Updated 2019-04-14
A daily look at the race to the 2019 Calder Cup Playoffs. The 2018-19 regular season ends Sunday, April 14.
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| Saturday’s Games: Belleville 3 at Toronto 2 (OT) Utica 1 at Hershey 4 Rockford 0 at Iowa 3 Grand Rapids 0 at Milwaukee 5 Rochester 3 at Syracuse 4 Laval 4 at Binghamton 3 (OT) Hartford 2 at Lehigh Valley 3 (SO) Providence 5 at Springfield 3 Bridgeport 5 at W-B/Scranton 2 Manitoba 2 at Chicago 4 San Antonio 3 at Texas 1 San Jose 2 at Colorado 3 Ontario 3 at Bakersfield 6 San Diego 4 at Tucson 3 |
Sunday’s Games: Rochester at Belleville – 2:00 PM EDT Springfield at Providence – 3:05 PM EDT Binghamton at W-B/Scranton – 3:05 PM EDT Cleveland at Toronto – 4:00 PM EDT Manitoba at Chicago – 4:00 PM CDT Hartford at Hershey – 5:00 PM EDT Syracuse at Utica – 5:00 PM EDT Milwaukee at Rockford – 6:00 PM CDT Bakersfield at Stockton – 5:00 PM PDT — end regular season — |
Monday’s Games: No games scheduled. |
Clinching Scenarios:
 Belleville clinches a playoff berth on Sunday with:(a) a win vs. Rochester, OR (b) a Cleveland regulation loss at Toronto, OR (c) an OTL/SOL vs. Rochester AND a Cleveland OTL/SOL at Toronto |
 Cleveland clinches a playoff berth on Sunday with:(a) a win at Toronto AND a Belleville loss (reg/OT/SO) vs. Rochester, OR (b) an OTL/SOL at Toronto AND a Belleville regulation loss vs. Rochester |
Matchups if the 2019 Calder Cup Playoffs started today:
A1  A4  |
C1  C4  |
A2  A3  |
C2  C3  |
N1  N4  |
P1  P4  |
N2  N3  |
P2  P3  |
In 2018-19, the AHL will have 16 teams participating in the postseason.
The top four teams in each of the AHL’s four divisions will qualify for the 2019 Calder Cup Playoffs.
Home-ice advantage in all series will be granted to the team with the higher points percentage.
The division semifinals will be best-of-five series. All other series are in a best-of-seven format.
Following are the tiebreaking procedures used in the event of a tie in points percentage in the standings, regardless of division, following the completion of the regular season. When a tie among three or more teams is broken resulting in a two-team tie, the original tiebreaking method is used.
Between two teams:
a) percentage of games won (excluding shootout wins)
b) points in season series between teams
c) goal differential
d) goals scored in season series between teams
e) intra-conference points percentage
Among three or more teams:
a) percentage of games won (excluding shootout wins)
b) points percentage in combined season series
c) goal differential
d) goal differential in combined season series
e) intra-conference points percentage
