NHL Standings by conference (top three teams are division leaders).

Standings By Division

Standings current as of Wed Feb 22 01:56:05 2012

Yesterday's Games Feb22/12

WAS @ OTT 7:00p.m.

BOS @ STL 8:00p.m.

LAK @ COL 9:00p.m.

Today's Games Feb23/12	SJS @ TOR 7:00p.m.	ANA @ CAR 7:00p.m.	MIN @ FLO 7:30p.m.	VAN @ DET 7:30p.m.	STL @ NAS 8:00p.m.	TAM @ WIN 8:30p.m.	DAL @ CHI 8:30p.m.	PHO @ CAL 9:00p.m.
PHI @ EDM 9:30p.m.

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Eastern Conference

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#	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	PPG	SHG	SO	PK	HOME	ROAD	HOME	ROAD	GF	GA	DIFF	PPG	SHG	SO	PK	Streak	Pres	Conf	Div	Playoffs
1	New York R. (a)	58	38	15	1	4	81	35	161	118	43	28	7	9	163	19-7-0-2	19-8-1-2	4-2-0-0	3-1-0-1	29	22	7	5	1	2	30	1 L	46	42	40	29
2	Boston (ne)	57	35	20	1	1	72	28	190	132	58	35	7	7	165	18-10-1-1	17-10-0-0	2-3-0-0	2-3-0-0	19	30	-11	4	1	0	17	2 L	58	58	41	38
3	Florida (se)	58	27	20	5	6	65	24	144	162	-18	38	4	3	138	14-8-1-6	13-12-4-0	3-3-0-0	2-2-0-0	22	26	-4	5	0	0	20	3 L	65	65	41	45
4	New Jersey (a)	59	35	20	1	3	74	25	168	162	6	33	13	3	177	16-10-0-3	19-10-1-0	4-1-0-1	5-0-0-0	39	26	13	9	2	1	28	4 W	56	56	56	36
5	Philadelphia (a)	59	33	19	2	5	73	32	198	181	17	52	4	1	201	14-10-1-4	19-9-1-1	3-3-0-2	1-2-0-0	36	39	-3	8	0	0	38	1 W	57	57	57	37
6	Pittsburgh (a)	60	34	21	2	3	73	27	186	160	26	43	7	3	171	18-8-2-0	16-13-0-3	4-1-0-0	2-3-0-1	34	33	1	8	3	1	32	1 W	57	57	57	37
7	Ottawa (ne)	61	31	22	6	2	70	26	185	183	2	36	7	3	189	15-11-2-1	16-11-4-1	1-2-2-0	3-1-0-0	28	23	5	7	2	2	23	5 w. Pts	60	60	53	40
8	Toronto (ne)	60	29	24	4	3	65	26	181	184	-3	39	4	6	145	16-9-3-2	13-15-1-1	2-1-1-0	2-4-0-1	30	37	-7	5	0	2	21	2 L	65	65	58	45
9	Winnipeg (se)	62	29	26	4	3	65	25	157	175	-18	35	3	5	187	18-9-1-2	11-17-3-1	3-1-1-0	4-3-0-0	33	32	1	7	0	0	23	4 w. Pts	65	65	49	45 F: 41
10	Washington (se)	59	29	25	2	3	63	28	159	168	-9	33	2	6	168	19-8-0-2	10-17-2-1	1-2-0-1	2-4-1-0	23	31	-8	4	1	2	29	2 L	67	67	51	47 F: 45
11	Tampa Bay (se)	59	27	26	3	3	60	25	166	197	-31	26	1	2	175	18-9-1-1	9-17-2-2	5-2-1-0	1-1-1-0	30	32	-2	4	0	0	23	3 W	70	70	54	50 F: 42
12	Buffalo (ne)	60	26	27	3	4	59	21	150	176	-26	32	3	3	166	15-11-3-4	11-16-0-0	4-2-0-2	2-1-0-0	31	27	4	1	1	1	22	3 w. Pts	71	71	64	51 F: 39
13	New York I. (a)	60	25	27	5	3	58	21	140	176	-36	35	3	2	146	13-14-4-1	12-13-1-2	2-3-0-1	4-2-0-0	25	33	-8	5	0	1	20	2 L	72	72	72	52 F: 38
14	Montreal (ne)	61	24	27	2	8	58	21	160	167	-7	32	7	4	190	11-14-2-6	13-13-0-2	2-5-0-1	3-1-0-0	30	33	-3	7	3	2	35	2 L	72	72	65	52 F: 36
15	Carolina (se)	60	23	26	7	4	57	23	158	181	-23	35	10	4	138	16-12-0-3	7-14-7-1	3-1-0-0	2-1-2-0	28	22	6	5	2	2	13	1 W	73	73	57	53 F: 37

Western Conference

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#	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	PPG	SHG	SO	PK	HOME	ROAD	HOME	ROAD	GF	GA	DIFF	PPG	SHG	SO	PK	Streak	Pres	Conf	Div	Playoffs
1	Detroit (c)	61	41	18	1	1	84	34	191	141	50	40	2	6	167	26-2-1-0	15-16-0-1	6-0-0-0	2-2-0-1	31	24	7	6	1	0	31	1 L	46	43	42	26
2	Vancouver (nw)	60	38	16	0	6	82	32	195	147	48	48	4	5	188	18-6-0-4	20-10-0-2	4-0-0-1	4-1-0-1	37	25	12	4	0	0	30	1 L	48	45	28	28
3	San Jose (p)	58	31	20	4	3	69	25	170	148	22	42	3	4	131	18-9-2-0	13-11-2-3	3-1-0-0	1-5-1-0	39	38	1	14	0	1	26	4 L	61	58	45	41
4	St. Louis (c)	59	36	16	1	6	79	34	150	117	33	30	4	12	164	26-3-1-3	10-13-0-3	5-0-0-0	2-3-0-0	26	15	11	7	1	3	26	1 L	51	48	48	31
5	Nashville (c)	60	35	19	3	3	76	32	168	155	13	49	4	4	156	19-7-2-2	16-12-1-1	3-0-0-1	2-3-0-1	28	28	0	5	1	0	18	2 W	54	51	51	34
6	Chicago (c)	61	33	21	4	3	73	29	191	179	12	33	7	0	148	21-6-1-3	12-15-3-0	2-0-0-0	2-6-1-0	29	35	-6	0	1	0	28	4 W	57	54	54	37
7	Phoenix (p)	60	30	21	3	6	69	27	157	151	6	25	5	4	151	16-10-2-2	14-11-1-4	6-1-0-0	2-0-0-1	27	17	10	6	1	2	28	9 w. Pts	61	58	49	41
8	L.A. (p)	60	27	21	5	7	66	23	126	129	-3	32	4	6	191	15-13-0-4	12-8-5-3	1-2-0-0	2-3-1-1	17	20	-3	5	0	0	26	3 L	64	61	52	44
9	Calgary (nw)	60	28	23	5	4	65	25	143	161	-18	32	0	4	160	16-9-1-1	12-14-4-3	3-2-0-0	2-0-2-1	23	24	-1	4	0	1	23	1 L	65	62	62	46 F: 44
10	Dallas (p)	60	30	26	1	3	64	26	153	165	-12	26	4	3	180	16-12-0-2	14-14-1-1	2-3-0-0	3-2-1-1	29	31	-2	6	0	1	32	1 W	66	63	54	47 F: 43
11	Colorado (nw)	60	29	27	3	1	62	22	151	168	-17	34	4	3	174	16-13-0-1	13-14-3-0	2-1-0-1	1-3-1-0	20	24	-4	4	0	0	24	1 L	68	65	65	49 F: 41
12	Minnesota (nw)	59	26	24	2	7	61	21	131	154	-23	28	5	5	170	14-10-1-3	12-14-1-4	1-4-0-1	1-2-0-1	16	28	-12	5	0	2	28	1 W	69	66	66	50 F: 42
13	Anaheim (p)	60	25	25	4	6	60	23	154	171	-17	34	3	3	184	15-13-2-0	10-12-2-6	2-1-1-0	5-1-0-2	30	27	3	5	0	1	31	1 L	70	67	58	51 F: 39
14	Edmonton (nw)	59	23	30	2	4	52	20	159	178	-19	45	4	2	181	15-10-2-2	8-20-0-2	3-2-1-0	2-2-0-0	37	36	1	6	0	0	24	1 W	78	75	75	59 F: 33
15	Columbus (c)	60	18	35	2	5	43	15	142	198	-56	39	4	1	147	11-16-1-2	7-19-1-3	3-3-0-0	2-2-1-0	27	35	-8	12	0	0	22	2 w. Pts	87	84	84	68 F: 22

The strength charts below compare the conference teams based only on their records against STRONG teams. How do we define strong? Easy - the teams that are currently in the playoffs. Here are the # of points and # of games played, and average number of points per game for all teams in each Conference when they played any of the top 8 teams. The charts are followed by the combined record against the top 8 in both Conferences. The teams with the lighter background are the top 8 in the Conference currently. Thanks to a friend of TheHockeyPool.com for the suggestion!

RECORD VERSUS EASTERN STRENGTH (TOP 8 TEAMS IN EASTERN CONFERENCE)

East Team Games Points Avg. PPG Season Points Boston 20 31 1.55 127.1 New York R. 24 32 1.33 109.3 Washington 24 29 1.21 99.1 Ottawa 22 26 1.18 96.9 Philadelphia 22 24 1.09 89.5 New Jersey 23 25 1.09 89.1 Carolina 25 24 0.96 78.7 Montreal 29 27 0.93 76.3 Buffalo 27 25 0.93 75.9 Florida 21 19 0.90 74.2 Winnipeg 29 26 0.90 73.5 Tampa Bay 24 20 0.83 68.3 Pittsburgh 22 18 0.82 67.1 Toronto 22 17 0.77 63.4 New York I. 24 13 0.54 44.4

West Team Games Points Avg. PPG Season Points St. Louis 8 14 1.75 143.5 Colorado 7 12 1.71 140.6 Detroit 5 8 1.60 131.2 Anaheim 8 11 1.38 112.8 Vancouver 9 11 1.22 100.2 L.A. 10 12 1.20 98.4 Chicago 6 7 1.17 95.7 Phoenix 9 10 1.11 91.1 Dallas 9 9 1.00 82.0 Edmonton 8 8 1.00 82.0 San Jose 6 6 1.00 82.0 Nashville 7 6 0.86 70.3 Minnesota 6 5 0.83 68.3 Calgary 9 7 0.78 63.8 Columbus 7 3 0.43 35.1

RECORD VERSUS WESTERN STRENGTH (TOP 8 TEAMS IN WESTERN CONFERENCE)

East Team Games Points Avg. PPG Season Points Pittsburgh 7 10 1.43 117.1 New York R. 8 11 1.38 112.8 New Jersey 6 8 1.33 109.3 Boston 7 9 1.29 105.4 Carolina 7 9 1.29 105.4 Montreal 8 10 1.25 102.5 Philadelphia 9 11 1.22 100.2 Florida 8 7 0.88 71.8 Toronto 7 6 0.86 70.3 Tampa Bay 9 7 0.78 63.8 New York I. 9 7 0.78 63.8 Washington 9 6 0.67 54.7 Winnipeg 6 4 0.67 54.7 Ottawa 8 5 0.62 51.2 Buffalo 7 4 0.57 46.9

West Team Games Points Avg. PPG Season Points Detroit 25 32 1.28 105.0 Vancouver 22 27 1.23 100.6 Nashville 22 26 1.18 96.9 L.A. 20 23 1.15 94.3 St. Louis 23 25 1.09 89.1 Phoenix 24 26 1.08 88.8 Minnesota 24 25 1.04 85.4 Chicago 24 24 1.00 82.0 Colorado 26 25 0.96 78.8 San Jose 22 21 0.95 78.3 Calgary 26 24 0.92 75.7 Edmonton 25 23 0.92 75.4 Anaheim 27 24 0.89 72.9 Dallas 26 20 0.77 63.1 Columbus 28 16 0.57 46.9

RECORD VERSUS LEAGUE STRENGTH (TOP 8 TEAMS IN BOTH CONFERENCES)

East Team Games Points Avg. PPG Season Points Boston 27 40 1.48 121.5 New York R. 32 43 1.34 110.2 New Jersey 29 33 1.14 93.3 Philadelphia 31 35 1.13 92.6 Washington 33 35 1.06 87.0 Ottawa 30 31 1.03 84.7 Carolina 32 33 1.03 84.6 Montreal 37 37 1.00 82.0 Pittsburgh 29 28 0.97 79.2 Florida 29 26 0.90 73.5 Winnipeg 35 30 0.86 70.3 Buffalo 34 29 0.85 69.9 Tampa Bay 33 27 0.82 67.1 Toronto 29 23 0.79 65.0 New York I. 33 20 0.61 49.7

West Team Games Points Avg. PPG Season Points Detroit 30 40 1.33 109.3 St. Louis 31 39 1.26 103.2 Vancouver 31 38 1.23 100.5 L.A. 30 35 1.17 95.7 Colorado 33 37 1.12 91.9 Nashville 29 32 1.10 90.5 Phoenix 33 36 1.09 89.5 Chicago 30 31 1.03 84.7 Minnesota 30 30 1.00 82.0 Anaheim 35 35 1.00 82.0 San Jose 28 27 0.96 79.1 Edmonton 33 31 0.94 77.0 Calgary 35 31 0.89 72.6 Dallas 35 29 0.83 67.9 Columbus 35 19 0.54 44.5

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	Numbers With Green Background = Since All-Star Break
x	Clinched playoffs	y	Clinched division	z	Clinched Conference	p	Clinched President's Trophy	g	Clinched April tee-offs
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.
A RED magic number means they need help in the form of rival losses to be able to make it.