Early season expected-standings.

West Name GD PCT DET 29 0.80 MIN 15 0.72 STL 10 0.63 CBJ 7 0.59 CGY 6 0.57 S.J 4 0.56 DAL 4 0.55 COL -1 0.48 VAN -3 0.46 PHX -3 0.45 ANA -10 0.37 CHI -14 0.34 L.A -13 0.33 NSH -13 0.31 EDM -25 0.20

East Name GD PCT OTT 25 0.74 PHI 13 0.69 CAR 15 0.68 NYI 11 0.64 BOS 5 0.59 T.B 6 0.58 MTL 6 0.57 PIT 3 0.53 BUF 2 0.53 TOR -4 0.46 NYR -6 0.44 N.J -11 0.36 FLA -15 0.33 WSH -15 0.31 ATL -25 0.23

The above standings represent the expected winning percentage for each team based on the quality of shots for and against each team has had or generated. If a team has better than average goaltending then they should outperform the above predictions and if they have worse than average goaltending they should under perform the above expectations.

This does not account for strength of competition, but is simply calcualted by: EGF²/(EGF²+EGA²)
Where EGF = expected goals for, EGA = expected goals against.

This is posted mainly to show which teams may be higher ranked in the standings than they probably will do over the course of the season.