Here's what I figure...
Even with the 3 point game, we can extrapolate out how well a team will do by taking their point-per-game ratio, and extrapolating that out over 82 games. It may not take into account tie-breakers, but assuming that the teams stay on the current pace:
(Games played/Points/PPG/Extrapolated points after 82 games)
Vancouver:
49/69/1.408/115.469
Detroit:
48/64/1.333/109.333
Dallas:
49/63/1.286/105.429
Nashville:
49/60/1.224/100.408
Anaheim:
52/60/1.154/94.615
Phoenix:
50/51/1.140/93.480
Colorado:
49/56/1.143/93.714
Chicago:
50/56/1.120/91.840
Minnesota:
49/55/1.122/92.040
San Jose:
49/55/1.122/92.040
Los Angeles:
49/53/1.082/88.694
Calgary:
50/52/1.040/85.280
St. Louis:
48/51/1.063/87.125
Columbus:
49/51/1.041/85.384
Edmonton:
48/38/0.792/64.917
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Time to panic? Not likely, but assuming all the teams keep to the same trends that they have this year, right here and now we'd finish 10th. Thus, the team has to do better than it has for the next 32 games. The good news, though, is that we dn't have to be that much better--in that we're likoy only out by 2 points to have a spot guarenteed.