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Nah it would definitely be based on points percentage rather than current standings. Recall these are the official playoff tiebreakers:

1. The fewer number of games played (i.e., superior points percentage).
2. The greater number of games won in regulation (not including games won in overtime or a shootout).
3. The greater number of games won in regulation and overtime (not including games won via shootout).
4. The greater number of games won in any fashion.
5. The greater number of points earned in games between the tied clubs. If two clubs are tied, and have not played an equal number of home

Weird how #1 is "fewer number of games played" when you'd expect every team to play 82, but I guess that's there mainly for determining positioning during the season; but also sometimes games get cancelled and don't get made up by the end of the season. Or in cases like this, that comes in handy.

So in the East, the Islanders jump ahead of the Bluejackets so we have this:

Boston vs. NY Islanders
Tampa Bay vs. Toronto
Washington vs. Carolina
Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh (nice Pennyslvania classic)

And in the West, points-percentage plays havoc with Vancouver leapfrogging Calgary for 3rd in the Pacific, and for the two wild card spots:
Nashville (78 pts in 69 games)
Calgary (79 in 70)
Winnipeg (80 in 71)

Jets are the odd team out, tough break. So it'd look like this:

St. Louis vs. Calgary
Colorado vs. Dallas
Vegas vs. Nashville
Edmonton vs. Vancouver