Inside the NHL STANDINGS

The standings have been arranged to reflect how the teams will be determined for the playoffs. The three division winners(P--Pacific; C--Central; N--Northwest [Western Conference]; A--Atlantic; N--Northeast;S--Southeast [Eastern Conference] from each conference will be the top three seeds and the next five teams with the best records will be seeded fourth through eighth. If the playoffs started today, the top eight teams in each conference would make the playoffs, and the top-seeded team would play the eighth-seeded team, the seventh would play the second, etc.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

*--* Team W L T RT Pts GF GA Home Away DV 1. Dallas 35 12 14 1 85 186 120 21-3-6-1 14-9-8-0 P1 2. Vancouver37 16 9 0 83 194 156 17-9-5-0 20-7-4-0 N1 3. Detroit 33 17 9 3 78 191 157 19-6-5-2 14-11-4 C1 -1 4. St. Louis 31 18 8 6 76 198 166 16-8-3-3 15-10-5 C2 -3 5. Colorado 29 15 11 6 75 179 150 13-9-7-2 16-6-4-4 N2 6. DUCKS29 21 8 4 70 154 150 16-8-6-1 13-13-2 P2 -3 7. Minnesota 30 22 8 1 69 146 134 18-12-3 12-10-5 N3 -0 -1 8. Edmonton26 21 7 8 67 168 173 14-9-4-4 12-12-3 N4 -4 9. Chicago 24 25 10 3 61 148 150 14-11-4 10-14-6 C3 -1 -2 10. KINGS 26 28 4 4 60 161 172 16-13-1 10-15-3 P3 -0 -4 11. Nashville 25 9 4 59 144 156 15-13-3 8-12-6-4 C4 23 -0 12. Phoenix23 26 8 4 58 153 165 10-13-5 13-13-3 P4 -1 -3 13. San Jose 23 28 6 5 57 169 181 13-13-4 10-15-2 P5 -1 -4 14. Calgary19 31 10 4 52 140 186 8-13-8-1 11-18-2 N5 -3 15. Columbus22 31 6 2 52 160 195 15-10-3 7-21-3-1 C5 -1

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EASTERN CONFERENCE

*--* Team W L T RT Pts GF GA Home Away DV 1. Ottawa 39 16 7 1 86 203 138 22-5- 17-11 N1 2-1 -5-0 2. New Jersey 37 16 4 4 82 160 123 21-9- 16-7- A1 1-1 3-3 3. Washington 29 25 7 3 68 177 172 18-11 11-14 S1 -1-2 -6-1 4. 31 17 11 2 75 143 129 14-9- 17-8- A2 Philadelphia 7-1 4-1 5. Toronto 35 22 4 1 75 182 153 19-11 16-11 N2 -2-0 -2-1 6. N.Y. 29 23 7 2 67 169 167 17-13 12-10 A3 Islanders -3-0 -4-2 7. Boston 28 24 7 2 65 178 170 17-9- 11-15 N3 3-1 -4-1 8. Tampa Bay 25 22 10 5 65 169 173 17-8- 8-14- S2 3-3 7-2 9. Montreal 24 26 7 7 62 162 186 14-11 10-15 N4 -4-3 -3-4 10. Florida 19 22 12 9 59 148 182 7-13- 12-9- S3 7-5 5-4 11. N.Y. 25 31 7 2 59 168 197 12-15 13-16 A5 Rangers -3-1 -4-1 12. Pittsburgh 25 28 4 5 59 160 180 14-14 11-14 A4 -1-2 -3-3 13. Carolina 18 30 9 6 51 132 179 10-12 8-18- S4 -7-3 2-3 14. Atlanta 20 31 5 4 49 160 212 11-15 9-16- S5 -3-2 2-2 15. Buffalo 18 30 8 5 49 134 164 11-14 7-16- N5 -4-1 4-4

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Monday’s Results

At Detroit 5, KINGS 4

At Washington 4, Montreal 1

Buffalo 2, at Florida 2, tie

At San Jose 5, Calgary 2

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Today’s Schedule

DUCKS at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.

KINGS at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m.

Dallas at Boston, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at Ottawa, 4 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m.

Columbus at Nashville, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Vancouver, 7 p.m.