With less than a month to go until the Stanley Cup playoffs begin, a few questions still need to be answered in the National Hockey League standings.
At this point, the Florida Panthers and San Jose Sharks have fallen below "bubble team" status in their respective conferences and look like their pushes for the playoffs are subsiding.
With 76 points, the Panthers were undone by the injuries to both their goaltenders and now sit seven points out of the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference, while the Sharks are five points below the last Pacific Division berth in the West.
The picture is muddy in the West, where a single point separates three teams—one of which will most likely get left out in the cold. Over in the East, just one team has a real chance to upset the conference's current order.
Here's a look at each of the bubble teams' chances of reaching the postseason after games on Wednesday, March 18, including statistical analysis from Spots Club Stats.
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NHL Bubble Teams’ Odds of Reaching the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs
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