NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Sat Nov 8 00:34:58 2025

Eastern Conference Teams in bold are playing today

Hover over team name to see Maximum Final Points & ROW and games remaining. Hover over magic numbers at far right to see more detail on points needed.

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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)	14	10	4	0	0	20	8	10	50	43	7	10	4	0	41	6-0-0-0	4-4-0-0	1 W	138	137	137	133
2	Montreal (AT)	14	9	3	1	1	20	4	9	51	45	6	12	1	0	39	4-1-0-1	5-2-1-0	5 w. Pts	138	137	134	133
3	Pittsburgh (ME)	15	9	4	0	2	20	9	9	54	43	11	14	1	2	38	4-1-0-1	5-3-0-1	1 W	138	137	137	133
4	Carolina (ME)	13	9	4	0	0	18	6	8	48	35	13	4	2	1	38	4-1-0-0	5-3-0-0	2 W	140	139	139	135
5	Detroit (AT)	15	9	6	0	0	18	6	7	45	46	-1	10	0	0	36	5-2-0-0	4-4-0-0	2 L	140	139	139	135
6	Boston (AT)	16	9	7	0	0	18	5	8	52	53	-1	11	0	0	50	7-3-0-0	2-4-0-0	5 W	140	139	139	135
7	Toronto wc (AT)	14	8	5	1	0	17	6	8	52	50	2	4	0	0	35	7-2-1-0	1-3-0-0	3 W	141	140	140	136
8	Philadelphia wc (ME)	14	8	5	1	0	17	4	5	41	36	5	9	0	0	43	6-3-0-0	2-2-1-0	2 W	141	140	140	136
9	Tampa Bay (AT)	14	7	5	2	0	16	5	7	43	39	4	7	0	0	42	3-3-0-0	4-2-2-0	1 W	142	141	141	137 F: 136
10	New York R. (ME)	15	7	6	2	0	16	5	7	35	35	0	5	2	2	34	0-5-1-0	7-1-1-0	1 W	142	141	141	137 F: 134
11	Washington (ME)	14	7	6	0	1	15	6	7	40	35	5	7	0	1	32	4-4-0-0	3-2-0-1	1 L	143	142	142	138 F: 135
12	Florida (AT)	14	7	6	0	1	15	6	6	39	43	-4	10	2	1	39	5-1-0-1	2-5-0-0	1 W	143	142	142	138 F: 135
13	Ottawa (AT)	14	6	5	3	0	15	4	4	50	54	-4	13	1	0	28	4-2-1-0	2-3-2-0	3 w. Pts	143	142	142	138 F: 135
14	Columbus (ME)	13	7	6	0	0	14	5	6	41	41	0	5	1	0	26	3-3-0-0	4-3-0-0	2 L	144	143	143	139 F: 136
15	New York I. (ME)	14	6	6	0	2	14	6	6	45	51	-6	7	3	0	35	4-3-0-1	2-3-0-1	2 L	144	143	143	139 F: 134
16	Buffalo (AT)	14	5	5	4	0	14	4	4	38	43	-5	8	2	1	42	5-3-2-0	0-2-2-0	2 L	144	143	143	139 F: 134

Western Conference Teams in bold are playing today

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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)	14	8	1	3	2	21	8	8	50	37	13	9	0	0	38	4-0-0-2	4-1-3-0	5 w. Pts	137	137	134	130
2	Anaheim (PA)	13	9	3	1	0	19	7	8	55	42	13	12	3	0	33	4-1-0-0	5-2-1-0	5 W	139	139	137	132
3	Winnipeg (CE)	14	9	5	0	0	18	8	9	46	35	11	10	3	0	51	5-3-0-0	4-2-0-0	2 L	140	140	140	133
4	Utah (CE)	14	9	5	0	0	18	6	9	47	40	7	8	0	0	30	4-1-0-0	5-4-0-0	1 L	140	140	140	133
5	Vegas (PA)	13	7	3	2	1	17	6	7	43	38	5	11	1	1	29	4-2-0-1	3-1-2-0	1 L	141	141	141	134
6	Dallas wc (CE)	14	7	4	2	1	17	5	5	42	46	-4	17	0	1	31	4-3-1-0	3-1-1-1	1 L	141	141	141	134
7	Chicago wc (CE)	15	7	5	2	1	17	6	7	48	40	8	9	1	1	47	3-2-0-1	4-3-2-0	2 W	141	141	141	134
8	Seattle (PA)	13	6	3	3	1	16	4	6	34	39	-5	8	0	1	24	4-1-2-0	2-2-1-1	1 L	142	142	142	135
9	Edmonton (PA)	15	6	5	2	2	16	4	6	46	48	-2	14	1	1	29	4-0-1-1	2-5-1-1	2 L	142	142	142	136 F: 135
10	L.A. (PA)	15	6	5	1	3	16	3	5	42	49	-7	8	3	1	44	1-4-1-1	5-1-0-2	1 L	142	142	142	136 F: 135
11	San Jose (PA)	15	6	6	2	1	15	3	6	50	55	-5	10	2	0	35	3-3-2-1	3-3-0-0	5 w. Pts	143	143	143	137 F: 134
12	Minnesota (CE)	16	6	7	3	0	15	4	5	48	57	-9	18	0	1	24	3-3-2-0	3-4-1-0	1 W	143	143	143	137 F: 132
13	Vancouver (PA)	15	7	8	0	0	14	3	5	42	50	-8	9	1	0	34	2-4-0-0	5-4-0-0	1 L	144	144	144	138 F: 133
14	Nashville (CE)	16	5	7	4	0	14	4	4	40	54	-14	7	1	0	41	4-4-2-0	1-3-2-0	3 L	144	144	144	138 F: 131
15	St. Louis (CE)	15	5	8	1	1	12	5	5	41	59	-18	9	2	1	28	2-4-1-1	3-4-0-0	1 W	146	146	146	140 F: 131
16	Calgary (PA)	16	4	10	1	1	10	3	3	36	53	-17	7	1	0	44	2-4-1-0	2-6-0-1	1 L	148	148	148	142 F: 127

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'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 6 Boston 1 2 2.00 164.0 2 - Ottawa 4 6 1.50 123.0 3 4 Carolina 3 4 1.33 109.3 4 - Columbus 3 4 1.33 109.3 5 5 Detroit 3 4 1.33 109.3 6 1 New Jersey 3 4 1.33 109.3 7 8 Philadelphia 4 5 1.25 102.5 8 - New York R. 6 7 1.17 95.7 9 - Buffalo 6 6 1.00 82.0 10 2 Montreal 4 4 1.00 82.0 11 - Tampa Bay 3 3 1.00 82.0 12 7 Toronto 6 6 1.00 82.0 13 - Florida 6 4 0.67 54.7 14 - New York I. 6 4 0.67 54.7 15 3 Pittsburgh 2 1 0.50 41.0 16 - Washington 2 0 0.00 0.0

Rank Seed West Team Games Points Avg. PPG Season Points 1 8 Seattle 4 8 2.00 164.0 2 1 Colorado 4 6 1.50 123.0 3 6 Dallas 3 4 1.33 109.3 4 - San Jose 6 8 1.33 109.3 5 - L.A. 6 8 1.33 109.3 6 - Vancouver 3 4 1.33 109.3 7 - Edmonton 4 5 1.25 102.5 8 2 Anaheim 3 3 1.00 82.0 9 4 Utah 4 4 1.00 82.0 10 7 Chicago 4 4 1.00 82.0 11 - St. Louis 3 2 0.67 54.7 12 5 Vegas 2 1 0.50 41.0 13 3 Winnipeg 4 2 0.50 41.0 14 - Minnesota 3 1 0.33 27.3 15 - Nashville 4 1 0.25 20.5 16 - Calgary 6 0 0.00 0.0

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

Rank Seed East Team Games Points Avg. PPG Season Points 1 2 Montreal 7 10 1.43 117.1 2 - Ottawa 6 8 1.33 109.3 3 - Tampa Bay 10 13 1.30 106.6 4 - New York R. 7 9 1.29 105.4 5 - Columbus 5 6 1.20 98.4 6 8 Philadelphia 6 7 1.17 95.7 7 7 Toronto 8 9 1.12 92.2 8 - Florida 11 11 1.00 82.0 9 4 Carolina 8 8 1.00 82.0 10 1 New Jersey 6 6 1.00 82.0 11 - Buffalo 8 7 0.88 71.8 12 6 Boston 7 6 0.86 70.3 13 5 Detroit 5 4 0.80 65.6 14 - New York I. 7 4 0.57 46.9 15 - Washington 4 2 0.50 41.0 16 3 Pittsburgh 4 1 0.25 20.5

Rank Seed West Team Games Points Avg. PPG Season Points 1 8 Seattle 8 12 1.50 123.0 2 6 Dallas 4 6 1.50 123.0 3 5 Vegas 6 9 1.50 123.0 4 2 Anaheim 8 11 1.38 112.8 5 1 Colorado 9 12 1.33 109.3 6 - San Jose 11 11 1.00 82.0 7 - L.A. 10 10 1.00 82.0 8 - Edmonton 7 7 1.00 82.0 9 4 Utah 6 6 1.00 82.0 10 3 Winnipeg 6 6 1.00 82.0 11 7 Chicago 6 5 0.83 68.3 12 - Vancouver 5 4 0.80 65.6 13 - St. Louis 6 2 0.33 27.3 14 - Calgary 9 3 0.33 27.3 15 - Minnesota 7 2 0.29 23.4 16 - Nashville 8 2 0.25 20.5