NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Thu Jan 15 02:12:32 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)	45	29	13	2	1	61	23	27	160	116	44	28	3	1	123	12-9-0-0	17-4-2-1	11 W	88	70	69	66
2	Carolina (ME)	47	28	15	2	2	60	19	24	158	142	16	28	6	2	105	16-8-1-0	12-7-1-2	2 L	89	76	68	67
3	Detroit (AT)	48	28	16	2	2	60	20	26	149	148	1	37	1	3	103	16-8-1-0	12-8-1-2	1 L	89	76	76	67
4	Montreal (AT)	47	26	14	3	4	59	17	24	159	154	5	30	4	1	122	13-10-0-1	13-4-3-3	2 w. Pts	90	77	77	68
5	New York I. (ME)	46	25	16	0	5	55	16	21	138	130	8	21	6	6	105	14-8-0-2	11-8-0-3	1 L	94	81	76	72
6	Buffalo wc (AT)	45	25	16	4	0	54	19	22	148	140	8	25	6	1	104	15-6-2-0	10-10-2-0	1 W	95	82	82	73
7	Washington (ME)	47	24	17	1	5	54	21	24	153	135	18	21	1	3	116	14-8-0-3	10-9-1-2	1 W	95	82	77	73
8	Boston wc (AT)	47	26	19	1	1	54	19	24	155	146	9	34	1	2	139	16-8-0-1	10-11-1-0	4 W	95	82	82	73
9	Toronto (AT)	46	23	16	6	1	53	17	23	153	149	4	19	3	3	103	16-5-4-1	7-11-2-0	1 L	96	83	83	74 F: 72
10	Pittsburgh (ME)	45	21	14	4	6	52	17	20	141	137	4	34	1	3	110	10-7-3-3	11-7-1-3	3 L	97	84	79	75 F: 73
11	Philadelphia (ME)	45	22	15	5	3	52	15	17	135	137	-2	20	2	0	111	12-7-4-1	10-8-1-2	4 L	97	84	79	75 F: 73
12	Florida (AT)	45	24	18	2	1	51	21	22	139	145	-6	31	4	3	129	14-9-2-1	10-9-0-0	2 W	98	85	85	76 F: 72
13	New Jersey (ME)	47	24	21	2	0	50	16	21	126	145	-19	24	4	1	92	12-8-2-0	12-13-0-0	2 W	99	86	81	77 F: 67
14	Ottawa (AT)	46	22	19	5	0	49	17	19	151	153	-2	35	3	1	97	11-9-3-0	11-10-2-0	2 W	100	87	87	78 F: 68
15	Columbus (ME)	46	20	19	6	1	47	12	16	140	156	-16	22	3	0	97	10-7-3-1	10-12-3-0	2 W	102	89	84	80 F: 66
16	New York R. (ME)	48	20	22	6	0	46	13	18	126	147	-21	26	3	2	110	5-13-4-0	15-9-2-0	5 L	103	90	85	81 F: 61

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)	45	33	4	4	4	74	30	32	182	103	79	26	1	5	109	19-0-1-2	14-4-3-2	3 w. Pts	62	60	60	47
2	Dallas (CE)	47	27	11	6	3	63	23	24	161	133	28	39	3	3	120	12-6-2-1	15-5-4-2	1 L	86	86	86	58
3	Minnesota (CE)	47	26	12	6	3	61	18	23	148	130	18	35	3	7	87	13-5-5-1	13-7-1-2	2 L	88	88	88	60
4	Vegas (PA)	45	22	11	7	5	56	16	21	147	138	9	36	1	2	89	10-6-2-4	12-5-5-1	6 w. Pts	93	93	70	66
5	Edmonton (PA)	47	23	16	5	3	54	18	23	159	157	2	44	4	2	107	11-5-2-2	12-11-3-1	5 w. Pts	95	95	77	68
6	Seattle (PA)	45	21	15	5	4	51	15	20	125	131	-6	28	1	1	86	10-7-3-2	11-8-2-2	2 w. Pts	98	98	80	71
7	Utah wc (CE)	47	23	20	4	0	50	17	23	145	131	14	21	3	1	112	12-7-2-0	11-13-2-0	5 w. Pts	99	99	99	72
8	San Jose wc (PA)	45	23	19	2	1	49	12	21	143	162	-19	33	2	0	111	13-9-2-1	10-10-0-0	1 L	100	100	82	73
9	L.A. (PA)	46	19	16	6	5	49	12	16	122	131	-9	22	7	3	117	7-10-5-1	12-6-1-4	2 L	100	100	82	72 F: 73
10	Nashville (CE)	46	22	20	4	0	48	15	19	129	151	-22	27	3	0	114	13-10-2-0	9-10-2-0	2 W	101	101	101	74 F: 72
11	Anaheim (PA)	46	22	21	3	0	47	14	18	153	169	-16	24	6	0	117	13-8-1-0	9-13-2-0	1 W	102	102	84	75 F: 71
12	Chicago (CE)	46	19	20	4	3	45	15	17	130	146	-16	30	3	3	128	10-10-2-2	9-10-2-1	1 L	104	104	104	77 F: 69
13	St. Louis (CE)	47	18	21	6	2	44	18	18	117	161	-44	21	5	5	94	11-9-3-2	7-12-3-0	1 W	105	105	105	78 F: 66
14	Calgary (PA)	46	19	23	2	2	42	15	17	119	140	-21	22	6	2	114	12-7-1-1	7-16-1-1	1 L	107	107	89	80 F: 66
15	Winnipeg (CE)	45	18	22	4	1	41	16	17	135	142	-7	24	5	0	109	11-9-3-0	7-13-1-1	3 W	108	108	108	81 F: 67
16	Vancouver (PA)	46	16	25	4	1	37	10	12	125	166	-41	30	5	1	106	4-12-2-1	12-13-2-0	8 L	112	112	94	85 F: 61

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	-	Pittsburgh	12	17	1.42	116.2
2	1	Tampa Bay	12	17	1.42	116.2
3	8	Boston	15	20	1.33	109.3
4	-	Ottawa	13	17	1.31	107.2
5	6	Buffalo	10	13	1.30	106.6
6	-	Florida	14	17	1.21	99.6
7	-	Columbus	12	13	1.08	88.8
8	7	Washington	14	15	1.07	87.9
9	2	Carolina	11	11	1.00	82.0
10	3	Detroit	16	16	1.00	82.0
11	4	Montreal	10	10	1.00	82.0
12	5	New York I.	14	14	1.00	82.0
13	-	Philadelphia	13	13	1.00	82.0
14	-	New York R.	18	17	0.94	77.4
15	-	New Jersey	15	12	0.80	65.6
16	-	Toronto	16	11	0.69	56.4

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	2	Dallas	11	19	1.73	141.6
2	1	Colorado	12	20	1.67	136.7
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	-	Calgary	15	16	1.07	87.5
7	-	Chicago	11	11	1.00	82.0
8	8	San Jose	18	17	0.94	77.4
9	-	Nashville	13	12	0.92	75.7
10	7	Utah	12	11	0.92	75.2
11	5	Edmonton	10	9	0.90	73.8
12	-	Anaheim	14	12	0.86	70.3
13	-	St. Louis	11	9	0.82	67.1
14	-	Vancouver	13	10	0.77	63.1
15	6	Seattle	13	9	0.69	56.8
16	-	Winnipeg	15	5	0.33	27.3

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	20	31	1.55	127.1
2	6	Buffalo	19	24	1.26	103.6
3	-	Florida	23	29	1.26	103.4
4	-	Pittsburgh	20	25	1.25	102.5
5	5	New York I.	26	32	1.23	100.9
6	4	Montreal	20	24	1.20	98.4
7	-	Ottawa	23	27	1.17	96.3
8	7	Washington	21	23	1.10	89.8
9	3	Detroit	24	26	1.08	88.8
10	-	New Jersey	28	30	1.07	87.9
11	-	Philadelphia	22	23	1.05	85.7
12	8	Boston	25	26	1.04	85.3
13	2	Carolina	23	23	1.00	82.0
14	-	Columbus	24	24	1.00	82.0
15	-	New York R.	31	27	0.87	71.4
16	-	Toronto	23	17	0.74	60.6

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	23	35	1.52	124.8
2	2	Dallas	21	30	1.43	117.1
3	3	Minnesota	22	29	1.32	108.1
4	4	Vegas	21	24	1.14	93.7
5	-	L.A.	25	26	1.04	85.3
6	-	Calgary	24	24	1.00	82.0
7	7	Utah	22	22	1.00	82.0
8	-	Nashville	20	19	0.95	77.9
9	-	Chicago	21	19	0.90	74.2
10	8	San Jose	25	22	0.88	72.2
11	5	Edmonton	22	19	0.86	70.8
12	-	St. Louis	23	19	0.83	67.7
13	-	Anaheim	26	21	0.81	66.2
14	-	Vancouver	25	20	0.80	65.6
15	6	Seattle	22	14	0.64	52.2
16	-	Winnipeg	26	14	0.54	44.2

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