NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Fri Dec 12 00:47:29 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)	30	19	9	1	1	40	13	17	101	85	16	14	4	2	67	10-5-1-0	9-4-0-1	2 W	114	103	103	100
2	Washington (ME)	31	18	9	0	4	40	17	18	105	78	27	14	1	2	72	10-5-0-2	8-4-0-2	9 w. Pts	114	105	105	100
3	New York I. (ME)	32	18	11	0	3	39	13	16	97	91	6	17	5	4	76	9-6-0-2	9-5-0-1	2 W	115	106	106	101
4	Tampa Bay (AT)	31	18	11	2	0	38	15	18	102	80	22	16	2	1	85	8-7-0-0	10-4-2-0	2 W	116	107	102	102
5	Boston (AT)	32	19	13	0	0	38	13	17	107	99	8	24	1	0	97	11-5-0-0	8-8-0-0	4 W	116	107	103	102
6	Detroit (AT)	32	17	12	1	2	37	13	15	100	109	-9	23	0	1	68	9-6-1-0	8-6-0-2	1 L	117	108	104	103
7	Philadelphia wc (ME)	29	16	9	4	0	36	9	11	87	81	6	14	0	0	73	10-5-3-0	6-4-1-0	2 w. Pts	118	109	109	104
8	Pittsburgh wc (ME)	29	14	8	2	5	35	13	14	90	85	5	24	1	3	72	6-5-1-2	8-3-1-3	3 L	119	110	110	105
9	Montreal (AT)	30	16	11	1	2	35	9	14	97	107	-10	22	2	0	76	7-8-0-1	9-3-1-1	1 W	119	110	106	104 F: 105
10	New Jersey (ME)	31	17	13	1	0	35	11	15	92	100	-8	18	4	1	65	9-5-1-0	8-8-0-0	1 L	119	110	110	105 F: 103
11	New York R. (ME)	32	15	13	4	0	34	11	14	83	84	-1	13	2	2	72	3-8-3-0	12-5-1-0	3 L	120	111	111	106 F: 100
12	Toronto (AT)	30	14	11	4	1	33	10	14	99	96	3	11	2	1	69	9-4-4-1	5-7-0-0	6 w. Pts	121	112	108	107 F: 103
13	Florida (AT)	30	15	13	1	1	32	13	14	94	99	-5	19	3	2	80	10-6-1-1	5-7-0-0	1 L	122	113	109	108 F: 102
14	Ottawa (AT)	30	14	12	4	0	32	10	11	96	99	-3	24	1	0	58	6-6-2-0	8-6-2-0	1 W	122	113	109	108 F: 102
15	Columbus (ME)	31	13	12	5	1	32	7	9	94	109	-15	15	2	0	61	6-4-2-1	7-8-3-0	4 L	122	113	113	108 F: 100
16	Buffalo (AT)	31	13	14	4	0	30	9	11	95	108	-13	20	3	1	77	9-5-2-0	4-9-2-0	2 W	124	115	111	110 F: 98

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)	31	22	2	3	4	51	20	22	124	72	52	17	1	3	76	12-0-0-2	10-2-3-2	4 w. Pts	97	97	97	86
2	Dallas (CE)	32	21	6	3	2	47	17	18	111	85	26	33	1	3	85	10-4-1-0	11-2-2-2	1 L	107	107	107	90
3	Vegas (PA)	30	15	6	6	3	39	11	14	93	88	5	23	1	2	63	7-4-2-2	8-2-4-1	6 w. Pts	115	115	103	100
4	Anaheim (PA)	31	19	11	1	0	39	11	15	113	103	10	19	5	0	79	11-4-0-0	8-7-1-0	1 L	115	115	105	100
5	Minnesota (CE)	31	17	9	4	1	39	11	14	90	83	7	23	2	6	58	9-3-3-1	8-6-1-0	2 W	115	115	115	98
6	L.A. (PA)	30	14	8	3	5	36	9	13	82	80	2	13	6	3	78	4-6-2-1	10-2-1-4	3 w. Pts	118	118	108	103
7	Edmonton wc (PA)	31	14	11	4	2	34	9	14	103	107	-4	25	3	2	70	8-3-2-1	6-8-2-1	4 w. Pts	120	120	110	105
8	San Jose wc (PA)	32	15	14	2	1	33	8	14	90	105	-15	21	2	0	84	9-5-2-1	6-9-0-0	1 W	121	121	111	106
9	Chicago (CE)	30	13	11	4	2	32	12	13	89	91	-2	20	2	2	88	7-5-2-1	6-6-2-1	1 W	122	122	122	107 F: 104
10	Utah (CE)	32	14	15	3	0	31	11	14	96	94	2	13	3	1	72	7-5-1-0	7-10-2-0	3 L	123	123	123	108 F: 99
11	Seattle (PA)	28	12	10	3	3	30	7	12	70	85	-15	16	1	1	53	7-5-2-1	5-5-1-2	1 W	124	124	114	107 F: 106
12	Winnipeg (CE)	30	14	15	0	1	29	12	13	91	95	-4	18	3	0	76	7-7-0-0	7-8-0-1	3 L	125	125	125	110 F: 101
13	St. Louis (CE)	32	11	14	5	2	29	11	11	81	116	-35	16	2	2	63	5-7-2-2	6-7-3-0	2 L	125	125	125	110 F: 97
14	Nashville (CE)	30	12	14	4	0	28	8	10	85	105	-20	16	1	0	79	8-8-2-0	4-6-2-0	2 W	126	126	126	111 F: 100
15	Calgary (PA)	32	12	16	2	2	28	10	10	82	96	-14	15	4	2	88	7-5-1-1	5-11-1-1	1 L	126	126	116	111 F: 96
16	Vancouver (PA)	31	11	17	3	0	25	7	9	87	111	-24	20	3	0	73	4-10-1-0	7-7-2-0	2 L	129	129	119	114 F: 95

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	8	Pittsburgh	5	9	1.80	147.6
2	-	Ottawa	8	13	1.62	133.2
3	5	Boston	9	12	1.33	109.3
4	1	Carolina	6	8	1.33	109.3
5	4	Tampa Bay	10	12	1.20	98.4
6	7	Philadelphia	6	7	1.17	95.7
7	-	Buffalo	9	9	1.00	82.0
8	3	New York I.	14	13	0.93	76.1
9	-	New York R.	11	10	0.91	74.5
10	-	Toronto	11	10	0.91	74.5
11	2	Washington	10	9	0.90	73.8
12	-	Florida	9	8	0.89	72.9
13	6	Detroit	6	5	0.83	68.3
14	-	Montreal	6	5	0.83	68.3
15	-	New Jersey	11	9	0.82	67.1
16	-	Columbus	10	8	0.80	65.6

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	8	13	1.62	133.2
2	5	Minnesota	9	14	1.56	127.6
3	4	Anaheim	7	10	1.43	117.1
4	2	Dallas	8	11	1.38	112.8
5	6	L.A.	7	9	1.29	105.4
6	3	Vegas	7	8	1.14	93.7
7	-	Calgary	7	8	1.14	93.7
8	8	San Jose	10	10	1.00	82.0
9	-	Utah	13	12	0.92	75.7
10	-	Vancouver	11	10	0.91	74.5
11	-	Seattle	11	10	0.91	74.5
12	-	Chicago	10	9	0.90	73.8
13	-	St. Louis	6	5	0.83	68.3
14	-	Nashville	7	5	0.71	58.6
15	-	Winnipeg	9	4	0.44	36.4
16	7	Edmonton	4	1	0.25	20.5

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

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	4	Tampa Bay	16	22	1.38	112.8
2	-	Ottawa	16	21	1.31	107.6
3	8	Pittsburgh	13	17	1.31	107.2
4	2	Washington	17	20	1.18	96.5
5	1	Carolina	17	20	1.18	96.5
6	3	New York I.	23	27	1.17	96.3
7	7	Philadelphia	12	13	1.08	88.8
8	-	Buffalo	14	15	1.07	87.9
9	-	Columbus	15	15	1.00	82.0
10	6	Detroit	13	13	1.00	82.0
11	5	Boston	16	16	1.00	82.0
12	-	Florida	18	17	0.94	77.4
13	-	Toronto	13	12	0.92	75.7
14	-	New Jersey	21	19	0.90	74.2
15	-	New York R.	20	17	0.85	69.7
16	-	Montreal	11	7	0.64	52.2

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	15	22	1.47	120.3
2	2	Dallas	14	20	1.43	117.1
3	5	Minnesota	16	21	1.31	107.6
4	3	Vegas	16	21	1.31	107.6
5	4	Anaheim	17	22	1.29	106.1
6	-	Chicago	13	14	1.08	88.3
7	6	L.A.	14	14	1.00	82.0
8	-	Calgary	11	11	1.00	82.0
9	-	Utah	16	15	0.94	76.9
10	-	Vancouver	16	15	0.94	76.9
11	8	San Jose	18	15	0.83	68.3
12	-	Seattle	17	13	0.76	62.7
13	7	Edmonton	11	8	0.73	59.6
14	-	Nashville	14	9	0.64	52.7
15	-	Winnipeg	16	10	0.62	51.2
16	-	St. Louis	15	9	0.60	49.2

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