NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Tue Feb 3 08:42:58 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	Tampa Bay (AT)	53	35	14	2	2	74	27	31	189	136	53	36	3	2	139	16-9-0-0	19-5-2-2	3 W	64	55	50	44
2	Carolina (ME)	55	34	15	3	3	74	24	30	191	160	31	37	6	2	127	20-8-1-1	14-7-2-2	8 w. Pts	64	59	50	44
3	Detroit (AT)	57	33	18	3	3	72	23	31	173	171	2	41	1	4	119	18-10-1-1	15-8-2-2	1 W	66	61	61	46
4	Montreal (AT)	56	31	17	4	4	70	20	29	194	186	8	38	5	1	140	16-11-0-1	15-6-4-3	4 w. Pts	68	63	63	48
5	Buffalo wc (AT)	55	32	18	5	0	69	26	29	190	167	23	32	7	2	123	17-7-3-0	15-11-2-0	1 W	69	64	64	49
6	Boston wc (AT)	56	32	20	2	2	68	24	30	191	177	14	43	2	2	161	21-8-0-1	11-12-2-1	6 w. Pts	70	65	65	50
7	Pittsburgh (ME)	54	28	15	4	7	67	24	27	183	162	21	38	2	3	131	13-8-3-4	15-7-1-3	1 L	71	66	62	51
8	New York I. (ME)	56	30	21	0	5	65	21	26	161	157	4	27	7	8	128	15-10-0-2	15-11-0-3	2 L	73	68	64	53
9	Washington (ME)	57	28	22	2	5	63	23	27	183	171	12	27	1	3	144	16-10-0-3	12-12-2-2	3 W	75	70	66	55 F: 49
10	Columbus (ME)	54	27	20	6	1	61	18	22	172	177	-5	27	3	1	117	14-8-3-1	13-12-3-0	5 W	77	72	68	57 F: 53
11	Ottawa (AT)	55	27	21	7	0	61	22	24	186	179	7	41	3	1	120	14-10-4-0	13-11-3-0	4 W	77	72	72	57 F: 51
12	Toronto (AT)	56	26	21	8	1	61	18	25	183	192	-9	23	3	3	117	16-9-5-1	10-12-3-0	2 W	77	72	72	57 F: 49
13	Florida (AT)	55	28	24	2	1	59	23	25	168	181	-13	37	4	3	157	14-13-2-1	14-11-0-0	4 L	79	74	74	59 F: 49
14	Philadelphia (ME)	54	24	20	7	3	58	17	19	162	176	-14	25	5	0	134	12-9-5-1	12-11-2-2	4 L	80	75	71	60 F: 50
15	New Jersey (ME)	55	28	25	2	0	58	18	25	145	169	-24	30	4	1	110	13-10-2-0	15-15-0-0	1 L	80	75	71	60 F: 48
16	New York R. (ME)	56	22	28	6	0	50	14	20	151	178	-27	32	4	2	132	6-14-4-0	16-14-2-0	3 L	88	83	79	68 F: 38

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)	54	36	9	4	5	81	33	35	208	136	72	27	1	6	124	20-3-1-3	16-6-3-2	1 L	52	46	47	34
2	Minnesota (CE)	57	33	14	7	3	76	21	29	190	164	26	47	4	7	114	17-6-6-1	16-8-1-2	6 w. Pts	62	62	62	39
3	Dallas (CE)	56	33	14	6	3	75	27	29	188	156	32	49	3	3	136	15-7-2-1	18-7-4-2	5 W	63	63	63	40
4	Vegas (PA)	55	25	16	8	6	64	18	24	182	176	6	41	2	2	104	12-8-2-5	13-8-6-1	5 L	74	74	54	53
5	Edmonton (PA)	56	28	20	5	3	64	21	28	193	185	8	48	5	4	123	15-9-2-2	13-11-3-1	1 L	74	74	55	53
6	Utah wc (CE)	56	29	23	4	0	62	22	29	179	156	23	24	5	1	137	16-8-2-0	13-15-2-0	1 W	76	76	76	55
7	Seattle (PA)	54	26	19	5	4	61	20	25	156	159	-3	34	1	1	108	14-9-3-2	12-10-2-2	4 W	77	77	58	56
8	Anaheim wc (PA)	55	29	23	3	0	61	17	23	181	193	-12	30	7	0	138	16-8-1-0	13-15-2-0	1 W	77	77	58	56
9	L.A. (PA)	54	23	17	8	6	60	14	19	143	153	-10	25	7	3	136	8-10-5-2	15-7-3-4	2 w. Pts	78	78	59	56 F: 56
10	San Jose (PA)	54	27	23	3	1	58	16	25	169	189	-20	38	2	0	131	14-9-2-1	13-14-1-0	3 L	80	80	61	59 F: 54
11	Nashville (CE)	55	26	23	6	0	58	19	23	162	188	-26	35	4	0	131	15-12-2-0	11-11-4-0	4 w. Pts	80	80	80	59 F: 52
12	Chicago (CE)	56	22	25	4	5	53	17	19	154	181	-27	31	4	4	150	12-14-2-3	10-11-2-2	1 W	85	85	85	64 F: 45
13	Winnipeg (CE)	55	22	25	6	2	52	20	21	159	170	-11	29	5	0	131	12-10-4-1	10-15-2-1	2 w. Pts	86	86	86	65 F: 46
14	Calgary (PA)	55	22	27	4	2	50	18	20	138	166	-28	26	8	2	132	14-10-3-1	8-17-1-1	1 L	88	88	69	67 F: 44
15	St. Louis (CE)	56	20	27	6	3	49	19	19	143	198	-55	27	5	5	112	13-11-3-3	7-16-3-0	2 L	89	89	89	68 F: 41
16	Vancouver (PA)	56	18	32	4	2	42	12	14	147	205	-58	32	7	2	119	6-17-2-2	12-15-2-0	2 L	96	96	77	75 F: 34

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	14	21	1.50	123.0
2	7	Pittsburgh	11	15	1.36	111.8
3	6	Boston	17	23	1.35	110.9
4	1	Tampa Bay	12	16	1.33	109.3
5	-	Ottawa	16	19	1.19	97.4
6	-	Washington	18	21	1.17	95.7
7	5	Buffalo	15	17	1.13	92.9
8	4	Montreal	15	16	1.07	87.5
9	2	Carolina	11	11	1.00	82.0
10	-	Toronto	19	18	0.95	77.7
11	8	New York I.	13	12	0.92	75.7
12	-	New York R.	21	19	0.90	74.2
13	-	Florida	15	13	0.87	71.1
14	-	Philadelphia	18	15	0.83	68.3
15	3	Detroit	16	13	0.81	66.6
16	-	New Jersey	16	11	0.69	56.4

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	12	20	1.67	136.7
2	2	Minnesota	14	22	1.57	128.9
3	3	Dallas	14	20	1.43	117.1
4	-	L.A.	18	20	1.11	91.1
5	6	Utah	14	15	1.07	87.9
6	-	Chicago	15	16	1.07	87.5
7	-	Calgary	15	15	1.00	82.0
8	8	Anaheim	16	16	1.00	82.0
9	-	San Jose	21	21	1.00	82.0
10	-	Vancouver	15	14	0.93	76.5
11	5	Edmonton	12	11	0.92	75.2
12	-	Nashville	17	14	0.82	67.5
13	7	Seattle	15	11	0.73	60.1
14	4	Vegas	13	8	0.62	50.5
15	-	St. Louis	15	9	0.60	49.2
16	-	Winnipeg	17	8	0.47	38.6

ALL TEAMS' RECORDS VERSUS THE TOP 8 TEAMS IN BOTH CONFERENCES

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Tampa Bay	23	36	1.57	128.3
2	-	Columbus	28	36	1.29	105.4
3	4	Montreal	29	37	1.28	104.6
4	5	Buffalo	26	31	1.19	97.8
5	7	Pittsburgh	21	25	1.19	97.6
6	8	New York I.	27	32	1.19	97.2
7	-	Ottawa	28	33	1.18	96.6
8	2	Carolina	24	27	1.12	92.2
9	-	Washington	29	31	1.07	87.7
10	6	Boston	31	33	1.06	87.3
11	-	Florida	27	28	1.04	85.0
12	-	New Jersey	31	31	1.00	82.0
13	-	Philadelphia	30	30	1.00	82.0
14	3	Detroit	28	26	0.93	76.1
15	-	New York R.	35	28	0.80	65.6
16	-	Toronto	30	24	0.80	65.6

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	2	Minnesota	26	38	1.46	119.8
2	1	Colorado	26	37	1.42	116.7
3	3	Dallas	25	31	1.24	101.7
4	-	L.A.	29	32	1.10	90.5
5	6	Utah	27	28	1.04	85.0
6	-	Calgary	27	27	1.00	82.0
7	8	Anaheim	28	27	0.96	79.1
8	-	San Jose	31	28	0.90	74.1
9	-	Chicago	28	25	0.89	73.2
10	5	Edmonton	26	23	0.88	72.5
11	-	Nashville	28	24	0.86	70.3
12	4	Vegas	24	20	0.83	68.3
13	-	Vancouver	29	22	0.76	62.2
14	-	St. Louis	28	21	0.75	61.5
15	7	Seattle	27	20	0.74	60.7
16	-	Winnipeg	29	17	0.59	48.1

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