NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Sun Jan 4 22:50:16 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)	41	25	13	2	1	53	20	24	142	110	32	25	3	1	115	11-9-0-0	14-4-2-1	7 W	99	81	80	78
2	Carolina (ME)	42	25	14	1	2	53	16	21	141	128	13	24	5	2	95	13-8-1-0	12-6-0-2	1 W	99	83	81	78
3	Montreal (AT)	42	23	13	2	4	52	14	21	141	141	0	29	3	1	104	10-9-0-1	13-4-2-3	1 W	100	84	84	79
4	Detroit (AT)	43	24	15	2	2	52	17	22	131	138	-7	33	0	2	91	14-8-1-0	10-7-1-2	2 L	100	84	84	79
5	New York I. (ME)	42	23	15	0	4	50	15	19	120	120	0	21	5	5	96	13-8-0-2	10-7-0-2	1 W	102	86	84	81
6	Philadelphia (ME)	40	21	12	4	3	49	14	16	124	116	8	17	2	0	100	11-5-3-1	10-7-1-2	1 W	103	87	85	82
7	Pittsburgh wc (ME)	41	20	12	4	5	49	16	19	135	131	4	33	1	3	97	9-6-3-2	11-6-1-3	5 W	103	87	85	82
8	Washington wc (ME)	42	21	15	1	5	48	19	21	135	121	14	19	1	3	100	12-7-0-3	9-8-1-2	2 L	104	88	86	83
9	Florida (AT)	41	22	16	2	1	47	19	20	129	130	-1	28	4	3	116	14-9-2-1	8-7-0-0	1 W	105	89	89	84 F: 82
10	Buffalo (AT)	40	21	15	4	0	46	15	18	125	126	-1	22	3	1	92	12-5-2-0	9-10-2-0	1 L	106	90	90	84 F: 83
11	Boston (AT)	42	22	18	1	1	46	15	20	133	136	-3	32	1	0	131	12-8-0-1	10-10-1-0	3 w. Pts	106	90	90	85 F: 79
12	New Jersey (ME)	42	22	18	2	0	46	15	19	114	124	-10	22	4	1	86	11-8-2-0	11-10-0-0	1 L	106	90	88	85 F: 79
13	Ottawa (AT)	40	20	15	5	0	45	15	17	133	129	4	33	2	1	82	10-7-3-0	10-8-2-0	2 W	107	91	91	86 F: 82
14	Toronto (AT)	41	19	15	6	1	45	15	19	137	138	-1	17	2	2	87	14-5-4-1	5-10-2-0	6 w. Pts	107	91	91	86 F: 80
15	New York R. (ME)	43	20	18	5	0	45	13	18	114	117	-3	22	3	2	102	5-10-3-0	15-8-2-0	1 W	107	91	89	86 F: 76
16	Columbus (ME)	41	18	16	6	1	43	11	14	127	137	-10	19	3	0	88	9-7-3-1	9-9-3-0	2 w. Pts	109	93	91	88 F: 78

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)	41	31	3	3	4	69	28	30	165	93	72	23	1	4	101	17-0-0-2	14-3-3-2	1 L	70	70	70	56
2	Dallas (CE)	42	25	9	5	3	58	21	22	146	117	29	37	2	3	110	12-6-2-1	13-3-3-2	5 L	94	94	94	67
3	Minnesota (CE)	43	25	10	5	3	58	18	22	138	115	23	32	3	7	79	13-4-4-1	12-6-1-2	6 w. Pts	94	94	94	67
4	Vegas (PA)	40	17	11	7	5	46	13	16	124	126	-2	30	1	2	80	8-6-2-4	9-5-5-1	5 L	106	106	84	80
5	Edmonton (PA)	42	20	16	4	2	46	15	20	139	143	-4	39	4	2	97	10-5-2-1	10-11-2-1	2 L	106	106	85	80
6	Anaheim (PA)	41	21	17	3	0	45	13	17	139	146	-7	22	6	0	101	12-8-1-0	9-9-2-0	5 L	107	107	86	81
7	Seattle wc (PA)	39	18	14	3	4	43	12	17	103	115	-12	23	1	1	78	9-7-2-2	9-7-1-2	7 w. Pts	109	109	88	83
8	L.A. wc (PA)	40	17	14	4	5	43	11	15	107	111	-4	20	7	3	105	6-9-3-1	11-5-1-4	1 W	109	109	88	83
9	San Jose (PA)	41	20	18	2	1	43	11	18	127	146	-19	26	2	0	101	11-8-2-1	9-10-0-0	1 L	109	109	88	84 F: 83
10	Nashville (CE)	41	19	18	4	0	42	14	17	118	136	-18	25	2	0	104	10-9-2-0	9-9-2-0	1 W	110	110	110	85 F: 82
11	St. Louis (CE)	43	17	18	6	2	42	17	17	107	146	-39	19	4	4	87	10-9-3-2	7-9-3-0	2 W	110	110	110	85 F: 78
12	Utah (CE)	42	19	20	3	0	41	14	19	127	122	5	20	3	1	99	9-7-1-0	10-13-2-0	1 L	111	111	111	86 F: 79
13	Chicago (CE)	42	17	18	4	3	41	13	15	118	134	-16	25	3	2	115	9-8-2-2	8-10-2-1	4 w. Pts	111	111	111	86 F: 79
14	Calgary (PA)	41	18	19	2	2	40	14	16	111	121	-10	19	6	2	103	12-6-1-1	6-13-1-1	1 L	112	112	91	87 F: 80
15	Vancouver (PA)	41	16	20	4	1	37	10	12	117	143	-26	28	5	1	99	4-12-2-1	12-8-2-0	3 L	115	115	94	90 F: 77
16	Winnipeg (CE)	40	15	21	3	1	34	13	14	115	126	-11	22	5	0	101	8-8-2-0	7-13-1-1	9 L	118	118	118	93 F: 76

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	-	Ottawa	9	15	1.67	136.7
2	7	Pittsburgh	11	17	1.55	126.7
3	1	Tampa Bay	13	17	1.31	107.2
4	6	Philadelphia	10	13	1.30	106.6
5	-	Boston	11	14	1.27	104.4
6	-	Buffalo	10	12	1.20	98.4
7	2	Carolina	10	12	1.20	98.4
8	3	Montreal	10	11	1.10	90.2
9	5	New York I.	13	14	1.08	88.3
10	-	Florida	14	15	1.07	87.9
11	-	Toronto	16	17	1.06	87.1
12	-	Columbus	13	13	1.00	82.0
13	-	New York R.	17	17	1.00	82.0
14	8	Washington	12	12	1.00	82.0
15	-	New Jersey	14	12	0.86	70.3
16	4	Detroit	11	9	0.82	67.1

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	10	18	1.80	147.6
2	3	Minnesota	13	21	1.62	132.5
3	2	Dallas	11	17	1.55	126.7
4	-	Calgary	11	14	1.27	104.4
5	-	Vancouver	12	13	1.08	88.8
6	8	L.A.	11	11	1.00	82.0
7	-	Chicago	15	15	1.00	82.0
8	7	Seattle	12	12	1.00	82.0
9	-	San Jose	17	16	0.94	77.2
10	-	Utah	12	11	0.92	75.2
11	-	St. Louis	9	8	0.89	72.9
12	-	Nashville	11	9	0.82	67.1
13	5	Edmonton	9	7	0.78	63.8
14	6	Anaheim	11	8	0.73	59.6
15	4	Vegas	9	6	0.67	54.7
16	-	Winnipeg	13	5	0.38	31.5

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	31	1.41	115.5
2	-	Buffalo	17	22	1.29	106.1
3	-	Ottawa	18	23	1.28	104.8
4	5	New York I.	22	28	1.27	104.4
5	-	Florida	25	30	1.20	98.4
6	7	Pittsburgh	20	24	1.20	98.4
7	6	Philadelphia	18	21	1.17	95.7
8	8	Washington	20	23	1.15	94.3
9	3	Montreal	19	21	1.11	90.6
10	2	Carolina	20	22	1.10	90.2
11	-	Columbus	24	26	1.08	88.8
12	4	Detroit	20	21	1.05	86.1
13	-	New Jersey	24	24	1.00	82.0
14	-	Boston	20	20	1.00	82.0
15	-	Toronto	20	19	0.95	77.9
16	-	New York R.	27	25	0.93	75.9

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	17	29	1.71	139.9
2	2	Dallas	20	30	1.50	123.0
3	3	Minnesota	21	30	1.43	117.1
4	-	Calgary	17	20	1.18	96.5
5	-	Vancouver	21	20	0.95	78.1
6	8	L.A.	20	19	0.95	77.9
7	-	Utah	19	18	0.95	77.7
8	4	Vegas	18	17	0.94	77.4
9	-	Chicago	24	22	0.92	75.2
10	7	Seattle	21	19	0.90	74.2
11	5	Edmonton	20	18	0.90	73.8
12	6	Anaheim	20	17	0.85	69.7
13	-	St. Louis	19	16	0.84	69.1
14	-	San Jose	26	21	0.81	66.2
15	-	Nashville	20	14	0.70	57.4
16	-	Winnipeg	22	14	0.64	52.2

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