“Is a Blue Jackets Breakthrough on the Horizon? Unpacking the Surprising Weekend Rankings!”

But when you look at their remaining schedule, you start to wonder. They’ve got a few games against bad teams that will just be playing out the string, like Buffalo, Nashville and Philadelphia. On the flip side, they’ve got first-place Washington twice, but the Caps will already be locked into their spot and might not even have the Ovechkin chase to play for by then. They’ve also got Ottawa three times, which once felt like a wild-card showdown but not any longer because the Sens are basically in. But if they are, and moving up in the Atlantic is off the table, will the Senators be at their best or merely in playoff prep mode?

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