How Sunday’s OT loss impacted Bruins’ playoff picture

The Bruins are close to securing a spot in the playoffs. How close? Let’s break it down.

After Sunday’s OT loss to the Flyers, Boston remains in the Eastern Conference’s No. 1 wild card spot. The Bruins have 95 points with four games left.

To miss the playoffs, two teams would have to pass Boston in the standings.

If the Bruins earn four points in their last four games, they’re guaranteed a playoff spot without any help.

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If teams below them lose, that number goes down.

There are only five teams that can catch the Bruins. One of them, the Capitals, would need Boston to lose all of its games in regulation while winning all of theirs.

Below are the teams still in the wild card race, their total remaining games and their maximum remaining points.

Team	Games Left	Current Points (Max Points)
Boston	4	95 (103)
Ottawa	5	90 (100)
N.Y.I.	4	89 (97)
Detroit	5	88 (98)
Columbus	5	88 (98)
Washington	4	87 (96)

Boston is at Carolina on Tuesday.

Bruins’ odds of making the playoffs according to Money Puck:

98.0%

Below is a look at the races that involve Boston:

Atlantic Division

Top three automatically earn a playoff spot

	GP	W	L	OT	Pts
x-Tampa Bay	76	48	22	6	102
x-Montreal	77	45	22	10	100
x-Buffalo	77	46	23	8	100
Boston	78	43	26	9	95
Ottawa	77	40	27	10	90
Detroit	77	40	29	8	88
Toronto	77

x - Clinched a playoff spot

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Top two teams reach the playoffs

	GP	W	L	OT	Pts
Boston	78	43	26	9	95
Ottawa	77	40	27	10	90
N.Y. Islanders	78	42	31	5	89
Detroit	77	40	29	8	88
Columbus	77	38	27	12	88
Washington	77	39	29	9	87

Saturday’s Results impacting Bruins’ playoff races

Minnesota 5, Detroit 4
Pittsburgh 5, Florida 2
Philadelphia 2, Boston 1, OT
Ottawa 6, Carolina 3
New Jersey 3, Montreal 0
N.Y. Rangers 8, Washington 1

Monday’s Games

Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Winnipeg, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at San Jose, 10 p.m.
Nashville at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

If Playoffs Began Today

Eastern Conference

Metropolitan 1 Carolina vs. Wild Card 2 Ottawa

Atlantic 1 Tampa Bay vs. WC 1 Boston

A2 Montreal vs. A3 Buffalo

M2 Pittsburgh vs. M3 N.Y. Islanders

Bruins’ remaining schedule

April 7 at Carolina, 7 p.m.
April 11 vs Tampa Bay, 12:30 p.m.
April 12 at Columbus, 6 p.m.
April 14 vs New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Where Bruins draft pick from Maple Leafs currently sits

Toronto’s first round pick transfers to Boston as long as it doesn’t land in the top five.

Seventh

The Maple Leafs (32-31-14) currently have the seventh worst points (.506) percentage with 5 games left.

	Team	GP	Record	Pts	PT%
1	Vancouver	76	22-46-8	52	.342
2	Chicago	77	28-35-14	70	.455
3	Calgary	76	32-36-8	72	.474
4	NY Rangers	77	32-36-9	73	.474
5	Seattle	75	32-32-11	75	.500
6	Florida	77	37-37-3	77	.500
7	Toronto (Boston)