NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Sat Mar 14 01:01:44 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)	65	41	18	3	3	88	30	36	230	190	40	43	6	3	145	24-9-1-1	17-9-2-2	1 L	46	33	26	24
2	Buffalo (AT)	66	40	20	6	0	86	34	37	232	198	34	41	10	2	148	21-9-3-0	19-11-3-0	1 L	48	37	35	26
3	Tampa Bay (AT)	64	40	20	2	2	84	31	36	229	178	51	43	3	2	167	20-11-0-0	20-9-2-2	1 W	50	39	35	28
4	Montreal (AT)	64	36	18	5	5	82	25	34	228	212	16	46	7	1	157	18-11-1-1	18-7-4-4	4 w. Pts	52	41	37	30
5	Pittsburgh (ME)	65	32	18	5	10	79	27	31	219	199	20	45	5	4	163	16-9-3-5	16-9-2-5	2 L	55	44	44	33
6	Detroit wc (AT)	66	36	23	4	3	79	25	34	193	198	-5	45	2	5	135	18-11-2-1	18-12-2-2	2 L	55	44	40	33
7	New York I. (ME)	66	37	24	0	5	79	23	33	194	189	5	31	8	8	146	17-11-0-2	20-13-0-3	1 L	55	44	44	33
8	Boston wc (AT)	65	36	23	3	3	78	27	34	216	205	11	48	2	2	180	25-9-0-1	11-14-3-2	1 L	56	45	41	34
9	Columbus (ME)	65	33	21	10	1	77	23	28	210	207	3	32	5	3	138	17-8-6-1	16-13-4-0	8 w. Pts	57	46	46	35 F: 34
10	Ottawa (AT)	64	32	23	9	0	73	26	29	216	201	15	48	4	2	137	14-11-5-0	18-12-4-0	1 L	61	50	46	39 F: 32
11	Philadelphia (ME)	65	31	23	8	3	73	20	23	190	203	-13	29	6	0	156	15-11-6-1	16-12-2-2	2 W	61	50	50	39 F: 30
12	Washington (ME)	67	33	27	2	5	73	28	32	210	200	10	33	3	3	166	20-11-0-3	13-16-2-2	1 W	61	50	50	39 F: 26
13	Florida (AT)	65	33	29	2	1	69	26	29	197	214	-17	47	6	3	182	18-14-2-1	15-15-0-0	3 W	65	54	50	43 F: 26
14	Toronto (AT)	66	28	27	8	3	67	20	27	209	233	-24	32	4	3	142	17-11-5-2	11-16-3-1	1 W	67	56	52	45 F: 22
15	New Jersey (ME)	65	32	31	2	0	66	21	28	170	197	-27	36	4	1	134	16-15-2-0	16-16-0-0	2 L	68	57	57	46 F: 23
16	New York R. (ME)	65	27	30	8	0	62	18	24	185	203	-18	39	4	3	147	9-15-6-0	18-15-2-0	3 W		61	61	50 F: 19

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)	64	44	11	4	5	97	39	41	246	160	86	34	1	6	152	23-5-1-3	21-6-3-2	1 W	30	30	30	10
2	Dallas (CE)	65	41	14	6	4	92	33	37	229	176	53	59	3	3	160	21-7-2-2	20-7-4-2	14 w. Pts	42	42	42	15
3	Minnesota (CE)	66	38	16	7	5	88	25	34	222	188	34	55	6	8	136	19-7-6-2	19-9-1-3	5 w. Pts	46	46	46	19
4	Anaheim (PA)	65	36	26	3	0	75	21	28	219	228	-9	35	7	0	160	22-10-1-0	14-16-2-0	1 L	59	59	32	32
5	Utah wc (CE)	66	34	26	6	0	74	26	34	205	184	21	30	6	2	158	18-10-3-0	16-16-3-0	3 L	60	60	60	33
6	Vegas (PA)	66	30	22	8	6	74	22	29	216	209	7	46	3	2	132	15-10-2-5	15-12-6-1	1 W	60	60	36	33
7	Edmonton (PA)	67	32	26	6	3	73	24	32	235	231	4	59	5	4	143	16-11-2-2	16-15-4-1	2 L	61	61	37	34
8	L.A. wc (PA)	65	27	23	9	6	69	17	23	172	194	-22	30	7	4	156	10-15-5-2	17-8-4-4	3 w. Pts	65	65	41	38
9	San Jose (PA)	63	31	26	5	1	68	19	29	196	220	-24	43	3	0	153	17-10-4-1	14-16-1-0	1 W	66	66	42	36 F: 38
10	Seattle (PA)	64	29	26	5	4	67	23	28	180	195	-15	38	2	1	125	16-13-3-2	13-13-2-2	4 L	67	67	43	40 F: 35
11	Nashville (CE)	65	29	27	8	1	67	22	26	194	222	-28	43	5	0	155	17-13-3-0	12-14-5-1	2 w. Pts	67	67	67	40 F: 33
12	St. Louis (CE)	66	27	29	7	3	64	24	26	175	219	-44	29	5	6	138	15-12-4-3	12-17-3-0	7 w. Pts				43 F: 28
13	Winnipeg (CE)	64	26	28	8	2	62	21	25	182	199	-17	32	5	0	144	15-13-4-1	11-15-4-1	2 L	72	72	72	45 F: 30
14	Chicago (CE)	65	25	29	6	5	61	18	22	175	209	-34	37	5	5	167	13-15-2-3	12-14-4-2	3 w. Pts				46 F: 27
15	Calgary (PA)	65	26	32	4	3	59	22	24	163	204	-41	30	11	2	154	16-12-3-1	10-20-1-2	1 W			51	48 F: 25
16	Vancouver (PA)	65	20	37	6	2	48	13	15	169	241	-72	35	7	2	137	7-20-3-2	13-17-3-0	1 W			62	59 F: 14

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	17	24	1.41	115.8
2	8	Boston	19	26	1.37	112.2
3	5	Pittsburgh	17	21	1.24	101.3
4	1	Carolina	14	17	1.21	99.6
5	2	Buffalo	20	24	1.20	98.4
6	3	Tampa Bay	17	20	1.18	96.5
7	-	Washington	21	23	1.10	89.8
8	7	New York I.	15	16	1.07	87.5
9	4	Montreal	16	17	1.06	87.1
10	-	Ottawa	19	20	1.05	86.3
11	-	Philadelphia	20	19	0.95	77.9
12	-	New York R.	23	21	0.91	74.9
13	-	Florida	21	19	0.90	74.2
14	-	Toronto	22	18	0.82	67.1
15	6	Detroit	18	13	0.72	59.2
16	-	New Jersey	20	11	0.55	45.1

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	20	32	1.60	131.2
2	2	Dallas	18	26	1.44	118.4
3	3	Minnesota	20	28	1.40	114.8
4	-	Chicago	21	25	1.19	97.6
5	4	Anaheim	19	22	1.16	94.9
6	-	San Jose	23	25	1.09	89.1
7	-	Calgary	18	18	1.00	82.0
8	8	L.A.	20	19	0.95	77.9
9	-	Nashville	19	18	0.95	77.7
10	7	Edmonton	15	14	0.93	76.5
11	5	Utah	16	13	0.81	66.6
12	-	Seattle	21	17	0.81	66.4
13	-	St. Louis	20	16	0.80	65.6
14	6	Vegas	18	14	0.78	63.8
15	-	Vancouver	16	12	0.75	61.5
16	-	Winnipeg	20	13	0.65	53.3

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	31	42	1.35	111.1
2	1	Carolina	29	37	1.28	104.6
3	2	Buffalo	32	40	1.25	102.5
4	-	Columbus	33	41	1.24	101.9
5	4	Montreal	31	37	1.19	97.9
6	8	Boston	33	38	1.15	94.4
7	7	New York I.	30	34	1.13	92.9
8	5	Pittsburgh	29	32	1.10	90.5
9	-	Washington	34	37	1.09	89.2
10	-	Florida	35	38	1.09	89.0
11	-	Philadelphia	33	35	1.06	87.0
12	-	Ottawa	33	33	1.00	82.0
13	-	New Jersey	34	31	0.91	74.8
14	-	Toronto	34	28	0.82	67.5
15	6	Detroit	32	25	0.78	64.1
16	-	New York R.	36	28	0.78	63.8

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	34	49	1.44	118.2
2	3	Minnesota	33	46	1.39	114.3
3	2	Dallas	29	37	1.28	104.6
4	4	Anaheim	33	37	1.12	91.9
5	-	Calgary	31	32	1.03	84.6
6	8	L.A.	35	36	1.03	84.3
7	-	Chicago	34	34	1.00	82.0
8	-	San Jose	37	37	1.00	82.0
9	5	Utah	30	28	0.93	76.5
10	-	Nashville	33	30	0.91	74.5
11	6	Vegas	33	30	0.91	74.5
12	-	St. Louis	35	31	0.89	72.6
13	7	Edmonton	30	26	0.87	71.1
14	-	Seattle	34	28	0.82	67.5
15	-	Winnipeg	34	24	0.71	57.9
16	-	Vancouver	31	20	0.65	52.9

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