NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Tue Nov 18 01:08:45 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	New Jersey (ME)	18	13	4	1	0	27	8	11	61	52	9	12	4	0	45	7-0-1-0	6-4-0-0	5 w. Pts	131	127	127	123
2	Carolina (ME)	19	13	5	1	0	27	9	12	70	54	16	7	2	1	49	6-2-1-0	7-3-0-0	3 w. Pts	131	129	129	123
3	Pittsburgh (ME)	19	10	5	1	3	24	10	10	62	50	12	15	1	3	48	5-2-0-1	5-3-1-2	2 w. Pts	134	132	132	126
4	Boston (AT)	21	12	9	0	0	24	8	11	69	69	0	18	0	0	66	8-4-0-0	4-5-0-0	1 L	134	132	126	125
5	Detroit (AT)	19	11	7	1	0	23	8	9	58	60	-2	14	0	0	44	6-3-1-0	5-4-0-0	3 w. Pts	135	133	124	126
6	Montreal (AT)	19	10	6	1	2	23	5	10	63	66	-3	12	2	0	51	5-4-0-1	5-2-1-1	4 L	135	133	124	126
7	New York I. wc (ME)	19	10	7	0	2	22	7	10	61	62	-1	10	4	1	53	4-3-0-1	6-4-0-1	1 L	136	134	134	128
8	Columbus wc (ME)	19	10	7	1	1	22	6	7	60	60	0	8	1	0	35	5-3-0-1	5-4-1-0	5 w. Pts	136	134	134	128
9	Ottawa (AT)	19	9	6	4	0	22	6	7	64	65	-1	14	1	0	36	6-3-2-0	3-3-2-0	1 L	136	134	125	128 F: 127
10	New York R. (ME)	20	10	8	2	0	22	7	9	51	49	2	9	2	2	45	1-7-1-0	9-1-1-0	1 L	136	134	134	128 F: 125
11	Philadelphia (ME)	18	9	6	3	0	21	4	5	51	51	0	10	0	0	49	6-3-2-0	3-3-1-0	1 L	137	135	135	128 F: 128
12	Florida (AT)	19	10	8	0	1	21	9	9	58	59	-1	16	2	1	54	7-2-0-1	3-6-0-0	1 W	137	135	126	129 F: 126
13	Tampa Bay (AT)	18	9	7	2	0	20	7	9	54	55	-1	8	1	0	50	4-5-0-0	5-2-2-0	1 L	138	136	127	130 F: 127
14	Washington (ME)	19	9	8	0	2	20	8	9	53	49	4	8	0	1	45	5-4-0-1	4-4-0-1	2 w. Pts	138	136	136	130 F: 125
15	Toronto (AT)	19	8	9	2	0	18	6	8	67	72	-5	8	1	0	45	7-4-2-0	1-5-0-0	5 L	140	138	129	132 F: 123
16	Buffalo (AT)	19	7	8	4	0	18	5	6	56	65	-9	10	3	1	52	6-3-2-0	1-5-2-0	2 W	140	138	129	132 F: 123

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)	19	13	1	3	2	31	12	13	78	47	31	12	1	0	55	7-0-0-2	6-1-3-0	10 w. Pts	125	123	123	118
2	Dallas (CE)	19	12	4	2	1	27	9	10	64	54	10	22	0	2	43	6-3-1-0	6-1-1-1	5 W	131	131	131	122
3	Anaheim (PA)	19	12	6	1	0	25	8	11	70	60	10	14	3	0	52	6-1-0-0	6-5-1-0	1 W	133	133	127	124
4	L.A. (PA)	20	10	6	1	3	24	6	9	56	57	-1	10	3	2	53	1-4-1-1	9-2-0-2	1 L	134	134	128	125
5	Seattle (PA)	18	9	4	3	2	23	6	9	49	50	-1	10	1	1	37	6-1-2-1	3-3-1-1	3 w. Pts	135	135	129	126
6	Winnipeg (CE)	18	11	7	0	0	22	9	10	59	50	9	14	3	0	58	5-3-0-0	6-4-0-0	1 W	136	136	136	127
7	Chicago wc (CE)	18	9	5	3	1	22	8	9	59	47	12	13	1	1	56	4-2-1-1	5-3-2-0	5 w. Pts	136	136	136	127
8	Vegas wc (PA)	18	8	4	5	1	22	7	8	57	53	4	15	1	1	41	4-3-2-1	4-1-3-0	3 w. Pts	136	136	130	127
9	Utah (CE)	19	10	7	2	0	22	7	10	60	58	2	9	0	0	41	5-1-1-0	5-6-1-0	3 w. Pts	136	136	136	127 F: 127
10	Minnesota (CE)	20	9	7	4	0	22	6	8	56	61	-5	20	0	3	33	6-3-3-0	3-4-1-0	5 w. Pts	136	136	136	127 F: 125
11	Edmonton (PA)	21	9	8	2	2	22	4	9	63	75	-12	16	2	1	44	5-1-1-1	4-7-1-1	1 L	136	136	130	127 F: 123
12	Vancouver (PA)	21	9	10	2	0	20	5	7	67	77	-10	16	3	0	47	3-5-1-0	6-5-1-0	1 L	138	138	132	129 F: 121
13	San Jose (PA)	19	8	8	2	1	19	4	8	56	63	-7	12	2	0	48	4-3-2-1	4-5-0-0	2 L	139	139	133	130 F: 124
14	St. Louis (CE)	19	6	9	2	2	16	6	6	53	75	-22	11	2	1	34	3-5-2-2	3-4-0-0	2 L	142	142	142	133 F: 121
15	Nashville (CE)	20	6	10	4	0	16	4	5	49	70	-21	10	1	0	48	5-5-2-0	1-5-2-0	1 L	142	142	142	133 F: 119
16	Calgary (PA)	20	5	12	1	2	13	4	4	43	62	-19	8	1	1	51	3-4-1-1	2-8-0-1	2 w. Pts	145	145	139	136 F: 116

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	-	Philadelphia	4	7	1.75	143.5
2	4	Boston	5	8	1.60	131.2
3	2	Carolina	4	6	1.50	123.0
4	1	New Jersey	5	7	1.40	114.8
5	3	Pittsburgh	3	4	1.33	109.3
6	-	Ottawa	5	6	1.20	98.4
7	8	Columbus	4	4	1.00	82.0
8	6	Montreal	4	4	1.00	82.0
9	7	New York I.	7	7	1.00	82.0
10	-	New York R.	8	8	1.00	82.0
11	-	Washington	7	7	1.00	82.0
12	-	Buffalo	7	6	0.86	70.3
13	-	Tampa Bay	4	3	0.75	61.5
14	-	Florida	4	2	0.50	41.0
15	-	Toronto	9	4	0.44	36.4
16	5	Detroit	2	0	0.00	0.0

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	4	7	1.75	143.5
2	5	Seattle	6	10	1.67	136.7
3	2	Dallas	5	7	1.40	114.8
4	-	Minnesota	5	7	1.40	114.8
5	4	L.A.	6	8	1.33	109.3
6	3	Anaheim	6	7	1.17	95.7
7	-	San Jose	7	8	1.14	93.7
8	-	Utah	5	5	1.00	82.0
9	-	Vancouver	5	5	1.00	82.0
10	-	St. Louis	5	4	0.80	65.6
11	8	Vegas	4	3	0.75	61.5
12	-	Edmonton	4	3	0.75	61.5
13	6	Winnipeg	7	4	0.57	46.9
14	7	Chicago	4	2	0.50	41.0
15	-	Nashville	5	2	0.40	32.8
16	-	Calgary	6	1	0.17	13.7

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

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	New Jersey	10	13	1.30	106.6
2	-	Philadelphia	7	9	1.29	105.4
3	2	Carolina	10	12	1.20	98.4
4	4	Boston	10	12	1.20	98.4
5	-	Florida	11	13	1.18	96.9
6	8	Columbus	7	8	1.14	93.7
7	-	New York R.	9	10	1.11	91.1
8	6	Montreal	9	10	1.11	91.1
9	-	Washington	10	11	1.10	90.2
10	-	Tampa Bay	10	11	1.10	90.2
11	-	Ottawa	9	9	1.00	82.0
12	7	New York I.	10	9	0.90	73.8
13	3	Pittsburgh	7	6	0.86	70.3
14	-	Buffalo	9	6	0.67	54.7
15	5	Detroit	7	4	0.57	46.9
16	-	Toronto	12	6	0.50	41.0

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	11	17	1.55	126.7
2	5	Seattle	9	13	1.44	118.4
3	2	Dallas	8	11	1.38	112.8
4	8	Vegas	9	12	1.33	109.3
5	3	Anaheim	12	15	1.25	102.5
6	4	L.A.	12	14	1.17	95.7
7	-	Utah	8	8	1.00	82.0
8	-	Minnesota	10	9	0.90	73.8
9	-	Vancouver	9	8	0.89	72.9
10	6	Winnipeg	9	8	0.89	72.9
11	-	San Jose	13	11	0.85	69.4
12	-	Edmonton	11	9	0.82	67.1
13	-	Nashville	9	7	0.78	63.8
14	7	Chicago	8	6	0.75	61.5
15	-	Calgary	8	4	0.50	41.0
16	-	St. Louis	9	4	0.44	36.4

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