NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Fri Apr 17 01:02:53 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*	xyz Carolina (ME)	82	53	22	3	4	113	39	48	296	240	56	59	12	3	187	29-10-1-1	24-12-2-3	5 w. Pts		*	*	*
2*	xy Buffalo (AT)	82	50	23	8	1	109	42	45	288	241	47	48	11	5	190	26-10-4-1	24-13-4-0	5 w. Pts			*	*
3*	x Tampa Bay (AT)	82	50	26	4	2	106	40	46	290	231	59	50	6	2	213	26-14-1-0	24-12-3-2	1 L				*
4*	x Montreal (AT)	82	48	24	5	5	106	34	44	283	256	27	56	7	1	193	24-15-1-1	24-9-4-4	1 L				*
5*	x Boston wc (AT)	82	45	27	7	3	100	33	41	272	250	22	55	2	3	214	29-11-0-1	16-16-7-2	2 W				*
6*	x Ottawa wc (AT)	82	44	27	10	1	99	38	41	278	246	32	63	8	4	179	23-12-5-1	21-15-5-0	6 w. Pts				*
7*	x Pittsburgh (ME)	82	41	25	6	10	98	34	38	293	268	25	56	6	4	193	20-13-3-5	21-12-3-5	3 L				*
8*	x Philadelphia (ME)	82	43	27	8	4	98	27	33	250	243	7	37	7	0	190	20-13-6-2	23-14-2-2	3 W				*
9*	g Washington (ME)	82	43	30	3	6	95	37	41	263	244	19	43	4	5	202	25-11-1-4	18-19-2-2	4 W
10*	g Detroit (AT)	82	41	31	6	4	92	30	39	241	258	-17	56	3	5	162	21-16-2-2	20-15-4-2	3 L
11*	g Columbus (ME)	82	40	30	10	2	92	28	33	253	253	0	38	5	3	168	20-13-6-2	20-17-4-0	2 L
12*	g New York I. (ME)	82	43	34	0	5	91	29	39	233	241	-8	40	9	9	173	22-17-0-2	21-17-0-3	3 L
13*	g New Jersey (ME)	82	42	37	2	1	87	29	38	230	254	-24	45	7	2	165	21-17-2-1	21-20-0-0	1 L
14*	g Florida (AT)	82	40	38	2	2	84	32	35	251	276	-25	52	6	4	221	23-15-2-1	17-23-0-1	3 W
15*	g Toronto (AT)	82	32	36	10	4	78	23	31	253	299	-46	42	7	3	186	18-15-6-2	14-21-4-2	7 L
16*	g New York R. (ME)	82	34	39	8	1	77	25	31	238	250	-12	53	6	3	199	14-20-6-1	20-19-2-0	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*	xyzp Colorado (CE)	82	55	16	5	6	121	48	51	302	203	99	45	2	8	198	26-9-2-4	29-7-3-2	6 w. Pts	*	*	*	*
2*	x Dallas (CE)	82	50	20	8	4	112	38	44	279	226	53	71	4	5	200	26-11-2-2	24-9-6-2	5 W				*
3*	x Minnesota (CE)	82	46	24	7	5	104	31	42	272	240	32	65	7	8	170	23-10-6-2	23-14-1-3	1 W				*
4*	xy Vegas (PA)	82	39	26	9	8	95	30	38	265	250	15	58	6	3	167	20-12-3-6	19-14-6-2	10 w. Pts			*	*
5*	x Edmonton (PA)	82	41	30	7	4	93	32	41	282	269	13	68	6	5	173	22-14-2-3	19-16-5-1	2 w. Pts				*
6*	x Utah wc (CE)	82	43	33	6	0	92	33	43	268	238	30	46	8	3	192	22-16-3-0	21-17-3-0	1 L				*
7*	x Anaheim (PA)	82	43	33	6	0	92	26	35	271	288	-17	49	9	0	195	24-13-4-0	19-20-2-0	1 W				*
8*	x L.A. wc (PA)	82	35	27	11	9	90	22	30	225	247	-22	38	7	6	179	15-17-5-4	20-10-6-5	2 L				*
9*	g St. Louis (CE)	82	37	33	8	4	86	33	36	231	258	-27	38	6	7	171	20-14-4-3	17-19-4-1	4 W
10*	g Nashville (CE)	82	38	34	8	2	86	28	33	247	269	-22	55	8	1	201	21-17-3-0	17-17-5-2	2 L
11*	g San Jose (PA)	82	39	35	6	2	86	27	37	251	292	-41	54	3	0	188	21-14-4-2	18-21-2-0	1 W
12*	g Winnipeg (CE)	82	35	35	8	4	82	28	33	231	260	-29	42	6	0	177	19-16-4-2	16-19-4-2	4 L
13*	g Seattle (PA)	82	34	37	5	6	79	26	32	226	263	-37	42	2	1	156	19-17-3-2	15-20-2-4	3 L
14*	g Calgary (PA)	82	34	39	6	3	77	27	30	212	259	-47	37	11	2	197	23-13-4-1	11-26-2-2	1 W
15*	g Chicago (CE)	82	29	39	9	5	72	22	26	213	275	-62	40	6	5	200	14-19-5-3	15-20-4-2	1 W
16*	g Vancouver (PA)	82	25	49	6	2	58	15	19	216	316	-100	51	9	2	164	9-27-3-2	16-22-3-0	1 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	6	Ottawa	23	31	1.35	110.5
2	1	Carolina	23	29	1.26	103.4
3	4	Montreal	25	31	1.24	101.7
4	-	Columbus	26	31	1.19	97.8
5	3	Tampa Bay	24	28	1.17	95.7
6	2	Buffalo	24	27	1.12	92.2
7	-	New York R.	27	30	1.11	91.1
8	-	Washington	25	27	1.08	88.6
9	5	Boston	25	25	1.00	82.0
10	8	Philadelphia	23	23	1.00	82.0
11	7	Pittsburgh	23	23	1.00	82.0
12	-	Detroit	27	26	0.96	79.0
13	-	Toronto	27	26	0.96	79.0
14	-	Florida	27	24	0.89	72.9
15	-	New York I.	25	18	0.72	59.0
16	-	New Jersey	26	17	0.65	53.6

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	24	38	1.58	129.8
2	3	Minnesota	23	32	1.39	114.1
3	2	Dallas	24	31	1.29	105.9
4	7	Anaheim	22	24	1.09	89.5
5	-	Chicago	26	28	1.08	88.3
6	-	Calgary	28	28	1.00	82.0
7	5	Edmonton	22	22	1.00	82.0
8	6	Utah	23	23	1.00	82.0
9	-	San Jose	27	27	1.00	82.0
10	-	Nashville	27	27	1.00	82.0
11	-	St. Louis	26	25	0.96	78.8
12	8	L.A.	23	22	0.96	78.4
13	4	Vegas	23	21	0.91	74.9
14	-	Winnipeg	27	19	0.70	57.7
15	-	Seattle	28	19	0.68	55.6
16	-	Vancouver	27	18	0.67	54.7

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

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	3	Tampa Bay	40	54	1.35	110.7
2	1	Carolina	39	51	1.31	107.2
3	4	Montreal	41	51	1.24	102.0
4	2	Buffalo	40	49	1.23	100.5
5	6	Ottawa	39	46	1.18	96.7
6	8	Philadelphia	39	45	1.15	94.6
7	-	Columbus	42	48	1.14	93.7
8	-	Washington	41	46	1.12	92.0
9	-	Florida	43	45	1.05	85.8
10	5	Boston	41	41	1.00	82.0
11	-	New Jersey	42	41	0.98	80.0
12	7	Pittsburgh	39	38	0.97	79.9
13	-	Toronto	43	41	0.95	78.2
14	-	New York I.	41	38	0.93	76.0
15	-	Detroit	43	39	0.91	74.4
16	-	New York R.	43	39	0.91	74.4

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	40	57	1.42	116.8
2	3	Minnesota	39	51	1.31	107.2
3	2	Dallas	40	52	1.30	106.6
4	-	St. Louis	42	45	1.07	87.9
5	-	Calgary	44	47	1.07	87.6
6	7	Anaheim	38	40	1.05	86.3
7	5	Edmonton	38	38	1.00	82.0
8	8	L.A.	39	39	1.00	82.0
9	6	Utah	39	37	0.95	77.8
10	-	San Jose	43	39	0.91	74.4
11	4	Vegas	39	34	0.87	71.5
12	-	Nashville	43	37	0.86	70.6
13	-	Chicago	42	36	0.86	70.3
14	-	Seattle	44	33	0.75	61.5
15	-	Winnipeg	43	30	0.70	57.2
16	-	Vancouver	43	24	0.56	45.8

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