Tank Race
Eight teams, one basement, and a draft pick at the bottom of it. Here's who is winning the race to lose.
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Running for rock bottom
Each ball sits at its team's points %. The closer to the orange line, the worse the hockey.
Ranked by points %, not raw points, because teams have played different numbers of games. Ties go to fewer points, then the NHL's own order.
The bottom eight
Record, pace over a full season, and how many games each team has left to make it worse.
These aren't lottery odds. It's the standings, sorted from the bottom up, with a pace line attached.
How it's counted
Pace is the points a team would finish with if it kept its current points % for the full season.
"NHL rank" is the league's own order by points, so it can disagree with the points % order here when one team has games in hand.