NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Mon Mar 9 01:17:07 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	Carolina (ME)	63	40	17	3	3	86	30	36	224	183	41	42	6	3	140	23-8-1-1	17-9-2-2	1 L	50	37	31	28
2	Buffalo (AT)	64	39	19	6	0	84	33	36	225	193	32	41	10	2	144	20-8-3-0	19-11-3-0	7 W	52	41	39	30
3	Tampa Bay (AT)	62	39	19	2	2	82	30	35	223	172	51	42	3	2	164	19-10-0-0	20-9-2-2	1 L	54	43	39	32
4	Detroit (AT)	64	36	21	4	3	79	25	34	189	190	-1	45	2	5	132	18-11-2-1	18-10-2-2	1 W	57	46	42	35
5	Montreal wc (AT)	62	34	18	5	5	78	23	32	222	209	13	45	7	1	153	17-11-1-1	17-7-4-4	2 w. Pts	58	47	43	36
6	Pittsburgh (ME)	63	32	17	5	9	78	27	31	213	188	25	44	5	4	157	16-9-3-5	16-8-2-4	2 w. Pts	58	47	47	36
7	New York I. (ME)	64	36	23	0	5	77	23	32	188	183	5	29	8	8	141	17-10-0-2	19-13-0-3	1 W	59	48	48	37
8	Boston wc (AT)	63	35	22	3	3	76	27	33	212	200	12	48	2	2	177	24-8-0-1	11-14-3-2	2 w. Pts	60	49	45	38
9	Columbus (ME)	62	32	21	8	1	73	22	27	200	198	2	29	5	3	132	17-8-5-1	15-13-3-0	5 w. Pts	63	52	52	41 F: 38
10	Ottawa (AT)	62	31	22	9	0	71	25	28	212	198	14	47	4	1	133	14-10-5-0	17-12-4-0	6 w. Pts	65	54	50	43 F: 36
11	Philadelphia (ME)	62	29	22	8	3	69	19	22	181	194	-13	28	5	0	151	14-10-6-1	15-12-2-2	1 W	67	56	56	45 F: 34
12	Washington (ME)	64	31	26	2	5	69	26	30	200	192	8	31	3	3	162	19-11-0-3	12-15-2-2	3 L	67	56	56	45 F: 30
13	New Jersey (ME)	64	32	30	2	0	66	21	28	166	192	-26	34	4	1	134	16-14-2-0	16-16-0-0	1 L	70	59	59	48 F: 27
14	Florida (AT)	63	31	29	2	1	65	25	27	191	210	-19	45	6	3	178	16-14-2-1	15-15-0-0	1 W	71	60	56	49 F: 28
15	Toronto (AT)	64	27	26	8	3	65	19	26	202	226	-24	29	3	3	135	16-11-5-2	11-15-3-1	7 L	71	60	56	49 F: 26
16	New York R. (ME)	62	24	30	8	0	56	15	21	169	198	-29	34	4	2	142	8-15-6-0	16-15-2-0	1 L	80	69	69	58 F: 21

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)	62	43	10	4	5	95	38	40	238	155	83	32	1	6	148	23-4-1-3	20-6-3-2	5 W	32	32	32	14
2	Dallas (CE)	63	39	14	6	4	88	31	35	220	173	47	56	3	3	154	19-7-2-2	20-7-4-2	12 w. Pts	48	48	48	21
3	Minnesota (CE)	64	37	16	7	4	85	24	33	215	185	30	54	6	7	129	18-7-6-1	19-9-1-3	3 w. Pts	51	51	51	24
4	Anaheim (PA)	63	35	25	3	0	73	20	27	211	221	-10	35	7	0	153	22-10-1-0	13-15-2-0	1 L	63	63	36	36
5	Utah wc (CE)	63	34	25	4	0	72	26	34	201	173	28	30	6	2	151	18-10-2-0	16-15-2-0	3 W	64	64	64	37
6	Vegas (PA)	64	29	21	8	6	72	21	28	209	205	4	46	3	2	125	14-10-2-5	15-11-6-1	2 L	64	64	40	37
7	Edmonton (PA)	64	31	25	5	3	70	23	31	227	218	9	57	5	4	138	16-11-2-2	15-14-3-1	1 W	66	66	42	39
8	Seattle wc (PA)	62	29	24	5	4	67	23	28	177	186	-9	38	1	1	122	16-11-3-2	13-13-2-2	2 L	69	69	45	42
9	San Jose (PA)	61	30	25	5	1	66	18	28	189	212	-23	41	2	0	150	17-10-4-1	13-15-1-0	5 w. Pts	70	70	46	42 F: 42
10	L.A. (PA)	62	25	23	8	6	64	16	21	163	186	-23	30	7	4	146	10-15-5-2	15-8-3-4	1 L	72	72	48	45 F: 38
11	Nashville (CE)	63	28	27	8	0	64	21	25	187	216	-29	43	5	0	153	17-13-3-0	11-14-5-0	1 L	72	72	72	45 F: 36
12	Winnipeg (CE)	62	26	26	8	2	62	21	25	178	189	-11	32	5	0	141	15-11-4-1	11-15-4-1	6 w. Pts	74	74	74	47 F: 36
13	St. Louis (CE)	63	25	29	6	3	59	23	24	166	212	-46	29	5	6	131	14-12-3-3	11-17-3-0	4 W	77	77	77	50 F: 31
14	Calgary (PA)	62	25	30	4	3	57	21	23	155	189	-34	30	8	2	149	16-12-3-1	9-18-1-2	1 W	79	79	55	52 F: 31
15	Chicago (CE)	63	23	29	6	5	57	18	20	169	205	-36	35	5	5	164	12-15-2-3	11-14-4-2	3 L		79		52 F: 29
16	Vancouver (PA)	63	19	36	6	2	46	13	15	165	236	-71	35	7	2	131	6-19-3-2	13-17-3-0	2 w. Pts			66	63 F: 18

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	-	Columbus	16	22	1.38	112.8
2	8	Boston	19	26	1.37	112.2
3	6	Pittsburgh	16	20	1.25	102.5
4	2	Buffalo	20	24	1.20	98.4
5	1	Carolina	13	15	1.15	94.6
6	3	Tampa Bay	16	18	1.12	92.2
7	-	Ottawa	18	20	1.11	91.1
8	7	New York I.	15	16	1.07	87.5
9	5	Montreal	16	17	1.06	87.1
10	-	Washington	20	21	1.05	86.1
11	-	Philadelphia	20	19	0.95	77.9
12	-	New York R.	23	21	0.91	74.9
13	-	Toronto	21	18	0.86	70.3
14	-	Florida	20	17	0.85	69.7
15	4	Detroit	17	13	0.76	62.7
16	-	New Jersey	20	11	0.55	45.1

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	17	28	1.65	135.1
2	3	Minnesota	18	27	1.50	123.0
3	2	Dallas	16	23	1.44	117.9
4	5	Utah	16	17	1.06	87.1
5	-	Chicago	18	19	1.06	86.6
6	4	Anaheim	19	20	1.05	86.3
7	-	Calgary	18	18	1.00	82.0
8	-	San Jose	23	23	1.00	82.0
9	7	Edmonton	14	13	0.93	76.1
10	-	L.A.	23	20	0.87	71.3
11	-	St. Louis	20	17	0.85	69.7
12	-	Nashville	19	16	0.84	69.1
13	-	Vancouver	18	14	0.78	63.8
14	8	Seattle	17	11	0.65	53.1
15	6	Vegas	15	8	0.53	43.7
16	-	Winnipeg	18	9	0.50	41.0

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	28	38	1.36	111.3
2	5	Montreal	31	39	1.26	103.2
3	2	Buffalo	32	40	1.25	102.5
4	-	Columbus	31	38	1.23	100.5
5	7	New York I.	30	36	1.20	98.4
6	6	Pittsburgh	27	32	1.19	97.2
7	1	Carolina	28	33	1.18	96.6
8	-	Ottawa	32	37	1.16	94.8
9	8	Boston	33	36	1.09	89.5
10	-	Philadelphia	33	34	1.03	84.5
11	-	Florida	32	32	1.00	82.0
12	-	Washington	33	33	1.00	82.0
13	-	New Jersey	35	31	0.89	72.6
14	4	Detroit	31	27	0.87	71.4
15	-	New York R.	37	30	0.81	66.5
16	-	Toronto	33	26	0.79	64.6

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	31	45	1.45	119.0
2	3	Minnesota	31	45	1.45	119.0
3	2	Dallas	27	34	1.26	103.3
4	5	Utah	30	32	1.07	87.5
5	4	Anaheim	33	35	1.06	87.0
6	-	Calgary	31	32	1.03	84.6
7	-	L.A.	36	34	0.94	77.4
8	-	San Jose	35	33	0.94	77.3
9	-	Chicago	31	28	0.90	74.1
10	-	St. Louis	33	29	0.88	72.1
11	7	Edmonton	29	25	0.86	70.7
12	-	Nashville	33	28	0.85	69.6
13	6	Vegas	29	22	0.76	62.2
14	8	Seattle	30	22	0.73	60.1
15	-	Vancouver	33	22	0.67	54.7
16	-	Winnipeg	32	20	0.62	51.2

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