Kings Remaining Schedule

Ahead of today’s game, going 30-20 gets the Kings to 95. Who knows if that’ll be good enough for the playoffs, but it gives them a good shot. How achievable is it though?

There are no safe games for any team let alone one on the bubble, but I think there’s a group of games that can be fairly described as “winnable.” Then there’s a second tier of games against other bubble teams. Lastly there’s a decent number of games against “contenders.” Here’s how it’s looking (not breaking down the contender group individually - those are just tough games):

“Winnable” - 16
SEA (4)
NYI (1)
PHI (2)
AZ (2)
CBJ (2)
BUFF (1)
CHI (3)
NJ (1)

Bubble - 14
DET (2)
ANH (3)
BOS (2)
DAL (1)
WPG (1)
VAN (1)
SJ (4)

“Contenders” - 20

Some of the teams are arguable, and AZ is a tough matchup for this team no matter what season. I also don’t see EDM or CGY as contenders but I put them in that group simply because I see them as extra challenging games. And hell, probably every fan base puts the Kings in their own “winnable” tier. I would.

Still, I don’t hate what I see left on the schedule. How many of those 20 hardest games can they win and how many of the other 30 will they lose?