State of Affairs: Eastern Conference

Let's look at what every Eastern Conference team is facing for the rest of the season**

Metropolitan
Washington: 86pts. 14H 13A. 4a 7b 12c 4f - probable pts: 129/140
New York Rangers: 70pts. 12H 14A. 6a 9b 5c 6f - probable pts: 104/122
New York Islanders: 66pts. 11H 16A. 4a 5b 10c 8f - probable pts: 104/120

Atlantic
Florida: 72pts. 11H 14A. 0a 7b 7c 11f - probable pts: 113/122
Detroit: 67pts. 10H 15A. 4a 4b 6c 10f - probable pts: 103/117
Tampa Bay: 64pts. 11H 15A. 2a 6b 9c 8f - probable pts: 102/116

Wildcard
Pittsburgh: 64pts. 13H 14A. 3a 10b 8c 6f - probable pts: 100/118
Boston: 68pts. 12H 13A. 8a 7b 6c 4f - probable pts: 99/118

Need to over-perform:
Carolina: 62pts. 12H 13A. 2a 10b 5c 8f - probable pts: 95/112
Philadelphia: 60pts. 13H 13A. 3a 6b 8c 9f - probable pts: 95/112
New Jersey: 65pts. 12H 12A. 6a 7b 6c 5f - probable pts: 94/113

Hopeless:
Montreal: 58pts. 13H 12A. 8a 6b 5c 6f - probable pts: 87/108
Ottawa: 58pts. 12H 12A. 5a 5b 6c 8f - probable pts: 86/106
Buffalo: 53pts. 11H 13A. 2a 5b 6c 11f - probable pts: 82/101
Columbus: 53pts. 13H 11A. 3a 8b 9c 4f - probable pts: 81/101
Toronto: 49pts. 18H 9A. 5a 8b 6c 8f  - probable pts: 80/103

** Here are the way I rank the teams for the remaining games.
a - teams that have had multiple good win streaks in the season and are still playing at that caliber or close to it.
ANA,CHI,DAL,FLA,LA,WSH
b - teams that have teased with greatness - having a win streak or more but have smaller loss streaks too.
BOS,DET,NYI,NYR,SJS,STL,TBL
c - teams that have beaten good teams and can't be just forgotten. Still in the playoff hunt.
ARZ,CAR,COL,MIN,NSH,NJD,PIT,PHI
f - teams that just aren't good.
BUF,CGY,CBJ,EDM,MTL,OTT,TOR,VAN,WIN