NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Wed Jan 28 22:15:32 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)	51	33	14	2	2	70	26	30	179	130	49	33	3	2	135	14-9-0-0	19-5-2-2	1 W	72	60	56	50
2	Carolina (ME)	52	32	15	2	3	69	23	28	180	150	30	34	6	2	119	18-8-1-1	14-7-1-2	5 w. Pts	73	64	57	49
3	Detroit (AT)	54	32	17	3	2	69	22	30	168	162	6	41	1	3	113	18-9-1-0	14-8-2-2	1 L	73	64	64	51
4	Buffalo (AT)	52	30	17	5	0	65	24	27	179	159	20	29	7	2	117	16-6-3-0	14-11-2-0	4 W	77	68	68	55
5	Montreal wc (AT)	53	29	17	3	4	65	18	27	180	177	3	36	4	1	133	15-11-0-1	14-6-3-3	1 W	77	68	68	55
6	Boston wc (AT)	54	31	20	2	1	65	23	29	180	168	12	42	2	2	154	20-8-0-1	11-12-2-0	4 w. Pts	77	68	68	55
7	Pittsburgh (ME)	51	26	14	4	7	63	22	25	169	152	17	37	2	3	122	11-7-3-4	15-7-1-3	7 w. Pts	79	70	67	55
8	New York I. (ME)	53	29	19	0	5	63	20	25	155	148	7	27	7	8	121	15-9-0-2	14-10-0-3	2 W	79	70	67	55
9	Florida (AT)	52	28	21	2	1	59	23	25	160	169	-9	34	4	3	146	14-11-2-1	14-10-0-0	1 L	83	74	74	63 F: 57
10	Philadelphia (ME)	52	24	19	6	3	57	17	19	157	167	-10	23	5	0	131	12-9-4-1	12-10-2-2	2 L	85	76	73	65 F: 55
11	Columbus (ME)	52	25	20	6	1	57	16	20	163	172	-9	25	3	1	112	14-8-3-1	11-12-3-0	3 W	85	76	73	65 F: 55
12	Ottawa (AT)	53	25	21	7	0	57	20	22	179	176	3	39	3	1	114	13-10-4-0	12-11-3-0	2 W	85	76	76	65 F: 53
13	Toronto (AT)	53	24	20	8	1	57	17	24	174	183	-9	22	3	3	114	16-9-5-1	8-11-3-0	5 L	85	76	76	65 F: 53
14	Washington (ME)	54	25	22	2	5	57	22	25	171	164	7	27	1	3	136	14-10-0-3	11-12-2-2	2 L	85	76	73	65 F: 51
15	New Jersey (ME)	53	27	24	2	0	56	18	24	141	163	-22	30	4	1	107	12-10-2-0	15-14-0-0	2 L	86	77	74	66 F: 52
16	New York R. (ME)	54	22	26	6	0	50	14	20	145	170	-25	30	3	2	125	6-13-4-0	16-13-2-0	1 L	92	83	80	72 F: 44

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)	51	35	7	4	5	79	32	34	200	127	73	27	1	5	119	20-2-1-3	15-5-3-2	1 L	54	48	49	40
2	Minnesota (CE)	54	30	14	7	3	70	19	26	175	157	18	43	4	7	108	15-6-6-1	15-8-1-2	3 w. Pts	72	72	72	49
3	Dallas (CE)	53	30	14	6	3	69	26	27	176	147	29	46	3	3	131	14-7-2-1	16-7-4-2	2 W	73	73	73	50
4	Vegas (PA)	52	25	14	8	5	63	18	24	173	164	9	40	1	2	100	12-7-2-4	13-7-6-1	2 L	79	79	57	57
5	Edmonton (PA)	54	27	19	5	3	62	21	27	186	175	11	48	5	4	120	14-8-2-2	13-11-3-1	2 W	80	80	62	58
6	Utah wc (CE)	53	28	21	4	0	60	21	28	167	146	21	23	5	1	128	15-7-2-0	13-14-2-0	1 W	82	82	82	60
7	Anaheim (PA)	53	28	22	3	0	59	16	22	177	188	-11	29	7	0	133	15-8-1-0	13-14-2-0	1 L	83	83	65	61
8	San Jose wc (PA)	51	27	21	2	1	57	16	25	161	176	-15	37	2	0	122	14-9-2-1	13-12-0-0	2 W	85	85	67	63
9	L.A. (PA)	51	22	16	7	6	57	14	18	137	144	-7	24	7	3	130	8-10-5-2	14-6-2-4	6 w. Pts	85	85	67	62 F: 63
10	Seattle (PA)	52	24	19	5	4	57	18	23	148	155	-7	33	1	1	105	13-9-3-2	11-10-2-2	2 W	85	85	67	63 F: 61
11	Nashville (CE)	52	24	23	5	0	53	17	21	150	177	-27	33	4	0	125	14-12-2-0	10-11-3-0	2 L	89	89	89	67 F: 57
12	Chicago (CE)	53	21	23	4	5	51	16	18	144	168	-24	30	4	4	143	11-13-2-3	10-10-2-2	3 L	91	91	91	69 F: 53
13	Winnipeg (CE)	52	21	24	5	2	49	19	20	153	161	-8	28	5	0	125	12-10-4-1	9-14-1-1	1 W	93	93	93	71 F: 53
14	Calgary (PA)	52	21	25	4	2	48	17	19	132	156	-24	25	7	2	128	13-9-3-1	8-16-1-1	4 L	94	94	76	72 F: 52
15	St. Louis (CE)	53	19	25	6	3	47	18	18	130	183	-53	24	5	5	105	12-10-3-3	7-15-3-0	5 L	95	95	95	73 F: 49
16	Vancouver (PA)	53	17	31	4	1	39	11	13	141	196	-55	32	6	1	115	5-17-2-1	12-14-2-0	3 L	103	103	85	81 F: 41

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	6	Boston	16	22	1.38	112.8
3	7	Pittsburgh	11	15	1.36	111.8
4	1	Tampa Bay	11	14	1.27	104.4
5	4	Buffalo	14	17	1.21	99.6
6	-	Ottawa	15	17	1.13	92.9
7	2	Carolina	11	11	1.00	82.0
8	5	Montreal	14	14	1.00	82.0
9	-	New York R.	19	19	1.00	82.0
10	-	Washington	15	15	1.00	82.0
11	-	Toronto	19	18	0.95	77.7
12	-	Florida	14	13	0.93	76.1
13	8	New York I.	13	12	0.92	75.7
14	-	Philadelphia	17	15	0.88	72.4
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	13	21	1.62	132.5
2	2	Minnesota	14	19	1.36	111.3
3	3	Dallas	13	17	1.31	107.2
4	-	Chicago	13	16	1.23	100.9
5	-	L.A.	19	23	1.21	99.3
6	4	Vegas	13	14	1.08	88.3
7	-	Calgary	14	15	1.07	87.9
8	8	San Jose	17	18	1.06	86.8
9	6	Utah	14	14	1.00	82.0
10	7	Anaheim	14	14	1.00	82.0
11	5	Edmonton	8	7	0.88	71.8
12	-	Nashville	16	14	0.88	71.8
13	-	Seattle	17	13	0.76	62.7
14	-	Vancouver	14	9	0.64	52.7
15	-	St. Louis	14	8	0.57	46.9
16	-	Winnipeg	15	7	0.47	38.3

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	24	38	1.58	129.8
2	8	New York I.	26	32	1.23	100.9
3	-	Columbus	28	34	1.21	99.6
4	4	Buffalo	24	29	1.21	99.1
5	7	Pittsburgh	21	25	1.19	97.6
6	5	Montreal	24	28	1.17	95.7
7	-	Ottawa	27	31	1.15	94.1
8	-	Philadelphia	28	30	1.07	87.9
9	2	Carolina	24	25	1.04	85.4
10	6	Boston	29	30	1.03	84.8
11	-	New Jersey	31	31	1.00	82.0
12	-	Florida	28	28	1.00	82.0
13	-	Washington	26	25	0.96	78.8
14	3	Detroit	26	24	0.92	75.7
15	-	Toronto	29	24	0.83	67.9
16	-	New York R.	33	27	0.82	67.1

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	24	36	1.50	123.0
2	2	Minnesota	25	33	1.32	108.2
3	-	L.A.	28	34	1.21	99.6
4	3	Dallas	24	28	1.17	95.7
5	4	Vegas	24	26	1.08	88.8
6	-	Calgary	26	27	1.04	85.2
7	6	Utah	26	27	1.04	85.2
8	-	Chicago	25	25	1.00	82.0
9	7	Anaheim	26	25	0.96	78.8
10	8	San Jose	27	25	0.93	75.9
11	5	Edmonton	22	19	0.86	70.8
12	-	Nashville	26	22	0.85	69.4
13	-	Seattle	29	22	0.76	62.2
14	-	St. Louis	27	20	0.74	60.7
15	-	Winnipeg	26	16	0.62	50.5
16	-	Vancouver	28	17	0.61	49.8

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