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With just 2-3 regular season games per team remaining, here's where we stand going into Saturday night:
| Seed | Program | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | Remaining |
| 1 | Boston University | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 75 | 45 | ND, NU, @ NU |
| 2 | Boston College | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 57 | 47 | @ ND x2 |
| 3 | Providence | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 50 | 31 | @ UMA, ME x2 |
| UMass Lowell | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 64 | 49 | UVM x2 | |
| 5 | Northeastern | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 60 | 52 | @ ME, @ BU, BU |
| 6 | Notre Dame | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 58 | 49 | @ BU, BC x2 |
| Vermont | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 59 | 47 | MC, @ UML x2 | |
| 8 | Maine | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 54 | 61 | NU, @ PC x2 |
| Connecticut | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 37 | 69 | @ UNH, UMA | |
| 10 | New Hampshire | 19 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 54 | 66 | UC, MC x2 |
| 11 | Merrimack | 19 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 37 | 49 | @ UVM, @ UNH x2 |
| 12 | Massachusetts | 20 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 57 | 97 | PC, @ UC |
NOTES:
– With one point against Notre Dame, Boston University has clinched a first-round bye and at least a share of the UNH Memorial Regular Season Conference title. With three games to go, BU's magic number for an outright regular season title is just 1 point.
– Providence and Lowell are currently tied for the third seed, but the River Hawks have a game in hand. If the two programs finish with the same number of points, PC holds the head-to-head tiebreaker over Lowell with a 2-0-0 regular season series sweep.
– Similarly, Notre Dame and Vermont are tied, but the Irish won the regular season series 1-0-1.
– Maine and the #icebus are tied for 8th place, but Maine has a game in hand. UConn owns the head-to-head with a 1-0-1 regular season record against the Black Bears, so if the season ended today, UConn would get home ice for the best-of-three opening round series.
And here's how the Hockey East Tournament would look if the season ended today:
Friday - Sunday, March 6-8: Best-of-Three Opening Round
Play on Campus
(12) Massachusetts vs. (5) Northeastern (series tied 1-1-0)
(11) Merrimack at (6) Notre Dame (series tied 1-1-0)
(10) New Hampshire at (7) Vermont (series tied 1-1-0)
(9) Maine at (8) Connecticut (UConn leads 1-0-1)
Friday - Sunday, March 13-15: Best-of-Three Quarterfinal Round
Play on Campus
Lowest remaining seed at (1) Boston University
Second-lowest remaining seed at (2) Boston College
Second-highest remaining seed at (3) Providence
Highest remaining seed at (4) UMass Lowell
Friday, March 20: Semifinals Games
TD Garden
Saturday, March 21: Championship Final
TD Garden
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Boston College has a bit of breathing room when it comes to landing a first-round bye, but there's little margin of error in those final two games at Notre Dame. Certainly not with PC and Lowell both having a fairly manageable slate down the stretch, and a red-hot Northeastern team with a game in hand over BC and Lowell.