With the Dallas Stars loss to the Ottawa Senators last night on home ice, the odds of them making the playoffs are 0.5% today. They’re basically four losses away from being eliminated mathematically altogether. Sports Club Stats says the team would have to go 12-1-2 down the stretch to have more than a 50/50 shot at making the playoffs. A schedule that is very road heavy, where the Stars have struggled to win this season.
That kind of run feels awfully out of reach today.
Most of us have already started playing with the NHL draft lottery tool to see how often they can get the Stars to win a top three draft pick.