NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Wed Dec 31 22:48:55 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)	39	24	12	1	2	51	15	20	130	115	15	21	4	2	86	13-6-1-0	11-6-0-2	1 L	103	85	85	81
2	Detroit (AT)	41	24	14	1	2	51	17	22	127	130	-3	31	0	2	87	14-7-1-0	10-7-0-2	2 W	103	87	85	81
3	Tampa Bay (AT)	39	23	13	2	1	49	18	22	130	104	26	21	3	1	112	11-9-0-0	12-4-2-1	5 W	105	89	85	83
4	Montreal (AT)	39	21	12	2	4	48	13	19	130	131	-1	28	3	1	98	10-9-0-1	11-3-2-3	6 w. Pts	106	90	86	84
5	New York I. (ME)	40	22	14	0	4	48	15	18	114	110	4	20	5	5	92	12-7-0-2	10-7-0-2	1 W	106	90	90	84
6	Philadelphia (ME)	38	20	11	4	3	47	13	15	118	109	9	17	2	0	98	11-5-3-1	9-6-1-2	1 W	107	91	91	85
7	Washington wc (ME)	40	21	14	1	4	47	19	21	130	114	16	18	1	3	95	12-7-0-2	9-7-1-2	1 W	107	91	91	85
8	Buffalo wc (AT)	39	21	14	4	0	46	15	18	124	121	3	22	3	1	91	12-5-2-0	9-9-2-0	10 W	108	92	88	86
9	Florida (AT)	39	21	15	2	1	45	18	19	126	124	2	27	4	3	111	13-8-2-1	8-7-0-0	2 w. Pts	109	93	89	87 F: 86
10	New Jersey (ME)	40	21	17	2	0	44	14	18	109	120	-11	21	4	1	81	10-7-2-0	11-10-0-0	1 W	110	94	94	88 F: 83
11	Pittsburgh (ME)	38	17	12	4	5	43	15	16	122	123	-1	31	1	3	89	8-6-3-2	9-6-1-3	2 W	111	95	95	89 F: 86
12	New York R. (ME)	42	19	18	5	0	43	12	17	109	116	-7	20	2	2	97	5-10-3-0	14-8-2-0	3 L	111	95	95	89 F: 78
13	Toronto (AT)	39	18	15	5	1	42	14	18	128	129	-1	16	2	2	85	13-5-4-1	5-10-1-0	4 w. Pts	112	96	92	90 F: 83
14	Boston (AT)	40	20	18	1	1	42	14	18	124	132	-8	29	1	0	121	12-8-0-1	8-10-1-0	6 L	112	96	92	90 F: 81
15	Ottawa (AT)	38	18	15	5	0	41	13	15	125	124	1	31	2	1	75	8-7-3-0	10-8-2-0	3 L	113	97	93	91 F: 84
16	Columbus (ME)	39	17	16	5	1	40	10	13	118	131	-13	19	2	0	81	8-7-2-1	9-9-3-0	1 L	114	98	98	92 F: 81

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)	38	29	2	3	4	65	26	28	153	87	66	20	1	4	93	16-0-0-2	13-2-3-2	11 w. Pts	77	77	77	62
2	Dallas (CE)	40	25	8	4	3	57	21	22	140	109	31	37	2	3	104	12-6-1-1	13-2-3-2	3 L	97	97	97	70
3	Minnesota (CE)	41	24	10	5	2	55	17	21	129	108	21	30	3	7	76	13-4-4-1	11-6-1-1	4 w. Pts	99	99	99	72
4	Edmonton (PA)	40	20	14	4	2	46	15	20	135	132	3	38	4	2	93	10-3-2-1	10-11-2-1	1 W	108	108	88	84
5	Vegas (PA)	38	17	10	6	5	45	13	16	119	119	0	30	1	2	76	8-6-2-4	9-4-4-1	3 L	109	109	86	85
6	Anaheim (PA)	40	21	16	3	0	45	13	17	137	141	-4	22	6	0	98	12-7-1-0	9-9-2-0	4 L	109	109	86	85
7	San Jose wc (PA)	40	20	17	2	1	43	11	18	124	139	-15	25	2	0	99	11-7-2-1	9-10-0-0	3 W	111	111	88	87
8	L.A. wc (PA)	38	16	13	4	5	41	11	15	99	102	-3	17	7	3	101	5-8-3-1	11-5-1-4	1 L	113	113	90	89
9	Nashville (CE)	39	18	17	4	0	40	13	16	113	129	-16	24	2	0	101	10-9-2-0	8-8-2-0	2 W	114	114	114	90 F: 86
10	Seattle (PA)	37	16	14	3	4	39	11	16	95	111	-16	22	1	1	76	8-7-2-2	8-7-1-2	5 w. Pts	115	115	92	89 F: 89
11	Utah (CE)	40	18	19	3	0	39	13	18	119	116	3	18	3	1	93	9-7-1-0	9-12-2-0	2 L	115	115	115	91 F: 83
12	Calgary (PA)	39	17	18	2	2	38	13	15	103	116	-13	17	6	2	100	11-5-1-1	6-13-1-1	2 W	116	116	93	92 F: 84
13	St. Louis (CE)	40	15	17	6	2	38	15	15	100	137	-37	19	3	3	79	8-9-3-2	7-8-3-0	1 L	116	116	116	92 F: 82
14	Chicago (CE)	39	14	18	4	3	35	12	13	108	127	-19	22	3	2	112	7-8-2-2	7-10-2-1	2 L	119	119	119	95 F: 81
15	Vancouver (PA)	39	16	20	3	0	35	10	12	112	136	-24	25	5	1	97	4-12-1-0	12-8-2-0	1 L	119	119	96	95 F: 81
16	Winnipeg (CE)	38	15	19	3	1	34	13	14	108	116	-8	21	4	0	98	8-8-2-0	7-11-1-1	7 L	120	120	120	96 F: 82

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	-	Pittsburgh	10	15	1.50	123.0
2	3	Tampa Bay	12	17	1.42	116.2
3	1	Carolina	10	14	1.40	114.8
4	8	Buffalo	9	12	1.33	109.3
5	-	Ottawa	9	12	1.33	109.3
6	6	Philadelphia	10	13	1.30	106.6
7	-	Boston	14	18	1.29	105.4
8	5	New York I.	13	15	1.15	94.6
9	7	Washington	12	13	1.08	88.8
10	-	Florida	14	15	1.07	87.9
11	-	New York R.	16	17	1.06	87.1
12	-	Columbus	11	11	1.00	82.0
13	4	Montreal	7	6	0.86	70.3
14	-	New Jersey	14	12	0.86	70.3
15	-	Toronto	14	12	0.86	70.3
16	2	Detroit	11	9	0.82	67.1

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	11	19	1.73	141.6
2	2	Dallas	11	17	1.55	126.7
3	3	Minnesota	13	19	1.46	119.8
4	-	Calgary	12	14	1.17	95.7
5	8	L.A.	10	11	1.10	90.2
6	-	Seattle	15	16	1.07	87.5
7	5	Vegas	11	11	1.00	82.0
8	6	Anaheim	10	10	1.00	82.0
9	-	Chicago	11	11	1.00	82.0
10	7	San Jose	14	14	1.00	82.0
11	-	Nashville	10	9	0.90	73.8
12	-	Utah	14	12	0.86	70.3
13	-	St. Louis	6	5	0.83	68.3
14	-	Vancouver	12	10	0.83	68.3
15	4	Edmonton	6	3	0.50	41.0
16	-	Winnipeg	12	5	0.42	34.2

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

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	3	Tampa Bay	20	29	1.45	118.9
2	8	Buffalo	15	20	1.33	109.3
3	5	New York I.	22	29	1.32	108.1
4	1	Carolina	21	26	1.24	101.5
5	7	Washington	20	24	1.20	98.4
6	-	Pittsburgh	20	24	1.20	98.4
7	6	Philadelphia	16	19	1.19	97.4
8	-	Florida	25	28	1.12	91.8
9	-	Ottawa	18	20	1.11	91.1
10	-	Columbus	21	22	1.05	85.9
11	2	Detroit	19	19	1.00	82.0
12	-	New Jersey	26	26	1.00	82.0
13	-	Boston	23	22	0.96	78.4
14	-	New York R.	26	24	0.92	75.7
15	-	Toronto	18	14	0.78	63.8
16	4	Montreal	13	10	0.77	63.1

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	19	32	1.68	138.1
2	2	Dallas	19	27	1.42	116.5
3	3	Minnesota	20	27	1.35	110.7
4	-	Calgary	19	22	1.16	94.9
5	5	Vegas	20	22	1.10	90.2
6	8	L.A.	16	17	1.06	87.1
7	-	Utah	21	19	0.90	74.2
8	6	Anaheim	17	15	0.88	72.4
9	-	Seattle	24	21	0.88	71.8
10	7	San Jose	20	17	0.85	69.7
11	-	Chicago	19	16	0.84	69.1
12	-	St. Louis	16	13	0.81	66.6
13	-	Vancouver	21	17	0.81	66.4
14	4	Edmonton	17	13	0.76	62.7
15	-	Nashville	17	12	0.71	57.9
16	-	Winnipeg	22	14	0.64	52.2

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