NHL Playoff Standings as of February 27, 2008

    Eastern Conference          Western Conference

                     Division Leaders

    Team          Pts  GR       Team         Pts  GR
 1. New Jersey    80   18    1. Detroit      90   17
 2. Ottawa        78   18    2. Dallas       85   15
 3. Carolina      71   16    3. Calgary      75   18
 
                     Rest of the Best
    Team          Pts  GR       Team         Pts  GR
 4. Pittsburgh    79   18    4. Anaheim      79   16
 5. Montreal      77   18    5. San Jose     74   20
 6. Boston        72   20    6. Minnesota    73   19
 7. NY Rangers    72   18    7. Vancouver    72   20
 8. Philadelphia  69   19    8. Nashville    72   18

                     On the outside...
    Team          Pts  GR       Team         Pts  GR
 9. Buffalo       69   19    9. Colorado     70   18
10. NY Islanders  67   18   10. Phoenix      69   19
11. Washington    66   18   11. Columbus     67   18
12. Florida       63   17   12. St. Louis    66   19
13. Toronto       63   18   13. Chicago      64   20
14. Atlanta       62   18   14. Edmonton     63   18
15. Tampa Bay     57   20   15. Los Angeles  56   18

Notes:
* Philadelphia is back in the playoffs. The Flyers are tied with Buffalo for 8th, but Philly has one more win than the Sabres.
* Boston and the Rangers are tied for 6th place in the Eastern Conference, but Boston has more wins.
* Who's hot - Eastern Conference: Boston. The Bruins are coming off a five game road trip in which they earned nine points, and followed it by blanking Ottawa 4-0 last night. Boston has at least two games in hand over every team ahead of them in the standing, and only trails Montreal by five points.
* Who's hot - Western Conference: Calgary. The Flames have gone from 8th in the West to 3rd, thanks to a four game winning streak that was snapped last night when they lost to Colorado in overtime. They lead Minnesota by two points in the Northwest Division and have a game in hand.
* Who's not - Eastern Conference: Ottawa. The Senators have lost 6 of their last 8 games, earning 6 points in the process. The Senators have been shut out two games in a row, getting outscored 9-0 by Toronto and Boston. To make matters worse, New Jersey has leapfrogged them for the #1 seed in the East.
* Who's not - Western Conference: Detroit. The Red Wings have lost 9 of their last 10, including games against Los Angeles, Edmonton, and Columbus, to earn three points over that span. The good news is they still lead Dallas by five points in the West with two games in hand.

NHL Playoff Standings

    Eastern Conference          Western Conference

                     Division Leaders

    Team          Pts  GR       Team         Pts  GR
 1. Ottawa        70   27    1. Detroit      86   26
 2. Philadelphia  65   29    2. Dallas       71   24
 3. Carolina      58   25    3. Minnesota    64   28
 
                     Rest of the Best
    Team          Pts  GR       Team         Pts  GR
 4. Montreal      67   27    4. San Jose     67   28
 5. Pittsburgh    65   28    5. Anaheim      67   23
 6. New Jersey    64   27    6. Colorado     63   27
 7. Boston        61   28    7. Nashville    62   27
 8. NY Rangers    60   25    8. Calgary      62   27

                     On the outside...
    Team          Pts  GR       Team         Pts  GR
 9. Buffalo       58   28    9. Vancouver    61   27
10. Washington    57   26   10. Phoenix      60   27
11. Atlanta       56   25   11. Columbus     60   25
12. Florida       55   26   12. St. Louis    55   30
13. NY Islanders  54   27   13. Edmonton     55   26
14. Toronto       53   26   14. Chicago      53   28
15. Tampa Bay     51   27   15. Los Angeles  49   26

Notes:
* GR = Games Remaining
* While Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are tied for first place in the Atlantic Division, the Flyers have the second tiebreaker (head to head, they've beaten the Penguins every time they've played this year). Also, Philly has a game in hand. These two team still play each other four more times.
* Carolina leads Washington by one point in the Southeast Division, however the Capitals have one games in hand.
* Dallas has a four point lead over San Jose in the Pacific Division, with the Sharks having a whopping four games in hand.
* Nashville and Calgary are tied in the West, with the Predators having the first tiebreaker (more wins).