NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Tue Apr 7 01:28:33 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	x Carolina (ME)	77	49	22	3	3	104	36	44	275	228	47	56	12	3	174	28-10-1-1	21-12-2-2	1 L	19	9	1	*
2	x Tampa Bay (AT)	77	48	23	4	2	102	39	44	279	215	64	50	6	2	199	25-13-1-0	23-10-3-2	1 L	21	13	9	*
3	x Buffalo (AT)	78	47	23	8	0	102	39	42	270	233	37	48	10	4	178	25-10-4-0	22-13-4-0	1 W		13	11	*
4	x Montreal (AT)	77	45	22	5	5	100	32	42	269	242	27	53	7	1	182	22-14-1-1	23-8-4-4	1 L		15	13	*
5	Pittsburgh (ME)	78	40	22	6	10	96	33	37	280	250	30	56	6	4	188	20-12-3-5	20-10-3-5	2 W		19	19	3
6	Boston wc (AT)	78	43	26	6	3	95	31	39	259	240	19	55	2	2	206	28-10-0-1	15-16-6-2	3 L			18	4
7	Ottawa wc (AT)	77	40	27	9	1	90	34	37	258	238	20	56	6	3	166	20-12-5-1	20-15-4-0	1 W				9
8	Philadelphia (ME)	77	39	26	8	4	90	24	30	228	231	-3	34	6	0	180	18-13-6-2	21-13-2-2	2 W				9
9	New York I. (ME)	78	42	31	0	5	89	28	38	226	229	-3	38	9	9	167	21-14-0-2	21-17-0-3	4 L				11 F: 8
10	Detroit (AT)	77	40	29	5	3	88	29	38	225	234	-9	52	2	5	153	20-15-2-1	20-14-3-2	2 L				12 F: 9
11	Columbus (ME)	77	38	27	10	2	88	27	32	241	238	3	36	5	3	161	20-11-6-2	18-16-4-0	6 L				13 F: 9
12	Washington (ME)	78	39	30	3	6	87	33	37	248	240	8	41	4	3	196	24-11-1-4	15-19-2-2	1 L				13 F: 6
13	New Jersey (ME)	77	40	34	2	1	83	28	36	218	234	-16	44	5	2	159	20-15-2-1	20-19-0-0	3 w. Pts				17 F: 4
14	g Toronto (AT)	77	32	31	10	4	78	23	31	242	275	-33	39	7	3	177	18-12-6-2	14-19-4-2	2 L
15	g Florida (AT)	77	37	37	2	1	77	29	32	230	262	-32	51	6	4	212	21-15-2-1	16-22-0-0	2 L
16	g New York R. (ME)	78	33	36	8	1	75	24	30	229	238	-9	50	6	3	188	14-19-6-1	19-17-2-0	2 W

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	x Colorado (CE)	76	50	16	4	6	110	44	47	287	196	91	43	1	7	183	24-9-1-4	26-7-3-2	1 L	5	3	3	*
2	x Dallas (CE)	77	45	20	8	4	102	35	40	258	211	47	67	4	4	187	23-11-2-2	22-9-6-2	1 L	21	21	21	*
3	x Minnesota (CE)	77	44	21	7	5	100	29	40	256	223	33	61	6	8	156	21-10-6-2	23-11-1-3	3 W		23		*
4	Edmonton (PA)	77	39	29	6	3	87	30	39	265	257	8	62	6	5	163	21-14-2-2	18-15-4-1	1 L			11	7
5	Anaheim (PA)	77	41	31	5	0	87	24	33	255	271	-16	44	9	0	189	23-12-3-0	18-19-2-0	5 L			11	7
6	Utah wc (CE)	76	40	30	6	0	86	31	40	248	216	32	41	7	3	181	19-14-3-0	21-16-3-0	3 W				8
7	Vegas (PA)	77	35	26	9	7	86	27	34	247	240	7	54	5	3	159	18-12-3-6	17-14-6-1	5 w. Pts			12	8
8	L.A. wc (PA)	77	32	26	10	9	83	19	27	211	236	-25	37	7	5	175	13-17-5-4	19-9-5-5	4 w. Pts			15	11
9	Nashville (CE)	77	36	31	8	2	82	26	31	233	256	-23	51	7	0	187	20-15-3-0	16-16-5-2	3 w. Pts				12 F: 10
10	San Jose (PA)	76	37	32	6	1	81	25	35	234	269	-35	50	3	0	178	21-13-4-1	16-19-2-0	1 W			17	12 F: 11
11	Winnipeg (CE)	77	34	31	8	4	80	27	32	221	234	-13	39	6	0	162	19-14-4-2	15-17-4-2	2 W				14 F: 8
12	St. Louis (CE)	76	33	31	8	4	78	29	32	205	238	-33	35	6	7	161	18-12-4-3	15-19-4-1	3 w. Pts				16 F: 8
13	Seattle (PA)	76	32	33	5	6	75	25	31	212	243	-31	41	2	1	147	17-16-3-2	15-17-2-4	5 L			23	19 F: 5
14	Calgary (PA)	76	32	36	5	3	72	25	28	199	243	-44	35	11	2	179	21-12-4-1	11-24-1-2	1 W				22 F: 2
15	g Chicago (CE)	78	28	36	9	5	70	21	25	202	256	-54	40	5	5	194	13-16-5-3	15-20-4-2	1 L
16*	g Vancouver (PA)	76	22	46	6	2	52	15	17	201	295	-94	46	8	2	157	8-26-3-2	14-20-3-0	2 L

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	7	Ottawa	22	29	1.32	108.1
2	-	Columbus	23	29	1.26	103.4
3	4	Montreal	23	29	1.26	103.4
4	1	Carolina	21	26	1.24	101.5
5	2	Tampa Bay	21	26	1.24	101.5
6	3	Buffalo	24	27	1.12	92.2
7	-	New York R.	25	28	1.12	91.8
8	6	Boston	23	24	1.04	85.6
9	5	Pittsburgh	23	23	1.00	82.0
10	-	Toronto	26	26	1.00	82.0
11	-	Washington	23	23	1.00	82.0
12	-	Detroit	25	23	0.92	75.4
13	-	Florida	25	23	0.92	75.4
14	8	Philadelphia	21	19	0.90	74.2
15	-	New York I.	22	18	0.82	67.1
16	-	New Jersey	22	15	0.68	55.9

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	22	35	1.59	130.5
2	3	Minnesota	21	30	1.43	117.1
3	2	Dallas	23	29	1.26	103.4
4	5	Anaheim	21	24	1.14	93.7
5	-	San Jose	25	27	1.08	88.6
6	-	Chicago	26	28	1.08	88.3
7	4	Edmonton	19	20	1.05	86.3
8	-	Calgary	23	23	1.00	82.0
9	-	Nashville	23	23	1.00	82.0
10	6	Utah	22	21	0.95	78.3
11	-	St. Louis	23	21	0.91	74.9
12	8	L.A.	22	20	0.91	74.5
13	7	Vegas	22	19	0.86	70.8
14	-	Winnipeg	25	19	0.76	62.3
15	-	Seattle	23	17	0.74	60.6
16	-	Vancouver	22	14	0.64	52.2

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

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	2	Tampa Bay	37	52	1.41	115.2
2	1	Carolina	36	46	1.28	104.8
3	4	Montreal	39	49	1.26	103.0
4	3	Buffalo	39	48	1.23	100.9
5	-	Columbus	39	46	1.18	96.7
6	7	Ottawa	38	44	1.16	94.9
7	8	Philadelphia	37	41	1.11	90.9
8	-	Washington	39	42	1.08	88.3
9	-	Florida	41	44	1.07	88.0
10	-	New Jersey	38	39	1.03	84.2
11	6	Boston	39	40	1.03	84.1
12	-	New York I.	38	38	1.00	82.0
13	-	Toronto	41	41	1.00	82.0
14	5	Pittsburgh	39	38	0.97	79.9
15	-	New York R.	40	37	0.93	75.8
16	-	Detroit	41	36	0.88	72.0

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	38	54	1.42	116.5
2	3	Minnesota	37	49	1.32	108.6
3	2	Dallas	38	48	1.26	103.6
4	5	Anaheim	37	40	1.08	88.6
5	-	Calgary	39	42	1.08	88.3
6	4	Edmonton	35	36	1.03	84.3
7	-	St. Louis	38	39	1.03	84.2
8	8	L.A.	38	37	0.97	79.8
9	-	San Jose	41	39	0.95	78.0
10	6	Utah	37	35	0.95	77.6
11	-	Chicago	40	36	0.90	73.8
12	-	Nashville	39	33	0.85	69.4
13	7	Vegas	38	32	0.84	69.1
14	-	Seattle	39	31	0.79	65.2
15	-	Winnipeg	40	30	0.75	61.5
16	-	Vancouver	38	20	0.53	43.2

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