NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Sun Dec 7 01:47:44 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)	29	17	9	0	3	37	16	17	101	75	26	14	1	1	67	9-5-0-1	8-4-0-2	7 w. Pts	118	110	110	104
2	Carolina (ME)	27	17	8	1	1	36	12	16	93	78	15	12	3	2	63	9-4-1-0	8-4-0-1	1 W	119	110	108	105
3	New York I. (ME)	29	16	10	0	3	35	12	15	86	81	5	14	5	4	70	7-6-0-2	9-4-0-1	3 W	120	112	109	106
4	Tampa Bay (AT)	28	16	10	2	0	34	13	16	88	73	15	13	2	1	78	8-7-0-0	8-3-2-0	3 L	121	113	110	106
5	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	113	109	106
6	Pittsburgh wc (ME)	26	14	7	2	3	33	13	14	83	74	9	22	1	3	67	6-4-1-1	8-3-1-2	2 W	122	114	111	108
7	Philadelphia wc (ME)	26	15	8	3	0	33	8	10	79	74	5	14	0	0	69	9-4-2-0	6-4-1-0	1 W	122	114	111	108
8	Montreal (AT)	27	15	9	1	2	33	8	13	89	95	-6	20	2	0	68	7-6-0-1	8-3-1-1	2 W	122	114	110	107
9	Detroit (AT)	29	15	11	1	2	33	11	13	91	102	-11	23	0	0	61	9-6-1-0	6-5-0-2	4 w. Pts	122	114	110	108 F: 107
10	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	114	111	108 F: 107
11	New York R. (ME)	30	15	12	3	0	33	11	14	81	78	3	13	2	2	68	3-8-2-0	12-4-1-0	3 w. Pts	122	114	111	108 F: 105
12	Columbus (ME)	28	13	9	5	1	32	7	9	90	97	-7	13	2	0	53	6-3-2-1	7-6-3-0	5 w. Pts	123	115	112	108 F: 108
13	Toronto (AT)	28	13	11	3	1	30	9	13	95	93	2	10	2	0	66	8-4-3-1	5-7-0-0	4 w. Pts	125	117	113	111 F: 106
14	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	117	113	111 F: 106
15	Florida (AT)	27	13	12	1	1	28	11	12	84	89	-5	19	3	2	73	9-6-1-1	4-6-0-0	2 w. Pts	127	119	115	113 F: 106
16	Buffalo (AT)	28	11	13	4	0	26	8	9	84	96	-12	15	3	1	68	9-5-2-0	2-8-2-0	2 L	129	121	117	115 F: 102

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)	28	20	2	3	3	46	18	20	112	64	48	15	1	3	72	11-0-0-2	9-2-3-1	1 W	104	104	104	93
2	Dallas (CE)	29	19	5	3	2	43	16	17	102	75	27	30	0	3	76	9-4-1-0	10-1-2-2	9 w. Pts	112	112	112	96
3	Anaheim (PA)	28	17	10	1	0	35	10	14	100	94	6	17	3	0	72	10-4-0-0	7-6-1-0	1 W	120	120	110	106
4	Minnesota (CE)	29	15	9	4	1	35	9	12	81	80	1	23	2	6	56	8-3-3-1	7-6-1-0	2 L	120	120	120	104
5	Vegas (PA)	27	13	6	6	2	34	11	12	83	79	4	22	1	2	59	7-4-2-2	6-2-4-0	3 W	121	121	110	107
6	L.A. (PA)	28	13	8	2	5	33	8	12	76	75	1	12	5	3	71	4-6-2-1	9-2-0-4	1 W	122	122	111	108
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	110
8	Utah wc (CE)	30	14	13	3	0	31	11	14	91	86	5	12	3	1	69	7-3-1-0	7-10-2-0	1 L	124	124	124	110
9	Chicago (CE)	28	12	10	4	2	30	11	12	85	84	1	19	1	1	82	6-5-2-1	6-5-2-1	1 L	125	125	125	111 F: 108
10	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	112 F: 107
11	San Jose (PA)	29	13	13	2	1	29	7	12	82	98	-16	20	2	0	78	9-5-2-1	4-8-0-0	2 L	126	126	115	112 F: 105
12	Seattle (PA)	26	11	9	3	3	28	7	11	66	79	-13	12	1	1	46	6-4-2-1	5-5-1-2	5 L	127	127	116	111 F: 110
13	St. Louis (CE)	29	10	12	5	2	27	10	10	73	101	-28	14	2	2	56	5-6-2-2	5-6-3-0	1 W	128	128	128	114 F: 103
14	Calgary (PA)	30	11	15	2	2	26	9	9	72	88	-16	13	3	2	82	6-4-1-1	5-11-1-1	2 W	129	129	118	115 F: 100
15	Vancouver (PA)	29	11	15	3	0	25	7	9	85	104	-19	19	3	0	70	4-8-1-0	7-7-2-0	1 W	130	130	119	116 F: 101
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	117 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	6	Pittsburgh	5	9	1.80	147.6
2	-	Ottawa	10	16	1.60	131.2
3	5	Boston	8	12	1.50	123.0
4	7	Philadelphia	7	9	1.29	105.4
5	2	Carolina	5	6	1.20	98.4
6	4	Tampa Bay	8	9	1.12	92.2
7	-	Columbus	7	7	1.00	82.0
8	-	New York R.	10	10	1.00	82.0
9	-	Toronto	11	11	1.00	82.0
10	1	Washington	10	10	1.00	82.0
11	-	New Jersey	10	9	0.90	73.8
12	-	Florida	7	6	0.86	70.3
13	3	New York I.	12	9	0.75	61.5
14	-	Detroit	7	5	0.71	58.6
15	-	Buffalo	8	5	0.62	51.2
16	8	Montreal	3	1	0.33	27.3

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	7	10	1.43	117.1
4	3	Anaheim	8	10	1.25	102.5
5	6	L.A.	5	6	1.20	98.4
6	-	Chicago	10	11	1.10	90.2
7	-	San Jose	13	14	1.08	88.3
8	-	Calgary	8	8	1.00	82.0
9	8	Utah	9	9	1.00	82.0
10	-	Vancouver	11	10	0.91	74.5
11	-	St. Louis	8	7	0.88	71.8
12	5	Vegas	7	6	0.86	70.3
13	-	Seattle	7	6	0.86	70.3
14	7	Edmonton	5	3	0.60	49.2
15	-	Nashville	7	4	0.57	46.9
16	-	Winnipeg	8	4	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	4	Tampa Bay	15	21	1.40	114.8
2	-	Ottawa	18	24	1.33	109.3
3	6	Pittsburgh	10	13	1.30	106.6
4	7	Philadelphia	10	12	1.20	98.4
5	1	Washington	16	19	1.19	97.4
6	-	Columbus	12	14	1.17	95.7
7	2	Carolina	14	16	1.14	93.7
8	-	Toronto	13	14	1.08	88.3
9	-	Florida	14	15	1.07	87.9
10	5	Boston	15	16	1.07	87.5
11	3	New York I.	19	19	1.00	82.0
12	-	New Jersey	18	17	0.94	77.4
13	-	Detroit	12	11	0.92	75.2
14	-	New York R.	18	15	0.83	68.3
15	-	Buffalo	14	10	0.71	58.6
16	8	Montreal	10	7	0.70	57.4

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	2	Dallas	13	20	1.54	126.2
2	1	Colorado	15	22	1.47	120.3
3	3	Anaheim	14	18	1.29	105.4
4	4	Minnesota	14	17	1.21	99.6
5	-	Chicago	13	14	1.08	88.3
6	6	L.A.	12	12	1.00	82.0
7	-	Calgary	12	12	1.00	82.0
8	5	Vegas	14	14	1.00	82.0
9	-	Vancouver	16	15	0.94	76.9
10	7	Edmonton	11	10	0.91	74.5
11	-	San Jose	18	16	0.89	72.9
12	8	Utah	14	12	0.86	70.3
13	-	Seattle	13	11	0.85	69.4
14	-	St. Louis	14	11	0.79	64.4
15	-	Winnipeg	15	11	0.73	60.1
16	-	Nashville	14	7	0.50	41.0

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