"Stat"urday - NHL Standings Grid - Eastern Conference

One of the features on my blog will be called "Stat"urday, where I'll post a statistic (usually on a Saturday, or at least on the weekend) that I may find interesting or that I simply haven't seen anywhere else. Case in point with the latter - an NHL standings grid. Below is the one for the Eastern Conference at the All-Star Break. It's interesting to see just what teams have each other's number. One that sticks out is Montreal's ownership of Boston. Another is Ottawa's inability to handle the Capitals.












Also, I've taken each team's record and subtracted out their TTA's record ("team to avoid") to come up with an adjusted record that perhaps gives a better representation of the team's true record. Just avoid that one team, and you're golden, right? Philly, Ottawa, and Montreal look to be in good shape if they avoid their TTA's...

	RECORD	TTA	ADJ. RECORD
PHI	27-16-5	NJ	26-11-5
NJ	28-18-3	NYI	28-14-3
PIT	27-18-4	PHI	27-14-4
NYI	24-20-6	PHI	24-17-6
NYR	24-21-6	NYI	23-18-6
OTT	31-15-4	WAS	31-11-4
MON	26-15-8	OTT	26-12-8
BUF	25-19-5	OTT	24-16-4
BOS	21-21-6	MON	21-15-6
TOR	20-23-8	BOS	19-20-8
CAR	24-24-4	TB	22-21-4
WAS	23-22-5	BUF	23-19-5
ATL	23-25-4	OTT	22-22-4
TB	22-24-5	WAS	20-21-5
FLA	20-25-5	CAR	18-22-5