The Toronto Maple Leafs still have a chance to get home-ice advantage in the first round of the NHL playoffs, and even win the Northeast Division to get the second seed in the Eastern Conference.

Yes, Leaf Nation it could still happen, especially with the way the Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins have been struggling down the stretch. Both teams have lost five of their last six games.

Here’s how the Leafs can get home-ice advantage in the playoffs starting next week:

TORONTO WINS NORTHEAST DIVISION (No. 2 seed in conference)

Scenario 1: The Leafs win their three remaining games: Tampa (tonight), Florida (Thursday) and Montreal (Saturday); Montreal loses its last two games: Winnipeg (Thursday) and Toronto (Saturday). Boston loses its last three games: Tampa (Thursday), Washington (Saturday), Ottawa (Monday). Toronto finishes with 61 points and wins its first division crown since 2000.

Scenario 2: The Leafs wins their three remaining games. Montreal loses its two games and Boston wins just one of its three games. The Leafs and the Bruins would each have 61 points but Toronto would win the division based on the first tiebreaker. Deadlocks are decided by ROWs (regulation or overtime wins). The Leafs would have 28 ROWs and the Bruins would have 24.

Scenario 3: The Leafs win two of three remaining games and Montreal loses its two games while Boston loses all three of its remaining games. All three teams would have 59 points. The Leafs would have 27 ROWs while Montreal would have 24 and Boston 23.

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TORONTO FINISHES FOURTH IN CONFERENCE

Scenario 1: Boston wins two of its last three games to finish first with 63 points. Toronto wins all its remaining games while Montreal loses all its games. The Leafs would have 61 points and open at home against the Canadiens (59 points) in the first round.

Scenario 2: Montreal beats both Winnipeg and Toronto and finishes first with 63 points. Toronto beats Tampa and Florida and finishes with 59 points. Boston loses all three of its remaining games and finishes with 59 points. The Leafs would take second in the division, fourth in the East and open at home against the Bruins in the first round because they would have 27 ROWs and the Bruins would have 23.

Scenario 3: Boston wins its three remaining games and finishes first with 65 points. Toronto wins its three remaining games and finishes with 61 points. Montreal beats Winnipeg and finishes with 61 points. The Leafs would get fourth overall because of their ROWs and open the playoffs at home against the Canadiens.

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