NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Fri Dec 19 22:55:05 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)	34	22	9	1	2	47	14	18	115	95	20	17	4	2	77	11-5-1-0	11-4-0-2	6 w. Pts	107	92	92	89
2	Washington (ME)	34	19	11	0	4	42	18	19	110	88	22	15	1	3	82	11-5-0-2	8-6-0-2	1 W	112	102	102	94
3	Detroit (AT)	35	19	13	1	2	41	15	17	108	115	-7	26	0	2	76	10-7-1-0	9-6-0-2	1 L	113	103	96	95
4	New York I. (ME)	35	19	13	0	3	41	13	16	103	100	3	18	5	4	81	10-7-0-2	9-6-0-1	2 L	113	103	103	95
5	Philadelphia wc (ME)	33	17	10	4	2	40	10	12	99	94	5	14	0	0	85	10-5-3-1	7-5-1-1	1 L	114	104	104	96
6	Florida (AT)	34	19	13	1	1	40	16	17	110	106	4	22	4	3	93	12-6-1-1	7-7-0-0	4 W	114	104	96	96
7	Montreal (AT)	34	18	12	2	2	40	11	16	110	118	-8	24	2	0	85	9-9-0-1	9-3-2-1	1 W	114	104	96	96
8	Boston wc (AT)	35	20	15	0	0	40	14	18	114	109	5	26	1	0	104	12-6-0-0	8-9-0-0	1 L	114	104	96	96
9	Tampa Bay (AT)	34	18	13	2	1	39	15	18	107	90	17	18	2	1	92	8-9-0-0	10-4-2-1	3 L	115	105	97	97 F: 96
10	New Jersey (ME)	34	19	14	1	0	39	12	16	99	104	-5	18	4	1	72	10-6-1-0	9-8-0-0	1 W	115	105	105	97 F: 96
11	New York R. (ME)	36	17	15	4	0	38	11	16	91	96	-5	16	2	2	81	4-10-3-0	13-5-1-0	1 W	116	106	106	98 F: 91
12	Pittsburgh (ME)	33	14	10	4	5	37	13	14	103	106	-3	28	1	3	82	6-6-3-2	8-4-1-3	7 L	117	107	107	99 F: 96
13	Ottawa (AT)	33	16	13	4	0	36	11	13	105	104	1	27	1	1	64	7-6-2-0	9-7-2-0	2 W	118	108	100	100 F: 95
14	Toronto (AT)	33	15	13	4	1	35	11	15	105	108	-3	12	2	1	75	10-5-4-1	5-8-0-0	1 L	119	109	101	101 F: 94
15	Buffalo (AT)	33	15	14	4	0	34	11	13	103	112	-9	21	3	1	82	10-5-2-0	5-9-2-0	4 W	120	110	102	102 F: 93
16	Columbus (ME)	34	14	14	5	1	34	7	10	102	120	-18	15	2	0	67	7-6-2-1	7-8-3-0	1 L	120	110	110	102 F: 91

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)	33	24	2	3	4	55	22	24	133	77	56	18	1	3	81	13-0-0-2	11-2-3-2	6 w. Pts	91	91	91	76
2	Dallas (CE)	35	23	7	3	2	51	19	20	120	93	27	34	1	3	92	11-5-1-0	12-2-2-2	2 W	103	103	103	80
3	Minnesota (CE)	35	21	9	4	1	47	15	18	109	89	20	28	3	7	66	12-3-3-1	9-6-1-0	6 W	107	107	107	84
4	Vegas (PA)	32	16	6	6	4	42	12	15	97	92	5	25	1	2	69	7-4-2-3	9-2-4-1	8 w. Pts	112	112	97	89
5	Anaheim (PA)	34	20	12	2	0	42	12	16	121	112	9	20	6	0	87	11-4-0-0	9-8-2-0	2 w. Pts	112	112	101	89
6	Edmonton (PA)	35	17	12	4	2	40	12	17	119	119	0	30	4	2	80	8-3-2-1	9-9-2-1	2 W	114	114	103	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	104	92
8	San Jose wc (PA)	35	17	15	2	1	37	9	16	105	118	-13	22	2	0	88	10-6-2-1	7-9-0-0	1 L	117	117	106	94
9	Utah (CE)	36	17	16	3	0	37	13	17	111	106	5	16	3	1	84	8-5-1-0	9-11-2-0	1 W	117	117	117	95 F: 93
10	St. Louis (CE)	36	13	15	6	2	34	13	13	88	125	-37	17	2	3	69	7-8-3-2	6-7-3-0	2 w. Pts	120	120	120	98 F: 90
11	Winnipeg (CE)	33	15	16	1	1	32	13	14	98	100	-2	19	3	0	87	8-7-1-0	7-9-0-1	2 L	122	122	122	100 F: 94
12	Chicago (CE)	34	13	15	4	2	32	12	13	94	105	-11	20	3	2	96	7-6-2-1	6-9-2-1	4 L	122	122	122	100 F: 92
13	Calgary (PA)	35	14	17	2	2	32	11	12	91	105	-14	16	5	2	91	8-5-1-1	6-12-1-1	1 W	122	122	111	100 F: 90
14	Vancouver (PA)	34	14	17	3	0	31	10	12	96	113	-17	23	4	1	84	4-10-1-0	10-7-2-0	3 W	123	123	112	101 F: 91
15	Seattle (PA)	32	12	14	3	3	30	7	12	79	102	-23	19	1	1	63	7-7-2-1	5-7-1-2	4 L	124	124	113	102 F: 94
16	Nashville (CE)	33	13	16	4	0	30	9	11	93	115	-22	18	1	0	88	8-9-2-0	5-7-2-0	1 L	124	124	124	102 F: 92

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	5	Philadelphia	10	15	1.50	123.0
2	-	Pittsburgh	6	9	1.50	123.0
3	1	Carolina	9	13	1.44	118.4
4	8	Boston	10	14	1.40	114.8
5	-	Ottawa	10	14	1.40	114.8
6	-	Tampa Bay	13	17	1.31	107.2
7	6	Florida	8	10	1.25	102.5
8	-	Buffalo	11	13	1.18	96.9
9	2	Washington	8	9	1.12	92.2
10	-	New York R.	9	10	1.11	91.1
11	3	Detroit	7	7	1.00	82.0
12	-	New Jersey	10	9	0.90	73.8
13	4	New York I.	13	9	0.69	56.8
14	-	Toronto	13	9	0.69	56.8
15	-	Columbus	9	6	0.67	54.7
16	7	Montreal	5	3	0.60	49.2

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	8	13	1.62	133.2
2	3	Minnesota	9	14	1.56	127.6
3	2	Dallas	10	15	1.50	123.0
4	5	Anaheim	7	10	1.43	117.1
5	4	Vegas	7	8	1.14	93.7
6	7	L.A.	8	9	1.12	92.2
7	-	Calgary	9	10	1.11	91.1
8	-	Utah	13	12	0.92	75.7
9	8	San Jose	11	10	0.91	74.5
10	-	Vancouver	11	10	0.91	74.5
11	-	Chicago	10	9	0.90	73.8
12	-	St. Louis	6	5	0.83	68.3
13	-	Seattle	12	10	0.83	68.3
14	-	Nashville	8	5	0.62	51.2
15	-	Winnipeg	9	4	0.44	36.4
16	6	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	-	Tampa Bay	20	27	1.35	110.7
2	5	Philadelphia	16	21	1.31	107.6
3	2	Washington	16	20	1.25	102.5
4	1	Carolina	20	25	1.25	102.5
5	6	Florida	19	23	1.21	99.3
6	-	Buffalo	16	19	1.19	97.4
7	-	Ottawa	19	22	1.16	94.9
8	-	Pittsburgh	16	18	1.12	92.2
9	3	Detroit	14	15	1.07	87.9
10	4	New York I.	22	23	1.05	85.7
11	-	New Jersey	22	23	1.05	85.7
12	8	Boston	19	18	0.95	77.7
13	-	New York R.	19	17	0.89	73.4
14	-	Columbus	17	15	0.88	72.4
15	-	Toronto	16	11	0.69	56.4
16	7	Montreal	11	7	0.64	52.2

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	16	24	1.50	123.0
2	3	Minnesota	16	23	1.44	117.9
3	2	Dallas	17	24	1.41	115.8
4	5	Anaheim	16	22	1.38	112.8
5	4	Vegas	17	20	1.18	96.5
6	-	Calgary	14	16	1.14	93.7
7	6	Edmonton	14	13	0.93	76.1
8	8	San Jose	19	17	0.89	73.4
9	-	Vancouver	17	15	0.88	72.4
10	7	L.A.	16	14	0.88	71.8
11	-	Utah	20	17	0.85	69.7
12	-	Chicago	16	12	0.75	61.5
13	-	St. Louis	15	11	0.73	60.1
14	-	Seattle	19	13	0.68	56.1
15	-	Winnipeg	17	11	0.65	53.1
16	-	Nashville	16	10	0.62	51.2

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