NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Fri Feb 27 01:47:00 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)	57	38	15	2	2	80	29	34	207	147	60	39	3	2	148	19-9-0-0	19-6-2-2	1 L	56	49	42	36
2	Carolina (ME)	58	37	15	3	3	80	27	33	202	167	35	39	6	3	131	22-8-1-1	15-7-2-2	11 w. Pts	56	51	43	36
3	Detroit (AT)	59	34	19	3	3	74	23	32	176	176	0	43	1	4	122	18-10-1-1	16-9-2-2	1 W	62	57	57	42
4	Montreal (AT)	58	32	17	5	4	73	21	30	202	191	11	41	6	1	144	16-11-1-1	16-6-4-3	6 w. Pts	63	58	58	43
5	Pittsburgh (ME)	57	30	15	5	7	72	26	29	196	170	26	39	4	3	142	14-8-3-4	16-7-2-3	3 w. Pts	64	59	57	44
6	Buffalo wc (AT)	58	33	19	6	0	72	27	30	197	177	20	34	7	2	129	17-8-3-0	16-11-3-0	1 W	64	59	59	44
7	Boston wc (AT)	58	33	20	2	3	71	25	31	199	184	15	45	2	2	163	22-8-0-1	11-12-2-2	8 w. Pts	65	60	60	45
8	New York I. (ME)	59	33	21	0	5	71	22	29	173	165	8	28	7	8	132	16-10-0-2	17-11-0-3	3 W	65	60	58	45
9	Washington (ME)	60	30	23	2	5	67	25	29	192	178	14	29	3	3	152	18-10-0-3	12-13-2-2	2 W	69	64	62	51 F: 41
10	Columbus (ME)	57	29	21	6	1	65	20	24	181	181	0	27	3	3	125	15-8-3-1	14-13-3-0	1 L	71	66	64	53 F: 45
11	Ottawa (AT)	58	28	22	8	0	64	22	25	192	186	6	44	3	1	123	14-10-5-0	14-12-3-0	2 w. Pts	72	67	67	54 F: 42
12	Florida (AT)	58	30	25	2	1	63	24	26	179	192	-13	41	6	3	168	16-13-2-1	14-12-0-0	1 W	73	68	68	55 F: 41
13	Philadelphia (ME)	58	26	21	8	3	63	18	21	171	185	-14	27	5	0	140	13-9-6-1	13-12-2-2	1 W	73	68	66	55 F: 41
14	Toronto (AT)	59	27	23	8	1	63	19	26	191	203	-12	27	3	3	124	16-9-5-1	11-14-3-0	2 L	73	68	68	55 F: 39
15	New Jersey (ME)	59	28	29	2	0	58	18	25	148	181	-33	30	4	1	118	13-13-2-0	15-16-0-0	5 L	78	73	71	60 F: 34
16	New York R. (ME)	58	22	29	7	0	51	14	20	153	183	-30	32	4	2	139	6-15-5-0	16-14-2-0	5 L	85	80	78	67 F: 29

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)	57	38	10	4	5	85	35	37	218	145	73	28	1	6	135	21-4-1-3	17-6-3-2	1 L	46	42	43	26
2	Minnesota (CE)	59	35	14	7	3	80	22	31	201	171	30	50	5	7	118	17-6-6-1	18-8-1-2	8 w. Pts	56	56	56	31
3	Dallas (CE)	58	35	14	6	3	79	29	31	197	161	36	51	3	3	143	17-7-2-1	18-7-4-2	7 W	57	57	57	32
4	Vegas (PA)	58	28	16	8	6	70	21	27	197	183	14	43	2	2	110	14-8-2-5	14-8-6-1	3 W	66	66	46	41
5	Edmonton (PA)	60	29	23	5	3	66	22	29	211	201	10	53	5	4	130	15-10-2-2	14-13-3-1	1 W	70	70	53	45
6	Anaheim (PA)	57	31	23	3	0	65	19	25	191	200	-9	31	7	0	139	18-8-1-0	13-15-2-0	3 W	71	71	54	46
7	Utah wc (CE)	58	30	24	4	0	64	23	30	185	161	24	26	5	1	142	17-9-2-0	13-15-2-0	1 L	72	72	72	47
8	Seattle wc (PA)	58	27	22	5	4	63	21	26	164	174	-10	36	1	1	115	14-9-3-2	13-13-2-2	2 L	73	73	56	48
9	Nashville (CE)	58	27	24	7	0	61	20	24	173	200	-27	38	4	0	140	16-12-3-0	11-12-4-0	1 W	75	75	75	50 F: 47
10	L.A. (PA)	58	23	21	8	6	60	14	19	151	175	-24	28	7	3	143	8-13-5-2	15-8-3-4	5 L	76	76	59	51 F: 46
11	San Jose (PA)	56	27	25	3	1	58	16	25	172	197	-25	38	2	0	137	14-10-2-1	13-15-1-0	5 L	78	78	61	53 F: 48
12	Calgary (PA)	57	24	27	4	2	54	20	22	146	170	-24	28	8	2	137	15-10-3-1	9-17-1-1	2 W	82	82	65	57 F: 42
13	Winnipeg (CE)	57	23	26	6	2	54	20	22	163	177	-14	30	5	0	133	12-11-4-1	11-15-2-1	1 W	82	82	82	57 F: 42
14	Chicago (CE)	58	22	27	4	5	53	17	19	156	189	-33	32	4	4	151	12-14-2-3	10-13-2-2	2 L	83	83	83	58 F: 39
15	St. Louis (CE)	58	21	28	6	3	51	20	20	152	204	-52	28	5	5	117	14-11-3-3	7-17-3-0	1 W	85	85	85	60 F: 37
16	Vancouver (PA)	58	18	33	5	2	43	12	14	151	213	-62	32	7	2	123	6-17-3-2	12-16-2-0	4 L	93	93	76	68 F: 29

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	15	21	1.40	114.8
2	5	Pittsburgh	13	18	1.38	113.5
3	7	Boston	17	23	1.35	110.9
4	1	Tampa Bay	14	18	1.29	105.4
5	-	Washington	18	21	1.17	95.7
6	-	Ottawa	18	20	1.11	91.1
7	2	Carolina	12	13	1.08	88.8
8	8	New York I.	15	16	1.07	87.5
9	4	Montreal	16	17	1.06	87.1
10	6	Buffalo	17	18	1.06	86.8
11	-	Toronto	20	18	0.90	73.8
12	-	Florida	17	15	0.88	72.4
13	-	New York R.	22	19	0.86	70.8
14	-	Philadelphia	18	15	0.83	68.3
15	3	Detroit	16	13	0.81	66.6
16	-	New Jersey	19	11	0.58	47.5

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	2	Minnesota	15	24	1.60	131.2
2	1	Colorado	14	22	1.57	128.9
3	3	Dallas	15	22	1.47	120.3
4	6	Anaheim	18	20	1.11	91.1
5	-	Chicago	15	16	1.07	87.5
6	-	Calgary	16	17	1.06	87.1
7	7	Utah	15	15	1.00	82.0
8	-	San Jose	22	21	0.95	78.3
9	-	L.A.	22	20	0.91	74.5
10	-	Vancouver	16	14	0.88	71.8
11	5	Edmonton	13	11	0.85	69.4
12	-	Nashville	18	15	0.83	68.3
13	-	St. Louis	17	11	0.65	53.1
14	8	Seattle	17	11	0.65	53.1
15	4	Vegas	13	8	0.62	50.5
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	25	38	1.52	124.6
2	4	Montreal	30	38	1.27	103.9
3	8	New York I.	29	36	1.24	101.8
4	-	Columbus	29	36	1.24	101.8
5	5	Pittsburgh	23	28	1.22	99.8
6	2	Carolina	25	29	1.16	95.1
7	6	Buffalo	28	32	1.14	93.7
8	-	Ottawa	30	34	1.13	92.9
9	-	Washington	29	31	1.07	87.7
10	7	Boston	31	33	1.06	87.3
11	-	Florida	29	30	1.03	84.8
12	-	Philadelphia	30	30	1.00	82.0
13	-	New Jersey	34	31	0.91	74.8
14	3	Detroit	29	26	0.90	73.5
15	-	Toronto	32	26	0.81	66.6
16	-	New York R.	36	28	0.78	63.8

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	2	Minnesota	27	40	1.48	121.5
2	1	Colorado	28	39	1.39	114.2
3	3	Dallas	26	33	1.27	104.1
4	-	Calgary	28	29	1.04	84.9
5	7	Utah	29	30	1.03	84.8
6	6	Anaheim	30	31	1.03	84.7
7	-	L.A.	33	32	0.97	79.5
8	-	Chicago	28	25	0.89	73.2
9	-	San Jose	32	28	0.88	71.8
10	-	Nashville	29	25	0.86	70.7
11	5	Edmonton	27	23	0.85	69.9
12	4	Vegas	24	20	0.83	68.3
13	-	St. Louis	30	23	0.77	62.9
14	-	Vancouver	30	22	0.73	60.1
15	8	Seattle	29	20	0.69	56.6
16	-	Winnipeg	30	17	0.57	46.5

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