NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Tue Dec 9 00:42:37 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	Washington (ME)	30	18	9	0	3	39	17	18	103	75	28	14	1	2	70	10-5-0-1	8-4-0-2	8 w. Pts	116	106	106	105
2	Carolina (ME)	28	17	9	1	1	36	12	16	94	82	12	13	3	2	64	9-5-1-0	8-4-0-1	1 L	119	108	108	108
3	New York I. (ME)	30	16	11	0	3	35	12	15	87	85	2	14	5	4	71	7-6-0-2	9-5-0-1	1 L	120	109	109	109
4	Detroit (AT)	30	16	11	1	2	35	12	14	95	102	-7	23	0	1	64	9-6-1-0	7-5-0-2	5 w. Pts	120	109	107	107
5	Pittsburgh wc (ME)	27	14	7	2	4	34	13	14	85	77	8	22	1	3	68	6-4-1-1	8-3-1-3	3 w. Pts	121	110	110	110
6	Tampa Bay (AT)	29	16	11	2	0	34	13	16	88	75	13	13	2	1	80	8-7-0-0	8-4-2-0	4 L	121	110	106	108
7	Boston (AT)	30	17	13	0	0	34	11	15	96	94	2	22	1	0	93	11-5-0-0	6-8-0-0	2 W	121	110	106	108
8	New York R. wc (ME)	31	15	12	4	0	34	11	14	83	81	2	13	2	2	69	3-8-3-0	12-4-1-0	4 w. Pts	121	110	110	110
9	Philadelphia (ME)	27	15	9	3	0	33	8	10	81	77	4	14	0	0	70	9-5-2-0	6-4-1-0	1 L	122	111	111	109 F: 110
10	Montreal (AT)	28	15	10	1	2	33	8	13	92	99	-7	20	2	0	69	7-7-0-1	8-3-1-1	1 L	122	111	107	111 F: 108
11	New Jersey (ME)	29	16	12	1	0	33	10	14	84	89	-5	17	4	1	64	9-4-1-0	7-8-0-0	5 L	122	111	111	111 F: 106
12	Toronto (AT)	29	14	11	3	1	32	10	14	97	93	4	10	2	1	67	9-4-3-1	5-7-0-0	5 w. Pts	123	112	108	112 F: 105
13	Columbus (ME)	29	13	10	5	1	32	7	9	90	99	-9	13	2	0	57	6-3-2-1	7-7-3-0	2 L	123	112	112	112 F: 105
14	Florida (AT)	28	14	12	1	1	30	12	13	88	90	-2	19	3	2	74	10-6-1-1	4-6-0-0	3 w. Pts	125	114	110	114 F: 105
15	Ottawa (AT)	28	13	11	4	0	30	9	10	87	92	-5	20	1	0	55	6-5-2-0	7-6-2-0	2 L	125	114	110	114 F: 105
16	Buffalo (AT)	29	11	14	4	0	26	8	9	88	103	-15	17	3	1	71	9-5-2-0	2-9-2-0	3 L	129	118	114	118 F: 99

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)	29	21	2	3	3	48	19	21	115	66	49	16	1	3	73	11-0-0-2	10-2-3-1	2 W	102	102	102	90
2	Dallas (CE)	30	20	5	3	2	45	16	17	105	77	28	30	0	3	78	10-4-1-0	10-1-2-2	10 w. Pts	110	110	110	93
3	Anaheim (PA)	29	18	10	1	0	37	11	15	107	95	12	19	3	0	73	11-4-0-0	7-6-1-0	2 W	118	118	108	102
4	Minnesota (CE)	30	16	9	4	1	37	10	13	85	81	4	23	2	6	58	8-3-3-1	8-6-1-0	1 W	118	118	118	101
5	Vegas (PA)	28	14	6	6	2	36	11	13	86	81	5	22	1	2	59	7-4-2-2	7-2-4-0	4 W	119	119	108	103
6	L.A. (PA)	29	14	8	2	5	35	9	13	80	77	3	12	5	3	74	4-6-2-1	10-2-0-4	2 W	120	120	109	104
7	Edmonton wc (PA)	29	13	11	3	2	31	8	13	96	102	-6	24	3	2	64	7-3-1-1	6-8-2-1	2 W	124	124	113	108
8	San Jose wc (PA)	30	14	13	2	1	31	8	13	86	99	-13	21	2	0	80	9-5-2-1	5-8-0-0	1 W	124	124	113	108
9	Utah (CE)	31	14	14	3	0	31	11	14	93	90	3	13	3	1	70	7-4-1-0	7-10-2-0	2 L	124	124	124	108 F: 103
10	Chicago (CE)	29	12	11	4	2	30	11	12	86	91	-5	20	1	1	85	6-5-2-1	6-6-2-1	2 L	125	125	125	109 F: 106
11	Winnipeg (CE)	28	14	13	0	1	29	12	13	85	85	0	17	3	0	74	7-5-0-0	7-8-0-1	1 L	126	126	126	110 F: 107
12	St. Louis (CE)	30	11	12	5	2	29	11	11	77	104	-27	15	2	2	58	5-6-2-2	6-6-3-0	2 W	126	126	126	110 F: 103
13	Seattle (PA)	27	11	10	3	3	28	7	11	67	83	-16	13	1	1	49	6-5-2-1	5-5-1-2	6 L	127	127	116	110 F: 108
14	Calgary (PA)	31	12	15	2	2	28	10	10	79	92	-13	15	3	2	86	7-4-1-1	5-11-1-1	3 W	127	127	116	111 F: 100
15	Vancouver (PA)	30	11	16	3	0	25	7	9	85	108	-23	19	3	0	72	4-9-1-0	7-7-2-0	1 L	130	130	119	114 F: 99
16	Nashville (CE)	28	10	14	4	0	24	7	9	74	100	-26	14	1	0	73	6-8-2-0	4-6-2-0	1 L	131	131	131	115 F: 102

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	Pittsburgh	5	8	1.60	131.2
2	-	Ottawa	7	9	1.29	105.4
3	7	Boston	10	12	1.20	98.4
4	-	Philadelphia	6	7	1.17	95.7
5	-	New Jersey	8	9	1.12	92.2
6	6	Tampa Bay	11	12	1.09	89.5
7	-	Buffalo	9	9	1.00	82.0
8	2	Carolina	6	6	1.00	82.0
9	-	Florida	6	6	1.00	82.0
10	3	New York I.	13	13	1.00	82.0
11	1	Washington	10	10	1.00	82.0
12	8	New York R.	11	10	0.91	74.5
13	-	Toronto	11	10	0.91	74.5
14	-	Columbus	10	9	0.90	73.8
15	4	Detroit	8	7	0.88	71.8
16	-	Montreal	4	2	0.50	41.0

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	8	13	1.62	133.2
2	2	Dallas	7	11	1.57	128.9
3	4	Minnesota	8	12	1.50	123.0
4	3	Anaheim	7	10	1.43	117.1
5	6	L.A.	7	9	1.29	105.4
6	5	Vegas	7	8	1.14	93.7
7	-	Calgary	7	8	1.14	93.7
8	8	San Jose	10	10	1.00	82.0
9	-	Utah	13	12	0.92	75.7
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	10	8	0.80	65.6
14	-	Winnipeg	8	4	0.50	41.0
15	-	Nashville	6	3	0.50	41.0
16	7	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	6	Tampa Bay	17	22	1.29	106.1
2	5	Pittsburgh	12	15	1.25	102.5
3	1	Washington	17	21	1.24	101.3
4	3	New York I.	20	23	1.15	94.3
5	-	Ottawa	15	17	1.13	92.9
6	4	Detroit	14	15	1.07	87.9
7	-	Florida	14	15	1.07	87.9
8	-	Columbus	15	16	1.07	87.5
9	2	Carolina	17	18	1.06	86.8
10	-	New Jersey	18	19	1.06	86.6
11	-	Buffalo	13	13	1.00	82.0
12	-	Philadelphia	10	10	1.00	82.0
13	7	Boston	17	16	0.94	77.2
14	-	Toronto	12	11	0.92	75.2
15	8	New York R.	20	17	0.85	69.7
16	-	Montreal	9	4	0.44	36.4

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	16	24	1.50	123.0
2	2	Dallas	13	19	1.46	119.8
3	5	Vegas	16	22	1.38	112.8
4	4	Minnesota	15	20	1.33	109.3
5	3	Anaheim	15	20	1.33	109.3
6	-	Calgary	10	11	1.10	90.2
7	-	Chicago	13	14	1.08	88.3
8	6	L.A.	14	14	1.00	82.0
9	-	Utah	17	17	1.00	82.0
10	8	San Jose	18	17	0.94	77.4
11	-	Vancouver	17	15	0.88	72.4
12	-	Seattle	16	12	0.75	61.5
13	7	Edmonton	11	7	0.64	52.2
14	-	Winnipeg	13	8	0.62	50.5
15	-	Nashville	12	7	0.58	47.8
16	-	St. Louis	13	7	0.54	44.2

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