NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Wed Dec 17 01:19:10 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)	32	21	9	1	1	44	13	17	108	90	18	15	4	2	71	11-5-1-0	10-4-0-1	4 W	110	97	97	94
2	Detroit (AT)	34	19	12	1	2	41	15	17	107	111	-4	25	0	2	72	10-6-1-0	9-6-0-2	2 W	113	104	97	96
3	New York I. (ME)	34	19	12	0	3	41	13	16	102	96	6	18	5	4	79	10-6-0-2	9-6-0-1	1 L	113	104	104	97
4	Philadelphia (ME)	32	17	9	4	2	40	10	12	96	89	7	14	0	0	81	10-5-3-1	7-4-1-1	5 w. Pts	114	105	105	98
5	Washington wc (ME)	33	18	11	0	4	40	17	18	106	88	18	15	1	2	77	10-5-0-2	8-6-0-2	3 L	114	105	105	98
6	Boston (AT)	34	20	14	0	0	40	14	18	113	106	7	25	1	0	100	12-5-0-0	8-9-0-0	1 W	114	105	98	97
7	Tampa Bay (AT)	33	18	12	2	1	39	15	18	106	88	18	17	2	1	91	8-8-0-0	10-4-2-1	2 L	115	106	99	98
8	Montreal wc (AT)	33	17	12	2	2	38	10	15	106	117	-11	24	2	0	83	8-9-0-1	9-3-2-1	1 L	116	107	100	100
9	Pittsburgh (ME)	32	14	9	4	5	37	13	14	103	102	1	28	1	3	80	6-6-3-2	8-3-1-3	6 L	117	108	108	100 F: 100
10	New Jersey (ME)	33	18	14	1	0	37	12	16	97	103	-6	18	4	1	69	10-6-1-0	8-8-0-0	1 L	117	108	108	101 F: 98
11	Florida (AT)	32	17	13	1	1	36	15	16	103	101	2	21	4	3	88	10-6-1-1	7-7-0-0	2 W	118	109	102	102 F: 99
12	New York R. (ME)	35	16	15	4	0	36	11	15	89	95	-6	15	2	2	78	4-10-3-0	12-5-1-0	2 L	118	109	109	102 F: 93
13	Toronto (AT)	32	15	12	4	1	35	11	15	105	104	1	12	2	1	72	10-5-4-1	5-7-0-0	1 W	119	110	103	103 F: 98
14	Ottawa (AT)	32	15	13	4	0	34	10	12	101	104	-3	26	1	0	62	6-6-2-0	9-7-2-0	1 W	120	111	104	104 F: 97
15	Columbus (ME)	33	14	13	5	1	34	7	10	100	115	-15	15	2	0	67	7-5-2-1	7-8-3-0	1 W	120	111	111	104 F: 95
16	Buffalo (AT)	32	14	14	4	0	32	10	12	98	109	-11	20	3	1	79	9-5-2-0	5-9-2-0	3 W	122	113	106	106 F: 95

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)	33	24	2	3	4	55	22	24	133	77	56	18	1	3	81	13-0-0-2	11-2-3-2	6 w. Pts	91	91	91	78
2	Dallas (CE)	34	22	7	3	2	49	18	19	115	90	25	33	1	3	89	11-5-1-0	11-2-2-2	1 W	105	105	105	84
3	Minnesota (CE)	34	20	9	4	1	45	14	17	104	87	17	27	3	7	64	12-3-3-1	8-6-1-0	5 W	109	109	109	88
4	Anaheim (PA)	34	20	12	2	0	42	12	16	121	112	9	20	6	0	87	11-4-0-0	9-8-2-0	2 w. Pts	112	112	102	91
5	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	98	92
6	Edmonton (PA)	34	16	12	4	2	38	11	16	116	118	-2	29	3	2	78	8-3-2-1	8-9-2-1	1 W	116	116	101	95
7	L.A. wc (PA)	32	14	9	4	5	37	9	13	84	86	-2	14	6	3	84	4-6-3-1	10-3-1-4	3 L	117	117	102	96
8	San Jose wc (PA)	34	17	14	2	1	37	9	16	102	113	-11	22	2	0	88	10-5-2-1	7-9-0-0	3 W	117	117	102	96
9	Utah (CE)	35	16	16	3	0	35	12	16	107	105	2	16	3	1	81	8-5-1-0	8-11-2-0	1 L	119	119	119	99 F: 93
10	Winnipeg (CE)	32	15	15	1	1	32	13	14	98	99	-1	19	3	0	83	8-7-1-0	7-8-0-1	2 w. Pts	122	122	122	102 F: 96
11	Chicago (CE)	33	13	14	4	2	32	12	13	93	101	-8	20	3	2	94	7-6-2-1	6-8-2-1	3 L	122	122	122	102 F: 94
12	St. Louis (CE)	34	12	15	5	2	31	12	12	86	123	-37	17	2	2	66	6-8-2-2	6-7-3-0	1 L	123	123	123	103 F: 91
13	Seattle (PA)	31	12	13	3	3	30	7	12	77	98	-21	18	1	1	59	7-7-2-1	5-6-1-2	3 L	124	124	109	104 F: 96
14	Nashville (CE)	32	13	15	4	0	30	9	11	92	111	-19	18	1	0	85	8-8-2-0	5-7-2-0	1 W	124	124	124	104 F: 94
15	Calgary (PA)	34	13	17	2	2	30	10	11	87	103	-16	15	5	2	91	7-5-1-1	6-12-1-1	1 L	124	124	109	104 F: 90
16	Vancouver (PA)	33	13	17	3	0	29	9	11	92	112	-20	22	4	1	80	4-10-1-0	9-7-2-0	2 W	125	125	110	105 F: 91

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	10	16	1.60	131.2
2	1	Carolina	8	12	1.50	123.0
3	-	Pittsburgh	6	9	1.50	123.0
4	6	Boston	10	14	1.40	114.8
5	4	Philadelphia	8	11	1.38	112.8
6	7	Tampa Bay	11	15	1.36	111.8
7	-	Florida	9	10	1.11	91.1
8	5	Washington	10	11	1.10	90.2
9	-	New York R.	11	12	1.09	89.5
10	-	Buffalo	9	9	1.00	82.0
11	3	New York I.	15	15	1.00	82.0
12	2	Detroit	8	7	0.88	71.8
13	-	New Jersey	11	9	0.82	67.1
14	-	Columbus	9	7	0.78	63.8
15	-	Toronto	12	9	0.75	61.5
16	8	Montreal	6	3	0.50	41.0

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	8	13	1.62	133.2
2	3	Minnesota	9	14	1.56	127.6
3	2	Dallas	9	13	1.44	118.4
4	4	Anaheim	7	10	1.43	117.1
5	5	Vegas	7	8	1.14	93.7
6	7	L.A.	8	9	1.12	92.2
7	-	Calgary	9	10	1.11	91.1
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	-	Chicago	10	9	0.90	73.8
12	-	St. Louis	6	5	0.83	68.3
13	-	Seattle	12	10	0.83	68.3
14	-	Nashville	8	5	0.62	51.2
15	-	Winnipeg	9	4	0.44	36.4
16	6	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	7	Tampa Bay	17	25	1.47	120.6
2	1	Carolina	19	24	1.26	103.6
3	-	Ottawa	19	24	1.26	103.6
4	5	Washington	18	22	1.22	100.2
5	4	Philadelphia	14	17	1.21	99.6
6	3	New York I.	24	29	1.21	99.1
7	-	Pittsburgh	16	18	1.12	92.2
8	-	Florida	19	21	1.11	90.6
9	-	Buffalo	14	15	1.07	87.9
10	-	Columbus	16	16	1.00	82.0
11	2	Detroit	15	15	1.00	82.0
12	6	Boston	18	18	1.00	82.0
13	-	New Jersey	22	21	0.95	78.3
14	-	New York R.	21	19	0.90	74.2
15	-	Toronto	15	11	0.73	60.1
16	8	Montreal	12	7	0.58	47.8

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	16	24	1.50	123.0
2	2	Dallas	15	22	1.47	120.3
3	3	Minnesota	16	23	1.44	117.9
4	5	Vegas	17	21	1.24	101.3
5	4	Anaheim	15	18	1.20	98.4
6	7	L.A.	14	14	1.00	82.0
7	-	Calgary	14	14	1.00	82.0
8	-	Vancouver	16	15	0.94	76.9
9	-	Chicago	15	14	0.93	76.5
10	8	San Jose	17	15	0.88	72.4
11	-	Utah	19	15	0.79	64.7
12	6	Edmonton	13	10	0.77	63.1
13	-	St. Louis	15	11	0.73	60.1
14	-	Seattle	19	13	0.68	56.1
15	-	Winnipeg	17	11	0.65	53.1
16	-	Nashville	14	8	0.57	46.9

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