NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Wed Dec 24 02:35:25 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)	36	22	11	1	2	47	14	18	121	106	15	19	4	2	83	11-6-1-0	11-5-0-2	3 L	107	91	91	87
2	Detroit (AT)	38	22	13	1	2	47	16	20	120	122	-2	29	0	2	82	12-7-1-0	10-6-0-2	3 W	107	93	89	87
3	Philadelphia (ME)	36	19	10	4	3	45	12	14	111	102	9	17	1	0	94	11-5-3-1	8-5-1-2	3 w. Pts	109	95	95	89
4	Montreal (AT)	37	20	12	2	3	45	13	18	123	124	-1	27	3	1	94	10-9-0-1	10-3-2-2	4 w. Pts	109	95	91	89
5	New York I. (ME)	37	20	13	0	4	44	14	17	107	104	3	19	5	4	84	11-7-0-2	9-6-0-2	2 w. Pts	110	96	96	90
6	Tampa Bay (AT)	36	20	13	2	1	43	17	20	117	95	22	20	2	1	97	10-9-0-0	10-4-2-1	2 W	111	97	93	91
7	Washington wc (ME)	37	19	13	1	4	43	18	19	117	103	14	16	1	3	89	11-7-0-2	8-6-1-2	3 L	111	97	97	91
8	Florida wc (AT)	36	20	14	1	1	42	17	18	117	114	3	24	4	3	97	12-7-1-1	8-7-0-0	1 W	112	98	94	92
9	New York R. (ME)	39	19	16	4	0	42	12	17	104	105	-1	18	2	2	88	5-10-3-0	14-6-1-0	1 W	112	98	98	92 F: 87
10	Ottawa (AT)	36	18	13	5	0	41	13	15	119	113	6	31	2	1	71	8-6-3-0	10-7-2-0	5 w. Pts	113	99	95	93 F: 92
11	New Jersey (ME)	37	20	16	1	0	41	13	17	103	110	-7	19	4	1	75	10-7-1-0	10-9-0-0	2 L	113	99	99	93 F: 90
12	Boston (AT)	38	20	17	0	1	41	14	18	122	126	-4	29	1	0	114	12-8-0-1	8-9-0-0	4 L	113	99	95	93 F: 88
13	Buffalo (AT)	36	18	14	4	0	40	12	15	112	117	-5	22	3	1	87	11-5-2-0	7-9-2-0	7 W	114	100	96	94 F: 91
14	Pittsburgh (ME)	36	15	12	4	5	39	13	14	110	119	-9	29	1	3	86	7-6-3-2	8-6-1-3	1 L	115	101	101	95 F: 90
15	Toronto (AT)	36	16	15	4	1	37	12	16	115	121	-6	12	2	1	80	11-5-4-1	5-10-0-0	1 W	117	103	99	97 F: 88
16	Columbus (ME)	36	15	15	5	1	36	8	11	108	125	-17	19	2	0	75	7-6-2-1	8-9-3-0	1 W	118	104	104	98 F: 87

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)	36	27	2	3	4	61	25	27	142	80	62	20	1	4	88	15-0-0-2	12-2-3-2	9 w. Pts	84	84	84	68
2	Dallas (CE)	38	25	7	4	2	56	21	22	136	101	35	37	2	3	100	12-5-1-0	13-2-3-2	5 w. Pts	98	98	98	73
3	Minnesota (CE)	38	22	10	5	1	50	16	19	117	99	18	29	3	7	71	13-4-4-1	9-6-1-0	2 L	104	104	104	79
4	Vegas (PA)	35	17	8	6	4	44	13	16	110	104	6	29	1	2	71	8-4-2-3	9-4-4-1	1 W	110	110	91	87
5	Anaheim (PA)	37	21	14	2	0	44	13	17	129	126	3	20	6	0	91	12-6-0-0	9-8-2-0	1 L	110	110	95	87
6	Edmonton (PA)	38	19	13	4	2	44	14	19	130	128	2	36	4	2	88	10-3-2-1	9-10-2-1	2 W	110	110	95	87
7	L.A. wc (PA)	36	15	12	4	5	39	10	14	91	96	-5	15	6	3	96	4-8-3-1	11-4-1-4	2 L	115	115	100	92
8	Utah wc (CE)	39	18	18	3	0	39	13	18	116	112	4	17	3	1	92	9-6-1-0	9-12-2-0	1 L	115	115	115	92
9	San Jose (PA)	37	17	17	2	1	37	9	16	109	129	-20	23	2	0	92	10-7-2-1	7-10-0-0	3 L	117	117	102	94 F: 89
10	Seattle (PA)	35	15	14	3	3	36	10	15	89	107	-18	21	1	1	71	7-7-2-1	8-7-1-2	3 W	118	118	103	93 F: 92
11	Nashville (CE)	36	16	16	4	0	36	11	14	103	121	-18	21	1	0	95	10-9-2-0	6-7-2-0	3 W	118	118	118	95 F: 90
12	St. Louis (CE)	38	14	16	6	2	36	14	14	95	131	-36	18	3	3	74	7-8-3-2	7-8-3-0	1 L	118	118	118	95 F: 86
13	Calgary (PA)	37	15	18	2	2	34	12	13	98	113	-15	16	6	2	95	9-5-1-1	6-13-1-1	1 L	120	120	105	97 F: 86
14	Winnipeg (CE)	35	15	17	2	1	33	13	14	103	107	-4	21	4	0	93	8-7-1-0	7-10-1-1	4 L	121	121	121	98 F: 89
15	Vancouver (PA)	36	15	18	3	0	33	10	12	103	122	-19	24	4	1	87	4-10-1-0	11-8-2-0	1 L	121	121	106	98 F: 87
16	Chicago (CE)	36	13	17	4	2	32	12	13	99	114	-15	21	3	2	105	7-7-2-1	6-10-2-1	6 L	122	122	122	99 F: 86

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	9	13	1.44	118.4
2	-	Buffalo	10	14	1.40	114.8
3	-	Ottawa	8	11	1.38	112.8
4	3	Philadelphia	11	15	1.36	111.8
5	6	Tampa Bay	13	17	1.31	107.2
6	1	Carolina	9	11	1.22	100.2
7	8	Florida	10	12	1.20	98.4
8	-	Boston	12	14	1.17	95.7
9	-	New York R.	12	14	1.17	95.7
10	2	Detroit	9	10	1.11	91.1
11	5	New York I.	13	14	1.08	88.3
12	7	Washington	12	12	1.00	82.0
13	-	Toronto	12	11	0.92	75.2
14	-	New Jersey	13	11	0.85	69.4
15	-	Columbus	10	8	0.80	65.6
16	4	Montreal	5	3	0.60	49.2

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	10	17	1.70	139.4
2	2	Dallas	10	15	1.50	123.0
3	3	Minnesota	10	14	1.40	114.8
4	7	L.A.	7	8	1.14	93.7
5	5	Anaheim	9	10	1.11	91.1
6	-	Calgary	11	12	1.09	89.5
7	-	Chicago	11	11	1.00	82.0
8	-	San Jose	15	14	0.93	76.5
9	-	Seattle	13	12	0.92	75.7
10	-	Vancouver	11	10	0.91	74.5
11	-	St. Louis	8	7	0.88	71.8
12	8	Utah	11	9	0.82	67.1
13	-	Nashville	10	8	0.80	65.6
14	4	Vegas	8	6	0.75	61.5
15	6	Edmonton	7	5	0.71	58.6
16	-	Winnipeg	11	5	0.45	37.3

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

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	6	Tampa Bay	21	29	1.38	113.2
2	8	Florida	21	27	1.29	105.4
3	5	New York I.	22	28	1.27	104.4
4	-	Buffalo	17	21	1.24	101.3
5	3	Philadelphia	16	19	1.19	97.4
6	1	Carolina	18	21	1.17	95.7
7	-	Ottawa	17	19	1.12	91.6
8	-	Pittsburgh	18	20	1.11	91.1
9	7	Washington	19	21	1.11	90.6
10	2	Detroit	17	18	1.06	86.8
11	-	New Jersey	24	25	1.04	85.4
12	-	Columbus	20	19	0.95	77.9
13	-	Boston	22	20	0.91	74.5
14	-	New York R.	22	20	0.91	74.5
15	-	Toronto	16	14	0.88	71.8
16	4	Montreal	13	11	0.85	69.4

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	17	28	1.65	135.1
2	2	Dallas	19	26	1.37	112.2
3	3	Minnesota	16	21	1.31	107.6
4	5	Anaheim	17	18	1.06	86.8
5	-	Calgary	17	18	1.06	86.8
6	6	Edmonton	17	16	0.94	77.2
7	7	L.A.	15	14	0.93	76.5
8	-	Vancouver	19	17	0.89	73.4
9	4	Vegas	19	17	0.89	73.4
10	-	St. Louis	17	15	0.88	72.4
11	-	San Jose	22	19	0.86	70.8
12	-	Chicago	18	15	0.83	68.3
13	-	Seattle	20	15	0.75	61.5
14	8	Utah	17	12	0.71	57.9
15	-	Nashville	19	13	0.68	56.1
16	-	Winnipeg	18	12	0.67	54.7

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