NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Fri Jan 30 00:52:45 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)	52	34	14	2	2	72	27	31	183	131	52	33	3	2	137	15-9-0-0	19-5-2-2	2 W	68	58	54	46
2	Carolina (ME)	53	33	15	2	3	71	24	29	185	154	31	36	6	2	121	19-8-1-1	14-7-1-2	6 w. Pts	69	62	55	47
3	Detroit (AT)	55	32	17	3	3	70	22	30	171	166	5	41	1	3	115	18-9-1-1	14-8-2-2	2 L	70	63	63	48
4	Buffalo (AT)	53	31	17	5	0	67	25	28	183	160	23	30	7	2	118	17-6-3-0	14-11-2-0	5 W	73	66	66	51
5	Montreal wc (AT)	54	30	17	3	4	67	19	28	187	180	7	37	5	1	135	16-11-0-1	14-6-3-3	2 W	73	66	66	51
6	Boston wc (AT)	55	32	20	2	1	67	24	30	186	171	15	42	2	2	156	21-8-0-1	11-12-2-0	5 w. Pts	73	66	66	51
7	Pittsburgh (ME)	52	27	14	4	7	65	23	26	175	154	21	37	2	3	124	12-7-3-4	15-7-1-3	8 w. Pts	75	68	65	53
8	New York I. (ME)	54	30	19	0	5	65	21	26	157	149	8	27	7	8	123	15-9-0-2	15-10-0-3	3 W	75	68	65	53
9	Florida (AT)	53	28	22	2	1	59	23	25	164	174	-10	36	4	3	150	14-11-2-1	14-11-0-0	2 L	81	74	74	63 F: 53
10	Washington (ME)	55	26	22	2	5	59	22	25	175	167	8	27	1	3	140	14-10-0-3	12-12-2-2	1 W	81	74	71	63 F: 49
11	New Jersey (ME)	54	28	24	2	0	58	18	25	144	165	-21	30	4	1	109	13-10-2-0	15-14-0-0	1 W	82	75	72	64 F: 50
12	Columbus (ME)	52	25	20	6	1	57	16	20	163	172	-9	25	3	1	112	14-8-3-1	11-12-3-0	3 W	83	76	73	65 F: 53
13	Ottawa (AT)	53	25	21	7	0	57	20	22	179	176	3	39	3	1	114	13-10-4-0	12-11-3-0	2 W	83	76	76	65 F: 51
14	Philadelphia (ME)	53	24	20	6	3	57	17	19	160	173	-13	24	5	0	132	12-9-4-1	12-11-2-2	3 L	83	76	73	65 F: 51
15	Toronto (AT)	54	24	21	8	1	57	17	24	176	188	-12	23	3	3	116	16-9-5-1	8-12-3-0	6 L	83	76	76	65 F: 49
16	New York R. (ME)	55	22	27	6	0	50	14	20	146	172	-26	31	3	2	128	6-14-4-0	16-13-2-0	2 L	90	83	80	72 F: 40

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)	52	35	8	4	5	79	32	34	203	134	69	27	1	5	120	20-2-1-3	15-6-3-2	2 L	54	48	49	38
2	Minnesota (CE)	55	31	14	7	3	72	20	27	179	158	21	44	4	7	111	16-6-6-1	15-8-1-2	4 w. Pts	68	68	68	45
3	Dallas (CE)	54	31	14	6	3	71	26	27	181	151	30	46	3	3	132	14-7-2-1	17-7-4-2	3 W	69	69	69	46
4	Vegas (PA)	53	25	14	8	6	64	18	24	177	169	8	40	2	2	102	12-7-2-5	13-7-6-1	3 L	76	76	55	55
5	Edmonton (PA)	55	28	19	5	3	64	21	28	190	178	12	48	5	4	122	15-8-2-2	13-11-3-1	3 W	76	76	59	55
6	Utah wc (CE)	54	28	22	4	0	60	21	28	171	151	20	23	5	1	131	15-7-2-0	13-15-2-0	1 L	80	80	80	59
7	Seattle (PA)	53	25	19	5	4	59	19	24	153	157	-4	33	1	1	107	14-9-3-2	11-10-2-2	3 W	81	81	64	60
8	Anaheim wc (PA)	54	28	23	3	0	59	16	22	177	190	-13	29	7	0	136	15-8-1-0	13-15-2-0	2 L	81	81	64	60
9	San Jose (PA)	52	27	21	3	1	58	16	25	164	180	-16	37	2	0	123	14-9-2-1	13-12-1-0	3 w. Pts	82	82	65	60 F: 60
10	L.A. (PA)	52	22	17	7	6	57	14	18	138	148	-10	25	7	3	132	8-10-5-2	14-7-2-4	1 L	83	83	66	62 F: 59
11	Nashville (CE)	53	24	23	6	0	54	17	21	152	180	-28	33	4	0	128	14-12-2-0	10-11-4-0	3 L	86	86	86	65 F: 54
12	Chicago (CE)	54	21	24	4	5	51	16	18	146	174	-28	30	4	4	144	11-13-2-3	10-11-2-2	4 L	89	89	89	68 F: 49
13	Winnipeg (CE)	53	21	25	5	2	49	19	20	154	165	-11	28	5	0	126	12-10-4-1	9-15-1-1	1 L	91	91	91	70 F: 49
14	St. Louis (CE)	54	20	25	6	3	49	19	19	135	187	-52	25	5	5	110	13-10-3-3	7-15-3-0	1 W	91	91	91	70 F: 47
15	Calgary (PA)	53	21	26	4	2	48	17	19	133	160	-27	25	7	2	129	13-9-3-1	8-17-1-1	5 L	92	92	75	71 F: 48
16	Vancouver (PA)	54	18	31	4	1	41	12	14	143	196	-53	32	7	2	118	6-17-2-1	12-14-2-0	1 W	99	99	82	78 F: 39

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	14	21	1.50	123.0
2	6	Boston	16	22	1.38	112.8
3	7	Pittsburgh	11	15	1.36	111.8
4	1	Tampa Bay	11	14	1.27	104.4
5	4	Buffalo	14	17	1.21	99.6
6	-	Ottawa	15	17	1.13	92.9
7	-	Washington	16	17	1.06	87.1
8	2	Carolina	11	11	1.00	82.0
9	5	Montreal	14	14	1.00	82.0
10	-	New York R.	20	19	0.95	77.9
11	-	Toronto	19	18	0.95	77.7
12	-	Florida	14	13	0.93	76.1
13	8	New York I.	13	12	0.92	75.7
14	-	Philadelphia	18	15	0.83	68.3
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	Minnesota	13	20	1.54	126.2
3	3	Dallas	13	18	1.38	113.5
4	6	Utah	13	15	1.15	94.6
5	-	L.A.	18	20	1.11	91.1
6	-	Chicago	15	16	1.07	87.5
7	-	Calgary	15	15	1.00	82.0
8	5	Edmonton	11	11	1.00	82.0
9	-	San Jose	21	21	1.00	82.0
10	-	Vancouver	14	14	1.00	82.0
11	8	Anaheim	15	14	0.93	76.5
12	-	Nashville	17	14	0.82	67.5
13	4	Vegas	11	8	0.73	59.6
14	7	Seattle	14	9	0.64	52.7
15	-	St. Louis	15	9	0.60	49.2
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	1	Tampa Bay	22	34	1.55	126.7
2	-	Columbus	28	36	1.29	105.4
3	5	Montreal	27	34	1.26	103.3
4	4	Buffalo	25	31	1.24	101.7
5	7	Pittsburgh	21	25	1.19	97.6
6	8	New York I.	27	32	1.19	97.2
7	-	Ottawa	27	31	1.15	94.1
8	2	Carolina	24	27	1.12	92.2
9	-	Florida	26	28	1.08	88.3
10	6	Boston	30	32	1.07	87.5
11	-	New Jersey	31	31	1.00	82.0
12	-	Philadelphia	30	30	1.00	82.0
13	-	Washington	27	27	1.00	82.0
14	3	Detroit	26	24	0.92	75.7
15	-	New York R.	34	28	0.82	67.5
16	-	Toronto	30	24	0.80	65.6

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	24	35	1.46	119.6
2	2	Minnesota	24	34	1.42	116.2
3	3	Dallas	24	29	1.21	99.1
4	-	L.A.	28	31	1.11	90.8
5	6	Utah	26	28	1.08	88.3
6	-	Calgary	27	27	1.00	82.0
7	8	Anaheim	27	25	0.93	75.9
8	5	Edmonton	25	23	0.92	75.4
9	4	Vegas	22	20	0.91	74.5
10	-	San Jose	31	28	0.90	74.1
11	-	Chicago	28	25	0.89	73.2
12	-	Nashville	27	22	0.81	66.8
13	-	Vancouver	28	22	0.79	64.4
14	-	St. Louis	28	21	0.75	61.5
15	7	Seattle	26	18	0.69	56.8
16	-	Winnipeg	28	16	0.57	46.9

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