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Playoff Calculator

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Every year for the playoffs, we provide a Playoff Calculator. Once the teams and matchups for the playoffs are set, there is a link from THE Hockey Pool home page labeled "Playoff Calculator". After you click on it, it prompts you to predict the winning team for each playoff round and how many games you think they will win in. Then, based on the playoff format for the year, it will present you with your predicted match-ups for the subsequent round and allow you to predict the winners again.

Once your predictions are made all the way to the finals, the Calculator will look at how many games you predict each team to play in the post season. Then, based on the predicted number of games, the Calculator will compute the expected point output of each player in the post-season based on their regular season points per game.

Does this give you a list you would want to draft from? Probably not unless you are really certain about who's going to win which match up, but it can give you an indication of which player you should draft first given the choice between a few equal scorers in later rounds. Drop us an email using the 'Suggestions, Comments, or Insane Ramblings' feedback option and let us know how you use the calculator or what could be added to make it more useful to you.

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Of course, as demonstrated by experience, it takes guts to draft from the generated list, but if you really believe in your picks, it can help.

Click here to see the full prediction list you would have seen if you had predicted the 99 playoffs correctly.

Click here to see how the calculator fared in 1998.

Playoff Calculator vs. Actual 2002 Playoff Results

Each year we compare how our Playoff Predictor faired against the actual results. If you had correctly picked each round winner and the number of games each team won in for 2002, you would have seen the list on the left below. The actual results are on the right.

Predicted Top 40 Scorers


   Player Name       Team   Expected Pts   GP  RSP   G    A    PP   SH   GW ACTUAL RANK
   ----------------- ---- ---------------  --  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- -----------
 1 RON FRANCIS       CAR  23 X 0.962=  23  80   77   27   50   14    0    5 8
 2 BRENDAN SHANAHAN  DET  23 X 0.938=  22  80   75   37   38   12    3    7 6
 3 STEVE YZERMAN     DET  23 X 0.923=  22  52   48   13   35    5    1    5 2
 4 SAMI KAPANEN      CAR  23 X 0.896=  21  77   69   27   42   11    0    4 37
 5 JOE SAKIC         COL  21 X 0.963=  21  82   79   26   53    9    1    4 4
 6 MATS SUNDIN       TOR  20 X 0.976=  20  82   80   41   39   10    2    9 58 (injured GM 8)
 7 JEFF O'NEILL      CAR  23 X 0.842=  20  76   64   31   33   11    0    6 13
 8 SERGEI FEDOROV    DET  23 X 0.840=  20  81   68   31   37   10    0    6 5
 9 BRETT HULL        DET  23 X 0.768=  18  82   63   30   33    7    1    4 7
10 ALEXANDER MOGILNY TOR  20 X 0.864=  18  66   57   24   33    5    0    4 25
11 NICKLAS LIDSTROM  DET  23 X 0.756=  18  78   59    9   50    6    0    0 9
12 DARCY TUCKER      TOR  20 X 0.766=  16  77   59   24   35    7    0    5 48
13 ROD BRIND'AMOUR   CAR  23 X 0.679=  16  81   55   23   32    5    2    5 19
14 ROB BLAKE         COL  21 X 0.747=  16  75   56   16   40   10    0    2 18
15 LUC ROBITAILLE    DET  23 X 0.617=  15  81   50   30   20   13    0    5 38
16 MILAN HEJDUK      COL  21 X 0.710=  15  62   44   21   23    7    1    5 65
17 STEVE REINPRECHT  COL  21 X 0.687=  15  67   46   19   27    4    0    3 20
18 MIKAEL RENBERG    TOR  20 X 0.732=  15  71   52   14   38    4    0    3 (injured)
19 ALEX TANGUAY      COL  21 X 0.686=  15  70   48   13   35    7    0    2 16
20 IGOR LARIONOV     DET  23 X 0.614=  15  70   43   11   32    4    0    1 21
21 GARY ROBERTS      TOR  20 X 0.696=  14  69   48   21   27    6    2    2 3
22 ROBERT REICHEL    TOR  20 X 0.654=  14  78   51   20   31    1    0    3 126
23 BATES BATTAGLIA   CAR  23 X 0.561=  13  82   46   21   25    5    1    2 11
24 RADIM VRBATA      COL  21 X 0.577=  13  52   30   18   12    6    0    3 (9GP 0pts)
25 CHRIS DRURY       COL  21 X 0.561=  12  82   46   21   25    5    0    6 17
26 ERIK COLE         CAR  23 X 0.494=  12  81   40   16   24    3    0    2 42
27 JONAS HOGLUND     TOR  20 X 0.573=  12  82   47   13   34    1    1    4 35
28 Pavel Datsyuk     DET  23 X 0.500=  12  70   35   11   24    2    0    1 76
29 TOMAS KABERLE     TOR  20 X 0.565=  12  69   39   10   29    5    0    3 36
30 CHRIS CHELIOS     DET  23 X 0.494=  12  79   39    6   33    1    0    1 12
31 KEITH TKACHUK     STL  10 X 1.027=  11  73   75   38   37   13    0    7 33
32 DANIEL ALFREDSSON OTT  12 X 0.910=  11  78   71   37   34    9    1    4 15
33 RADEK BONK        OTT  12 X 0.854=  11  82   70   25   45    6    2    5 31
34 OWEN NOLAN        SJS  12 X 0.880=  11  75   66   23   43    8    2    2 41
35 BRYAN MCCABE      TOR  20 X 0.524=  11  82   43   17   26    8    0    1 27
36 SEAN HILL         CAR  23 X 0.458=  11  72   33    7   26    4    0    2 44
37 ADAM FOOTE        COL  21 X 0.491=  11  55   27    5   22    1    1    0 52
38 PAVOL DEMITRA     STL  10 X 0.951=  10  82   78   35   43   11    0   10 24
39 MARIAN HOSSA      OTT  12 X 0.825=  10  80   66   31   35    9    1    4 32
40 JOSEF VASICEK     CAR  23 X 0.397=  10  78   31   14   17    3    0    3 91

Actual Top 40


RNK P NAME              TM  GP  GL  AS PTS PP SH GW GT  S   PCTG P/G    PIM PREDICTED
--- - ----------------  --- --  --  -- --- -- -- -- --  --  ---  -----  --- ---------
  1 C PETER FORSBERG    COL 20   9  18  27  0  0  4  2  35  25.7 1.350   20 (did not play reg. season)
  2 C STEVE YZERMAN     DET 23   6  17  23  4  0  2  0  52  11.5 1.000   10 3
  3 L GARY ROBERTS      TOR 19   7  12  19  3  0  1  1  47  15.6 1.000   56 21
  4 C JOE SAKIC         COL 21   9  10  19  4  0  1  0  76  11.8 0.905    4 5
  5 C SERGEI FEDOROV    DET 23   5  14  19  2  1  0  0  88   5.7 0.826   20 8
  6 L BRENDAN SHANAHAN  DET 23   8  11  19  1  0  2  0  78  10.3 0.826   20 2
  7 R BRETT HULL        DET 23  10   8  18  3  2  2  0  61  16.4 0.783    4 9
  8 C RON FRANCIS       CAR 23   6  10  16  4  0  3  1  51  11.8 0.696    6 1
  9 D NICKLAS LIDSTROM  DET 23   5  11  16  2  1  2  0  41  12.2 0.696    2 11
 10 C ALYN MCCAULEY     TOR 20   5  10  15  1  0  2  0  48  10.4 0.750    4 178 (4pts)
 11 L BATES BATTAGLIA   CAR 23   5   9  14  1  0  1  1  44  11.4 0.609   14 23
 12 D CHRIS CHELIOS     DET 23   1  13  14  1  0  0  0  28   3.6 0.609   44 30
 13 L JEFF O'NEILL      CAR 22   8   5  13  3  0  1  1  72  11.1 0.591   27 7
 14 D GREG DEVRIES      COL 21   4   9  13  0  0  1  0  41   9.8 0.619    2 98 (8pts)
 15 R DANIEL ALFREDSSON OTT 12   7   6  13  3  0  3  0  55   9.1 1.083    4 32
 16 L ALEX TANGUAY      COL 19   5   8  13  3  0  0  0  20  25.0 0.684    0 19
 17 L CHRIS DRURY       COL 21   5   7  12  1  0  3  1  56   8.9 0.571   10 25
 18 D ROB BLAKE         COL 20   6   6  12  1  0  0  0  67   9.0 0.600   16 14
 19 C ROD BRIND'AMOUR   CAR 23   4   8  12  2  1  1  0  48   8.3 0.522   16 13
 20 C STEVE REINPRECHT  COL 21   7   5  12  0  0  2  0  29  24.1 0.571    8 17
 21 C IGOR LARIONOV     DET 18   5   6  11  0  0  1  1  24  20.8 0.611    4 20
 22 R TOMAS HOLMSTROM   DET 23   8   3  11  3  0  2  0  34  23.5 0.478    8 53 (9pts)
 23 C PATRICK MARLEAU   SJS 12   6   5  11  1  0  3  0  21  28.6 0.917    6 69 (7pts)
 24 C PAVOL DEMITRA     STL 10   4   7  11  2  1  1  0  26  20.0 1.100    6 38
 25 R ALEXANDER MOGILNY TOR 20   8   3  11  2  0  2  0  59  13.8 0.550    8 10
 26 C DOUG GILMOUR      MON 12   4   6  10  1  0  0  0  17  37.5 0.833   16 58 (8pts)
 27 D BRYAN MCCABE      TOR 20   5   5  10  3  0  1  0  64   8.2 0.500   30 35
 28 R SCOTT MELLANBY    STL 10   7   3  10  4  0  1  0  25  20.0 1.000   18 72 (7pts)
 29 R DONALD AUDETTE    MON 12   6   4  10  2  0  2  1  25  23.1 0.833   10 82 (7pts)
 30 C SAKU KOIVU        MON 12   4   6  10  1  0  1  0  16  50.0 0.833    4 (played only 3 games reg. season)
 31 C RADEK BONK        OTT 12   3   7  10  2  0  1  0  26  14.3 0.833    6 33
 32 R MARIAN HOSSA      OTT 12   4   6  10  1  0  0  0  42  13.3 0.833    2 39
 33 L KEITH TKACHUK     STL 10   5   5  10  1  0  0  0  35   4.8 1.000   18 31
 34 C MIKE RICCI        SJS 12   4   6  10  0  0  1  0  17  28.6 0.833    4 48 (9pts)
 35 L JONAS HOGLUND     TOR 20   4   6  10  3  0  1  0  50   9.1 0.500    2 27
 36 D TOMAS KABERLE     TOR 20   2   8  10  0  0  0  0  29   7.4 0.500   16 29
 37 R SAMI KAPANEN      CAR 23   1   8   9  0  0  0  0  50   2.0 0.391    6 4
 38 L LUC ROBITAILLE    DET 23   4   5   9  1  0  1  0  43   9.3 0.391   10 15
 39 R ZIGMUND PALFFY    LAK  7   4   5   9  0  0  0  0  23  25.0 1.286    0 63 (7pts)
 40 R TRAVIS GREEN      TOR 20   3   6   9  0  0  1  0  35   9.7 0.450   34 52 (9pts)