NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Sun Feb 1 01:50:45 2026

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	Tampa Bay (AT)	52	34	14	2	2	72	27	31	183	131	52	33	3	2	137	15-9-0-0	19-5-2-2	2 W	68	57	52	46
2	Carolina (ME)	54	33	15	3	3	72	24	29	188	158	30	36	6	2	125	19-8-1-1	14-7-2-2	7 w. Pts	68	61	54	46
3	Detroit (AT)	56	32	18	3	3	70	22	30	171	171	0	41	1	3	117	18-10-1-1	14-8-2-2	3 L	70	63	63	48
4	Montreal (AT)	55	31	17	3	4	69	20	29	191	182	9	38	5	1	138	16-11-0-1	15-6-3-3	3 W	71	64	64	49
5	Pittsburgh (ME)	53	28	14	4	7	67	24	27	181	159	22	38	2	3	126	13-7-3-4	15-7-1-3	9 w. Pts	73	66	62	51
6	Buffalo wc (AT)	54	31	18	5	0	67	25	28	185	164	21	31	7	2	120	17-7-3-0	14-11-2-0	1 L	73	66	66	51
7	Boston wc (AT)	55	32	20	2	1	67	24	30	186	171	15	42	2	2	156	21-8-0-1	11-12-2-0	5 w. Pts	73	66	66	51
8	New York I. (ME)	55	30	20	0	5	65	21	26	160	153	7	27	7	8	124	15-10-0-2	15-10-0-3	1 L	75	68	64	53
9	Columbus (ME)	54	27	20	6	1	61	18	22	172	177	-5	27	3	1	117	14-8-3-1	13-12-3-0	5 W	79	72	68	59 F: 53
10	Washington (ME)	56	27	22	2	5	61	22	26	179	170	9	27	1	3	142	15-10-0-3	12-12-2-2	2 W	79	72	68	59 F: 49
11	Florida (AT)	54	28	23	2	1	59	23	25	165	176	-11	36	4	3	155	14-12-2-1	14-11-0-0	3 L	81	74	74	61 F: 51
12	Ottawa (AT)	54	26	21	7	0	59	21	23	183	177	6	41	3	1	119	14-10-4-0	12-11-3-0	3 W	81	74	74	61 F: 51
13	Toronto (AT)	55	25	21	8	1	59	17	24	179	190	-11	23	3	3	116	16-9-5-1	9-12-3-0	1 W	81	74	74	61 F: 49
14	Philadelphia (ME)	54	24	20	7	3	58	17	19	162	176	-14	25	5	0	134	12-9-5-1	12-11-2-2	4 L	82	75	71	62 F: 50
15	New Jersey (ME)	55	28	25	2	0	58	18	25	145	169	-24	30	4	1	110	13-10-2-0	15-15-0-0	1 L	82	75	71	62 F: 48
16	New York R. (ME)	56	22	28	6	0	50	14	20	151	178	-27	32	4	2	132	6-14-4-0	16-14-2-0	3 L	90	83	79	70 F: 38

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)	53	36	8	4	5	81	33	35	208	134	74	27	1	6	122	20-2-1-3	16-6-3-2	1 W	52	46	47	34
2	Minnesota (CE)	56	32	14	7	3	74	21	28	186	161	25	46	4	7	113	16-6-6-1	16-8-1-2	5 w. Pts	66	66	66	41
3	Dallas (CE)	55	32	14	6	3	73	27	28	184	153	31	48	3	3	134	14-7-2-1	18-7-4-2	4 W	67	67	67	42
4	Vegas (PA)	54	25	15	8	6	64	18	24	179	172	7	41	2	2	103	12-8-2-5	13-7-6-1	4 L	76	76	54	53
5	Edmonton (PA)	56	28	20	5	3	64	21	28	193	185	8	48	5	4	123	15-9-2-2	13-11-3-1	1 L	76	76	57	53
6	Seattle (PA)	54	26	19	5	4	61	20	25	156	159	-3	34	1	1	108	14-9-3-2	12-10-2-2	4 W	79	79	60	56
7	Utah wc (CE)	55	28	23	4	0	60	21	28	173	154	19	23	5	1	133	15-8-2-0	13-15-2-0	2 L	80	80	80	57
8	L.A. wc (PA)	53	23	17	7	6	59	14	19	141	150	-9	25	7	3	133	8-10-5-2	15-7-2-4	1 W	81	81	62	58
9	Anaheim (PA)	54	28	23	3	0	59	16	22	177	190	-13	29	7	0	136	15-8-1-0	13-15-2-0	2 L	81	81	62	58 F: 57
10	San Jose (PA)	53	27	22	3	1	58	16	25	166	183	-17	38	2	0	128	14-9-2-1	13-13-1-0	2 L	82	82	63	58 F: 58
11	Nashville (CE)	54	25	23	6	0	56	18	22	156	183	-27	34	4	0	130	14-12-2-0	11-11-4-0	3 w. Pts	84	84	84	61 F: 54
12	Winnipeg (CE)	54	22	25	5	2	51	20	21	156	166	-10	28	5	0	128	12-10-4-1	10-15-1-1	1 W	89	89	89	66 F: 49
13	Chicago (CE)	55	21	25	4	5	51	16	18	148	178	-30	30	4	4	146	11-14-2-3	10-11-2-2	5 L	89	89	89	66 F: 47
14	Calgary (PA)	54	22	26	4	2	50	18	20	136	162	-26	26	8	2	132	14-9-3-1	8-17-1-1	1 W	90	90	71	67 F: 48
15	St. Louis (CE)	55	20	26	6	3	49	19	19	138	192	-54	26	5	5	111	13-11-3-3	7-15-3-0	1 L	91	91	91	68 F: 45
16	Vancouver (PA)	55	18	31	4	2	42	12	14	145	199	-54	32	7	2	118	6-17-2-2	12-14-2-0	2 w. Pts	98	98	79	75 F: 38

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	-	Columbus	14	21	1.50	123.0
2	7	Boston	16	22	1.38	112.8
3	5	Pittsburgh	11	15	1.36	111.8
4	1	Tampa Bay	11	14	1.27	104.4
5	6	Buffalo	15	17	1.13	92.9
6	-	Ottawa	15	17	1.13	92.9
7	-	Washington	17	19	1.12	91.6
8	4	Montreal	15	16	1.07	87.5
9	2	Carolina	11	11	1.00	82.0
10	-	Toronto	19	18	0.95	77.7
11	-	Florida	14	13	0.93	76.1
12	8	New York I.	13	12	0.92	75.7
13	-	New York R.	21	19	0.90	74.2
14	-	Philadelphia	18	15	0.83	68.3
15	3	Detroit	16	13	0.81	66.6
16	-	New Jersey	16	11	0.69	56.4

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	12	21	1.75	143.5
2	3	Dallas	14	23	1.64	134.7
3	2	Minnesota	15	21	1.40	114.8
4	8	L.A.	14	15	1.07	87.9
5	-	Calgary	15	16	1.07	87.5
6	-	Anaheim	19	20	1.05	86.3
7	-	San Jose	22	22	1.00	82.0
8	-	Nashville	17	16	0.94	77.2
9	-	Chicago	15	14	0.93	76.5
10	7	Utah	13	12	0.92	75.7
11	-	Vancouver	13	11	0.85	69.4
12	5	Edmonton	12	10	0.83	68.3
13	6	Seattle	14	11	0.79	64.4
14	4	Vegas	12	9	0.75	61.5
15	-	St. Louis	16	11	0.69	56.4
16	-	Winnipeg	18	11	0.61	50.1

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

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Tampa Bay	22	32	1.45	119.3
2	-	Columbus	27	36	1.33	109.3
3	4	Montreal	29	36	1.24	101.8
4	5	Pittsburgh	21	26	1.24	101.5
5	-	Florida	26	31	1.19	97.8
6	6	Buffalo	26	31	1.19	97.8
7	7	Boston	29	34	1.17	96.1
8	8	New York I.	26	30	1.15	94.6
9	2	Carolina	23	25	1.09	89.1
10	-	Washington	28	30	1.07	87.9
11	-	Ottawa	28	29	1.04	84.9
12	-	New Jersey	30	31	1.03	84.7
13	-	Philadelphia	30	29	0.97	79.3
14	3	Detroit	27	24	0.89	72.9
15	-	New York R.	34	28	0.82	67.5
16	-	Toronto	31	25	0.81	66.1

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	25	38	1.52	124.6
2	3	Dallas	25	34	1.36	111.5
3	2	Minnesota	26	35	1.35	110.4
4	8	L.A.	24	26	1.08	88.8
5	-	Calgary	27	28	1.04	85.0
6	-	Anaheim	31	31	1.00	82.0
7	7	Utah	26	25	0.96	78.8
8	-	Nashville	28	26	0.93	76.1
9	4	Vegas	23	21	0.91	74.9
10	-	San Jose	32	29	0.91	74.3
11	5	Edmonton	26	22	0.85	69.4
12	-	Chicago	28	23	0.82	67.4
13	-	St. Louis	29	23	0.79	65.0
14	6	Seattle	26	20	0.77	63.1
15	-	Vancouver	27	19	0.70	57.7
16	-	Winnipeg	30	20	0.67	54.7

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