NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Sun Dec 14 01:31:34 2025

Eastern Conference
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#	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	PPG	SHG	SO	PK	HOME	ROAD	Streak	Pres	Conf	Div	Playoffs
1	Carolina (ME)	31	20	9	1	1	42	13	17	105	88	17	14	4	2	67	10-5-1-0	10-4-0-1	3 W	112	100	100	99
2	New York I. (ME)	33	19	11	0	3	41	13	16	100	93	7	18	5	4	79	10-6-0-2	9-5-0-1	3 W	113	104	104	100
3	Washington (ME)	32	18	10	0	4	40	17	18	106	83	23	15	1	2	74	10-5-0-2	8-5-0-2	2 L	114	105	105	101
4	Tampa Bay (AT)	32	18	11	2	1	39	15	18	104	83	21	17	2	1	88	8-7-0-0	10-4-2-1	3 w. Pts	115	106	100	100
5	Detroit (AT)	33	18	12	1	2	39	14	16	104	109	-5	23	0	2	71	9-6-1-0	9-6-0-2	1 W	115	106	101	100
6	Boston (AT)	32	19	13	0	0	38	13	17	107	99	8	24	1	0	97	11-5-0-0	8-8-0-0	4 W	116	107	102	101
7	Philadelphia wc (ME)	30	16	9	4	1	37	9	11	90	85	5	14	0	0	75	10-5-3-1	6-4-1-0	3 w. Pts	117	108	108	104
8	New Jersey wc (ME)	32	18	13	1	0	37	12	16	96	101	-5	18	4	1	68	10-5-1-0	8-8-0-0	1 W	117	108	108	104
9	Pittsburgh (ME)	30	14	8	3	5	36	13	14	95	91	4	27	1	3	75	6-5-2-2	8-3-1-3	4 L	118	109	109	103 F: 104
10	Montreal (AT)	31	16	11	2	2	36	9	14	101	112	-11	22	2	0	76	7-8-0-1	9-3-2-1	2 w. Pts	118	109	104	105 F: 102
11	New York R. (ME)	33	16	13	4	0	36	11	15	88	88	0	15	2	2	73	4-8-3-0	12-5-1-0	1 W	118	109	109	105 F: 98
12	Florida (AT)	31	16	13	1	1	34	14	15	98	99	-1	20	3	3	83	10-6-1-1	6-7-0-0	1 W	120	111	106	107 F: 100
13	Toronto (AT)	31	14	12	4	1	33	10	14	102	102	0	11	2	1	71	9-5-4-1	5-7-0-0	2 L	121	112	107	108 F: 99
14	Ottawa (AT)	31	14	13	4	0	32	10	11	98	102	-4	26	1	0	60	6-6-2-0	8-7-2-0	1 L	122	113	108	109 F: 98
15	Columbus (ME)	32	13	13	5	1	32	7	9	96	112	-16	15	2	0	63	6-5-2-1	7-8-3-0	5 L	122	113	113	109 F: 96
16	Buffalo (AT)	31	13	14	4	0	30	9	11	95	108	-13	20	3	1	77	9-5-2-0	4-9-2-0	2 W	124	115	110	111 F: 96

Western Conference
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#	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	PPG	SHG	SO	PK	HOME	ROAD	Streak	Pres	Conf	Div	Playoffs
1	Colorado (CE)	32	23	2	3	4	53	21	23	128	74	54	17	1	3	78	13-0-0-2	10-2-3-2	5 w. Pts	93	93	93	81
2	Dallas (CE)	33	21	7	3	2	47	17	18	111	89	22	33	1	3	87	10-5-1-0	11-2-2-2	2 L	107	107	107	87
3	Vegas (PA)	31	16	6	6	3	41	12	15	96	90	6	24	1	2	67	7-4-2-2	9-2-4-1	7 w. Pts	113	113	99	96
4	Minnesota (CE)	32	18	9	4	1	41	12	15	93	85	8	24	2	6	60	10-3-3-1	8-6-1-0	3 W	113	113	113	93
5	Anaheim (PA)	32	19	12	1	0	39	11	15	114	107	7	19	5	0	81	11-4-0-0	8-8-1-0	2 L	115	115	105	98
6	L.A. (PA)	31	14	8	4	5	37	9	13	83	82	1	13	6	3	82	4-6-3-1	10-2-1-4	4 w. Pts	117	117	107	100
7	Edmonton wc (PA)	32	15	11	4	2	36	10	15	109	110	-1	25	3	2	71	8-3-2-1	7-8-2-1	5 w. Pts	118	118	108	101
8	San Jose wc (PA)	33	16	14	2	1	35	8	15	96	110	-14	22	2	0	86	9-5-2-1	7-9-0-0	2 W	119	119	109	102
9	Utah (CE)	33	15	15	3	0	33	12	15	101	97	4	14	3	1	76	8-5-1-0	7-10-2-0	1 W	121	121	121	104 F: 97
10	Chicago (CE)	32	13	13	4	2	32	12	13	91	98	-7	20	2	2	92	7-6-2-1	6-7-2-1	2 L	122	122	122	105 F: 98
11	Winnipeg (CE)	31	15	15	0	1	31	13	14	96	96	0	19	3	0	80	8-7-0-0	7-8-0-1	1 W	123	123	123	106 F: 99
12	St. Louis (CE)	33	12	14	5	2	31	12	12	84	118	-34	16	2	2	63	6-7-2-2	6-7-3-0	1 W	123	123	123	106 F: 95
13	Seattle (PA)	29	12	11	3	3	30	7	12	73	90	-17	16	1	1	54	7-5-2-1	5-6-1-2	1 L	124	124	114	104 F: 102
14	Calgary (PA)	33	13	16	2	2	30	10	11	84	97	-13	15	5	2	90	7-5-1-1	6-11-1-1	1 W	124	124	114	107 F: 94
15	Nashville (CE)	31	12	15	4	0	28	8	10	87	109	-22	17	1	0	83	8-8-2-0	4-7-2-0	1 L	126	126	126	109 F: 96
16	Vancouver (PA)	31	11	17	3	0	25	7	9	87	111	-24	20	3	0	73	4-10-1-0	7-7-2-0	2 L	129	129	119	112 F: 93

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	A * in the # column means they will end the season with their current seed
x	Clinched playoffs	y	Clinched division	z	Clinched Conference	p	Clinched President's Trophy	g	Clinched April tee-offs	wc	Wild Card for playoffs
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.
F:	Futility 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.> For example, '18 F: 1' in the Playoffs column means this team needs to win 18 points in order to make the playoffs, but if they miss just 1 point, or if the team(s) they are chasing gain just 1 point, then they will be mathematically eliminated.
A RED magic number means they need help in the form of rival losses to be able to make it.

Tie Breaking

The fewer number of games played (i.e., superior points percentage). (GP)
The greater number of games won, excluding games won in Overtime or Shootout. (RW)
The greater number of games won, excluding games won in the Shootout. (ROW)
The greater number of games won, in any manner. (W)
The greater number of points earned in games between the tied clubs. If two clubs are tied, and have not played an equal number of home games against each other, points earned in the first game played in the city that had the extra game shall not be included. If more than two clubs are tied, the higher percentage of available points earned in games among those clubs, and not including any odd games, shall be used to determine the standing.
The greater differential between goals for and against for the entire regular season. NOTE: In standings a victory in a shootout counts as one goal for, while a shootout loss counts as one goal against (DIFF).
The greater number of goals scored (including goals scored in Overtime or awarded for prevailing in Shootouts) for the entire regular season. (GF)

TheHockeyPool.com's Strength Chart

TheHockeyPool's Strength Chart compares the Conference teams based only on their records against STRONG teams.
How do we define strong? Easy - the top 8 teams in each division.

Click here to see our analysis of how this helps you pick playoff teams to draft from.

Using the number of games played against the top 8 teams and the points earned in those games, we compute the average points per game, and the points they would have earned all season if they had only played games against the top 8 teams, and kept up their current PPG pace.

The teams with the lighter background are the top 8 in the Conference currently.

EASTERN TEAMS' RECORDS VERSUS
THE TOP 8 TEAMS IN EASTERN CONFERENCE

WESTERN TEAMS' RECORDS VERSUS
THE TOP 8 TEAMS IN WESTERN CONFERENCE

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	-	Pittsburgh	6	10	1.67	136.7
2	1	Carolina	8	12	1.50	123.0
3	-	Ottawa	9	13	1.44	118.4
4	7	Philadelphia	7	10	1.43	117.1
5	6	Boston	10	14	1.40	114.8
6	4	Tampa Bay	13	17	1.31	107.2
7	2	New York I.	15	17	1.13	92.9
8	-	Buffalo	9	9	1.00	82.0
9	-	Florida	10	10	1.00	82.0
10	3	Washington	10	10	1.00	82.0
11	-	New York R.	9	8	0.89	72.9
12	5	Detroit	7	5	0.71	58.6
13	-	Columbus	10	7	0.70	57.4
14	8	New Jersey	10	7	0.70	57.4
15	-	Montreal	6	4	0.67	54.7
16	-	Toronto	10	6	0.60	49.2

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	8	13	1.62	133.2
2	4	Minnesota	9	14	1.56	127.6
3	5	Anaheim	7	10	1.43	117.1
4	2	Dallas	8	11	1.38	112.8
5	6	L.A.	7	9	1.29	105.4
6	-	Calgary	8	10	1.25	102.5
7	3	Vegas	7	8	1.14	93.7
8	8	San Jose	10	10	1.00	82.0
9	-	Utah	13	12	0.92	75.7
10	-	Vancouver	11	10	0.91	74.5
11	-	Seattle	11	10	0.91	74.5
12	-	Chicago	10	9	0.90	73.8
13	-	St. Louis	6	5	0.83	68.3
14	-	Nashville	8	5	0.62	51.2
15	-	Winnipeg	9	4	0.44	36.4
16	7	Edmonton	4	1	0.25	20.5

ALL TEAMS' RECORDS VERSUS THE TOP 8 TEAMS IN BOTH CONFERENCES

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	4	Tampa Bay	19	27	1.42	116.5
2	2	New York I.	24	31	1.29	105.9
3	-	Pittsburgh	15	19	1.27	103.9
4	1	Carolina	19	24	1.26	103.6
5	3	Washington	17	21	1.24	101.3
6	7	Philadelphia	13	16	1.23	100.9
7	-	Ottawa	18	21	1.17	95.7
8	-	Buffalo	14	15	1.07	87.9
9	6	Boston	17	18	1.06	86.8
10	-	Florida	20	21	1.05	86.1
11	5	Detroit	14	13	0.93	76.1
12	8	New Jersey	21	19	0.90	74.2
13	-	Columbus	16	14	0.88	71.8
14	-	New York R.	18	15	0.83	68.3
15	-	Toronto	13	8	0.62	50.5
16	-	Montreal	11	6	0.55	44.7

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	17	25	1.47	120.6
2	2	Dallas	14	20	1.43	117.1
3	3	Vegas	17	23	1.35	110.9
4	4	Minnesota	15	19	1.27	103.9
5	5	Anaheim	17	20	1.18	96.5
6	-	Calgary	12	13	1.08	88.8
7	-	Vancouver	15	15	1.00	82.0
8	-	Chicago	15	15	1.00	82.0
9	-	Utah	16	15	0.94	76.9
10	6	L.A.	13	12	0.92	75.7
11	8	San Jose	19	17	0.89	73.4
12	-	Seattle	16	11	0.69	56.4
13	-	St. Louis	15	10	0.67	54.7
14	7	Edmonton	12	8	0.67	54.7
15	-	Winnipeg	16	10	0.62	51.2
16	-	Nashville	13	7	0.54	44.2

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