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Habs : more than 50% chance of making the playoffs with a win tonight
Mathis Therrien
Habs : more than 50% chance of making the playoffs with a win tonight
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Never has the Montreal Canadiens been so close to the playoffs since the beginning of their rebuild, about four years ago.

The Habs are in a position to make the playoffs now, and this is in the middle of March with 13 games left in the season.

The Canadiens are the best team in the National Hockey League since the Four Nations tournament, and therefore, the team’s chances of making the playoffs only keep increasing with each game since the tournament.

With every win, we all start to believe more and more, and it’s the same for prediction and betting sites.

So go the mathematical chances of the Habs making the playoffs, so goes the hope of the fans to see their team in the playoffs.

In short, the Habs’ chances of making the playoffs are gradually increasing, and becoming more and more interesting with the team’s wins, but especially with the losses of the closest competitors to the Habs.

In fact, with the Blue Jackets’ loss last night, the Habs’ chances of making the playoffs could rise above 50% with a win tonight against the Colorado Avalanche.

And no, you’re not dreaming, the Canadiens could wake up tomorrow morning with more than a 50% chance of participating in the NHL spring tournament.

Whether it’s a regular win or not, if the Habs get two points tonight against the Avalanche, they will go from 44.6% to around 55% chance of making the playoffs.

(Credit: MoneyPuck.com)

Obviously, this won’t be an easy task for the Habs, given that the Avalanche is a very big club that’s doing very well lately.

The Habs’ chances could also drop significantly with a loss, as we can see in the white box on the MoneyPuck.com website photo, where the first column represents the current chances of making the playoffs for each team.

Habs’ chances in % according to different scenarios against Colorado:

  • Habs’ win in regulation: 55.55%
  • Habs’ win in overtime: 54.95%
  • Habs’ loss in regulation: 35.18%
  • Habs’ loss in overtime: 44.96%

In short, this is a very big game tonight again for Martin St-Louis’ team, and this could be the case until the Habs are either qualified for the playoffs or eliminated.

In the end, whether the Habs qualify or not, this team has given us incredible emotions that we haven’t experienced in a long time.

The Canadiens keep us on the edge of our seat with each of their games now, and they give us reasons to believe in the playoffs, much earlier in the rebuild than we could have thought.

This is a very beautiful team we have in Montreal now with a very tight-knit group, and we should enjoy it.


Overtime

– The Rocket will be back in action today. Will David Reinbacher score again?

– Indeed.

– To watch tonight.

– Already a demotion for Laughton in Toronto.

– Amazing.

– To follow closely.

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