NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Tue Dec 2 01:02:50 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	Tampa Bay (AT)	25	16	7	2	0	34	13	16	84	65	19	12	2	1	71	8-5-0-0	8-2-2-0	7 W	123	115	112	109
2	Carolina (ME)	25	16	7	1	1	34	11	15	86	70	16	10	3	2	59	8-3-1-0	8-4-0-1	2 W	123	115	112	109
3	New Jersey (ME)	26	16	9	1	0	33	10	14	83	79	4	17	4	1	62	9-2-1-0	7-7-0-0	2 L	124	116	116	110
4	Washington (ME)	26	15	9	0	2	32	14	15	88	69	19	12	0	1	56	9-5-0-1	6-4-0-1	4 W	125	117	117	111
5	Pittsburgh wc (ME)	25	13	7	2	3	31	12	13	79	71	8	20	1	3	62	6-4-1-1	7-3-1-2	1 W	126	118	118	112
6	Philadelphia wc (ME)	25	14	8	3	0	31	7	9	74	72	2	12	0	0	64	8-4-2-0	6-4-1-0	1 L	126	118	118	112
7	Boston (AT)	27	15	12	0	0	30	9	13	83	86	-3	21	1	0	88	9-5-0-0	6-7-0-0	1 W	127	119	119	113
8	Montreal (AT)	24	13	8	1	2	29	8	13	82	87	-5	16	2	0	62	6-5-0-1	7-3-1-1	1 L	128	120	120	114
9	New York I. (ME)	26	13	10	0	3	29	9	12	76	77	-1	12	5	3	62	5-6-0-2	8-4-0-1	3 L	128	120	120	114 F: 113
10	Columbus (ME)	26	12	9	4	1	29	7	9	78	85	-7	10	2	0	49	5-3-2-1	7-6-2-0	3 w. Pts	128	120	120	114 F: 113
11	Ottawa (AT)	25	12	9	4	0	28	8	9	79	84	-5	17	1	0	51	6-3-2-0	6-6-2-0	2 L	129	121	121	114 F: 114
12	Detroit (AT)	26	13	11	1	1	28	9	11	77	89	-12	18	0	0	56	8-6-1-0	5-5-0-1	4 L	129	121	121	115 F: 112
13	New York R. (ME)	27	13	12	2	0	28	10	12	72	71	1	13	2	2	63	2-8-1-0	11-4-1-0	1 L	129	121	121	115 F: 110
14	Buffalo (AT)	26	11	11	4	0	26	8	9	81	87	-6	13	3	1	64	9-5-2-0	2-6-2-0	2 W	131	123	123	117 F: 110
15	Florida (AT)	24	12	11	0	1	25	11	11	75	77	-2	17	2	2	62	8-5-0-1	4-6-0-0	2 L	132	124	124	118 F: 113
16	Toronto (AT)	25	11	11	3	0	25	7	11	85	89	-4	10	1	0	59	8-4-3-0	3-7-0-0	1 W	132	124	124	118 F: 111

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)	25	18	1	3	3	42	17	18	103	55	48	15	1	3	66	10-0-0-2	8-1-3-1	16 w. Pts	109	109	109	100
2	Dallas (CE)	26	17	5	2	2	38	14	15	93	71	22	29	0	2	65	8-4-1-0	9-1-1-2	6 w. Pts	119	119	119	104
3	Anaheim (PA)	26	16	9	1	0	33	10	14	96	84	12	17	3	0	68	9-3-0-0	7-6-1-0	1 W	124	124	113	109
4	Minnesota (CE)	26	14	7	4	1	33	8	11	77	72	5	22	2	5	49	8-3-3-1	6-4-1-0	11 w. Pts	124	124	124	109
5	L.A. (PA)	25	12	6	2	5	31	7	11	68	70	-2	11	5	2	65	3-4-2-1	9-2-0-4	5 w. Pts	126	126	115	111
6	Vegas (PA)	25	11	6	6	2	30	10	11	76	76	0	20	1	1	52	6-4-2-2	5-2-4-0	1 W	127	127	116	112
7	San Jose wc (PA)	27	13	11	2	1	29	7	12	80	87	-7	19	2	0	76	9-4-2-1	4-7-0-0	1 W	128	128	117	113
8	Seattle wc (PA)	24	11	7	3	3	28	7	11	59	66	-7	12	1	1	45	6-3-2-1	5-4-1-2	3 L	129	129	118	114
9	Chicago (CE)	25	11	9	4	1	27	10	11	80	73	7	18	1	1	74	6-5-2-1	5-4-2-0	1 W	130	130	130	114 F: 114
10	Edmonton (PA)	26	11	10	3	2	27	6	11	81	95	-14	19	2	2	58	5-2-1-1	6-8-2-1	1 W	130	130	119	115 F: 112
11	Utah (CE)	27	12	12	3	0	27	9	12	80	83	-3	10	2	0	62	7-3-1-0	5-9-2-0	4 L	130	130	130	115 F: 110
12	Winnipeg (CE)	25	13	12	0	0	26	11	12	77	75	2	17	3	0	73	6-5-0-0	7-7-0-0	1 L	131	131	131	116 F: 113
13	St. Louis (CE)	27	9	11	5	2	25	9	9	69	95	-26	14	2	2	49	5-6-2-2	4-5-3-0	1 L	132	132	132	117 F: 108
14	Vancouver (PA)	26	10	13	3	0	23	6	8	79	95	-16	19	3	0	66	3-7-1-0	7-6-2-0	2 L	134	134	123	119 F: 108
15	Calgary (PA)	27	9	14	2	2	22	7	7	65	82	-17	12	3	1	72	4-4-1-1	5-10-1-1	2 w. Pts	135	135	124	120 F: 105
16	Nashville (CE)	25	8	13	4	0	20	6	7	64	92	-28	13	1	0	61	5-8-2-0	3-5-2-0	1 L	137	137	137	122 F: 107

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	8	14	1.75	143.5
2	1	Tampa Bay	7	11	1.57	128.9
3	5	Pittsburgh	4	6	1.50	123.0
4	6	Philadelphia	7	9	1.29	105.4
5	7	Boston	5	6	1.20	98.4
6	2	Carolina	5	6	1.20	98.4
7	-	Columbus	8	9	1.12	92.2
8	-	New York R.	9	10	1.11	91.1
9	3	New Jersey	8	8	1.00	82.0
10	-	Florida	9	8	0.89	72.9
11	4	Washington	8	7	0.88	71.8
12	-	Toronto	10	8	0.80	65.6
13	-	New York I.	11	7	0.64	52.2
14	-	Buffalo	8	5	0.62	51.2
15	-	Detroit	5	3	0.60	49.2
16	8	Montreal	4	2	0.50	41.0

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	7	11	1.57	128.9
2	2	Dallas	6	9	1.50	123.0
3	4	Minnesota	7	10	1.43	117.1
4	5	L.A.	7	9	1.29	105.4
5	3	Anaheim	8	10	1.25	102.5
6	6	Vegas	8	9	1.12	92.2
7	7	San Jose	11	12	1.09	89.5
8	8	Seattle	6	6	1.00	82.0
9	-	Utah	10	10	1.00	82.0
10	-	Vancouver	7	6	0.86	70.3
11	-	Calgary	5	4	0.80	65.6
12	-	Chicago	7	5	0.71	58.6
13	-	St. Louis	6	4	0.67	54.7
14	-	Edmonton	5	3	0.60	49.2
15	-	Nashville	6	3	0.50	41.0
16	-	Winnipeg	9	4	0.44	36.4

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	12	19	1.58	129.8
2	-	Ottawa	16	23	1.44	117.9
3	6	Philadelphia	10	13	1.30	106.6
4	-	Columbus	12	15	1.25	102.5
5	2	Carolina	14	17	1.21	99.6
6	5	Pittsburgh	11	13	1.18	96.9
7	4	Washington	12	13	1.08	88.8
8	3	New Jersey	15	16	1.07	87.5
9	-	Florida	16	17	1.06	87.1
10	-	Detroit	11	11	1.00	82.0
11	-	New York R.	14	13	0.93	76.1
12	-	New York I.	17	15	0.88	72.4
13	-	Toronto	12	10	0.83	68.3
14	7	Boston	12	10	0.83	68.3
15	8	Montreal	10	8	0.80	65.6
16	-	Buffalo	11	7	0.64	52.2

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	2	Dallas	11	18	1.64	134.2
2	1	Colorado	14	21	1.50	123.0
3	3	Anaheim	14	18	1.29	105.4
4	6	Vegas	14	16	1.14	93.7
5	4	Minnesota	14	15	1.07	87.9
6	5	L.A.	14	15	1.07	87.9
7	7	San Jose	16	16	1.00	82.0
8	-	Vancouver	12	11	0.92	75.2
9	8	Seattle	11	10	0.91	74.5
10	-	Edmonton	11	10	0.91	74.5
11	-	Calgary	9	8	0.89	72.9
12	-	Utah	14	12	0.86	70.3
13	-	Chicago	11	9	0.82	67.1
14	-	St. Louis	11	7	0.64	52.2
15	-	Winnipeg	14	8	0.57	46.9
16	-	Nashville	12	6	0.50	41.0

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