NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Sun Mar 29 01:35:50 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	Carolina (ME)	72	46	20	3	3	98	33	41	257	213	44	50	9	3	164	26-9-1-1	20-11-2-2	1 W	29	19	9	7
2	Buffalo (AT)	74	45	21	8	0	98	37	40	259	218	41	46	10	4	168	23-10-4-0	22-11-4-0	1 W	29	21	19	7
3	Tampa Bay (AT)	72	45	21	4	2	96	36	41	264	201	63	49	5	2	182	22-12-1-0	23-9-3-2	7 w. Pts	31	23	19	9
4	Montreal (AT)	72	41	21	5	5	92	29	39	255	232	23	50	7	1	170	22-13-1-1	19-8-4-4	4 W	35	27	23	13
5	Boston wc (AT)	73	41	24	5	3	90	30	38	246	227	19	51	2	2	197	27-10-0-1	14-14-5-2	2 W	37	29	25	15
6	New York I. (ME)	74	42	27	0	5	89	28	38	216	209	7	36	9	9	159	21-12-0-2	21-15-0-3	2 W		30	30	16
7	Pittsburgh (ME)	73	36	21	6	10	88	29	33	250	234	16	51	5	4	179	17-12-3-5	19-9-3-5	1 L		31	31	17
8	Columbus wc (ME)	73	38	24	10	1	87	27	32	234	222	12	35	5	3	155	20-9-6-1	18-15-4-0	2 L		32	32	18
9	Ottawa (AT)	73	38	25	9	1	86	32	35	244	224	20	54	6	3	161	18-11-5-1	20-14-4-0	2 L		33	29	20 F: 18
10	Detroit (AT)	73	39	26	5	3	86	28	37	215	218	-3	50	2	5	147	20-14-2-1	19-12-3-2	1 L		33	29	20 F: 18
11	Philadelphia (ME)	72	36	24	8	4	84	23	27	214	218	-4	32	6	0	173	16-12-6-2	20-12-2-2	2 W		35	35	22 F: 18
12	Washington (ME)	74	37	28	3	6	83	31	35	232	219	13	38	3	3	185	22-11-1-4	15-17-2-2	2 W		36	36	23 F: 13
13	New Jersey (ME)	72	37	33	2	0	76	25	33	199	220	-21	41	4	1	145	18-15-2-0	19-18-0-0	1 L				30 F: 10
14	Toronto (AT)	74	31	30	9	4	75	23	30	230	260	-30	34	5	3	165	18-12-6-2	13-18-3-2	1 L				31 F: 5
15	Florida (AT)	72	35	34	2	1	73	27	30	215	241	-26	48	6	4	198	19-15-2-1	16-19-0-0	2 L				33 F: 7
16	g New York R. (ME)	73	29	35	8	1	67	20	26	208	231	-23	46	5	3	174	10-18-6-1	19-17-2-0	1 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)	72	48	14	4	6	106	42	45	268	183	85	40	1	6	174	23-7-1-4	25-7-3-2	1 L	13	12	12	*
2	x Dallas (CE)	73	44	18	7	4	99	34	39	251	201	50	65	3	3	180	22-10-2-2	22-8-5-2	1 W	28	28	28	*
3	Minnesota (CE)	74	41	21	7	5	94	26	37	242	216	26	60	6	8	152	20-10-6-2	21-11-1-3	1 L	33	33	33	2
4	Anaheim (PA)	73	41	28	4	0	86	24	33	243	251	-8	42	8	0	182	23-10-2-0	18-18-2-0	1 L			14	10
5	Edmonton (PA)	74	37	28	6	3	83	28	37	258	251	7	61	6	4	158	19-13-2-2	18-15-4-1	3 W			22	13
6	Utah wc (CE)	74	38	30	6	0	82	29	38	235	210	25	37	7	3	176	19-14-3-0	19-16-3-0	1 W				14
7	Vegas (PA)	74	32	26	9	7	80	24	31	232	234	-2	52	5	3	154	16-12-3-6	16-14-6-1	3 L			25	16
8	Nashville wc (CE)	73	34	30	8	1	77	25	30	218	243	-25	48	6	0	176	20-15-3-0	14-15-5-1	2 L				19
9	L.A. (PA)	73	29	26	10	8	76	19	25	195	222	-27	36	7	5	166	10-17-5-3	19-9-5-5	1 L			29	20 F: 18
10	Seattle (PA)	72	32	29	5	6	75	25	31	206	224	-18	41	2	1	141	17-14-3-2	15-15-2-4	3 w. Pts			30	21 F: 19
11	Winnipeg (CE)	73	31	30	8	4	74	25	29	209	225	-16	35	6	0	159	18-14-4-2	13-16-4-2	1 W				22 F: 16
12	San Jose (PA)	71	33	31	6	1	73	21	31	215	253	-38	46	3	0	170	17-12-4-1	16-19-2-0	2 w. Pts			32	23 F: 19
13	St. Louis (CE)	72	31	30	7	4	73	27	30	191	227	-36	31	6	7	152	18-12-4-3	13-18-3-1	5 w. Pts				23 F: 17
14	Calgary (PA)	73	31	34	5	3	70	24	27	189	225	-36	35	11	2	171	21-12-4-1	10-22-1-2	6 w. Pts			35	26 F: 12
15	Chicago (CE)	73	27	33	8	5	67	20	24	189	239	-50	37	5	5	187	13-16-4-3	14-17-4-2	2 L				29 F: 9
16	g Vancouver (PA)	72	21	43	6	2	50	14	16	185	273	-88	41	7	2	148	8-25-3-2	13-18-3-0	5 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	5	Boston	19	27	1.42	116.5
2	8	Columbus	18	23	1.28	104.8
3	4	Montreal	19	24	1.26	103.6
4	-	Washington	22	27	1.23	100.6
5	1	Carolina	17	20	1.18	96.5
6	7	Pittsburgh	21	24	1.14	93.7
7	-	Ottawa	22	25	1.14	93.2
8	6	New York I.	17	18	1.06	86.8
9	2	Buffalo	21	22	1.05	85.9
10	-	Toronto	25	23	0.92	75.4
11	-	New York R.	24	22	0.92	75.2
12	-	Detroit	23	20	0.87	71.3
13	-	Philadelphia	23	20	0.87	71.3
14	-	Florida	22	19	0.86	70.8
15	3	Tampa Bay	18	15	0.83	68.3
16	-	New Jersey	24	15	0.62	51.2

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	3	Minnesota	21	32	1.52	125.0
2	1	Colorado	22	32	1.45	119.3
3	2	Dallas	22	30	1.36	111.8
4	5	Edmonton	19	22	1.16	94.9
5	-	Chicago	26	29	1.12	91.5
6	4	Anaheim	18	20	1.11	91.1
7	-	San Jose	22	21	0.95	78.3
8	6	Utah	22	21	0.95	78.3
9	-	L.A.	23	21	0.91	74.9
10	8	Nashville	20	18	0.90	73.8
11	-	Calgary	20	17	0.85	69.7
12	-	Winnipeg	24	20	0.83	68.3
13	-	Vancouver	19	15	0.79	64.7
14	-	St. Louis	22	16	0.73	59.6
15	-	Seattle	21	13	0.62	50.8
16	7	Vegas	20	12	0.60	49.2

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

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	4	Montreal	35	46	1.31	107.8
2	1	Carolina	32	40	1.25	102.5
3	3	Tampa Bay	33	41	1.24	101.9
4	2	Buffalo	36	43	1.19	97.9
5	6	New York I.	33	39	1.18	96.9
6	-	Washington	38	44	1.16	94.9
7	8	Columbus	34	39	1.15	94.1
8	5	Boston	34	39	1.15	94.1
9	7	Pittsburgh	37	40	1.08	88.6
10	-	Ottawa	37	40	1.08	88.6
11	-	Philadelphia	38	41	1.08	88.5
12	-	Florida	38	39	1.03	84.2
13	-	New Jersey	40	39	0.98	80.0
14	-	Toronto	39	36	0.92	75.7
15	-	Detroit	38	33	0.87	71.2
16	-	New York R.	39	33	0.85	69.4

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	38	53	1.39	114.4
2	3	Minnesota	37	50	1.35	110.8
3	4	Anaheim	34	40	1.18	96.5
4	2	Dallas	36	42	1.17	95.7
5	-	San Jose	38	38	1.00	82.0
6	-	Calgary	36	35	0.97	79.7
7	5	Edmonton	35	34	0.97	79.7
8	-	Chicago	40	38	0.95	77.9
9	-	L.A.	39	37	0.95	77.8
10	6	Utah	37	35	0.95	77.6
11	-	Winnipeg	39	34	0.87	71.5
12	8	Nashville	35	30	0.86	70.3
13	-	St. Louis	37	31	0.84	68.7
14	7	Vegas	36	28	0.78	63.8
15	-	Seattle	37	28	0.76	62.1
16	-	Vancouver	35	25	0.71	58.6

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