Columbus Blue Jackets playoff tracker: How much did Detroit win help?

Don't count the Blue Jackets out yet. After ending a season-high, six-game losing streak by the skin of their teeth in a 4-3 shootout win over the Detroit Red Wings on April 7 at Little Caesar's Arena, the Blue Jackets kept pace with four games left in a tightly contested Eastern Conference playoff chase. More: Columbus Blue Jackets lose sixth straight game.

Replay Time's running out on the Jackets, just as it did a year ago to leave them two points shy of the playoffs, but they're there's still belief in this minds looking ahead to the next game April 9 at the Buffalo Sabres.. Projections by MoneyPuck , The Athletic and PlayoffStatus , which once gave the Jackets a nearly 90% chance to qualify for the playoffs, now place that chance between 25% and 47%, while sports betting services also give the Blue Jackets underdog odds to qualify. Here's a look: Columbus Blue Jackets playoff picture: Percentage forecast According to MoneyPuck , an NHL statistics site that generates projections by simulating the remaining NHL schedule 100,000 times, the Blue Jackets boosted their chance to make it from 24.

6% to 27. 2% following the win over Detroit. MoneyPuck gave Columbus an 87.

1% chance to make it going into a 2-1 loss on March 26 in Montreal, which they lost 2-1 to start their slide. The Athletic uses its simulation model to play out the remaining NHL schedule 50,000 times for each projection, and its most recent odds set the Jackets' chances at 34% to make it. That model gave the Blue Jacket a chance of 88% to make it before the Jackets started a 1-6-1 slog.