Standings watch: Around the West

by Brandon Worley on Feb 7, 2009 2:58 PM CST in News Comment 7 comments

The only other game in the Western conference last night was a 2-0 Nashville Predators victory over the Minnesota Wild. The Wild loss coupled with the Stars win puts the Stars back into 5th place in the Western conference.

Western Conference
		GP	W	L	OT	PTS	GF	GA	HOME	AWAY	L10
1	SAN JOSE*	49	36	7	6	78	170	116	23-2-3	13-5-3	7-2-1
2	DETROIT*	51	33	11	7	73	188	151	18-4-2	15-7-5	4-4-2
3	CALGARY*	51	30	17	4	64	160	153	19-6-3	11-11-1	5-5-0
4	CHICAGO	50	29	13	8	66	169	126	14-4-5	15-9-3	6-3-1
5	DALLAS	51	25	19	7	57	158	163	14-6-4	11-13-3	7-2-1
6	ANAHEIM	55	26	24	5	57	154	155	14-11-3	12-13-2	4-6-0
7	MINNESOTA	51	26	22	3	55	131	116	15-10-3	11-12-0	6-4-0
8	EDMONTON	51	26	22	3	55	141	155	12-11-3	14-11-0	6-4-0
9	VANCOUVER	51	23	20	8	54	147	149	12-11-4	11-9-4	2-5-3
10	NASHVILLE	52	25	24	3	53	127	144	14-9-1	11-15-2	6-4-0
11	COLUMBUS	52	24	23	5	53	139	150	15-9-1	9-14-4	4-5-1
12	PHOENIX	53	24	24	5	53	134	157	16-8-2	8-16-3	3-7-0
13	LOS ANGELES	50	22	21	7	51	131	141	13-11-6	9-10-1	5-4-1
14	COLORADO	52	25	26	1	51	145	159	16-13-0	9-13-1	3-7-0
15	ST LOUIS	51	21	24	6	48	146	160	12-10-4	9-14-2	5-2-3

Today's games of note:

Anaheim @ Calgary

Edmonton @ Detroit

San Jose @ Columbus

An Anaheim and Edmonton loss will help pad the Stars' lead over those below them. If the Stars win again tomorrow then the Stars can give themselves just a bit of breathing room between themselves and 9th place.

However, expect this constant jostling in the standings until the Stars can catch up to those around them in games played.

Here's Mark Stepneski's rundown of the standings based on points percentage.

Rk	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PTS%
1	San Jose	49	36	7	6	78	.796
2	Detroit	51	33	11	7	73	.716
3	Calgary	51	30	17	4	64	.627
4	Chicago	50	29	13	8	66	.660
5	Dallas	50	24	19	7	55	.550
6	Minnesota	51	26	22	3	55	.539
7	Edmonton	51	26	22	3	55	.539
8	Vancouver	51	23	20	8	54	.529
9	Anaheim	55	26	24	5	57	.518
10	Columbus	52	24	23	5	53	.510
11	Nashville	52	25	24	3	53	.510
12	Los Angeles	50	22	21	7	51	.510
13	Phoenix	53	24	24	5	53	.500
14	Colorado	52	25	26	1	51	.490
15	St. Louis	51	21	24	6	48	.471