And the seeming opposite of your No. London Arse are your big-league ice-hockey Philadelphians, also known as the Flyers or, if they are in a brawling mood, the Broad Street Bullies. While the Arse started from lofty heights only to fall ignominiously in their two chances (so far) to win hardware, the Flyers here are the opposite, as you can see from the rapidly ascending squiggly purple line in today’s graphic lede. Yesterday the Flyers gutted-out a 2-1 OT win while many of their direct playoff-hopeful rivals ended-up losing, the combined effect of which boosted the Flyers’ playoff chances a full 35 percentage points in the span of a few hours, to just under 50 percent at the end of Sunday, a day that began with them sitting at about a 15 percent probability. Only a handful of regular-season games remain — get there, Flyers! One time!
(Screengrab from the Bluesky social-media account of the incomparable hockey data-viz wizard Mistah Micah McCurdy, @hockeyviz.com; thank you to him and all his fine & interesting work!)
On the other hoof, our other favorite big-league ice-hockey club, your La-La Land Los Kings, has shown a playoff-probability graph boasting a higher ceiling and a higher floor than the Flyers. However, but for a recent spurt, their general trend has been worryingly downward. Can they get their in their longtime captain Mistah Anze Kopitar’s final season on the ice? Come on, Los Kings, get there! One time for The Captain!
(Again, H/T to Micah McCurdy on Bluesky @hockeyviz.com)
As for the horseys today, Monday, it’s the last sparsely contested Monday until the autumn. Things are starting to open-up again. Unfortunately, no really wide-open races remain at Turf Paradise, so this was the alternative…
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