NHL Standings by conference (top three teams are division leaders).

Standings By Division

Standings current as of Sun Apr 8 01:32:46 2012

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Eastern Conference

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#	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	PPG	SHG	SO	PK	HOME	ROAD	HOME	ROAD	GF	GA	DIFF	PPG	SHG	SO	PK	Streak	Pres	Conf	Div	Playoffs
1*	xyz New York R. (a)	82	51	24	2	5	109	47	226	187	39	44	8	10	225	27-12-0-2	24-12-2-3	12-7-0-0	8-5-1-2	94	91	3	21	2	3	92	2 L		*	*	*
2	xy Boston (ne)	82	49	29	1	3	102	40	269	202	67	43	8	8	216	24-14-1-2	25-15-0-1	8-7-0-1	10-8-0-1	98	100	-2	12	2	1	68	2 W			*	*
3	xy Florida (se)	82	38	26	7	11	94	32	203	227	-24	52	4	4	187	21-9-2-9	17-17-5-2	10-4-1-3	6-7-1-2	81	91	-10	19	0	1	69	1 W			*	*
4	x Pittsburgh (a)	82	51	25	3	3	108	42	282	221	61	57	10	3	230	29-10-2-0	22-15-1-3	15-3-0-0	8-5-1-1	130	94	36	22	6	1	91	3 W				*
5	x Philadelphia (a)	82	47	26	2	7	103	43	264	232	32	66	6	5	261	22-13-1-5	25-13-1-2	11-6-0-3	7-6-0-1	102	90	12	22	2	4	98	1 L				*
6	x New Jersey (a)	82	48	28	2	4	102	36	228	209	19	46	15	7	231	24-13-0-4	24-15-2-0	12-4-0-2	10-5-1-0	99	73	26	22	4	5	82	6 W				*
7*	x Washington (se)	82	42	32	4	4	92	38	222	230	-8	41	3	8	217	26-11-2-2	16-21-2-2	8-5-2-1	8-8-1-1	86	93	-7	12	2	4	78	2 W				*
8*	x Ottawa (ne)	82	41	31	6	4	92	35	249	240	9	47	10	4	249	20-17-2-2	21-14-4-2	6-8-2-1	8-4-0-1	92	80	12	18	5	3	83	3 L				*
9*	g Buffalo (ne)	82	39	32	4	7	89	32	218	230	-12	45	5	6	211	21-12-3-5	18-20-1-2	10-3-0-3	9-5-1-2	99	81	18	14	3	4	67	2 L
10*	g Tampa Bay (se)	82	38	36	5	3	84	35	235	281	-46	41	2	2	227	25-14-1-1	13-22-4-2	12-7-1-0	5-6-3-0	99	116	-17	19	1	0	75	2 w. Pts
11*	g Winnipeg (se)	82	37	35	6	4	84	33	225	246	-21	45	3	6	234	23-13-2-3	14-22-4-1	8-5-2-1	7-8-1-0	101	103	-2	17	0	1	70	2 L
12*	g Carolina (se)	82	33	33	10	6	82	32	213	243	-30	49	12	6	203	20-14-2-5	13-19-8-1	7-3-2-2	8-6-3-0	83	84	-1	19	4	4	78	1 L
13*	g Toronto (ne)	82	35	37	5	5	80	31	231	264	-33	49	5	6	188	18-16-3-4	17-21-2-1	4-8-1-2	6-10-1-1	80	117	-37	15	1	2	64	1 L
14*	g New York I. (a)	82	34	37	7	4	79	27	203	255	-52	46	4	3	192	17-18-4-2	17-19-3-2	6-7-0-2	9-8-2-0	88	112	-24	16	1	2	66	1 L
15*	g Montreal (ne)	82	31	35	4	12	78	26	212	226	-14	44	10	4	265	16-15-2-8	15-20-2-4	7-6-0-3	5-8-2-2	82	92	-10	19	6	2	110	4 w. Pts

Western Conference

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#	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	PPG	SHG	SO	PK	HOME	ROAD	HOME	ROAD	GF	GA	DIFF	PPG	SHG	SO	PK	Streak	Pres	Conf	Div	Playoffs
1*	xyzp Vancouver (nw)	82	51	22	2	7	111	43	249	198	51	57	7	9	246	27-10-0-4	24-12-2-3	13-4-0-1	8-3-2-2	91	76	15	13	3	4	88	1 W	*	*	*	*
2*	xy St. Louis (c)	82	49	22	1	10	109	45	210	165	45	45	7	14	242	30-6-1-4	19-16-0-6	9-3-0-1	11-6-0-3	86	63	23	22	4	5	104	1 W			*	*
3	xy Phoenix (p)	82	42	27	3	10	97	36	216	204	12	34	6	8	214	22-13-2-4	20-14-1-6	12-4-0-2	8-3-0-3	86	70	16	15	2	6	91	5 W			*	*
4	x Nashville (c)	82	48	26	3	5	104	43	237	210	27	60	4	5	204	26-10-2-3	22-16-1-2	10-3-0-2	8-7-0-2	97	83	14	16	1	1	66	3 W				*
5	x Detroit (c)	82	48	28	3	3	102	39	248	203	45	48	2	7	222	31-7-1-2	17-21-2-1	11-5-0-2	4-7-2-1	88	86	2	14	1	1	86	2 L				*
6	x Chicago (c)	82	45	26	4	7	101	38	248	238	10	42	7	0	182	27-8-1-5	18-18-3-2	8-2-0-2	8-9-1-2	86	94	-8	9	1	0	62	6 w. Pts				*
7*	x San Jose (p)	82	43	29	5	5	96	34	228	210	18	57	3	6	173	26-12-2-1	17-17-3-4	11-4-0-1	5-11-2-1	97	100	-3	29	0	3	68	4 W				*
8*	x L.A. (p)	82	40	27	6	9	95	34	192	177	15	47	9	11	253	22-14-0-5	18-13-6-4	8-3-0-1	8-8-2-2	83	68	15	20	5	5	88	6 w. Pts				*
9*	g Calgary (nw)	82	37	29	7	9	90	34	202	226	-24	46	3	4	226	23-12-1-5	14-17-6-4	10-5-0-4	4-3-4-2	82	89	-7	18	3	1	89	3 w. Pts
10*	g Dallas (p)	82	42	35	1	4	89	35	209	220	-11	32	5	5	249	22-16-0-3	20-19-1-1	8-7-0-1	9-7-1-1	85	86	-1	12	1	3	101	5 L
11*	g Colorado (nw)	82	41	35	4	2	88	32	208	220	-12	41	5	5	230	22-17-1-1	19-18-3-1	8-5-1-1	7-7-1-1	77	76	1	11	1	2	80	2 L
12*	g Minnesota (nw)	82	35	36	2	9	81	24	177	226	-49	38	5	6	231	20-17-1-3	15-19-1-6	7-11-0-1	4-7-0-3	62	100	-38	15	0	3	89	1 L
13*	g Anaheim (p)	82	34	36	5	7	80	31	204	231	-27	45	4	4	231	21-18-2-0	13-18-3-7	8-6-1-0	8-7-1-3	80	87	-7	16	1	2	78	1 L
14*	g Edmonton (nw)	82	32	40	3	7	74	27	212	239	-27	54	5	4	244	18-17-3-3	14-23-0-4	6-9-2-1	8-5-0-2	90	97	-7	15	1	2	87	3 L
15*	g Columbus (c)	82	29	46	2	5	65	25	202	262	-60	49	7	2	210	17-21-1-2	12-25-1-3	9-8-0-0	7-8-1-0	87	99	-12	22	3	1	85	2 W

The strength charts below compare the conference teams based only on their records against STRONG teams. How do we define strong? Easy - the teams that are currently in the playoffs. Here are the # of points and # of games played, and average number of points per game for all teams in each Conference when they played any of the top 8 teams. The charts are followed by the combined record against the top 8 in both Conferences. The teams with the lighter background are the top 8 in the Conference currently. Thanks to a friend of TheHockeyPool.com for the suggestion!

RECORD VERSUS EASTERN STRENGTH (TOP 8 TEAMS IN EASTERN CONFERENCE)

East Team Games Points Avg. PPG Season Points New York R. 34 42 1.24 101.3 Boston 30 36 1.20 98.4 Washington 30 36 1.20 98.4 Pittsburgh 34 38 1.12 91.6 New Jersey 34 36 1.06 86.8 Philadelphia 34 36 1.06 86.8 Ottawa 30 31 1.03 84.7 Buffalo 36 36 1.00 82.0 Tampa Bay 36 36 1.00 82.0 Winnipeg 36 34 0.94 77.4 Florida 30 26 0.87 71.1 Carolina 36 31 0.86 70.6 Montreal 36 29 0.81 66.1 New York I. 40 31 0.77 63.5 Toronto 36 25 0.69 56.9

West Team Games Points Avg. PPG Season Points St. Louis 9 15 1.67 136.7 Colorado 10 15 1.50 123.0 Edmonton 9 13 1.44 118.4 Chicago 10 14 1.40 114.8 San Jose 10 14 1.40 114.8 Anaheim 9 12 1.33 109.3 Vancouver 9 11 1.22 100.2 Dallas 10 11 1.10 90.2 Detroit 10 11 1.10 90.2 L.A. 11 12 1.09 89.5 Minnesota 9 9 1.00 82.0 Nashville 10 8 0.80 65.6 Phoenix 10 8 0.80 65.6 Calgary 9 6 0.67 54.7 Columbus 9 5 0.56 45.6

RECORD VERSUS WESTERN STRENGTH (TOP 8 TEAMS IN WESTERN CONFERENCE)

East Team Games Points Avg. PPG Season Points Pittsburgh 9 14 1.56 127.6 New Jersey 9 12 1.33 109.3 Montreal 9 12 1.33 109.3 New York R. 10 13 1.30 106.6 Boston 10 13 1.30 106.6 Carolina 10 13 1.30 106.6 Philadelphia 11 13 1.18 96.9 Buffalo 9 8 0.89 72.9 Florida 10 8 0.80 65.6 New York I. 9 7 0.78 63.8 Washington 11 8 0.73 59.6 Tampa Bay 10 7 0.70 57.4 Toronto 9 6 0.67 54.7 Ottawa 9 5 0.56 45.6 Winnipeg 9 5 0.56 45.6

West Team Games Points Avg. PPG Season Points Vancouver 28 35 1.25 102.5 L.A. 32 39 1.22 99.9 Phoenix 32 38 1.19 97.4 Nashville 34 40 1.18 96.5 St. Louis 34 39 1.15 94.1 Detroit 34 39 1.15 94.1 Minnesota 34 38 1.12 91.6 Chicago 34 37 1.09 89.2 Calgary 34 34 1.00 82.0 San Jose 32 31 0.97 79.4 Anaheim 38 35 0.92 75.5 Colorado 34 30 0.88 72.4 Edmonton 34 28 0.82 67.5 Dallas 38 30 0.79 64.7 Columbus 40 26 0.65 53.3

RECORD VERSUS LEAGUE STRENGTH (TOP 8 TEAMS IN BOTH CONFERENCES)

East Team Games Points Avg. PPG Season Points New York R. 44 55 1.25 102.5 Boston 40 49 1.23 100.5 Pittsburgh 43 52 1.21 99.2 New Jersey 43 48 1.12 91.5 Philadelphia 45 49 1.09 89.3 Washington 41 44 1.07 88.0 Buffalo 45 44 0.98 80.2 Carolina 46 44 0.96 78.4 Tampa Bay 46 43 0.93 76.7 Ottawa 39 36 0.92 75.7 Montreal 45 41 0.91 74.7 Winnipeg 45 39 0.87 71.1 Florida 40 34 0.85 69.7 New York I. 49 38 0.78 63.6 Toronto 45 31 0.69 56.5

West Team Games Points Avg. PPG Season Points St. Louis 43 54 1.26 103.0 Vancouver 37 46 1.24 101.9 L.A. 43 51 1.19 97.3 Chicago 44 51 1.16 95.0 Detroit 44 50 1.14 93.2 Phoenix 42 46 1.10 89.8 Minnesota 43 47 1.09 89.6 Nashville 44 48 1.09 89.5 San Jose 42 45 1.07 87.9 Colorado 44 45 1.02 83.9 Anaheim 47 47 1.00 82.0 Edmonton 43 41 0.95 78.2 Calgary 43 40 0.93 76.3 Dallas 48 41 0.85 70.0 Columbus 49 31 0.63 51.9

Legend
GP	Games Played	W	Wins	L	Losses	OTL	Over Time Loses	SOL	Shoot Out Loses	PTS	Points
GF	Goals For	GA	Goals Against	PPG	Power Play Goals	SHG	Short Handed Goals	SO	Shut Outs	PK	Penalty Kills
DIFF	Goal Differential	ROW	Reg. & OT Wins (no SHO)	HOME/ROAD	Record home & road	Numbers With Green Background = Since All-Star Break
x	Clinched playoffs	y	Clinched division	z	Clinched Conference	p	Clinched President's Trophy	g	Clinched April tee-offs
Magic	Magic numbers represent number of points needed to clinch that category. A red * means they've clinched it. Blank means they're out of it.
T:	Tragic number. If this team misses winning this number of points, or if the 8th place teams wins this many (or a combination), this team can't make the playoffs.
A RED magic number means they need help in the form of rival losses to be able to make it.