Tag:San Jose Sharks Posted on: March 29, 2012 1:11 am  Every
Goal Counts.........  As usual, the NHL playoff race is likely
going to go down to the last weekend of the season, but in the
West, it's particularly crazy- specifically in the Pacific
Division.  4 teams have had the division lead in the last week.
Of AVS, CAL, DAL, LA, PHX, and SJ, only 3 will see the post-
season. Either DAL, LA, PHX, or SJ will be the 3 seed. Two other
teams will most likely be 7 and 8.  To the title of the post.
The first tiebreaker after total points is Regulation/Overtime
Wins (ROW).  DAL will likely win the tiebreaker there with any
of the other teams as they 3 up (35 v 32) their nearest
competition.  The second tiebreaker is head to head points vs
other teams. Too many permutations there, but LA does have head
to head advantage against all of the other teams except AVS.
They have completed play against all of these EXCEPT SJ.  That's
where the third tiebreaker comes in- overall goal differential
for the season. LA has 32 ROW