117.53	NW
2*	Detroit	28	18	9	1	37	1	17	0.661	2	108.36	CTL
3*	San Jose	26	15	10	1	31	3	12	0.596	4	97.77	PAC
4	Chicago	29	17	8	4	38	3	14	0.655	2	107.45	CTL
5	Vancouver	29	18	10	1	37	1	17	0.638	2.5	104.62	NW
6	St. Louis	29	17	9	3	37	0	17	0.638	2.5	104.62	CTL
7	Dallas	28	16	11	1	33	2	14	0.589	4	96.64	PAC
8	Phoenix	29	15	11	3	33	2	13	0.569	4.5	93.31	PAC
9	Nashville	29	14	11	4	32	0	14	0.552	5	90.48	CTL
10	Calgary	29	14	13	2	30	0	14	0.517	6	84.83	NW
11	Los Angeles	29	13	12	4	30	1	12	0.517	6	84.83	PAC
12	Edmonton	30	14	13	3	31	1	13	0.517	6	84.73	NW
13	Colorado	30	13	16	1	27	4	9	0.450	8	73.80	NW
14	Anaheim	29	8	16	5	21	1	7	0.362	10.5	59.38	PAC
15	Columbus	29	8	17	4	20	2	6	0.345	11	56.55	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	139		166		0.597		97.93
	Northeast	146		163		0.558		91.55
	Southeast	146		146		0.500		82.00
	Pacific	141		148		0.525		86.07
	Central	144		164		0.569		93.39
	Northwest	148		168		0.568		93.08
	ECF Avg.	431		475		0.551		90.37
	WCF Avg.	433		480		0.554		90.90
	3-pt Game Pctg.:		21.06%
	True .500:	0.553

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The Standings as They Should Be, Nov. 27 through Dec. 3, 2011

Current after all games on December 3, 2011.

[Explanation here or below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	NY Rangers	23	15	5	3	33	1	14	0.717	0	117.65	ATL
2*	Boston	24	16	7	1	33	3	13	0.688	0.5	112.75	NE
3*	Florida	26	14	8	4	32	1	13	0.615	2	100.92	SE
4	Pittsburgh	27	16	7	4	36	3	13	0.667	0.5	109.33	ATL
5	Philadelphia	25	15	7	3	33	0	15	0.660	1	108.24	ATL
6	Toronto	26	14	10	2	30	3	11	0.577	3	94.62	NE
7	Buffalo	26	14	11	1	29	2	12	0.558	3.5	91.46	NE
8	Washington	25	13	11	1	27	1	12	0.540	4	88.56	SE
9	Ottawa	26	12	11	3	27	3	9	0.519	4.5	85.15	NE
10	Montreal	27	11	11	5	27	1	10	0.500	5	82.00	NE
11	Winnipeg	26	11	11	4	26	1	10	0.500	5	82.00	SE
12	New Jersey	25	12	12	1	25	5	7	0.500	5	82.00	ATL
13	Tampa Bay	25	11	12	2	24	1	10	0.480	5.5	78.72	SE
14	NY Islanders	24	8	11	5	21	0	8	0.438	6.5	71.75	ATL
15	Carolina	28	8	16	4	20	0	8	0.357	9	58.57	SE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Detroit	24	16	7	1	33	1	15	0.688	0	112.75	CTL
2*	Minnesota	26	16	7	3	35	4	12	0.673	0	110.38	NW
3*	San Jose	23	14	8	1	29	3	11	0.630	1.5	103.39	PAC
4	Chicago	27	16	8	3	35	3	13	0.648	0.5	106.30	CTL
5	St. Louis	26	14	9	3	31	0	14	0.596	2	97.77	CTL
6	Dallas	26	15	10	1	31	2	13	0.596	2	97.77	PAC
7	Vancouver	25	14	10	1	29	0	14	0.580	2.5	95.12	NW
8	Phoenix	25	13	9	3	29	1	12	0.580	2.5	95.12	PAC
9	Los Angeles	26	13	9	4	30	1	12	0.577	2.5	94.62	PAC
10	Nashville	26	12	10	4	28	0	12	0.538	3.5	88.31	CTL
11	Edmonton	27	13	11	3	29	1	12	0.537	3.5	88.07	NW
12	Colorado	26	12	13	1	25	4	8	0.481	5	78.85	NW
13	Calgary	25	11	12	2	24	0	11	0.480	5	78.72	NW
14	Anaheim	25	7	13	5	19	1	6	0.380	7.5	62.32	PAC
15	Columbus	26	7	16	3	17	1	6	0.327	9	53.62	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	124		148		0.597		97.87
	Northeast	129		146		0.566		92.81
	Southeast	130		129		0.496		81.37
	Pacific	125		138		0.552		90.53
	Central	129		144		0.558		91.53
	Northwest	129		142		0.550		90.26
	ECF Avg.	383		423		0.552		90.56
	WCF Avg.	383		424		0.554		90.78
	3-pt Game Pctg.:		21.15%
	True .500:	0.553

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The Standings as They Should Be, Nov. 20 through 26, 2011

Current after all games on November 26, 2011.

[Explanation here or below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	NY Rangers	20	12	5	3	27	1	11	0.675	0	110.70	ATL
2*	Boston	22	14	7	1	29	3	11	0.659	0	108.09	NE
3*	Florida	23	12	7	4	28	1	11	0.609	1	99.83	SE
4	Pittsburgh	24	14	6	4	32	3	11	0.667	(0.5)	109.33	ATL
5	Philadelphia	23	13	7	3	29	0	13	0.630	0.5	103.39	ATL
6	Toronto	23	13	8	2	28	3	10	0.609	1	99.83	NE
7	Buffalo	23	13	9	1	27	2	11	0.587	1.5	96.26	NE
8	Washington	22	12	9	1	25	1	11	0.568	2	93.18	SE
9	New Jersey	22	12	9	1	25	5	7	0.568	2	93.18	ATL
10	Tampa Bay	22	11	9	2	24	1	10	0.545	2.5	89.45	SE
11	Montreal	24	10	10	4	24	1	9	0.500	3.5	82.00	NE
12	Ottawa	22	10	10	2	22	3	7	0.500	3.5	82.00	NE
13	Winnipeg	23	9	10	4	22	1	8	0.478	4	78.43	SE
14	Carolina	24	8	12	4	20	0	8	0.417	5.5	68.33	SE
15	NY Islanders	21	6	11	4	16	0	6	0.381	6	62.48	ATL
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	San Jose	20	13	6	1	27	2	11	0.675	0	110.70	PAC
2*	Detroit	22	14	7	1	29	1	13	0.659	0	108.09	CTL
3*	Minnesota	22	13	6	3	29	3	10	0.659	0	108.09	NW
4	Chicago	24	14	7	3	31	2	12	0.646	0	105.92	CTL
5	Phoenix	22	12	7	3	27	1	11	0.614	1	100.64	PAC
6	St. Louis	22	12	8	2	26	0	12	0.591	1.5	96.91	CTL
7	Vancouver	23	13	9	1	27	0	13	0.587	1.5	96.26	NW
8	Dallas	23	13	9	1	27	2	11	0.587	1.5	96.26	PAC
9	Edmonton	23	12	9	2	26	1	11	0.565	2	92.70	NW
10	Los Angeles	23	11	8	4	26	1	10	0.565	2	92.70	PAC
11	Nashville	22	10	8	4	24	0	10	0.545	2.5	89.45	CTL
12	Colorado	23	10	12	1	21	3	7	0.457	4.5	74.87	NW
13	Calgary	21	8	12	1	17	0	8	0.405	5.5	66.38	NW
14	Anaheim	22	6	12	4	16	1	5	0.364	6.5	59.64	PAC
15	Columbus	22	6	13	3	15	0	6	0.341	7	55.91	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	110		129		0.586		96.16
	Northeast	114		130		0.570		93.51
	Southeast	114		119		0.522		85.60
	Pacific	110		123		0.559		91.69
	Central	112		125		0.558		91.52
	Northwest	112		120		0.536		87.86
	ECF Avg.	338		378		0.559		91.70
	WCF Avg.	334		368		0.551		90.35
	3-pt Game Pctg.:		22.02%
	True .500:	0.555

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The Standings as They Should Be, Nov. 13 through 19, 2011

Current after all games on November 19, 2011.

[Explanation below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	NY Rangers	17	10	4	3	23	1	9	0.676	0	110.94	ATL
2*	Boston	18	11	7	0	22	2	9	0.611	1	100.22	NE
3*	Florida	19	10	6	3	23	1	9	0.605	1	99.26	SE
4	Philadelphia	19	11	5	3	25	0	11	0.658	0	107.89	ATL
5	Pittsburgh	20	11	6	3	25	3	8	0.625	0.5	102.50	ATL
6	Buffalo	20	12	8	0	24	2	10	0.600	1	98.40	NE
7	Toronto	20	11	7	2	24	2	9	0.600	1	98.40	NE
8	Washington	18	10	7	1	21	1	9	0.583	1.5	95.67	SE
9	New Jersey	18	10	7	1	21	4	6	0.583	1.5	95.67	ATL
10	Tampa Bay	19	9	8	2	20	1	8	0.526	2.5	86.32	SE
11	Montreal	20	9	8	3	21	0	9	0.525	2.5	86.10	NE
12	Ottawa	20	10	9	1	21	3	7	0.525	2.5	86.10	NE
13	Winnipeg	20	8	9	3	19	1	7	0.475	3.5	77.90	SE
14	NY Islanders	17	5	9	3	13	0	5	0.382	5	62.71	ATL
15	Carolina	20	6	11	3	15	0	6	0.375	5.5	61.50	SE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	San Jose	17	11	5	1	23	2	9	0.676	0	110.94	PAC
2*	Minnesota	20	12	5	3	27	3	9	0.675	(0.5)	110.70	NW
3*	Chicago	21	12	6	3	27	2	10	0.643	0	105.43	CTL
4	Phoenix	18	10	5	3	23	1	9	0.639	0.5	104.78	PAC
5	Nashville	19	10	5	4	24	0	10	0.632	0.5	103.58	CTL
6	Detroit	18	10	7	1	21	0	10	0.583	1.5	95.67	CTL
7	St. Louis	19	10	7	2	22	0	10	0.579	1.5	94.95	CTL
8	Dallas	19	11	8	0	22	2	9	0.579	1.5	94.95	PAC
9	Edmonton	19	10	7	2	22	1	9	0.579	1.5	94.95	NW
10	Los Angeles	20	10	7	3	23	1	9	0.575	1.5	94.30	PAC
11	Vancouver	19	9	9	1	19	0	9	0.500	3	82.00	NW
12	Colorado	20	9	10	1	19	3	6	0.475	3.5	77.90	NW
13	Calgary	18	8	9	1	17	0	8	0.472	3.5	77.44	NW
14	Anaheim	19	6	9	4	16	1	5	0.421	4.5	69.05	PAC
15	Columbus	19	4	13	2	10	0	4	0.263	7.5	43.16	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	91		107		0.588		96.42
	Northeast	98		112		0.571		93.71
	Southeast	96		98		0.510		83.71
	Pacific	93		107		0.575		94.34
	Central	96		104		0.542		88.83
	Northwest	96		104		0.542		88.83
	ECF Avg.	285		317		0.556		91.21
	WCF Avg.	285		315		0.553		90.63
	3-pt Game Pctg.:		21.75%
	True .500:	0.554

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The Standings as They Should Be, Nov. 6 through 12, 2011

Updated after the end of all games on November 12, 2011.

[Explanation below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Washington	15	10	4	1	21	1	9	0.700	0	114.80	SE
2*	NY Rangers	15	9	3	3	21	1	8	0.700	0	114.80	ATL
3*	Buffalo	16	10	6	0	20	1	9	0.625	1	102.50	NE
4	Pittsburgh	17	10	4	3	23	3	7	0.676	0	110.94	ATL
5	Philadelphia	15	8	4	3	19	0	8	0.633	1	103.87	ATL
6	Florida	15	8	4	3	19	1	7	0.633	1	103.87	SE
7	Toronto	17	10	6	1	21	2	8	0.618	1	101.29	NE
8	New Jersey	15	8	6	1	17	4	4	0.567	2	92.93	ATL
9	Tampa Bay	16	8	6	2	18	1	7	0.563	2	92.25	SE
10	Boston	15	8	7	0	16	1	7	0.533	2.5	87.47	NE
11	Montreal	16	7	7	2	16	0	7	0.500	3	82.00	NE
12	Ottawa	18	8	9	1	17	3	5	0.472	3.5	77.44	NE
13	Carolina	17	6	8	3	15	0	6	0.441	4	72.35	SE
14	NY Islanders	13	4	6	3	11	0	4	0.423	4	69.38	ATL
15	Winnipeg	17	5	9	3	13	1	4	0.382	5	62.71	SE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Dallas	16	11	5	0	22	2	9	0.688	0	112.75	PAC
2*	Chicago	17	10	4	3	23	2	8	0.676	0	110.94	CTL
3*	Edmonton	16	9	5	2	20	1	8	0.625	1	102.50	NW
4	Detroit	15	9	5	1	19	0	9	0.633	1	103.87	CTL
5	Phoenix	15	8	4	3	19	0	8	0.633	1	103.87	PAC
6	San Jose	15	9	5	1	19	2	7	0.633	1	103.87	PAC
7	Nashville	16	8	5	3	19	0	8	0.594	1.5	97.38	CTL
8	Minnesota	16	8	5	3	19	2	6	0.594	1.5	97.38	NW
9	Los Angeles	17	8	6	3	19	0	8	0.559	2	91.65	PAC
10	St. Louis	16	8	7	1	17	0	8	0.531	2.5	87.13	CTL
11	Vancouver	17	8	8	1	17	0	8	0.500	3	82.00	NW
12	Colorado	17	8	8	1	17	3	5	0.500	3	82.00	NW
13	Calgary	16	7	8	1	15	0	7	0.469	3.5	76.88	NW
14	Anaheim	16	6	7	3	15	1	5	0.469	3.5	76.88	PAC
15	Columbus	16	3	12	1	7	0	3	0.219	7.5	35.88	CTL
			League Statistics
	DIV/CONF	GP		PTS		Pctg.		Avg. Pace
	Atlantic	75		91		0.607		99.49
	Northeast	82		90		0.549		90.00
	Southeast	80		86		0.538		88.15
	Pacific	79		94		0.595		97.57
	Central	80		85		0.531		87.13
	Northwest	82		88		0.537		88.00
	ECF Avg.	237		267		0.563		92.38
	WCF Avg.	241		267		0.554		90.85
	3-pt Game Pctg.:		23.43%
	True .500:	0.559

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The Standings as They Should Be, Oct. 30 through Nov. 5, 2011

Updated after all games on November 5, 2011.

[Explanation below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Washington	12	9	3	0	18	1	8	0.750	0	123.00	SE
2*	Pittsburgh	15	9	3	3	21	3	6	0.700	0	114.80	ATL
3*	Toronto	14	9	4	1	19	1	8	0.679	0.5	111.29	NE
4	Philadelphia	14	8	4	2	18	0	8	0.643	1	105.43	ATL
5	NY Rangers	12	6	3	3	15	1	5	0.625	1.5	102.50	ATL
6	Buffalo	13	8	5	0	16	1	7	0.615	1.5	100.92	NE
7	Florida	12	6	4	2	14	1	5	0.583	2	95.67	SE
8	New Jersey	12	6	5	1	13	3	3	0.542	2.5	88.83	ATL
9	Tampa Bay	13	6	5	2	14	0	6	0.538	2.5	88.31	SE
10	Carolina	13	5	5	3	13	0	5	0.500	3	82.00	SE
11	Ottawa	15	7	7	1	15	3	4	0.500	3	82.00	NE
12	Montreal	13	5	6	2	12	0	5	0.462	3.5	75.69	NE
13	Winnipeg	13	5	6	2	12	1	4	0.462	3.5	75.69	SE
14	NY Islanders	11	4	5	2	10	0	4	0.455	3.5	74.55	ATL
15	Boston	12	5	7	0	10	1	4	0.417	4	68.33	NE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Dallas	12	9	3	0	18	2	7	0.750	0	123.00	PAC
2*	Chicago	13	8	2	3	19	2	6	0.731	0	119.85	CTL
3*	Edmonton	13	8	3	2	18	1	7	0.692	0.5	113.54	NW
4	Minnesota	13	7	3	3	17	2	5	0.654	1	107.23	NW
5	San Jose	12	7	4	1	15	2	5	0.625	1.5	102.50	PAC
6	Phoenix	13	7	4	2	16	0	7	0.615	1.5	100.92	PAC
7	Nashville	13	7	4	2	16	0	7	0.615	1.5	100.92	CTL
8	Los Angeles	13	6	4	3	15	0	6	0.577	2	94.62	PAC
9	Colorado	13	7	5	1	15	3	4	0.577	2	94.62	NW
10	Detroit	12	6	5	1	13	0	6	0.542	2.5	88.83	CTL
11	Vancouver	14	6	7	1	13	0	6	0.464	3.5	76.14	NW
12	Anaheim	14	5	6	3	13	1	4	0.464	3.5	76.14	PAC
13	St. Louis	13	6	7	0	12	0	6	0.462	3.5	75.69	CTL
14	Calgary	12	5	6	1	11	0	5	0.458	3.5	75.17	NW
15	Columbus	14	2	11	1	5	0	2	0.179	7.5	29.29	CTL

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The Standings as They Should Be, Oct. 23 through 29, 2011

Updated after all games on October 29, 2011.

[Explanation below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Washington	9	7	2	0	14	1	6	0.778	0	127.56	SE
2*	Toronto	10	7	2	1	15	1	6	0.750	0	123.00	NE
3*	Pittsburgh	13	8	3	2	18	2	6	0.692	0	113.54	ATL
4	Buffalo	10	6	4	0	12	0	6	0.600	1.5	98.40	NE
5	Florida	10	6	4	0	12	1	5	0.600	1.5	98.40	SE
6	Philadelphia	11	6	4	1	13	0	6	0.591	1.5	96.91	ATL
7	Tampa Bay	11	5	4	2	12	0	5	0.545	2	89.45	SE
8	Ottawa	11	6	5	0	12	3	3	0.545	2	89.45	NE
9	Carolina	11	4	4	3	11	0	4	0.500	2.5	82.00	SE
10	NY Rangers	9	3	3	3	9	0	3	0.500	2.5	82.00	ATL
11	New Jersey	9	4	4	1	9	2	2	0.500	2.5	82.00	ATL
12	Montreal	11	4	5	2	10	0	4	0.455	3	74.55	NE
13	NY Islanders	9	3	4	2	8	0	3	0.444	3	72.89	ATL
14	Winnipeg	10	3	6	1	7	0	3	0.350	4	57.40	SE
15	Boston	10	3	7	0	6	1	2	0.300	4.5	49.20	NE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Dallas	11	8	3	0	16	2	6	0.727	0	119.27	PAC
2*	Edmonton	10	6	2	2	14	1	5	0.700	0.5	114.80	NW
3*	Chicago	10	6	2	2	14	1	5	0.700	0.5	114.80	CTL
4	Los Angeles	10	6	2	2	14	0	6	0.700	0.5	114.80	PAC
5	San Jose	9	6	3	0	12	1	5	0.667	1	109.33	PAC
6	Phoenix	10	5	3	2	12	0	5	0.600	1.5	98.40	PAC
7	Colorado	10	6	4	0	12	3	3	0.600	1.5	98.40	NW
8	Detroit	9	5	4	0	10	0	5	0.556	2	91.11	CTL
9	Nashville	10	5	4	1	11	0	5	0.550	2	90.20	CTL
10	Anaheim	10	5	4	1	11	1	4	0.550	2	90.20	PAC
11	Minnesota	10	4	3	3	11	2	2	0.550	2	90.20	NW
12	Vancouver	11	5	5	1	11	0	5	0.500	2.5	82.00	NW
13	St. Louis	10	5	5	0	10	0	5	0.500	2.5	82.00	CTL
14	Calgary	9	4	4	1	9	0	4	0.500	2.5	82.00	NW
15	Columbus	11	1	9	1	3	0	1	0.136	6.5	22.36	CTL

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The Standings as They Should Be, Oct. 16 through 22, 2011

Updated after all games on October 22, 2011.

[Explanation below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Washington	7	7	0	0	14	1	6	1.000	0	164.00	SE
2*	Toronto	7	5	1	1	11	1	4	0.786	1.5	128.86	NE
3*	Pittsburgh	10	6	2	2	14	1	5	0.700	1.5	114.80	ATL
4	Buffalo	7	5	2	0	10	0	5	0.714	2	117.14	NE
5	Philadelphia	7	4	2	1	9	0	4	0.643	2.5	105.43	ATL
6	New Jersey	6	3	2	1	7	2	1	0.583	3	95.67	ATL
7	Florida	7	4	3	0	8	1	3	0.571	3	93.71	SE
8	Carolina	8	3	3	2	8	0	3	0.500	3.5	82.00	SE
9	Tampa Bay	8	3	3	2	8	0	3	0.500	3.5	82.00	SE
10	NY Islanders	6	3	3	0	6	0	3	0.500	3.5	82.00	ATL
11	NY Rangers	6	2	2	2	6	0	2	0.500	3.5	82.00	ATL
12	Boston	8	3	5	0	6	1	2	0.375	4.5	61.50	NE
13	Ottawa	8	3	5	0	6	1	2	0.375	4.5	61.50	NE
14	Winnipeg	7	2	4	1	5	0	2	0.357	4.5	58.57	SE
15	Montreal	7	1	4	2	4	0	1	0.286	5	46.86	NE
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Div
1*	Detroit	6	5	1	0	10	0	5	0.833	0	136.67	CTL
2*	Los Angeles	7	5	1	1	11	0	5	0.786	0	128.86	PAC
3*	Colorado	8	6	2	0	12	3	3	0.750	0	123.00	NW
4	Dallas	8	6	2	0	12	1	5	0.750	0	123.00	PAC
5	Chicago	7	4	1	2	10	0	4	0.714	0.5	117.14	CTL
6	Anaheim	6	4	2	0	8	1	3	0.667	1	109.33	PAC
7	Edmonton	7	3	2	2	8	1	2	0.571	1.5	93.71	NW
8	Vancouver	8	4	3	1	9	0	4	0.563	1.5	92.25	NW
9	Minnesota	8	3	2	3	9	2	1	0.563	1.5	92.25	NW
10	St. Louis	8	4	4	0	8	0	4	0.500	2	82.00	CTL
11	Nashville	7	3	3	1	7	0	3	0.500	2	82.00	CTL
12	San Jose	6	3	3	0	6	1	2	0.500	2	82.00	PAC
13	Phoenix	6	2	3	1	5	0	2	0.417	2.5	68.33	PAC
14	Calgary	7	2	4	1	5	0	2	0.357	3	58.57	NW
15	Columbus	8	0	7	1	1	0	0	0.063	5.5	10.25	CTL

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The Standings as They Should Be, Oct. 6 through 15, 2011

The standings as of the completion of all games on October 15, 2011.

[Explanation below]

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace
1	Washington	4	4	0	0	8	1	3	1.000	0	164.00
2	Toronto	3	3	0	0	6	0	3	1.000	0.5	164.00
3	Philadelphia	4	3	0	1	7	0	3	0.875	0.5	143.50
4	Buffalo	4	3	1	0	6	0	3	0.750	1	123.00
5	NY Islanders	4	3	1	0	6	0	3	0.750	1	123.00
6	New Jersey	4	3	1	0	6	2	1	0.750	1	123.00
7	Pittsburgh	6	3	1	2	8	1	2	0.667	1	109.33
8	Florida	3	2	1	0	4	1	1	0.667	1.5	109.33
9	Carolina	5	2	2	1	5	0	2	0.500	2	82.00
10	Tampa Bay	5	1	2	2	4	0	1	0.400	2.5	65.60
11	Boston	5	2	3	0	4	1	1	0.400	2.5	65.60
12	Montreal	4	1	2	1	3	0	1	0.375	2.5	61.50
13	NY Rangers	3	0	1	2	2	0	0	0.333	2.5	54.67
14	Ottawa	5	1	4	0	2	1	0	0.200	3.5	32.80
15	Winnipeg	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.000	3.5	0.00
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace
1	Detroit	4	4	0	0	8	0	4	1.000	0	164.00
2	Dallas	5	4	1	0	8	1	3	0.800	0.5	131.20
3	Colorado	5	4	1	0	8	2	2	0.800	0.5	131.20
4	Anaheim	3	2	1	0	4	1	1	0.667	1.5	109.33
5	Los Angeles	4	2	1	1	5	0	2	0.625	1.5	102.50
6	Chicago	4	2	1	1	5	0	2	0.625	1.5	102.50
7	Nashville	4	2	1	1	5	0	2	0.625	1.5	102.50
8	Phoenix	4	2	1	1	5	0	2	0.625	1.5	102.50
9	Minnesota	5	2	1	2	6	1	1	0.600	1.5	98.40
10	Vancouver	5	2	2	1	5	0	2	0.500	2	82.00
11	St. Louis	4	2	2	0	4	0	2	0.500	2	82.00
12	Edmonton	3	1	1	1	3	1	0	0.500	2	82.00
13	San Jose	3	1	2	0	2	0	1	0.333	2.5	54.67
14	Calgary	4	1	3	0	2	0	1	0.250	3	41.00
15	Columbus	5	0	4	1	1	0	0	0.100	4	16.40

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The 2010-2011 NHL Standings

Updated after all games for the 2010-2011 regular season.

[Explanation below] 

			Eastern Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Magic
1	x-Washington	82	48	23	11	107	5	43	0.652	0	107.00	0
2	x-Philadelphia	82	47	23	12	106	2	45	0.646	0.5	106.00	0
3	x-Boston	82	46	25	11	103	2	44	0.628	2	103.00	0
4	x-Pittsburgh	82	49	25	8	106	10	39	0.646	0.5	106.00	0
5	x-Tampa Bay	82	46	25	11	103	6	40	0.628	2	103.00	0
6	x-Montreal	82	44	30	8	96	3	41	0.585	5.5	96.00	0
7	x-Buffalo	82	43	29	10	96	5	38	0.585	5.5	96.00	0
8	x-NY Rangers	82	44	33	5	93	9	35	0.567	7	93.00	0
9	e-Carolina	82	40	31	11	91	5	35	0.555	8	91.00	0
10	e-Toronto	82	37	34	11	85	5	32	0.518	11	85.00	0
11	e-New Jersey	82	38	39	5	81	3	35	0.494	13	81.00	0
12	e-Atlanta	82	34	36	12	80	5	29	0.488	13.5	80.00	0
13	e-Ottawa	82	32	40	10	74	2	30	0.451	16.5	74.00	0
14	e-NY Islanders	82	30	39	13	73	4	26	0.445	17	73.00	0
15	e-Florida	82	30	40	12	72	4	26	0.439	17.5	72.00	0
			Western Conference
	CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	SW	NSW	Pctg.	GB	Pace	Magic
1	x-Vancouver	82	54	19	9	117	4	50	0.713	0	117.00	0
2	x-San Jose	82	48	25	9	105	5	43	0.640	6	105.00	0
3	x-Detroit	82	47	25	10	104	4	43	0.634	6.5	104.00	0
4	x-Anaheim	82	47	30	5	99	4	43	0.604	9	99.00	0
5	x-Nashville	82	44	27	11	99	6	38	0.604	9	99.00	0
6	x-Phoenix	82	43	26	13	99	5	38	0.604	9	99.00	0
7	x-Los Angeles	82	46	30	6	98	10	36	0.598	9.5	98.00	0
8	x-Chicago	82	44	29	9	97	6	38	0.591	10	97.00	0
9	e-Dallas	82	42	29	11	95	5	37	0.579	11	95.00	0
10	e-Calgary	82	41	29	12	94	9	32	0.573	11.5	94.00	0
11	e-St. Louis	82	38	33	11	87	4	34	0.530	15	87.00	0
12	e-Minnesota	82	39	35	8	86	3	36	0.524	15.5	86.00	0
13	e-Columbus	82	34	35	13	81	5	29	0.494	18	81.00	0
14	e-Colorado	82	30	44	8	68	6	24	0.415	24.5	68.00	0
15	e-Edmonton	82	25	45	12	62	2	23	0.378	27.5	62.00	0

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NHL 2010-11 Conference Comparison and League Average Record

As of the end of the season 2010-2011.

A comparison of the conferences by total numbers:

	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	Pctg.	Avg.
West	1230	622	461	147	1391	0.565	92.7
East	1230	608	472	150	1366	0.555	91.1

 

A comparison of the average team in each conference:

	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	Pctg.
West Avg.	82.0	41.5	30.7	9.8	92.7	0.565
East Avg.	82.0	40.5	31.5	10.0	91.1	0.555

 

A comparison of the 8th-best records in each conference (i.e. the pace required to make the playoffs):

CITY	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	Pctg.
Chicago	82	44	29	9	97	0.591
NY Rangers	82	44	33	5	93	0.567

 

Finally, the league-wide totals, and the league-wide average team:

	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	Pctg.	Pace Avg.
Total	2460	1230	933	297	2757	0.560	91.9
Avg. Team	82.0	41.0	31.1	9.9	91.9	0.560	91.9

 

Explanation of the league-totals:

In other major sports leagues, .500 is always the average record.  The above demonstrates how the “three point game” has artificially elevated the NHL average record.  The average NHL team is much better than .500, and many more NHL teams can tell their fans they finished “above .500” even if they were well below the league average.  You can compare your team to the average team above to see whether your team is truly above average (which is what .500 used to mean).