The Vancouver Canucks and the Anaheim Ducks did the New York Rangers a huge favor on Sunday by winning against better teams. Their win moved the Canucks into seventh place in the lottery standings, one point better than the Rangers. Anaheim is now tied with the Rangers with 69 points, but they have only eight games left this season to the Rangers’ ten.
If the Rangers can hold on to 6th place overall, they would have a 7.5% shot at the top pick and 23.3% shot at a top three pick. If they can move to fifth place ahead of Anaheim, those odds improve to 8.