NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Wed Nov 19 00:58:47 2025

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)	19	13	5	1	0	27	9	12	70	54	16	7	2	1	49	6-2-1-0	7-3-0-0	3 w. Pts	131	127	127	123
2	New Jersey (ME)	19	13	5	1	0	27	8	11	62	57	5	12	4	0	46	7-0-1-0	6-5-0-0	1 L	131	127	127	123
3	Detroit (AT)	20	12	7	1	0	25	9	10	62	62	0	15	0	0	45	7-3-1-0	5-4-0-0	4 w. Pts	133	129	125	124
4	Pittsburgh (ME)	19	10	5	1	3	24	10	10	62	50	12	15	1	3	48	5-2-0-1	5-3-1-2	2 w. Pts	134	130	130	126
5	New York I. wc (ME)	20	11	7	0	2	24	8	11	64	64	0	10	5	1	56	4-3-0-1	7-4-0-1	1 W	134	130	130	126
6	Boston (AT)	21	12	9	0	0	24	8	11	69	69	0	18	0	0	66	8-4-0-0	4-5-0-0	1 L	134	130	126	125
7	Montreal (AT)	19	10	6	1	2	23	5	10	63	66	-3	12	2	0	51	5-4-0-1	5-2-1-1	4 L	135	131	127	126
8	Tampa Bay wc (AT)	19	10	7	2	0	22	8	10	59	56	3	10	1	0	54	5-5-0-0	5-2-2-0	1 W	136	132	128	128
9	Ottawa (AT)	19	9	6	4	0	22	6	7	64	65	-1	14	1	0	36	6-3-2-0	3-3-2-0	1 L	136	132	128	128 F: 127
10	Columbus (ME)	20	10	8	1	1	22	6	7	62	65	-3	8	1	0	36	5-3-0-1	5-5-1-0	1 L	136	132	132	128 F: 125
11	New York R. (ME)	21	10	9	2	0	22	7	9	53	52	1	9	2	2	45	1-7-1-0	9-2-1-0	2 L	136	132	132	128 F: 123
12	Philadelphia (ME)	18	9	6	3	0	21	4	5	51	51	0	10	0	0	49	6-3-2-0	3-3-1-0	1 L	137	133	133	128 F: 128
13	Florida (AT)	19	10	8	0	1	21	9	9	58	59	-1	16	2	1	54	7-2-0-1	3-6-0-0	1 W	137	133	129	129 F: 126
14	Washington (ME)	19	9	8	0	2	20	8	9	53	49	4	8	0	1	45	5-4-0-1	4-4-0-1	2 w. Pts	138	134	134	130 F: 125
15	Toronto (AT)	20	9	9	2	0	20	6	9	70	74	-4	8	1	0	47	8-4-2-0	1-5-0-0	1 W	138	134	130	130 F: 123
16	Buffalo (AT)	19	7	8	4	0	18	5	6	56	65	-9	10	3	1	52	6-3-2-0	1-5-2-0	2 W	140	136	132	132 F: 123

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)	19	13	1	3	2	31	12	13	78	47	31	12	1	0	55	7-0-0-2	6-1-3-0	10 w. Pts	123	121	121	117
2	Dallas (CE)	20	12	5	2	1	27	9	10	66	57	9	22	0	2	45	6-4-1-0	6-1-1-1	1 L	131	131	131	121
3	Anaheim (PA)	19	12	6	1	0	25	8	11	70	60	10	14	3	0	52	6-1-0-0	6-5-1-0	1 W	133	133	126	123
4	Winnipeg (CE)	19	12	7	0	0	24	10	11	64	52	12	15	3	0	59	6-3-0-0	6-4-0-0	2 W	134	134	134	124
5	Chicago wc (CE)	19	10	5	3	1	24	9	10	64	49	15	13	1	1	59	5-2-1-1	5-3-2-0	6 w. Pts	134	134	134	124
6	Vegas (PA)	19	9	4	5	1	24	8	9	60	55	5	17	1	1	42	5-3-2-1	4-1-3-0	4 w. Pts	134	134	128	124
7	L.A. (PA)	20	10	6	1	3	24	6	9	56	57	-1	10	3	2	53	1-4-1-1	9-2-0-2	1 L	134	134	128	124
8	Seattle wc (PA)	19	9	5	3	2	23	6	9	51	54	-3	11	1	1	38	6-1-2-1	3-4-1-1	1 L	135	135	129	125
9	Utah (CE)	20	10	7	3	0	23	7	10	62	61	1	9	0	0	45	5-1-1-0	5-6-2-0	4 w. Pts	135	135	135	126 F: 125
10	Minnesota (CE)	20	9	7	4	0	22	6	8	56	61	-5	20	0	3	33	6-3-3-0	3-4-1-0	5 w. Pts	136	136	136	127 F: 124
11	Edmonton (PA)	21	9	8	2	2	22	4	9	63	75	-12	16	2	1	44	5-1-1-1	4-7-1-1	1 L	136	136	130	127 F: 122
12	San Jose (PA)	20	9	8	2	1	21	4	9	59	65	-6	13	2	0	50	5-3-2-1	4-5-0-0	1 W	137	137	131	128 F: 123
13	Vancouver (PA)	21	9	10	2	0	20	5	7	67	77	-10	16	3	0	47	3-5-1-0	6-5-1-0	1 L	138	138	132	129 F: 120
14	St. Louis (CE)	20	6	9	3	2	17	6	6	55	78	-23	12	2	1	37	3-5-2-2	3-4-1-0	3 L	141	141	141	132 F: 119
15	Nashville (CE)	20	6	10	4	0	16	4	5	49	70	-21	10	1	0	48	5-5-2-0	1-5-2-0	1 L	142	142	142	133 F: 118
16	Calgary (PA)	21	5	13	1	2	13	4	4	45	67	-22	9	1	1	55	3-4-1-1	2-9-0-1	2 L	145	145	139	136 F: 113

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	-	Philadelphia	4	7	1.75	143.5
2	1	Carolina	4	6	1.50	123.0
3	4	Pittsburgh	2	3	1.50	123.0
4	6	Boston	6	8	1.33	109.3
5	-	Ottawa	6	8	1.33	109.3
6	8	Tampa Bay	4	5	1.25	102.5
7	-	Columbus	5	6	1.20	98.4
8	2	New Jersey	6	7	1.17	95.7
9	7	Montreal	3	3	1.00	82.0
10	-	New York R.	8	8	1.00	82.0
11	-	Washington	8	7	0.88	71.8
12	-	Buffalo	6	5	0.83	68.3
13	5	New York I.	6	5	0.83	68.3
14	3	Detroit	3	2	0.67	54.7
15	-	Toronto	8	4	0.50	41.0
16	-	Florida	5	2	0.40	32.8

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	4	7	1.75	143.5
2	8	Seattle	6	10	1.67	136.7
3	2	Dallas	5	7	1.40	114.8
4	-	Minnesota	5	7	1.40	114.8
5	7	L.A.	6	8	1.33	109.3
6	3	Anaheim	6	7	1.17	95.7
7	-	San Jose	7	8	1.14	93.7
8	-	Utah	5	5	1.00	82.0
9	-	Vancouver	5	5	1.00	82.0
10	-	St. Louis	5	4	0.80	65.6
11	6	Vegas	4	3	0.75	61.5
12	-	Edmonton	4	3	0.75	61.5
13	4	Winnipeg	7	4	0.57	46.9
14	5	Chicago	4	2	0.50	41.0
15	-	Nashville	5	2	0.40	32.8
16	-	Calgary	7	1	0.14	11.7

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

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	8	Tampa Bay	10	13	1.30	106.6
2	-	Philadelphia	7	9	1.29	105.4
3	1	Carolina	10	12	1.20	98.4
4	2	New Jersey	11	13	1.18	96.9
5	7	Montreal	8	9	1.12	92.2
6	-	Columbus	9	10	1.11	91.1
7	-	Ottawa	10	11	1.10	90.2
8	6	Boston	11	12	1.09	89.5
9	-	Florida	12	13	1.08	88.8
10	-	Washington	11	11	1.00	82.0
11	-	New York R.	10	10	1.00	82.0
12	5	New York I.	10	9	0.90	73.8
13	3	Detroit	9	8	0.89	72.9
14	4	Pittsburgh	6	5	0.83	68.3
15	-	Buffalo	8	5	0.62	51.2
16	-	Toronto	11	6	0.55	44.7

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	11	17	1.55	126.7
2	8	Seattle	9	12	1.33	109.3
3	2	Dallas	9	12	1.33	109.3
4	6	Vegas	11	13	1.18	96.9
5	7	L.A.	12	14	1.17	95.7
6	3	Anaheim	13	15	1.15	94.6
7	-	Minnesota	9	9	1.00	82.0
8	-	Utah	9	8	0.89	72.9
9	-	Vancouver	9	8	0.89	72.9
10	4	Winnipeg	9	8	0.89	72.9
11	5	Chicago	9	8	0.89	72.9
12	-	San Jose	13	11	0.85	69.4
13	-	Edmonton	9	7	0.78	63.8
14	-	Nashville	9	5	0.56	45.6
15	-	St. Louis	8	4	0.50	41.0
16	-	Calgary	8	2	0.25	20.5

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