NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Sat Oct 18 01:29:17 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)	4	4	0	0	0	8	3	4	19	8	11	2	0	0	13	2-0-0-0	2-0-0-0	4 W	156	155	155	152
2	Washington (ME)	5	4	1	0	0	8	3	4	14	8	6	2	0	1	7	2-1-0-0	2-0-0-0	4 W	157	157	157	152
3	Detroit (AT)	5	4	1	0	0	8	3	4	16	12	4	4	0	0	11	3-1-0-0	1-0-0-0	4 W	157	157	155	152
4	Montreal (AT)	5	4	1	0	0	8	2	4	18	14	4	3	1	0	12	2-0-0-0	2-1-0-0	4 W	157	157	155	152
5	New Jersey (ME)	4	3	1	0	0	6	3	3	14	12	2	3	1	0	16	1-0-0-0	2-1-0-0	3 W	159	159	159	154
6	Pittsburgh wc (ME)	5	3	2	0	0	6	3	3	15	15	0	3	1	1	13	1-1-0-0	2-1-0-0	1 W	159	159	159	154
7	Toronto (AT)	5	3	2	0	0	6	2	3	19	16	3	1	0	0	13	3-1-0-0	0-1-0-0	2 W	159	159	157	154
8	Boston wc (AT)	5	3	2	0	0	6	2	3	18	15	3	3	0	0	18	2-1-0-0	1-1-0-0	2 L	159	159	157	154
9	Florida (AT)	6	3	3	0	0	6	3	3	15	17	-2	6	1	0	18	3-0-0-0	0-3-0-0	3 L	159	159	157	155 F: 153
10	New York R. (ME)	6	2	3	1	0	5	2	2	11	9	2	2	1	1	11	0-3-0-0	2-0-1-0	3 L	160	160	160	156 F: 152
11	Ottawa (AT)	5	2	3	0	0	4	1	1	16	25	-9	4	0	0	11	1-1-0-0	1-2-0-0	1 W	161	161	159	157 F: 153
12	Tampa Bay (AT)	5	1	2	2	0	4	1	1	14	18	-4	3	0	0	17	0-2-0-0	1-0-2-0	3 w. Pts	161	161	159	157 F: 153
13	Philadelphia (ME)	4	1	2	1	0	3	1	1	11	13	-2	1	0	0	12	1-1-0-0	0-1-1-0	1 L	162	162	162	158 F: 154
14	Columbus (ME)	4	1	3	0	0	2	1	1	11	13	-2	1	0	0	8	0-2-0-0	1-1-0-0	2 L	163	163	163	159 F: 153
15	New York I. (ME)	4	1	3	0	0	2	1	1	11	15	-4	3	1	0	10	1-2-0-0	0-1-0-0	1 W	163	163	163	159 F: 153
16	Buffalo (AT)	4	1	3	0	0	2	1	1	10	14	-4	3	1	0	15	1-2-0-0	0-1-0-0	1 W	163	163	161	159 F: 153

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)	5	4	0	0	1	9	4	4	17	9	8	3	0	0	12	1-0-0-1	3-0-0-0	5 w. Pts	156	154	154	152
2	Vegas (PA)	5	3	0	1	1	8	2	3	20	18	2	6	1	0	8	1-0-0-1	2-0-1-0	5 w. Pts	157	156	155	154
3	Winnipeg (CE)	4	3	1	0	0	6	3	3	17	11	6	3	2	0	17	1-1-0-0	2-0-0-0	3 W	159	158	158	155
4	Dallas (CE)	4	3	1	0	0	6	2	2	18	15	3	5	0	0	11	1-1-0-0	2-0-0-0	1 L	159	158	158	155
5	Seattle (PA)	4	2	0	1	1	6	1	2	12	11	1	3	0	0	6	2-0-0-0	0-0-1-1	4 w. Pts	159	158	157	156
6	Utah wc (CE)	5	3	2	0	0	6	2	3	14	11	3	2	0	0	14	2-0-0-0	1-2-0-0	2 W	159	158	158	156
7	Vancouver (PA)	5	3	2	0	0	6	2	2	16	14	2	3	1	0	15	1-1-0-0	2-1-0-0	2 W	159	158	157	156
8	Nashville wc (CE)	5	2	1	2	0	6	2	2	14	15	-1	2	0	0	14	1-0-1-0	1-1-1-0	2 L	159	158	158	156
9	Chicago (CE)	6	2	2	1	1	6	2	2	20	17	3	4	0	0	23	1-1-0-1	1-1-1-0	3 w. Pts	159	158	158	156 F: 153
10	Edmonton (PA)	4	2	1	0	1	5	2	2	10	9	1	3	1	1	12	1-0-0-1	1-1-0-0	1 L	160	159	158	156 F: 156
11	St. Louis (CE)	4	2	2	0	0	4	2	2	12	17	-5	2	0	0	10	0-2-0-0	2-0-0-0	1 L	161	160	160	158 F: 155
12	Anaheim (PA)	4	2	2	0	0	4	1	2	13	16	-3	4	0	0	7	1-1-0-0	1-1-0-0	1 L	161	160	159	158 F: 155
13	Minnesota (CE)	5	2	3	0	0	4	1	1	16	20	-4	10	0	1	10	1-1-0-0	1-2-0-0	2 L	161	160	160	158 F: 153
14	L.A. (PA)	5	1	3	0	1	3	0	0	14	20	-6	3	1	0	16	0-2-0-0	1-1-0-1	3 L	162	161	160	159 F: 152
15	San Jose (PA)	4	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	13	22	-9	5	0	0	11	0-1-2-0	0-1-0-0	4 L	163	162	161	160 F: 153
16	Calgary (PA)	5	1	4	0	0	2	0	0	10	19	-9	3	0	0	17	0-2-0-0	1-2-0-0	4 L	163	162	161	160 F: 151

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	8	Boston	1	2	2.00	164.0
2	1	Carolina	1	2	2.00	164.0
3	3	Detroit	3	4	1.33	109.3
4	4	Montreal	2	2	1.00	82.0
5	-	Philadelphia	1	1	1.00	82.0
6	-	Tampa Bay	4	4	1.00	82.0
7	-	New York R.	4	3	0.75	61.5
8	7	Toronto	3	2	0.67	54.7
9	-	Buffalo	1	0	0.00	0.0
10	-	Columbus	1	0	0.00	0.0
11	-	Florida	2	0	0.00	0.0
12	5	New Jersey	1	0	0.00	0.0
13	-	New York I.	2	0	0.00	0.0
14	-	Ottawa	0	0	0.00	0.0
15	6	Pittsburgh	0	0	0.00	0.0
16	2	Washington	1	0	0.00	0.0

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	5	Seattle	1	2	2.00	164.0
2	-	Edmonton	1	2	2.00	164.0
3	-	St. Louis	1	2	2.00	164.0
4	7	Vancouver	1	2	2.00	164.0
5	-	Chicago	2	3	1.50	123.0
6	1	Colorado	2	3	1.50	123.0
7	4	Dallas	3	4	1.33	109.3
8	2	Vegas	1	1	1.00	82.0
9	8	Nashville	1	1	1.00	82.0
10	6	Utah	2	2	1.00	82.0
11	-	L.A.	3	2	0.67	54.7
12	-	San Jose	2	1	0.50	41.0
13	-	Anaheim	1	0	0.00	0.0
14	-	Calgary	3	0	0.00	0.0
15	-	Minnesota	1	0	0.00	0.0
16	3	Winnipeg	1	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	1	Carolina	1	2	2.00	164.0
2	4	Montreal	4	6	1.50	123.0
3	3	Detroit	3	4	1.33	109.3
4	7	Toronto	4	4	1.00	82.0
5	-	Ottawa	2	2	1.00	82.0
6	8	Boston	2	2	1.00	82.0
7	-	Tampa Bay	4	4	1.00	82.0
8	-	New York R.	4	3	0.75	61.5
9	-	Philadelphia	2	1	0.50	41.0
10	-	Buffalo	2	0	0.00	0.0
11	-	Columbus	3	0	0.00	0.0
12	-	Florida	2	0	0.00	0.0
13	5	New Jersey	1	0	0.00	0.0
14	-	New York I.	3	0	0.00	0.0
15	6	Pittsburgh	0	0	0.00	0.0
16	2	Washington	1	0	0.00	0.0

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

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