With tonight's loss, the Isles can not finish ahead of Dallas and are thus guaranteed a 9th seed or higher heading into Tuesday's draft lottery. If Minnesota gets a point in their game in Calgary tonight, the Isles will be guaranteed an 8th seed or higher.
1 Edmonton Oilers 79 25 46 8 58
2 Toronto Maple Leafs 80 29 37 14 72
3 Tampa Bay Lightning 80 32 36 12 76
4 Florida Panthers 80 32 36 12 76
5 Columbus Blue Jackets 81 32 35 14 78
6 New York Islanders 80 34 36 10 78
7 Carolina Hurricanes 81 35 36 10 80
8 Minnesota Wild 80 37 36 7 81 xxxxxxx does not include Thursday game in Calgary
9 Atlanta Thrashers 80 34 33 13 81
Friday's Draft position schedule:
Atlanta at Washington If Thrashers win, Isles can not catch Atlanta
Columbus hosts Detroit Final game of season for Blue Jackets. If they don't get a point, they will finish behind Islanders and are guaranteed either the 3rd or 4th seed (because Tampa and Florida play twice against each other this weekend).
The Isles could still get the third seed if:
2 Isles regulation losses (to NJ and Pit)
Columbus gets at least a point vs. Detroit
Tampa and Florida split their two games, but both games go to OT
Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since 1982. Visit my blog: forever1940.blogspot.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick
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