NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Sun Dec 21 00:47:35 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)	35	22	10	1	2	47	14	18	119	101	18	19	4	2	80	11-5-1-0	11-5-0-2	2 L	107	91	91	88
2	Detroit (AT)	36	20	13	1	2	43	16	18	113	117	-4	26	0	2	78	10-7-1-0	10-6-0-2	1 W	111	99	94	92
3	Washington (ME)	35	19	12	0	4	42	18	19	112	93	19	15	1	3	85	11-6-0-2	8-6-0-2	1 L	112	100	100	93
4	Montreal (AT)	35	19	12	2	2	42	12	17	114	118	-4	25	3	1	88	10-9-0-1	9-3-2-1	2 W	112	100	94	93
5	New York I. (ME)	36	19	13	0	4	42	13	16	105	103	2	19	5	4	84	10-7-0-2	9-6-0-2	3 L	112	100	100	93
6	Philadelphia wc (ME)	34	17	10	4	3	41	10	12	103	99	4	16	1	0	88	10-5-3-1	7-5-1-2	2 L	113	101	101	94
7	Tampa Bay (AT)	35	19	13	2	1	41	16	19	113	94	19	18	2	1	95	9-9-0-0	10-4-2-1	1 W	113	101	95	94
8	New Jersey wc (ME)	35	20	14	1	0	41	13	17	101	105	-4	19	4	1	75	10-6-1-0	10-8-0-0	2 W	113	101	101	94
9	Boston (AT)	36	20	15	0	1	41	14	18	118	114	4	27	1	0	107	12-6-0-1	8-9-0-0	2 L	113	101	95	94 F: 93
10	Florida (AT)	35	19	14	1	1	40	16	17	112	112	0	23	4	3	95	12-7-1-1	7-7-0-0	1 L	114	102	96	95 F: 94
11	New York R. (ME)	37	18	15	4	0	40	11	16	96	100	-4	17	2	2	84	5-10-3-0	13-5-1-0	2 W	114	102	102	95 F: 90
12	Ottawa (AT)	34	17	13	4	0	38	12	14	111	108	3	28	2	1	66	8-6-2-0	9-7-2-0	3 W	116	104	98	97 F: 94
13	Pittsburgh (ME)	34	14	11	4	5	37	13	14	103	110	-7	28	1	3	82	6-6-3-2	8-5-1-3	8 L	117	105	105	98 F: 93
14	Buffalo (AT)	34	16	14	4	0	36	11	13	106	114	-8	22	3	1	84	11-5-2-0	5-9-2-0	5 W	118	106	100	99 F: 92
15	Toronto (AT)	34	15	14	4	1	35	11	15	108	113	-5	12	2	1	76	10-5-4-1	5-9-0-0	2 L	119	107	101	100 F: 91
16	Columbus (ME)	35	14	15	5	1	34	7	10	105	124	-19	16	2	0	70	7-6-2-1	7-9-3-0	2 L	120	108	108	101 F: 88

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)	34	25	2	3	4	57	23	25	136	79	57	18	1	3	82	14-0-0-2	11-2-3-2	7 w. Pts	89	89	89	72
2	Dallas (CE)	36	24	7	3	2	53	20	21	128	96	32	35	2	3	95	11-5-1-0	13-2-2-2	3 W	101	101	101	76
3	Minnesota (CE)	36	22	9	4	1	49	16	19	114	91	23	29	3	7	67	13-3-3-1	9-6-1-0	7 W	105	105	105	80
4	Anaheim (PA)	36	21	13	2	0	44	13	17	128	123	5	20	6	0	89	12-5-0-0	9-8-2-0	1 W	110	110	97	87
5	Vegas (PA)	33	16	7	6	4	42	12	15	100	98	2	26	1	2	69	7-4-2-3	9-3-4-1	2 L	112	112	95	89
6	Edmonton (PA)	36	17	13	4	2	40	12	17	121	124	-3	31	4	2	81	8-3-2-1	9-10-2-1	1 L	114	114	97	91
7	L.A. wc (PA)	34	15	10	4	5	39	10	14	88	90	-2	15	6	3	91	4-6-3-1	11-4-1-4	1 W	115	115	98	92
8	San Jose wc (PA)	36	17	16	2	1	37	9	16	107	122	-15	23	2	0	89	10-7-2-1	7-9-0-0	2 L	117	117	100	94
9	Utah (CE)	37	17	17	3	0	37	13	17	112	108	4	17	3	1	88	8-6-1-0	9-11-2-0	1 L	117	117	117	94 F: 91
10	St. Louis (CE)	37	14	15	6	2	36	14	14	94	127	-33	18	3	3	72	7-8-3-2	7-7-3-0	3 w. Pts	118	118	118	95 F: 90
11	Calgary (PA)	36	15	17	2	2	34	12	13	97	108	-11	16	6	2	92	9-5-1-1	6-12-1-1	2 W	120	120	103	97 F: 90
12	Vancouver (PA)	35	15	17	3	0	33	10	12	101	117	-16	24	4	1	86	4-10-1-0	11-7-2-0	4 W	121	121	104	98 F: 91
13	Seattle (PA)	33	13	14	3	3	32	8	13	83	104	-21	19	1	1	66	7-7-2-1	6-7-1-2	1 W	122	122	105	98 F: 94
14	Winnipeg (CE)	34	15	17	1	1	32	13	14	100	103	-3	20	4	0	90	8-7-1-0	7-10-0-1	3 L	122	122	122	99 F: 92
15	Nashville (CE)	34	14	16	4	0	32	10	12	98	118	-20	19	1	0	89	9-9-2-0	5-7-2-0	1 W	122	122	122	99 F: 92
16	Chicago (CE)	35	13	16	4	2	32	12	13	98	111	-13	21	3	2	102	7-6-2-1	6-10-2-1	5 L	122	122	122	99 F: 90

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	1	Carolina	8	12	1.50	123.0
2	6	Philadelphia	10	15	1.50	123.0
3	-	Boston	11	16	1.45	119.3
4	-	Ottawa	8	11	1.38	112.8
5	7	Tampa Bay	14	19	1.36	111.3
6	-	Pittsburgh	8	10	1.25	102.5
7	5	New York I.	13	16	1.23	100.9
8	-	Buffalo	10	12	1.20	98.4
9	-	Florida	11	12	1.09	89.5
10	-	New York R.	11	12	1.09	89.5
11	3	Washington	11	12	1.09	89.5
12	8	New Jersey	10	9	0.90	73.8
13	-	Columbus	11	9	0.82	67.1
14	2	Detroit	8	6	0.75	61.5
15	-	Toronto	12	9	0.75	61.5
16	4	Montreal	6	4	0.67	54.7

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	8	13	1.62	133.2
2	3	Minnesota	10	16	1.60	131.2
3	2	Dallas	11	17	1.55	126.7
4	4	Anaheim	8	10	1.25	102.5
5	-	Calgary	10	12	1.20	98.4
6	5	Vegas	7	8	1.14	93.7
7	7	L.A.	8	9	1.12	92.2
8	-	Utah	13	12	0.92	75.7
9	-	Seattle	13	12	0.92	75.7
10	-	Vancouver	11	10	0.91	74.5
11	8	San Jose	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	8	5	0.62	51.2
15	-	Winnipeg	10	4	0.40	32.8
16	6	Edmonton	5	1	0.20	16.4

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

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	7	Tampa Bay	21	29	1.38	113.2
2	5	New York I.	22	30	1.36	111.8
3	6	Philadelphia	16	21	1.31	107.6
4	1	Carolina	19	24	1.26	103.6
5	3	Washington	19	23	1.21	99.3
6	-	Buffalo	15	18	1.20	98.4
7	-	Florida	22	25	1.14	93.2
8	-	Ottawa	17	19	1.12	91.6
9	-	Pittsburgh	18	19	1.06	86.6
10	8	New Jersey	22	23	1.05	85.7
11	-	Boston	20	20	1.00	82.0
12	2	Detroit	15	14	0.93	76.5
13	-	New York R.	21	19	0.90	74.2
14	-	Columbus	20	18	0.90	73.8
15	-	Toronto	15	11	0.73	60.1
16	4	Montreal	12	8	0.67	54.7

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	16	25	1.56	128.1
2	2	Dallas	18	28	1.56	127.6
3	3	Minnesota	17	23	1.35	110.9
4	5	Vegas	18	22	1.22	100.2
5	-	Calgary	15	16	1.07	87.5
6	-	Vancouver	18	19	1.06	86.6
7	4	Anaheim	16	16	1.00	82.0
8	7	L.A.	15	15	1.00	82.0
9	-	Chicago	16	14	0.88	71.8
10	-	St. Louis	14	12	0.86	70.3
11	-	Utah	19	15	0.79	64.7
12	8	San Jose	19	15	0.79	64.7
13	-	Seattle	20	15	0.75	61.5
14	6	Edmonton	15	10	0.67	54.7
15	-	Winnipeg	17	11	0.65	53.1
16	-	Nashville	15	8	0.53	43.7

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