NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Fri Feb 6 01:24:26 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)	55	37	14	2	2	78	28	33	199	140	59	38	3	2	146	18-9-0-0	19-5-2-2	5 W	60	51	45	40
2	Carolina (ME)	57	36	15	3	3	78	26	32	197	163	34	38	6	3	130	21-8-1-1	15-7-2-2	10 w. Pts	60	55	45	40
3	Montreal (AT)	57	32	17	4	4	72	21	30	199	187	12	39	6	1	143	16-11-0-1	16-6-4-3	5 w. Pts	66	61	61	46
4	Detroit (AT)	58	33	19	3	3	72	23	31	174	175	-1	42	1	4	121	18-10-1-1	15-9-2-2	1 L	66	61	61	46
5	Pittsburgh (ME)	56	29	15	5	7	70	25	28	192	169	23	38	3	3	137	13-8-3-4	16-7-2-3	2 w. Pts	68	63	59	48
6	Buffalo wc (AT)	57	32	19	6	0	70	26	29	195	176	19	34	7	2	127	17-8-3-0	15-11-3-0	2 L	68	63	63	48
7	Boston wc (AT)	57	32	20	2	3	69	24	30	195	182	13	44	2	2	162	21-8-0-1	11-12-2-2	7 w. Pts	69	64	64	49
8	New York I. (ME)	58	32	21	0	5	69	22	28	169	162	7	27	7	8	131	16-10-0-2	16-11-0-3	2 W	69	64	60	49
9	Columbus (ME)	56	29	20	6	1	65	20	24	179	177	2	27	3	3	123	15-8-3-1	14-12-3-0	7 W	73	68	64	53 F: 49
10	Washington (ME)	59	29	23	2	5	65	24	28	189	177	12	29	2	3	150	17-10-0-3	12-13-2-2	1 W	73	68	64	53 F: 43
11	Ottawa (AT)	57	28	22	7	0	63	22	25	191	184	7	43	3	1	122	14-10-4-0	14-12-3-0	1 W	75	70	70	55 F: 45
12	Toronto (AT)	57	27	21	8	1	63	19	26	188	194	-6	25	3	3	118	16-9-5-1	11-12-3-0	3 W	75	70	70	55 F: 45
13	Philadelphia (ME)	56	25	20	8	3	61	18	20	167	180	-13	26	5	0	136	13-9-6-1	12-11-2-2	3 w. Pts	77	72	68	57 F: 45
14	Florida (AT)	57	29	25	2	1	61	23	25	174	191	-17	40	5	3	166	15-13-2-1	14-12-0-0	1 L	77	72	72	57 F: 43
15	New Jersey (ME)	57	28	27	2	0	58	18	25	146	175	-29	30	4	1	113	13-12-2-0	15-15-0-0	3 L	80	75	71	60 F: 40
16	New York R. (ME)	57	22	29	6	0	50	14	20	151	180	-29	32	4	2	135	6-15-4-0	16-14-2-0	4 L	88	83	79	68 F: 32

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)	55	37	9	4	5	83	34	36	212	138	74	27	1	6	127	21-3-1-3	16-6-3-2	1 W	50	44	45	30
2	Minnesota (CE)	58	34	14	7	3	78	21	30	196	169	27	48	4	7	115	17-6-6-1	17-8-1-2	7 w. Pts	60	60	60	35
3	Dallas (CE)	57	34	14	6	3	77	28	30	193	160	33	50	3	3	139	16-7-2-1	18-7-4-2	6 W	61	61	61	36
4	Vegas (PA)	57	27	16	8	6	68	20	26	191	179	12	42	2	2	110	14-8-2-5	13-8-6-1	2 W	70	70	48	45
5	Utah wc (CE)	57	30	23	4	0	64	23	30	183	157	26	25	5	1	140	17-8-2-0	13-15-2-0	2 W	74	74	74	49
6	Edmonton (PA)	58	28	22	5	3	64	21	28	198	194	4	50	5	4	124	15-10-2-2	13-12-3-1	3 L	74	74	55	49
7	Seattle (PA)	56	27	20	5	4	63	21	26	162	165	-3	36	1	1	113	14-9-3-2	13-11-2-2	1 W	75	75	56	50
8	Anaheim wc (PA)	56	30	23	3	0	63	18	24	185	195	-10	30	7	0	138	17-8-1-0	13-15-2-0	2 W	75	75	56	50
9	L.A. (PA)	56	23	19	8	6	60	14	19	146	161	-15	27	7	3	141	8-11-5-2	15-8-3-4	3 L	78	78	59	53 F: 50
10	Nashville (CE)	57	26	24	7	0	59	19	23	169	198	-29	37	4	0	136	15-12-3-0	11-12-4-0	2 L	79	79	79	54 F: 47
11	San Jose (PA)	55	27	24	3	1	58	16	25	171	193	-22	38	2	0	134	14-9-2-1	13-15-1-0	4 L	80	80	61	55 F: 50
12	Chicago (CE)	57	22	26	4	5	53	17	19	154	185	-31	31	4	4	151	12-14-2-3	10-12-2-2	1 L	85	85	85	60 F: 41
13	Winnipeg (CE)	56	22	26	6	2	52	20	21	160	175	-15	30	5	0	132	12-11-4-1	10-15-2-1	2 L	86	86	86	61 F: 42
14	Calgary (PA)	56	23	27	4	2	52	19	21	142	169	-27	28	8	2	134	15-10-3-1	8-17-1-1	1 W	86	86	67	61 F: 42
15	St. Louis (CE)	57	20	28	6	3	49	19	19	147	203	-56	28	5	5	114	13-11-3-3	7-17-3-0	3 L	89	89	89	64 F: 37
16	Vancouver (PA)	57	18	33	4	2	42	12	14	149	210	-61	32	7	2	120	6-17-2-2	12-16-2-0	3 L	96	96	77	71 F: 30

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	5	Pittsburgh	13	18	1.38	113.5
3	1	Tampa Bay	13	18	1.38	113.5
4	7	Boston	17	23	1.35	110.9
5	-	Washington	18	21	1.17	95.7
6	-	Ottawa	17	19	1.12	91.6
7	3	Montreal	15	16	1.07	87.5
8	6	Buffalo	17	18	1.06	86.8
9	2	Carolina	11	11	1.00	82.0
10	8	New York I.	14	14	1.00	82.0
11	-	Toronto	19	18	0.95	77.7
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	4	Detroit	16	13	0.81	66.6
16	-	New Jersey	17	11	0.65	53.1

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	12	20	1.67	136.7
2	2	Minnesota	14	22	1.57	128.9
3	3	Dallas	14	20	1.43	117.1
4	5	Utah	14	15	1.07	87.9
5	-	Chicago	15	16	1.07	87.5
6	-	Calgary	16	17	1.06	87.1
7	8	Anaheim	17	18	1.06	86.8
8	-	L.A.	20	20	1.00	82.0
9	-	San Jose	22	21	0.95	78.3
10	6	Edmonton	12	11	0.92	75.2
11	-	Vancouver	16	14	0.88	71.8
12	-	Nashville	18	15	0.83	68.3
13	7	Seattle	16	11	0.69	56.4
14	4	Vegas	13	8	0.62	50.5
15	-	St. Louis	16	9	0.56	46.1
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	24	38	1.58	129.8
2	-	Columbus	28	36	1.29	105.4
3	3	Montreal	29	37	1.28	104.6
4	5	Pittsburgh	23	28	1.22	99.8
5	8	New York I.	28	34	1.21	99.6
6	6	Buffalo	28	32	1.14	93.7
7	-	Ottawa	29	33	1.14	93.3
8	2	Carolina	24	27	1.12	92.2
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	32	31	0.97	79.4
14	4	Detroit	29	26	0.90	73.5
15	-	Toronto	31	26	0.84	68.8
16	-	New York R.	36	28	0.78	63.8

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	2	Minnesota	26	38	1.46	119.8
2	1	Colorado	26	37	1.42	116.7
3	3	Dallas	25	31	1.24	101.7
4	5	Utah	28	30	1.07	87.9
5	-	Calgary	28	29	1.04	84.9
6	-	L.A.	31	32	1.03	84.6
7	8	Anaheim	29	29	1.00	82.0
8	-	Chicago	28	25	0.89	73.2
9	6	Edmonton	26	23	0.88	72.5
10	-	San Jose	32	28	0.88	71.8
11	-	Nashville	29	25	0.86	70.7
12	4	Vegas	24	20	0.83	68.3
13	-	Vancouver	30	22	0.73	60.1
14	-	St. Louis	29	21	0.72	59.4
15	7	Seattle	28	20	0.71	58.6
16	-	Winnipeg	30	17	0.57	46.5

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