The Halfway Standings

 2021-22 standings at half mark 

According to my research 14 of 16 teams in the playoffs at the halfway mark (and 7 of 8 in each division) usually wind up making the playoffs so if their was one team I would say in the to conference’s had to go out of the playoffs it would be Boston in the East and Dallas in the West and if a team had to replace them it for me would be Los Angeles in the West and Detroit in the East but you tell me if their is a team who is in the playoffs at the half mark who you could see get past by a team out of the playoffs. 

West

Pacific

VGK 24-15-2 50 145-125+20

CAL  22-13-6 50 132-102+30

EDM 22-16-3 47 137-135+2

Central

COL 30-8-3 63  171-121+50

MIN 28-10-3 59 161-120+41

ST.L 25-11-5 55 146-109+37

West wild card

NAS 24-14-3 51 125-115+10

DAL  22-17-2 46 120-126-6

LA    20-16-5 45 116-113+3

ANA 19-15-7 45 120-120-E

SJ     21-18-2 44 114-124-10

WIN  18-16-7 43 119-125-6

VAN  18-19-4 40 103-116-13

CHI   15-19-7  37  99-135-36

SEA  13-24-4 30 110-148-38

ARI   10-27-4 24   92-158-66

East

Atlantic 

FLO   28-8-5 61 167-117+50

TOR 28-10-3 59 146-111+35

TB     27-9-5 59 141-117+24

Metro

CAR   30-9-2 62 145-97+48

PIT    26-10-5 57 139-108+31

NYR  26-11-4 56 122-105+17

East wild card 

BOS 25-13-3 53 127-112+15

WAS 22-10-9 53 136-115+21

DET   18-17-6 42 112-135-23

NYI    17-18-6 40 100-111-11

COLU 19-21-1 39 126-148-22

NJ      15-21-5 35  118-145-27

OTT   15-22-4 34 114-137-23

PHI     13-20-8 34 102-141-39

BUF    13-21-7 33   111-142-31

MON    8-26-7 23   90-154-64