NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Sat Jan 10 22:06:43 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)	45	28	14	1	2	59	19	24	155	135	20	26	5	2	100	16-8-1-0	12-6-0-2	4 W	91	77	72	71
2	Detroit (AT)	46	27	15	2	2	58	20	25	145	142	3	36	1	3	98	15-8-1-0	12-7-1-2	3 W	92	78	78	72
3	Tampa Bay (AT)	43	27	13	2	1	57	22	26	153	114	39	26	3	1	118	12-9-0-0	15-4-2-1	9 W	93	77	74	73
4	Montreal (AT)	45	25	14	2	4	56	16	23	151	148	3	29	3	1	115	12-10-0-1	13-4-2-3	1 L	94	80	75	74
5	New York I. (ME)	44	24	15	0	5	53	16	20	130	122	8	21	5	6	100	14-8-0-2	10-7-0-3	3 w. Pts	97	83	81	77
6	Buffalo wc (AT)	43	24	15	4	0	52	18	21	140	134	6	23	5	1	100	14-5-2-0	10-10-2-0	3 W	98	84	79	78
7	Philadelphia (ME)	43	22	13	5	3	52	15	17	132	127	5	19	2	0	105	12-6-4-1	10-7-1-2	2 L	98	84	82	78
8	Washington wc (ME)	45	23	16	1	5	52	21	23	148	130	18	19	1	3	108	13-8-0-3	10-8-1-2	1 W	98	84	82	78
9	Pittsburgh (ME)	43	21	13	4	5	51	17	20	140	134	6	34	1	3	101	10-7-3-2	11-6-1-3	1 L	99	85	83	77 F: 78
10	Toronto (AT)	44	22	15	6	1	51	17	22	148	140	8	19	3	3	99	16-5-4-1	6-10-2-0	9 w. Pts	99	85	80	79 F: 76
11	Boston (AT)	45	24	19	1	1	50	17	22	151	146	5	34	1	0	135	14-8-0-1	10-11-1-0	2 W	100	86	81	80 F: 73
12	Florida (AT)	44	23	18	2	1	49	20	21	135	142	-7	30	4	3	127	14-9-2-1	9-9-0-0	1 W	101	87	82	81 F: 74
13	New Jersey (ME)	44	22	20	2	0	46	15	19	115	137	-22	23	4	1	88	11-8-2-0	11-12-0-0	3 L	104	90	88	84 F: 71
14	New York R. (ME)	46	20	20	6	0	46	13	18	120	135	-15	25	3	2	106	5-11-4-0	15-9-2-0	3 L	104	90	88	84 F: 67
15	Ottawa (AT)	44	20	19	5	0	45	15	17	141	148	-7	34	3	1	96	10-9-3-0	10-10-2-0	4 L	105	91	86	85 F: 70
16	Columbus (ME)	44	18	19	6	1	43	11	14	132	151	-19	19	3	0	95	9-7-3-1	9-12-3-0	4 L	107	93	91	87 F: 68

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)	44	33	4	3	4	73	30	32	179	99	80	25	1	5	107	19-0-0-2	14-4-3-2	2 W	63	63	63	50
2	Dallas (CE)	45	26	10	6	3	61	22	23	157	129	28	39	3	3	117	12-6-2-1	14-4-4-2	2 w. Pts	89	89	89	62
3	Minnesota (CE)	45	26	11	5	3	60	18	23	143	121	22	33	3	7	82	13-4-4-1	13-7-1-2	1 W	90	90	90	63
4	Vegas (PA)	42	19	11	7	5	50	14	18	133	132	1	33	1	2	83	9-6-2-4	10-5-5-1	3 w. Pts	100	100	77	75
5	Edmonton (PA)	44	22	16	4	2	50	17	22	149	148	1	41	4	2	101	11-5-2-1	11-11-2-1	2 W	100	100	81	75
6	San Jose (PA)	44	23	18	2	1	49	12	21	141	155	-14	33	2	0	109	13-8-2-1	10-10-0-0	3 W	101	101	82	76
7	Seattle wc (PA)	43	20	15	4	4	48	14	19	119	126	-7	27	1	1	83	10-7-3-2	10-8-1-2	2 L	102	102	83	77
8	Utah wc (CE)	45	22	20	3	0	47	16	22	137	127	10	21	3	1	108	11-7-1-0	11-13-2-0	3 W	103	103	103	78
9	L.A. (PA)	43	18	15	5	5	46	12	16	115	122	-7	20	7	3	113	7-9-4-1	11-6-1-4	2 L	104	104	85	77 F: 78
10	Anaheim (PA)	45	21	21	3	0	45	13	17	150	168	-18	24	6	0	114	12-8-1-0	9-13-2-0	9 L	105	105	86	80 F: 73
11	Nashville (CE)	43	20	19	4	0	44	14	17	122	143	-21	25	3	0	107	11-9-2-0	9-10-2-0	1 W	106	106	106	81 F: 76
12	Chicago (CE)	44	18	19	4	3	43	14	16	126	142	-16	29	3	2	123	10-9-2-2	8-10-2-1	1 L	107	107	107	82 F: 73
13	St. Louis (CE)	45	17	20	6	2	42	17	17	112	157	-45	19	4	4	90	10-9-3-2	7-11-3-0	2 L	108	108	108	83 F: 70
14	Calgary (PA)	45	19	22	2	2	42	15	17	116	135	-19	19	6	2	111	12-7-1-1	7-15-1-1	1 W	108	108	89	83 F: 70
15	Winnipeg (CE)	43	16	22	4	1	37	14	15	126	135	-9	23	5	0	107	9-9-3-0	7-13-1-1	1 W	113	113	113	88 F: 69
16	Vancouver (PA)	44	16	23	4	1	37	10	12	121	158	-37	30	5	1	104	4-12-2-1	12-11-2-0	6 L	113	113	94	88 F: 67

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	-	Pittsburgh	12	19	1.58	129.8
2	3	Tampa Bay	13	19	1.46	119.8
3	6	Buffalo	9	12	1.33	109.3
4	-	Boston	14	18	1.29	105.4
5	1	Carolina	11	14	1.27	104.4
6	-	Ottawa	11	14	1.27	104.4
7	7	Philadelphia	11	13	1.18	96.9
8	5	New York I.	13	15	1.15	94.6
9	-	Columbus	12	13	1.08	88.8
10	8	Washington	12	13	1.08	88.8
11	-	Florida	15	15	1.00	82.0
12	-	New York R.	17	17	1.00	82.0
13	-	Toronto	16	15	0.94	76.9
14	2	Detroit	12	11	0.92	75.2
15	4	Montreal	9	8	0.89	72.9
16	-	New Jersey	16	12	0.75	61.5

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	2	Dallas	11	19	1.73	141.6
2	1	Colorado	12	20	1.67	136.7
3	3	Minnesota	14	19	1.36	111.3
4	-	L.A.	14	16	1.14	93.7
5	-	Chicago	10	11	1.10	90.2
6	-	Calgary	15	16	1.07	87.5
7	4	Vegas	11	11	1.00	82.0
8	6	San Jose	17	17	1.00	82.0
9	8	Utah	12	11	0.92	75.2
10	-	St. Louis	10	9	0.90	73.8
11	5	Edmonton	10	9	0.90	73.8
12	-	Nashville	12	10	0.83	68.3
13	-	Vancouver	13	10	0.77	63.1
14	-	Anaheim	13	10	0.77	63.1
15	7	Seattle	13	9	0.69	56.8
16	-	Winnipeg	15	5	0.33	27.3

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	21	33	1.57	128.9
2	-	Pittsburgh	20	27	1.35	110.7
3	5	New York I.	24	31	1.29	105.9
4	6	Buffalo	18	23	1.28	104.8
5	4	Montreal	19	22	1.16	94.9
6	7	Philadelphia	20	23	1.15	94.3
7	-	Ottawa	21	24	1.14	93.7
8	1	Carolina	23	26	1.13	92.7
9	-	Florida	24	27	1.12	92.2
10	8	Washington	19	21	1.11	90.6
11	2	Detroit	20	21	1.05	86.1
12	-	Boston	24	24	1.00	82.0
13	-	New Jersey	27	26	0.96	79.0
14	-	Columbus	23	22	0.96	78.4
15	-	New York R.	29	27	0.93	76.3
16	-	Toronto	21	19	0.90	74.2

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	22	35	1.59	130.5
2	2	Dallas	22	32	1.45	119.3
3	3	Minnesota	21	27	1.29	105.4
4	4	Vegas	20	22	1.10	90.2
5	-	Calgary	24	26	1.08	88.8
6	-	L.A.	21	22	1.05	85.9
7	8	Utah	20	20	1.00	82.0
8	-	St. Louis	21	19	0.90	74.2
9	-	Chicago	20	18	0.90	73.8
10	5	Edmonton	22	19	0.86	70.8
11	6	San Jose	24	20	0.83	68.3
12	-	Nashville	20	15	0.75	61.5
13	-	Vancouver	24	17	0.71	58.1
14	-	Anaheim	24	15	0.62	51.2
15	7	Seattle	23	14	0.61	49.9
16	-	Winnipeg	25	14	0.56	45.9

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