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.

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)