Quoting: dgibb10
The banked points are the banked points and will almost certainly ensure Vancouver makes the playoffs. You can't change the outcomes of the past.
But expected goals are a much more accurate predictor of future success than actual goal differential.
And the canucks are on pace for the biggest xGoal differential vs goal differential (from moneypucks metrics) seen at any point as far back as you can go (which is 15 years). Do I believe that's sustainable play considering it's based on a bunch of guys doubling and tripling their career shooting rates and a 27 year old goalie performing LEVELS above what he ever has shown before. No. And that's even been shown in recent games.
Schedule also gets a hell of a lot more difficult going forward. You haven't even started your season series with Boston, NJD, Car, LAK, or Vegas
Man, if you're saying that you clearly haven't watched the Canucks.
Boeser has always had 40-50g pace in him, he was dealing with heavy personal issues that affected him on the ice.
Miller and Pettersson have both been 100-point players before this season.
Hughes has been an amazing defenseman since coming into the league, now that he has a full complement behind him he's able to score more.
Demko was absolute money until his injury last season that slowed his play and took him out for 50 games. Now he's back and able to play at full bore with a competent defense.
Its not some magic trick the Canucks are playing. We've been scoring at an increased pace the last 3 seasons. It was always the defense and bottom six, thats been largely fixed.