How the Wild Make the Playoffs

Startribune’sMichael Russo had the Wild Playoffs Possibilities’. All of these possibilities make your head spin.  

The Wild would clinch a playoff berth if they defeat the Blackhawks in regulation OR if they win in a shootout AND any of the following occurs:

• the Flames fail to win in regulation or overtime;
• the Jets lose in any fashion; or
• the Kings lose in any fashion.
  * The Wild also would clinch a playoff berth if they lose to the Blackhawks in overtime or a shootout AND any of the following occurs:

• the Kings lose in regulation;
• the Kings lose in overtime or a shootout AND the Jets lose in regulation;
• both the Flames and Kings lose in any fashion; or
• the Flames lose in any fashion AND the Jets lose in regulation.