NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Mon Jan 19 21:07:36 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)	50	31	15	2	2	66	22	27	173	145	28	33	6	2	114	18-8-1-0	13-7-1-2	3 W	81	69	60	57
2	Tampa Bay (AT)	47	30	13	2	2	64	24	28	166	120	46	30	3	1	127	12-9-0-0	18-4-2-2	13 w. Pts	83	67	65	61
3	Detroit (AT)	50	30	16	2	2	64	21	28	157	153	4	40	1	3	105	18-8-1-0	12-8-1-2	2 W	83	71	71	61
4	Montreal (AT)	49	27	15	3	4	61	17	25	168	164	4	34	4	1	125	13-10-0-1	14-5-3-3	1 W	86	74	74	64
5	Boston wc (AT)	49	28	19	1	1	58	21	26	164	150	14	36	2	2	142	17-8-0-1	11-11-1-0	6 W	89	77	77	67
6	Buffalo wc (AT)	48	26	17	5	0	57	20	23	158	150	8	28	6	1	109	16-6-3-0	10-11-2-0	2 L	90	78	78	68
7	Pittsburgh (ME)	48	23	14	4	7	57	19	22	156	147	9	37	2	3	118	11-7-3-4	12-7-1-3	4 w. Pts	90	78	74	66
8	New York I. (ME)	48	26	17	0	5	57	17	22	141	134	7	22	6	7	110	14-8-0-2	12-9-0-3	1 L	90	78	74	66
9	Toronto (AT)	48	24	16	7	1	56	17	24	162	158	4	20	3	3	107	16-5-4-1	8-11-3-0	2 w. Pts	91	79	79	69 F: 68
10	Washington (ME)	50	24	20	1	5	54	21	24	159	148	11	23	1	3	125	14-10-0-3	10-10-1-2	3 L	93	81	77	71 F: 62
11	Florida (AT)	48	25	20	2	1	53	22	23	146	160	-14	32	4	3	134	14-10-2-1	11-10-0-0	1 L	94	82	82	72 F: 65
12	Philadelphia (ME)	47	22	17	5	3	52	15	17	141	149	-8	20	3	0	114	12-8-4-1	10-9-1-2	6 L	95	83	79	73 F: 66
13	Ottawa (AT)	48	22	19	7	0	51	17	19	159	163	-4	39	3	1	103	11-9-4-0	11-10-3-0	4 w. Pts	96	84	84	74 F: 63
14	Columbus (ME)	48	22	19	6	1	51	13	17	148	160	-12	24	3	0	101	11-7-3-1	11-12-3-0	4 W	96	84	80	74 F: 63
15	New Jersey (ME)	48	24	22	2	0	50	16	21	127	149	-22	25	4	1	93	12-9-2-0	12-13-0-0	1 L	97	85	81	75 F: 62
16	New York R. (ME)	49	21	22	6	0	48	14	19	132	150	-18	27	3	2	111	5-13-4-0	16-9-2-0	1 W	99	87	83	77 F: 58

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)	47	34	5	4	4	76	31	33	190	112	78	27	1	5	112	20-1-1-2	14-4-3-2	1 W	59	54	54	44
2	Dallas (CE)	49	27	13	6	3	63	23	24	163	139	24	40	3	3	124	12-7-2-1	15-6-4-2	3 L	84	84	84	57
3	Minnesota (CE)	49	27	13	6	3	63	18	24	155	140	15	36	3	7	92	13-6-5-1	14-7-1-2	1 W	84	84	84	57
4	Vegas (PA)	47	24	11	7	5	60	17	23	160	145	15	38	1	2	91	12-6-2-4	12-5-5-1	8 w. Pts	87	87	63	60
5	Edmonton (PA)	50	25	17	5	3	58	20	25	170	158	12	46	4	4	112	12-6-2-2	13-11-3-1	2 W	89	89	73	62
6	Utah wc (CE)	49	25	20	4	0	54	19	25	153	135	18	21	4	1	116	14-7-2-0	11-13-2-0	7 w. Pts	93	93	93	66
7	San Jose (PA)	48	25	20	2	1	53	14	23	152	169	-17	33	2	0	116	13-9-2-1	12-11-0-0	1 W	94	94	78	67
8	Seattle wc (PA)	48	21	18	5	4	51	15	20	133	147	-14	31	1	1	92	10-8-3-2	11-10-2-2	4 L	96	96	80	69
9	Anaheim (PA)	48	24	21	3	0	51	14	19	158	172	-14	24	6	0	125	14-8-1-0	10-13-2-0	3 W	96	96	80	69 F: 69
10	L.A. (PA)	48	19	16	7	6	51	12	16	125	136	-11	23	7	3	122	7-10-5-2	12-6-2-4	4 L	96	96	80	69 F: 69
11	Nashville (CE)	48	23	21	4	0	50	16	20	138	161	-23	29	4	0	117	13-10-2-0	10-11-2-0	1 L	97	97	97	70 F: 68
12	Calgary (PA)	48	21	23	2	2	46	17	19	126	143	-17	23	7	2	120	13-7-1-1	8-16-1-1	2 W	101	101	85	74 F: 64
13	St. Louis (CE)	49	19	22	6	2	46	18	18	120	168	-48	21	5	5	97	12-9-3-2	7-13-3-0	1 L	101	101	101	74 F: 62
14	Chicago (CE)	48	19	22	4	3	45	15	17	133	154	-21	30	3	3	131	10-12-2-2	9-10-2-1	3 L	102	102	102	75 F: 63
15	Winnipeg (CE)	47	19	22	5	1	44	17	18	144	148	-4	26	5	0	114	11-9-4-0	8-13-1-1	5 w. Pts	103	103	103	76 F: 64
16	Vancouver (PA)	48	16	27	4	1	37	10	12	126	176	-50	31	5	1	109	4-13-2-1	12-14-2-0	10 L	110	110	94	83 F: 55

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	13	19	1.46	119.8
2	7	Pittsburgh	11	15	1.36	111.8
3	5	Boston	15	20	1.33	109.3
4	2	Tampa Bay	11	14	1.27	104.4
5	-	Ottawa	14	17	1.21	99.6
6	4	Montreal	12	14	1.17	95.7
7	6	Buffalo	12	13	1.08	88.8
8	1	Carolina	11	11	1.00	82.0
9	8	New York I.	12	12	1.00	82.0
10	-	New York R.	17	17	1.00	82.0
11	-	Toronto	17	17	1.00	82.0
12	-	Washington	15	15	1.00	82.0
13	-	Philadelphia	16	15	0.94	76.9
14	-	Florida	14	13	0.93	76.1
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	Dallas	12	19	1.58	129.8
3	3	Minnesota	14	19	1.36	111.3
4	-	L.A.	17	19	1.12	91.6
5	4	Vegas	12	13	1.08	88.8
6	6	Utah	14	15	1.07	87.9
7	-	Calgary	15	16	1.07	87.5
8	-	Chicago	11	11	1.00	82.0
9	7	San Jose	18	17	0.94	77.4
10	-	Nashville	15	14	0.93	76.5
11	5	Edmonton	10	9	0.90	73.8
12	-	Anaheim	14	12	0.86	70.3
13	-	St. Louis	12	9	0.75	61.5
14	-	Vancouver	14	10	0.71	58.6
15	8	Seattle	14	9	0.64	52.7
16	-	Winnipeg	16	7	0.44	35.9

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

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	2	Tampa Bay	20	30	1.50	123.0
2	8	New York I.	25	32	1.28	105.0
3	4	Montreal	22	28	1.27	104.4
4	7	Pittsburgh	20	25	1.25	102.5
5	-	Columbus	25	30	1.20	98.4
6	6	Buffalo	22	25	1.14	93.2
7	-	Ottawa	24	27	1.12	92.2
8	5	Boston	26	28	1.08	88.3
9	-	Florida	24	25	1.04	85.4
10	-	New Jersey	29	29	1.00	82.0
11	3	Detroit	25	25	1.00	82.0
12	-	Philadelphia	25	25	1.00	82.0
13	1	Carolina	23	23	1.00	82.0
14	-	Toronto	25	24	0.96	78.7
15	-	Washington	24	23	0.96	78.6
16	-	New York R.	30	27	0.90	73.8

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	23	35	1.52	124.8
2	3	Minnesota	23	31	1.35	110.5
3	2	Dallas	22	28	1.27	104.4
4	4	Vegas	21	24	1.14	93.7
5	-	L.A.	25	28	1.12	91.8
6	6	Utah	25	28	1.12	91.8
7	-	Calgary	26	28	1.08	88.3
8	-	Nashville	23	21	0.91	74.9
9	5	Edmonton	23	21	0.91	74.9
10	7	San Jose	27	24	0.89	72.9
11	-	Anaheim	26	23	0.88	72.5
12	-	St. Louis	25	21	0.84	68.9
13	-	Chicago	21	17	0.81	66.4
14	-	Vancouver	26	18	0.69	56.8
15	8	Seattle	25	16	0.64	52.5
16	-	Winnipeg	26	16	0.62	50.5

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