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NHL 2026 / 2027 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Wed Oct 21 01:26:17 2026

Eastern Conference
Teams in bold are playing today

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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)	11	8	2	1	0	17	7	8	42	27	15	10	2	0	33	2-1-1-0	6-1-0-0	1 W	149	147	145	144
2	Boston (AT)	10	7	2	1	0	15	6	7	36	22	14	6	0	1	28	3-1-0-0	4-1-1-0	6 w. Pts	151	149	150	146
3	New York R. (ME)	11	7	3	1	0	15	7	7	33	24	9	7	1	1	32	6-0-0-0	1-3-1-0	2 w. Pts	151	149	149	146
4	Tampa Bay (AT)	9	7	2	0	0	14	6	7	31	23	8	4	0	0	19	5-0-0-0	2-2-0-0	3 W	152	150	150	147
5	Ottawa (AT)	9	6	3	0	0	12	4	4	24	23	1	5	1	0	27	3-1-0-0	3-2-0-0	1 L	154	152	152	149
6	Florida wc (AT)	9	5	2	2	0	12	3	5	30	25	5	9	0	1	29	2-1-0-0	3-1-2-0	3 W	154	152	152	149
7	Toronto wc (AT)	11	5	4	1	1	12	4	5	38	35	3	11	1	0	37	3-3-1-0	2-1-0-1	2 W	154	152	152	149
8	New York I. (ME)	9	5	3	0	1	11	5	5	27	20	7	5	2	1	28	4-1-0-0	1-2-0-1	4 w. Pts	155	153	153	150
9	Washington (ME)	9	5	4	0	0	10	5	5	30	29	1	5	1	0	24	4-2-0-0	1-2-0-0	1 L	156	154	154	151 F: 150
10	New Jersey (ME)	9	5	4	0	0	10	3	5	29	30	-1	6	1	0	17	4-2-0-0	1-2-0-0	1 W	156	154	154	151 F: 150
11	Buffalo (AT)	9	4	3	1	1	10	2	4	27	34	-7	3	1	0	20	3-2-0-0	1-1-1-1	4 w. Pts	156	154	154	151 F: 150
12	Montreal (AT)	9	4	3	2	0	10	1	2	30	34	-4	4	0	1	29	3-2-1-0	1-1-1-0	2 w. Pts	156	154	154	151 F: 150
13	Detroit (AT)	9	3	3	1	2	9	2	2	23	28	-5	7	0	0	22	3-3-1-0	0-0-0-2	5 w. Pts	157	155	155	152 F: 149
14	Pittsburgh (ME)	10	3	6	0	1	7	1	2	33	38	-5	7	1	1	21	2-1-0-0	1-5-0-1	4 L	159	157	157	154 F: 145
15	Philadelphia (ME)	11	2	6	2	1	7	2	2	17	36	-19	4	0	0	33	2-2-1-1	0-4-1-0	2 W	159	157	157	154 F: 143
16	Columbus (ME)	8	3	5	0	0	6	1	2	20	29	-9	2	0	1	21	3-3-0-0	0-2-0-0	2 L	160	158	158	155 F: 148

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	Vegas (PA)	11	8	3	0	0	16	6	7	44	30	14	10	3	0	19	5-2-0-0	3-1-0-0	1 L	150	150	150	144
2	Edmonton (PA)	9	7	1	1	0	15	6	7	41	27	14	9	2	0	20	2-1-1-0	5-0-0-0	2 W	150	148	148	145
3	Utah (CE)	10	7	3	0	0	14	7	7	38	31	7	13	1	1	22	3-1-0-0	4-2-0-0	1 W	152	152	149	148
4	Minnesota (CE)	10	6	2	2	0	14	6	6	31	25	6	9	0	0	27	4-0-0-0	2-2-2-0	3 w. Pts	152	152	149	148
5	Seattle (PA)	10	6	3	1	0	13	4	4	39	34	5	7	0	0	21	2-1-0-0	4-2-1-0	1 W	153	153	150	147
6	Dallas (CE)	9	5	3	0	1	11	3	4	23	15	8	4	1	3	29	2-2-0-0	3-1-0-1	3 W	155	155	152	151
7	Colorado wc (CE)	10	5	4	0	1	11	5	5	41	31	10	6	0	0	19	3-1-0-1	2-3-0-0	2 L	155	155	152	151
8	San Jose wc (PA)	10	5	4	0	1	11	0	4	27	35	-8	8	1	0	26	2-2-0-0	3-2-0-1	1 W	155	155	152	151
9	Winnipeg (CE)	9	4	3	2	0	10	4	4	24	26	-2	6	0	0	19	2-2-1-0	2-1-1-0	3 L	156	156	153	152 F: 150
10	Nashville (CE)	8	3	2	1	2	9	3	3	23	24	-1	8	2	0	23	2-2-0-1	1-0-1-1	2 w. Pts	157	157	154	152 F: 151
11	St. Louis (CE)	9	4	4	1	0	9	4	4	29	29	0	5	3	1	24	2-0-1-0	2-4-0-0	1 W	157	157	154	153 F: 149
12	Anaheim (PA)	9	4	5	0	0	8	3	4	26	29	-3	7	1	0	26	1-3-0-0	3-2-0-0	4 L	158	158	155	154 F: 148
13	Chicago (CE)	9	3	6	0	0	6	2	3	21	36	-15	3	1	0	21	3-2-0-0	0-4-0-0	1 L	160	160	157	156 F: 146
14	Vancouver (PA)	11	2	8	1	0	5	1	2	33	51	-18	7	2	0	23	1-3-0-0	1-5-1-0	8 L	161	161	158	157 F: 141
15	L.A. (PA)	7	1	4	2	0	4	1	1	17	27	-10	4	2	0	16	0-3-0-0	1-1-2-0	1 W	162	162	159	158 F: 148
16	Calgary (PA)	8	2	6	0	0	4	2	2	17	37	-20	4	1	0	22	1-3-0-0	1-3-0-0	1 W	162	162	159	158 F: 146

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	-	Buffalo	2	4	2.00	168.0
2	6	Florida	1	2	2.00	168.0
3	5	Ottawa	3	6	2.00	168.0
4	3	New York R.	4	6	1.50	126.0
5	2	Boston	2	2	1.00	84.0
6	1	Carolina	1	1	1.00	84.0
7	-	Detroit	2	2	1.00	84.0
8	-	Montreal	2	2	1.00	84.0
9	-	Washington	4	4	1.00	84.0
10	-	Columbus	3	2	0.67	56.0
11	-	New Jersey	3	2	0.67	56.0
12	4	Tampa Bay	3	2	0.67	56.0
13	7	Toronto	3	2	0.67	56.0
14	8	New York I.	5	3	0.60	50.4
15	-	Philadelphia	6	3	0.50	42.0
16	-	Pittsburgh	0	0	0.00	0.0

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	-	Winnipeg	2	4	2.00	168.0
2	2	Edmonton	5	8	1.60	134.4
3	4	Minnesota	2	3	1.50	126.0
4	7	Colorado	2	3	1.50	126.0
5	6	Dallas	3	4	1.33	112.0
6	1	Vegas	2	2	1.00	84.0
7	3	Utah	2	2	1.00	84.0
8	-	Anaheim	2	2	1.00	84.0
9	-	St. Louis	4	3	0.75	63.0
10	-	Nashville	4	3	0.75	63.0
11	-	Vancouver	3	2	0.67	56.0
12	-	L.A.	4	2	0.50	42.0
13	-	Calgary	4	0	0.00	0.0
14	8	San Jose	2	0	0.00	0.0
15	5	Seattle	2	0	0.00	0.0
16	-	Chicago	3	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	5	Ottawa	3	6	2.00	168.0
2	3	New York R.	5	8	1.60	134.4
3	4	Tampa Bay	6	8	1.33	112.0
4	6	Florida	4	5	1.25	105.0
5	-	Buffalo	5	6	1.20	100.8
6	2	Boston	6	7	1.17	98.0
7	7	Toronto	7	7	1.00	84.0
8	-	Detroit	5	5	1.00	84.0
9	-	Montreal	3	3	1.00	84.0
10	1	Carolina	1	1	1.00	84.0
11	-	New Jersey	5	4	0.80	67.2
12	-	Washington	5	4	0.80	67.2
13	-	Philadelphia	8	6	0.75	63.0
14	8	New York I.	5	3	0.60	50.4
15	-	Pittsburgh	4	2	0.50	42.0
16	-	Columbus	5	2	0.40	33.6

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	2	Edmonton	5	8	1.60	134.4
2	6	Dallas	4	6	1.50	126.0
3	4	Minnesota	5	7	1.40	117.6
4	-	Winnipeg	4	5	1.25	105.0
5	7	Colorado	3	3	1.00	84.0
6	1	Vegas	4	4	1.00	84.0
7	-	St. Louis	5	5	1.00	84.0
8	-	Nashville	6	5	0.83	70.0
9	3	Utah	5	4	0.80	67.2
10	-	Anaheim	6	4	0.67	56.0
11	-	Calgary	5	2	0.40	33.6
12	8	San Jose	5	2	0.40	33.6
13	-	Vancouver	9	3	0.33	28.0
14	-	L.A.	6	2	0.33	28.0
15	5	Seattle	4	1	0.25	21.0
16	-	Chicago	5	0	0.00	0.0

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