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NHL 2026 / 2027 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Sat Oct 24 00:03:20 2026

Eastern Conference
Teams in bold are playing today

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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)	12	8	2	1	1	18	7	8	47	33	14	11	2	0	35	2-1-1-0	6-1-0-1	2 w. Pts	148	146	143	143
2	Boston (AT)	11	8	2	1	0	17	7	8	42	22	20	7	0	2	29	4-1-0-0	4-1-1-0	7 w. Pts	149	146	146	144
3	New York R. (ME)	12	7	4	1	0	15	7	7	37	29	8	7	1	1	33	6-0-0-0	1-4-1-0	1 L	151	148	148	146
4	Tampa Bay (AT)	10	7	3	0	0	14	6	7	34	29	5	5	0	0	21	5-0-0-0	2-3-0-0	1 L	152	149	150	147
5	Ottawa (AT)	11	7	4	0	0	14	5	5	31	30	1	6	1	0	32	4-2-0-0	3-2-0-0	1 L	152	149	150	147
6	Toronto wc (AT)	12	6	4	1	1	14	5	6	43	39	4	12	1	0	38	4-3-1-0	2-1-0-1	3 W	152	149	150	147
7	New York I. (ME)	10	5	3	1	1	12	5	5	29	23	6	6	2	1	30	4-1-1-0	1-2-0-1	5 w. Pts	154	151	151	149
8	New Jersey wc (ME)	10	6	4	0	0	12	4	6	33	31	2	7	1	0	18	5-2-0-0	1-2-0-0	2 W	154	151	151	149
9	Montreal (AT)	10	5	3	2	0	12	2	3	34	35	-1	4	1	1	34	3-2-1-0	2-1-1-0	3 w. Pts	154	151	152	149 F: 149
10	Florida (AT)	11	5	4	2	0	12	3	5	31	34	-3	10	0	1	38	2-1-0-0	3-3-2-0	2 L	154	151	152	149 F: 147
11	Detroit (AT)	10	4	3	1	2	11	3	3	28	30	-2	8	0	0	25	3-3-1-0	1-0-0-2	6 w. Pts	155	152	153	150 F: 148
12	Washington (ME)	9	5	4	0	0	10	5	5	30	29	1	5	1	0	24	4-2-0-0	1-2-0-0	1 L	156	153	153	151 F: 149
13	Buffalo (AT)	10	4	4	1	1	10	2	4	28	37	-9	4	1	0	24	3-3-0-0	1-1-1-1	2 L	156	153	154	151 F: 147
14	Pittsburgh (ME)	11	4	6	0	1	9	2	3	37	38	-1	7	1	2	25	3-1-0-0	1-5-0-1	1 W	157	154	154	152 F: 144
15	Philadelphia (ME)	12	3	6	2	1	9	3	3	20	37	-17	5	0	0	35	2-2-1-1	1-4-1-0	3 W	157	154	154	152 F: 142
16	Columbus (ME)	8	3	5	0	0	6	1	2	20	29	-9	2	0	1	21	3-3-0-0	0-2-0-0	2 L	160	157	157	155 F: 147

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	Edmonton (PA)	10	8	1	1	0	17	6	7	47	32	15	12	2	0	21	3-1-1-0	5-0-0-0	3 W	147	144	145	143
2	Vegas (PA)	12	8	4	0	0	16	6	7	46	36	10	10	3	0	19	5-2-0-0	3-2-0-0	2 L	150	150	150	144
3	Seattle (PA)	11	7	3	1	0	15	5	5	44	37	7	9	0	0	22	3-1-0-0	4-2-1-0	2 W	151	151	151	145
4	Utah (CE)	11	7	4	0	0	14	7	7	41	36	5	15	1	1	24	3-1-0-0	4-3-0-0	1 L	152	152	148	146
5	Minnesota (CE)	11	6	3	2	0	14	6	6	32	27	5	9	0	0	29	4-0-0-0	2-3-2-0	2 L	152	152	147	146
6	Dallas (CE)	10	6	3	0	1	13	3	5	26	17	9	4	1	3	33	3-2-0-0	3-1-0-1	4 W	153	153	148	147
7	Colorado wc (CE)	11	6	4	0	1	13	6	6	47	34	13	7	0	0	23	4-1-0-1	2-3-0-0	1 W	153	153	148	147
8	San Jose wc (PA)	11	6	4	0	1	13	1	5	33	37	-4	9	3	0	29	2-2-0-0	4-2-0-1	2 W	153	153	153	147
9	St. Louis (CE)	10	5	4	1	0	11	5	5	35	31	4	7	3	1	24	3-0-1-0	2-4-0-0	2 W	155	155	150	149 F: 147
10	Winnipeg (CE)	10	4	3	3	0	11	4	4	26	29	-3	6	0	0	21	2-2-1-0	2-1-2-0	4 L	155	155	150	149 F: 147
11	Nashville (CE)	9	3	3	1	2	9	3	3	23	30	-7	8	2	0	25	2-2-0-1	1-1-1-1	1 L	157	157	152	151 F: 147
12	Anaheim (PA)	10	4	6	0	0	8	3	4	27	33	-6	7	1	0	27	1-3-0-0	3-3-0-0	5 L	158	158	158	152 F: 144
13	L.A. (PA)	8	2	4	2	0	6	1	2	20	29	-9	4	2	0	17	0-3-0-0	2-1-2-0	2 W	160	160	160	154 F: 146
14	Calgary (PA)	9	3	6	0	0	6	3	3	19	38	-19	6	1	0	26	2-3-0-0	1-3-0-0	2 W	160	160	160	154 F: 144
15	Chicago (CE)	10	3	7	0	0	6	2	3	22	40	-18	3	1	0	24	3-3-0-0	0-4-0-0	2 L	160	160	155	154 F: 142
16	Vancouver (PA)	12	2	9	1	0	5	1	2	35	56	-21	8	2	0	26	1-4-0-0	1-5-1-0	9 L	161	161	161	155 F: 137

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 - really only relevent during the Regular Season)
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	-	Buffalo	1	2	2.00	168.0
2	5	Ottawa	4	8	2.00	168.0
3	-	Washington	5	6	1.20	100.8
4	2	Boston	2	2	1.00	84.0
5	-	Columbus	2	2	1.00	84.0
6	-	Detroit	3	3	1.00	84.0
7	-	Florida	2	2	1.00	84.0
8	-	Montreal	2	2	1.00	84.0
9	3	New York R.	6	6	1.00	84.0
10	6	Toronto	4	4	1.00	84.0
11	7	New York I.	6	5	0.83	70.0
12	8	New Jersey	3	2	0.67	56.0
13	4	Tampa Bay	3	2	0.67	56.0
14	-	Philadelphia	7	4	0.57	48.0
15	1	Carolina	0	0	0.00	0.0
16	-	Pittsburgh	0	0	0.00	0.0

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	-	Winnipeg	3	5	1.67	140.0
2	1	Edmonton	5	8	1.60	134.4
3	5	Minnesota	2	3	1.50	126.0
4	7	Colorado	2	3	1.50	126.0
5	6	Dallas	3	4	1.33	112.0
6	-	St. Louis	5	5	1.00	84.0
7	2	Vegas	2	2	1.00	84.0
8	-	Anaheim	2	2	1.00	84.0
9	-	Nashville	4	3	0.75	63.0
10	3	Seattle	3	2	0.67	56.0
11	4	Utah	3	2	0.67	56.0
12	-	Vancouver	3	2	0.67	56.0
13	-	L.A.	4	2	0.50	42.0
14	-	Calgary	5	2	0.40	33.6
15	8	San Jose	2	0	0.00	0.0
16	-	Chicago	3	0	0.00	0.0

ALL TEAMS' RECORDS VERSUS THE TOP 8 TEAMS IN BOTH CONFERENCES

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	5	Ottawa	5	8	1.60	134.4
2	2	Boston	6	7	1.17	98.0
3	3	New York R.	7	8	1.14	96.0
4	4	Tampa Bay	7	8	1.14	96.0
5	6	Toronto	8	9	1.12	94.5
6	-	Detroit	6	6	1.00	84.0
7	-	Florida	5	5	1.00	84.0
8	-	Montreal	3	3	1.00	84.0
9	1	Carolina	1	1	1.00	84.0
10	-	Buffalo	4	4	1.00	84.0
11	-	Washington	6	6	1.00	84.0
12	7	New York I.	6	5	0.83	70.0
13	8	New Jersey	5	4	0.80	67.2
14	-	Philadelphia	9	7	0.78	65.3
15	-	Pittsburgh	4	2	0.50	42.0
16	-	Columbus	4	2	0.50	42.0

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Edmonton	6	10	1.67	140.0
2	6	Dallas	4	6	1.50	126.0
3	5	Minnesota	4	5	1.25	105.0
4	-	Winnipeg	5	6	1.20	100.8
5	-	St. Louis	6	7	1.17	98.0
6	7	Colorado	5	5	1.00	84.0
7	2	Vegas	4	4	1.00	84.0
8	4	Utah	7	6	0.86	72.0
9	3	Seattle	4	3	0.75	63.0
10	-	Nashville	7	5	0.71	60.0
11	-	L.A.	6	4	0.67	56.0
12	-	Calgary	6	4	0.67	56.0
13	8	San Jose	5	2	0.40	33.6
14	-	Anaheim	6	2	0.33	28.0
15	-	Vancouver	9	2	0.22	18.7
16	-	Chicago	5	0	0.00	0.0

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