NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Wed Jan 7 01:07:59 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)	42	26	13	2	1	55	21	25	146	112	34	26	3	1	117	12-9-0-0	14-4-2-1	8 W	95	79	78	76
2	Carolina (ME)	43	26	14	1	2	55	17	22	147	131	16	26	5	2	96	14-8-1-0	12-6-0-2	2 W	95	81	79	76
3	Detroit (AT)	44	25	15	2	2	54	18	23	136	141	-5	34	1	2	96	14-8-1-0	11-7-1-2	1 W	96	82	82	77
4	Montreal (AT)	42	23	13	2	4	52	14	21	141	141	0	29	3	1	104	10-9-0-1	13-4-2-3	1 W	98	84	84	79
5	New York I. (ME)	43	24	15	0	4	52	16	20	129	120	9	21	5	6	99	14-8-0-2	10-7-0-2	2 W	98	84	82	79
6	Philadelphia (ME)	41	22	12	4	3	51	15	17	129	118	11	18	2	0	101	12-5-3-1	10-7-1-2	2 W	99	85	83	80
7	Washington wc (ME)	43	22	15	1	5	50	20	22	142	125	17	19	1	3	103	13-7-0-3	9-8-1-2	2 w. Pts	100	86	84	81
8	Pittsburgh wc (ME)	41	20	12	4	5	49	16	19	135	131	4	33	1	3	97	9-6-3-2	11-6-1-3	5 W	101	87	85	82
9	Buffalo (AT)	41	22	15	4	0	48	16	19	130	129	1	22	4	1	95	13-5-2-0	9-10-2-0	1 W	102	88	88	81 F: 82
10	Florida (AT)	42	22	17	2	1	47	19	20	130	134	-4	28	4	3	118	14-9-2-1	8-8-0-0	1 L	103	89	89	84 F: 79
11	Toronto (AT)	42	20	15	6	1	47	16	20	141	139	2	17	2	2	90	15-5-4-1	5-10-2-0	7 w. Pts	103	89	89	84 F: 79
12	Boston (AT)	43	22	19	1	1	46	15	20	137	143	-6	33	1	0	132	12-8-0-1	10-11-1-0	1 L	104	90	90	85 F: 76
13	New Jersey (ME)	43	22	19	2	0	46	15	19	114	133	-19	22	4	1	86	11-8-2-0	11-11-0-0	2 L	104	90	88	85 F: 76
14	New York R. (ME)	44	20	18	6	0	46	13	18	116	120	-4	24	3	2	103	5-10-4-0	15-8-2-0	2 w. Pts	104	90	88	85 F: 74
15	Ottawa (AT)	41	20	16	5	0	45	15	17	136	134	2	34	2	1	86	10-8-3-0	10-8-2-0	1 L	105	91	91	86 F: 79
16	Columbus (ME)	42	18	17	6	1	43	11	14	129	142	-13	19	3	0	92	9-7-3-1	9-10-3-0	2 L	107	93	91	88 F: 75

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)	42	31	4	3	4	69	28	30	167	97	70	23	1	4	102	17-0-0-2	14-4-3-2	2 L	68	68	68	54
2	Dallas (CE)	43	25	10	5	3	58	21	22	149	123	26	39	2	3	113	12-6-2-1	13-4-3-2	6 L	92	92	92	65
3	Minnesota (CE)	44	25	11	5	3	58	18	22	140	119	21	33	3	7	80	13-4-4-1	12-7-1-2	2 L	92	92	92	65
4	Vegas (PA)	41	18	11	7	5	48	13	17	128	129	-1	32	1	2	82	8-6-2-4	10-5-5-1	2 w. Pts	102	102	82	76
5	Edmonton (PA)	43	21	16	4	2	48	16	21	145	145	0	40	4	2	99	11-5-2-1	10-11-2-1	1 W	102	102	83	76
6	Seattle (PA)	41	20	14	3	4	47	14	19	115	120	-5	26	1	1	81	10-7-2-2	10-7-1-2	9 w. Pts	103	103	84	77
7	L.A. wc (PA)	41	18	14	4	5	45	12	16	111	113	-2	20	7	3	110	7-9-3-1	11-5-1-4	2 W	105	105	86	79
8	San Jose wc (PA)	42	21	18	2	1	45	12	19	132	148	-16	27	2	0	104	12-8-2-1	9-10-0-0	1 W	105	105	86	79
9	Anaheim (PA)	43	21	19	3	0	45	13	17	145	158	-13	24	6	0	110	12-8-1-0	9-11-2-0	7 L	105	105	86	81 F: 79
10	Utah (CE)	43	20	20	3	0	43	14	20	130	124	6	20	3	1	101	9-7-1-0	11-13-2-0	1 W	107	107	107	83 F: 77
11	Nashville (CE)	42	19	19	4	0	42	14	17	120	142	-22	25	2	0	105	10-9-2-0	9-10-2-0	1 L	108	108	108	84 F: 78
12	St. Louis (CE)	43	17	18	6	2	42	17	17	107	146	-39	19	4	4	87	10-9-3-2	7-9-3-0	2 W	108	108	108	84 F: 76
13	Chicago (CE)	42	17	18	4	3	41	13	15	118	134	-16	25	3	2	115	9-8-2-2	8-10-2-1	4 w. Pts	109	109	109	85 F: 77
14	Calgary (PA)	42	18	20	2	2	40	14	16	112	126	-14	19	6	2	104	12-7-1-1	6-13-1-1	2 L	110	110	91	86 F: 76
15	Vancouver (PA)	42	16	21	4	1	37	10	12	120	148	-28	29	5	1	100	4-12-2-1	12-9-2-0	4 L	113	113	94	89 F: 73
16	Winnipeg (CE)	41	15	21	4	1	35	13	14	118	130	-12	22	5	0	103	8-8-3-0	7-13-1-1	10 L	115	115	115	91 F: 73

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	8	Pittsburgh	11	17	1.55	126.7
2	-	Ottawa	10	15	1.50	123.0
3	1	Tampa Bay	13	17	1.31	107.2
4	6	Philadelphia	10	13	1.30	106.6
5	-	Boston	11	14	1.27	104.4
6	-	Buffalo	10	12	1.20	98.4
7	2	Carolina	10	12	1.20	98.4
8	4	Montreal	10	11	1.10	90.2
9	5	New York I.	13	14	1.08	88.3
10	-	Florida	14	15	1.07	87.9
11	-	Toronto	16	17	1.06	87.1
12	-	Columbus	13	13	1.00	82.0
13	-	New York R.	17	17	1.00	82.0
14	7	Washington	12	12	1.00	82.0
15	3	Detroit	11	9	0.82	67.1
16	-	New Jersey	15	12	0.80	65.6

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	11	19	1.73	141.6
2	2	Dallas	11	19	1.73	141.6
3	3	Minnesota	15	20	1.33	109.3
4	-	Calgary	14	16	1.14	93.7
5	7	L.A.	12	13	1.08	88.8
6	4	Vegas	10	10	1.00	82.0
7	-	St. Louis	8	8	1.00	82.0
8	6	Seattle	13	12	0.92	75.7
9	-	Chicago	12	11	0.92	75.2
10	8	San Jose	15	13	0.87	71.1
11	-	Utah	13	11	0.85	69.4
12	-	Vancouver	13	11	0.85	69.4
13	-	Nashville	11	9	0.82	67.1
14	5	Edmonton	9	7	0.78	63.8
15	-	Anaheim	13	10	0.77	63.1
16	-	Winnipeg	14	6	0.43	35.1

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	31	1.41	115.5
2	8	Pittsburgh	20	26	1.30	106.6
3	-	Buffalo	17	22	1.29	106.1
4	5	New York I.	22	28	1.27	104.4
5	6	Philadelphia	19	23	1.21	99.3
6	-	Ottawa	19	23	1.21	99.3
7	-	Florida	24	29	1.21	99.1
8	7	Washington	20	24	1.20	98.4
9	3	Detroit	19	21	1.11	90.6
10	4	Montreal	19	21	1.11	90.6
11	2	Carolina	22	24	1.09	89.5
12	-	Columbus	23	24	1.04	85.6
13	-	Boston	20	20	1.00	82.0
14	-	New York R.	27	26	0.96	79.0
15	-	New Jersey	25	24	0.96	78.7
16	-	Toronto	21	20	0.95	78.1

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	19	30	1.58	129.5
2	2	Dallas	21	32	1.52	125.0
3	3	Minnesota	23	29	1.26	103.4
4	4	Vegas	19	21	1.11	90.6
5	-	Calgary	20	22	1.10	90.2
6	7	L.A.	21	21	1.00	82.0
7	-	Utah	20	18	0.90	73.8
8	5	Edmonton	20	18	0.90	73.8
9	-	St. Louis	18	16	0.89	72.9
10	6	Seattle	22	19	0.86	70.8
11	-	Chicago	21	18	0.86	70.3
12	-	Vancouver	22	18	0.82	67.1
13	-	Anaheim	24	19	0.79	64.9
14	8	San Jose	24	18	0.75	61.5
15	-	Nashville	20	14	0.70	57.4
16	-	Winnipeg	23	15	0.65	53.5

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