The Chase: Islanders, Hurricanes Fall; Rangers Win in Overtime

By Chris Pennington on March 6, 2020 at 8:05 am
Ottawa Senators left wing Brady Tkatchuk (7) scores against New York Islanders goalie Semyon Varlamov (40) in the third period at the Canadian Tire Centre.
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The Chase is your morning report on where the Blue Jackets stand in the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs race. What happened, what's next, and who to cheer for.

Help is on the way!

The Blue Jackets were off last night - and had to hope for some help around the league to keep other Metropolitan Division foes at bay in the playoff race. Overall, it was a great night in that department.

Here's where we stand on Friday, March 6.

  GP GR W L OT PTS RW ROW STRK L10 Make Playoffs [#]
METROPOLITAN
WASHINGTON CAPITALS 67 15 40 20 7 87 30 36 OT1 3-5-2 99.90%
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 67 15 40 20 7 87 30 35 W8 9-1-0 99.90%
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 66 16 39 21 6 84 28 36 W2 4-6-0 95.20%
ATLANTIC
BOSTON BRUINS 68 14 43 13 12 98 37 43 W4 8-2-0 100.00%
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 67 15 42 20 5 89 34 40 W1 5-5-0 100.00%
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 67 15 35 24 8 78 27 34 L1 5-5-0 87.30%
 WILD CARD
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS 68 14 32 21 15 79 24 32 L1 2-4-4 44.90%
NEW YORK ISLANDERS 66 16 35 23 8 78 24 32 L3 2-6-2 49.00%
NEW YORK RANGERS 66 16 36 27 4 76 30 35 W1 6-4-0 32.10%
CAROLINA HURRICANES 65 17 35 25 5 75 25 30 L1 3-5-2 66.40%
FLORIDA PANTHERS 67 15 33 26 8 74 28 30 L1 3-6-1 21.90%

p - Clinched President's Trophy; x - Clinched Playoff Spot

The New York Rangers squeaked out a home overtime victory over the Washington Capitals last night, pushing them to just one spot (and two points) out of the second wild-card spot. They're on quite the run lately.

The other New York team, the Islanders, are dropping fast, though. After an embarrassing loss to the Senators, they have now been defeated three games in-a-row, and are 2-6-2 in their last ten games. Luckily, the Carolina Hurricanes were also handled last night by the Philadelphia Flyers, keeping them four points behind the Blue Jackets.

Tonight's Game(s) of Interest

None. Seriously. Go watch the NBA for a change.

Blue Jackets Playoff Odds

Make It In 2nd Rnd Conf. Finals SC Finals Win SC Win Metro 2nd Metro 3rd Metro WC1 WC2
44.90% 17.20% 7.50% 3.30% 1.50% 0.0% 0.5% 4.1% 17.7% 22.5%

Odds courtesy of MoneyPuck.com

The rest of this Western Canadian road trip will be ginormous for the Blue Jackets. Getting 4/4 points on Saturday and Sunday night combined will really establish some breathing room to come home with next week.


Today's stress ball: Obviously we didn't want them to win, but this performance by Mika Zibanejad was historic.

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