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NHL 2026 / 2027 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Thu Nov 5 00:50:11 2026

Eastern Conference
Teams in bold are playing today

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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)	17	12	3	1	1	26	11	12	64	40	24	14	3	2	47	5-1-1-0	7-2-0-1	1 L	136	134	133	131
2	Boston (AT)	16	11	4	1	0	23	8	10	58	38	20	10	0	2	42	7-1-0-0	4-3-1-0	2 W	139	138	138	134
3	Montreal (AT)	15	9	3	3	0	21	6	7	52	47	5	6	1	2	49	4-2-2-0	5-1-1-0	8 w. Pts	141	140	139	136
4	Ottawa (AT)	17	10	6	1	0	21	8	8	54	52	2	8	2	0	45	5-2-0-0	5-4-1-0	1 W	141	140	139	136
5	Tampa Bay wc (AT)	14	9	3	1	1	20	8	9	52	45	7	8	0	0	30	7-0-0-0	2-3-1-1	4 w. Pts	142	141	140	137
6	New Jersey (ME)	15	10	5	0	0	20	7	9	52	43	9	9	2	0	23	7-2-0-0	3-3-0-0	2 W	142	141	141	137
7	Florida wc (AT)	16	9	5	2	0	20	7	9	52	47	5	17	1	1	55	4-2-0-0	5-3-2-0	1 W	142	141	140	137
8	Toronto (AT)	17	8	7	1	1	18	7	8	62	56	6	15	1	0	52	4-4-1-0	4-3-0-1	1 L	144	143	142	139
9	Buffalo (AT)	15	7	5	2	1	17	5	7	44	51	-7	8	1	1	37	3-4-0-0	4-1-2-1	1 L	145	144	143	140 F: 138
10	New York R. (ME)	16	8	7	1	0	17	8	8	48	47	1	8	2	1	47	7-2-0-0	1-5-1-0	1 W	145	144	144	140 F: 136
11	Detroit (AT)	16	7	6	1	2	17	5	5	48	50	-2	13	0	0	35	4-4-1-0	3-2-0-2	1 L	145	144	143	140 F: 136
12	Washington (ME)	14	8	6	0	0	16	7	8	49	48	1	8	1	0	35	6-4-0-0	2-2-0-0	2 L	146	145	145	141 F: 139
13	New York I. (ME)	14	7	5	1	1	16	5	6	40	39	1	7	2	1	43	4-2-1-0	3-3-0-1	1 L	146	145	145	141 F: 139
14	Columbus (ME)	13	6	7	0	0	12	2	5	36	41	-5	6	0	1	29	5-3-0-0	1-4-0-0	1 W	150	149	149	145 F: 137
15	Pittsburgh (ME)	15	5	8	1	1	12	2	4	49	52	-3	8	2	2	32	4-2-1-0	1-6-0-1	3 L	150	149	149	145 F: 133
16	Philadelphia (ME)	17	4	9	3	1	12	4	4	37	58	-21	9	1	0	47	3-4-2-1	1-5-1-0	1 L	150	149	149	145 F: 129

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	Edmonton (PA)	16	11	2	1	2	25	9	10	67	48	19	19	2	2	34	4-2-1-1	7-0-0-1	5 w. Pts	136	135	133	129
2	Minnesota (CE)	17	11	3	3	0	25	11	11	56	38	18	15	0	0	41	4-0-1-0	7-3-2-0	6 w. Pts	137	137	133	129
3	Vegas (PA)	17	10	5	1	1	22	8	9	58	49	9	15	3	0	34	6-3-0-0	4-2-1-1	2 w. Pts	140	140	140	132
4	Utah (CE)	16	10	6	0	0	20	8	10	57	54	3	20	1	1	35	4-2-0-0	6-4-0-0	1 W	142	142	140	134
5	Dallas (CE)	15	9	5	0	1	19	6	8	44	36	8	8	1	3	45	5-4-0-0	4-1-0-1	2 W	143	143	141	135
6	Seattle (PA)	15	9	5	1	0	19	6	7	54	53	1	11	0	0	26	5-2-0-0	4-3-1-0	1 W	143	143	143	135
7	Colorado wc (CE)	16	9	6	0	1	19	9	9	66	53	13	11	0	0	36	6-1-0-1	3-5-0-0	1 L	143	143	141	135
8	Nashville wc (CE)	15	6	4	2	3	17	5	5	46	48	-2	15	2	0	42	5-3-0-2	1-1-2-1	2 W	145	145	143	137
9	St. Louis (CE)	15	7	7	1	0	15	7	7	45	45	0	9	3	1	33	4-2-1-0	3-5-0-0	1 L	147	147	145	141 F: 137
10	Anaheim (PA)	15	7	7	1	0	15	6	7	54	57	-3	19	2	0	44	2-4-1-0	5-3-0-0	2 W	147	147	147	141 F: 137
11	Calgary (PA)	16	7	8	1	0	15	7	7	39	55	-16	11	1	0	42	5-3-0-0	2-5-1-0	2 w. Pts	147	147	147	141 F: 135
12	San Jose (PA)	17	7	9	0	1	15	2	6	44	61	-17	14	4	0	47	3-5-0-0	4-4-0-1	3 L	147	147	147	141 F: 133
13	Winnipeg (CE)	16	5	8	3	0	13	4	5	39	58	-19	8	1	0	33	2-4-1-0	3-4-2-0	1 W	149	149	147	143 F: 133
14	L.A. (PA)	14	5	7	2	0	12	3	5	43	47	-4	11	2	0	28	2-4-0-0	3-3-2-0	1 W	150	150	150	144 F: 136
15	Chicago (CE)	16	4	11	1	0	9	3	4	36	63	-27	5	2	0	41	4-5-0-0	0-6-1-0	4 L	153	153	151	147 F: 129
16	Vancouver (PA)	17	3	13	1	0	7	1	3	51	77	-26	12	2	0	36	1-7-0-0	2-6-1-0	3 L	155	155	155	149 F: 125

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 - really only relevent during the Regular Season)
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	4	Ottawa	4	8	2.00	168.0
2	1	Carolina	3	5	1.67	140.0
3	-	Pittsburgh	3	4	1.33	112.0
4	-	Buffalo	5	6	1.20	100.8
5	-	Detroit	5	6	1.20	100.8
6	-	Washington	5	6	1.20	100.8
7	7	Florida	2	2	1.00	84.0
8	3	Montreal	2	2	1.00	84.0
9	-	New York I.	5	5	1.00	84.0
10	-	New York R.	6	4	0.67	56.0
11	-	Philadelphia	7	4	0.57	48.0
12	2	Boston	2	0	0.00	0.0
13	-	Columbus	3	0	0.00	0.0
14	6	New Jersey	1	0	0.00	0.0
15	5	Tampa Bay	0	0	0.00	0.0
16	8	Toronto	2	0	0.00	0.0

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	2	Minnesota	5	9	1.80	151.2
2	-	Winnipeg	3	5	1.67	140.0
3	1	Edmonton	4	6	1.50	126.0
4	3	Vegas	3	4	1.33	112.0
5	8	Nashville	4	4	1.00	84.0
6	-	Anaheim	2	2	1.00	84.0
7	7	Colorado	3	3	1.00	84.0
8	-	St. Louis	5	4	0.80	67.2
9	-	San Jose	3	2	0.67	56.0
10	5	Dallas	3	2	0.67	56.0
11	-	Calgary	9	5	0.56	46.7
12	4	Utah	4	2	0.50	42.0
13	6	Seattle	4	2	0.50	42.0
14	-	Vancouver	4	2	0.50	42.0
15	-	L.A.	3	1	0.33	28.0
16	-	Chicago	4	0	0.00	0.0

ALL TEAMS' RECORDS VERSUS THE TOP 8 TEAMS IN BOTH CONFERENCES

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	4	Ottawa	6	10	1.67	140.0
2	5	Tampa Bay	6	8	1.33	112.0
3	1	Carolina	5	6	1.20	100.8
4	6	New Jersey	7	8	1.14	96.0
5	-	Detroit	8	9	1.12	94.5
6	2	Boston	7	7	1.00	84.0
7	7	Florida	4	4	1.00	84.0
8	3	Montreal	4	4	1.00	84.0
9	-	New York I.	9	9	1.00	84.0
10	-	Buffalo	8	8	1.00	84.0
11	-	Pittsburgh	10	9	0.90	75.6
12	-	Washington	9	8	0.89	74.7
13	-	Philadelphia	11	9	0.82	68.7
14	8	Toronto	9	7	0.78	65.3
15	-	New York R.	8	6	0.75	63.0
16	-	Columbus	8	4	0.50	42.0

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	2	Minnesota	8	13	1.62	136.5
2	1	Edmonton	7	9	1.29	108.0
3	8	Nashville	10	12	1.20	100.8
4	3	Vegas	8	9	1.12	94.5
5	4	Utah	9	10	1.11	93.3
6	-	Anaheim	6	6	1.00	84.0
7	7	Colorado	7	7	1.00	84.0
8	-	St. Louis	9	8	0.89	74.7
9	-	Calgary	11	9	0.82	68.7
10	-	San Jose	10	8	0.80	67.2
11	-	Winnipeg	11	8	0.73	61.1
12	6	Seattle	7	5	0.71	60.0
13	5	Dallas	6	4	0.67	56.0
14	-	L.A.	7	3	0.43	36.0
15	-	Vancouver	10	3	0.30	25.2
16	-	Chicago	9	1	0.11	9.3

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