NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Thu Jan 22 00:22:46 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)	48	31	13	2	2	66	25	29	170	121	49	30	3	1	128	13-9-0-0	18-4-2-2	14 w. Pts	80	65	63	56
2	Carolina (ME)	50	31	15	2	2	66	22	27	173	145	28	33	6	2	114	18-8-1-0	13-7-1-2	3 W	80	69	60	56
3	Detroit (AT)	51	31	16	2	2	66	21	29	159	154	5	40	1	3	107	18-8-1-0	13-8-1-2	3 W	80	69	69	56
4	Montreal (AT)	50	28	15	3	4	63	18	26	172	167	5	34	4	1	127	14-10-0-1	14-5-3-3	2 W	83	72	72	59
5	Buffalo wc (AT)	49	27	17	5	0	59	21	24	163	153	10	28	6	1	111	16-6-3-0	11-11-2-0	1 W	87	76	76	63
6	Pittsburgh (ME)	49	24	14	4	7	59	20	23	160	148	12	37	2	3	119	11-7-3-4	13-7-1-3	5 w. Pts	87	76	72	63
7	New York I. (ME)	50	27	18	0	5	59	18	23	146	141	5	24	6	7	115	14-8-0-2	13-10-0-3	1 L	87	76	72	63
8	Boston wc (AT)	50	28	20	1	1	58	21	26	166	156	10	37	2	2	143	17-8-0-1	11-12-1-0	1 L	88	77	77	64
9	Toronto (AT)	50	24	17	8	1	57	17	24	166	166	0	21	3	3	110	16-6-5-1	8-11-3-0	2 L	89	78	78	66 F: 64
10	Philadelphia (ME)	49	23	17	6	3	55	16	18	147	155	-8	22	4	0	122	12-8-4-1	11-9-2-2	2 w. Pts	91	80	76	68 F: 64
11	Washington (ME)	50	24	20	1	5	54	21	24	159	148	11	23	1	3	125	14-10-0-3	10-10-1-2	3 L	92	81	77	69 F: 61
12	New Jersey (ME)	50	26	22	2	0	54	17	23	131	151	-20	25	4	1	99	12-9-2-0	14-13-0-0	2 W	92	81	77	69 F: 61
13	Florida (AT)	48	25	20	2	1	53	22	23	146	160	-14	32	4	3	134	14-10-2-1	11-10-0-0	1 L	93	82	82	70 F: 64
14	Ottawa (AT)	49	23	19	7	0	53	18	20	163	164	-1	39	3	1	106	11-9-4-0	12-10-3-0	5 w. Pts	93	82	82	70 F: 62
15	Columbus (ME)	49	22	20	6	1	51	13	17	149	164	-15	24	3	0	104	11-8-3-1	11-12-3-0	1 L	95	84	80	72 F: 60
16	New York R. (ME)	51	21	24	6	0	48	14	19	138	159	-21	29	3	2	116	5-13-4-0	16-11-2-0	2 L	98	87	83	75 F: 53

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)	48	34	5	4	5	77	31	33	191	114	77	27	1	5	113	20-1-1-3	14-4-3-2	2 w. Pts	58	53	53	43
2	Dallas (CE)	50	28	13	6	3	65	24	25	169	141	28	42	3	3	125	13-7-2-1	15-6-4-2	1 W	81	81	81	55
3	Minnesota (CE)	51	28	14	6	3	65	19	25	164	147	17	40	3	7	98	13-6-5-1	15-8-1-2	1 L	81	81	81	55
4	Vegas (PA)	48	24	12	7	5	60	17	23	161	147	14	39	1	2	93	12-7-2-4	12-5-5-1	1 L	86	86	61	60
5	Edmonton (PA)	51	25	18	5	3	58	20	25	171	160	11	46	4	4	113	12-7-2-2	13-11-3-1	1 L	88	88	71	62
6	Utah wc (CE)	50	26	20	4	0	56	19	26	158	139	19	22	4	1	120	15-7-2-0	11-13-2-0	8 w. Pts	90	90	90	64
7	Anaheim (PA)	50	26	21	3	0	55	15	20	165	176	-11	25	6	0	129	15-8-1-0	11-13-2-0	5 W	91	91	74	65
8	Seattle wc (PA)	49	22	18	5	4	53	16	21	137	148	-11	32	1	1	98	11-8-3-2	11-10-2-2	1 W	93	93	76	67
9	San Jose (PA)	49	25	21	2	1	53	14	23	153	173	-20	33	2	0	117	13-9-2-1	12-12-0-0	1 L	93	93	76	67 F: 67
10	L.A. (PA)	49	20	16	7	6	53	13	17	129	139	-10	23	7	3	124	8-10-5-2	12-6-2-4	4 w. Pts	93	93	76	67 F: 67
11	Nashville (CE)	49	23	22	4	0	50	16	20	141	166	-25	29	4	0	118	13-11-2-0	10-11-2-0	2 L	96	96	96	70 F: 64
12	Chicago (CE)	49	20	22	4	3	47	16	18	135	154	-19	30	3	4	133	11-12-2-2	9-10-2-1	1 W	99	99	99	73 F: 61
13	Calgary (PA)	50	21	24	3	2	47	17	19	128	149	-21	23	7	2	123	13-8-2-1	8-16-1-1	2 L	99	99	82	73 F: 59
14	Winnipeg (CE)	49	20	23	5	1	46	18	19	147	151	-4	28	5	0	120	12-9-4-0	8-14-1-1	1 W	100	100	100	74 F: 60
15	St. Louis (CE)	50	19	23	6	2	46	18	18	121	171	-50	22	5	5	98	12-9-3-2	7-14-3-0	2 L	100	100	100	74 F: 58
16	Vancouver (PA)	49	16	28	4	1	37	10	12	129	180	-51	31	5	1	111	4-14-2-1	12-14-2-0	11 L	109	109	92	83 F: 51

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	13	19	1.46	119.8
2	6	Pittsburgh	11	15	1.36	111.8
3	8	Boston	15	20	1.33	109.3
4	1	Tampa Bay	11	14	1.27	104.4
5	-	Ottawa	14	17	1.21	99.6
6	4	Montreal	12	14	1.17	95.7
7	5	Buffalo	12	13	1.08	88.8
8	2	Carolina	11	11	1.00	82.0
9	7	New York I.	12	12	1.00	82.0
10	-	New York R.	17	17	1.00	82.0
11	-	Toronto	18	18	1.00	82.0
12	-	Washington	15	15	1.00	82.0
13	-	Philadelphia	16	15	0.94	76.9
14	-	Florida	14	13	0.93	76.1
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	20	1.67	136.7
2	3	Minnesota	13	20	1.54	126.2
3	2	Dallas	12	16	1.33	109.3
4	6	Utah	13	15	1.15	94.6
5	-	L.A.	18	20	1.11	91.1
6	-	Calgary	13	14	1.08	88.3
7	-	Chicago	14	15	1.07	87.9
8	-	San Jose	20	20	1.00	82.0
9	7	Anaheim	13	12	0.92	75.7
10	-	Vancouver	13	12	0.92	75.7
11	5	Edmonton	10	9	0.90	73.8
12	-	Nashville	16	14	0.88	71.8
13	4	Vegas	10	7	0.70	57.4
14	-	St. Louis	13	9	0.69	56.8
15	8	Seattle	13	9	0.69	56.8
16	-	Winnipeg	16	7	0.44	35.9

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	21	32	1.52	125.0
2	4	Montreal	23	30	1.30	107.0
3	7	New York I.	26	32	1.23	100.9
4	-	Columbus	26	32	1.23	100.9
5	5	Buffalo	23	27	1.17	96.3
6	6	Pittsburgh	20	23	1.15	94.3
7	-	Ottawa	24	27	1.12	92.2
8	2	Carolina	23	25	1.09	89.1
9	-	Florida	24	26	1.08	88.8
10	-	Philadelphia	27	28	1.04	85.0
11	-	New Jersey	30	31	1.03	84.7
12	-	Washington	24	24	1.00	82.0
13	8	Boston	28	28	1.00	82.0
14	-	Toronto	26	24	0.92	75.7
15	3	Detroit	25	23	0.92	75.4
16	-	New York R.	31	26	0.84	68.8

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	23	35	1.52	124.8
2	3	Minnesota	23	32	1.39	114.1
3	2	Dallas	23	27	1.17	96.3
4	6	Utah	24	28	1.17	95.7
5	-	L.A.	26	29	1.12	91.5
6	-	Calgary	25	26	1.04	85.3
7	4	Vegas	19	18	0.95	77.7
8	7	Anaheim	25	23	0.92	75.4
9	5	Edmonton	23	21	0.91	74.9
10	-	San Jose	30	27	0.90	73.8
11	-	Chicago	24	21	0.88	71.8
12	-	Nashville	25	21	0.84	68.9
13	-	St. Louis	26	21	0.81	66.2
14	-	Vancouver	26	20	0.77	63.1
15	8	Seattle	25	18	0.72	59.0
16	-	Winnipeg	26	16	0.62	50.5

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