The two in our favour were New Jersey beating Nashville in regulation and Dallas over the Islanders in overtime. A few I had going to OT had the winners swapped, so atleast the teams we needed to get two points, got one instead of none.
The lottery standings as of this morning:
| Team | Points | Odds at #1 |
| Buffalo | 43 | 20% |
| Edmonton | 46 | 13.5% |
| Arizona | 47 | 11.5% |
| Carolina | 55 | 9.5% |
| Columbus | 56 | 8.5% |
| Toronto | 57 | 7.5% |
| New Jersey | 64 | 6.5% |
| Colorado | 65 | 6.0% |
| Philadelphia | 66 | 5.0% |
| Dallas | 66 | 3.5% |
| Ottawa* | 65 | 3.0% |
| Florida | 69 | 2.5% |
| San Jose | 72 | 2.0% |
| Los Angeles | 72 | 1.0% |
*Ottawa has 3 games in hand on Dallas & Philadelphia so is ranked lower.
The Leafs win last night, while entertaining from a yay! a win! and a goaltending standpoint, dropped their odds at #1 overall 2%.
There's only 4 games on tap tonight, only 2 have Lottery implications.
Pittsburgh Penguins at Colorado Avalanche
Best Result: Pittsburgh over Colorado in Overtime
They're hosting Pittsburgh and a regulation win puts them at 67 points, dropping them down to a 3.5% chance at #1, but raising Philadelphia and Dallas' odds at winning. The best result would be a Colorado loss in overtime, giving them one point, putting them farther back of Toronto but not giving Ed Snider a better shot at McDavid.
Ottawa Senators at Winnipeg Jets
Best Result: Meteor Strike
Best Lottery Result: Ottawa over Winnipeg in regulation
Ottawa has 3 games in hand on Dallas & Philly so they're ranked lower in draft odds, a a win here would put them at 67 points to the others 66. Winnipeg getting a point wouldn't hurt the Leafs lottery, but the Jets missing out on 2 points puts them closer to missing the playoffs, and that's good.
Also tonight the Rangers are playing Detroit, and Montreal is in Anaheim. If you're a #NoHabsNo kind of person, you want Anaheim to win to keep Montreal from creating a 3 way tie at 89 points for the Presidents Trophy.