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NHL 2026 / 2027 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Sun Nov 8 00:47:02 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)	19	14	3	1	1	30	13	14	78	45	33	14	3	2	51	6-1-1-0	8-2-0-1	2 W	131	130	129	127
2	Boston (AT)	17	12	4	1	0	25	9	11	64	40	24	10	0	2	43	7-1-0-0	5-3-1-0	3 W	136	136	136	131
3	Montreal (AT)	17	11	3	3	0	25	7	9	61	53	8	8	1	2	54	5-2-2-0	6-1-1-0	10 w. Pts	136	136	135	131
4	Tampa Bay (AT)	16	11	3	1	1	24	9	11	60	49	11	12	0	0	33	8-0-0-0	3-3-1-1	6 w. Pts	137	137	136	132
5	New Jersey (ME)	17	12	5	0	0	24	7	11	62	51	11	10	2	0	25	8-2-0-0	4-3-0-0	4 W	137	137	137	133
6	Ottawa wc (AT)	18	11	6	1	0	23	9	9	58	54	4	9	2	0	47	6-2-0-0	5-4-1-0	2 W	138	138	137	134
7	New York R. (ME)	18	10	7	1	0	21	10	10	55	52	3	10	2	1	49	8-2-0-0	2-5-1-0	3 W	140	140	140	136
8	Florida wc (AT)	17	9	6	2	0	20	7	9	55	51	4	18	1	1	58	4-2-0-0	5-4-2-0	1 L	141	141	140	137
9	Buffalo (AT)	16	8	5	2	1	19	6	8	49	53	-4	8	1	1	39	4-4-0-0	4-1-2-1	1 W	142	142	141	138 F: 136
10	Washington (ME)	15	9	6	0	0	18	8	9	53	51	2	8	1	0	39	7-4-0-0	2-2-0-0	1 W	143	143	143	138 F: 137
11	Toronto (AT)	18	8	8	1	1	18	7	8	64	60	4	16	1	0	53	4-5-1-0	4-3-0-1	2 L	143	143	142	139 F: 131
12	New York I. (ME)	16	7	6	2	1	17	5	6	47	49	-2	7	2	1	48	4-3-2-0	3-3-0-1	3 L	144	144	144	140 F: 134
13	Detroit (AT)	18	7	8	1	2	17	5	5	49	56	-7	13	0	0	40	4-5-1-0	3-3-0-2	3 L	144	144	143	140 F: 130
14	Columbus (ME)	15	7	8	0	0	14	2	5	40	47	-7	7	0	1	34	6-3-0-0	1-5-0-0	1 L	147	147	147	143 F: 133
15	Pittsburgh (ME)	17	6	9	1	1	14	3	5	56	60	-4	9	2	2	35	4-3-1-0	2-6-0-1	1 W	147	147	147	143 F: 129
16	Philadelphia (ME)	18	4	10	3	1	12	4	4	39	61	-22	9	1	0	48	3-4-2-1	1-6-1-0	2 L	149	149	149	145 F: 125

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	Minnesota (CE)	19	12	3	4	0	28	12	12	63	43	20	18	0	0	47	5-0-2-0	7-3-2-0	8 w. Pts	133	132	129	126
2	Edmonton (PA)	18	12	3	1	2	27	10	11	75	55	20	22	3	2	42	5-3-1-1	7-0-0-1	1 W	134	132	130	127
3	Vegas (PA)	18	11	5	1	1	24	9	10	60	50	10	15	3	0	36	6-3-0-0	5-2-1-1	3 w. Pts	137	135	136	130
4	Dallas (CE)	17	10	5	0	2	22	7	9	49	41	8	11	1	3	52	6-4-0-0	4-1-0-2	4 w. Pts	139	137	137	132
5	Colorado (CE)	18	10	6	1	1	22	10	10	72	56	16	14	0	1	43	7-1-1-1	3-5-0-0	2 w. Pts	139	137	137	132
6	Nashville wc (CE)	17	8	4	2	3	21	6	7	52	51	1	17	2	0	46	6-3-0-2	2-1-2-1	4 W	140	138	138	133
7	Utah wc (CE)	18	10	7	1	0	21	8	10	63	63	0	23	1	1	39	4-2-0-0	6-5-1-0	2 L	140	138	138	133
8	Seattle (PA)	16	9	6	1	0	19	6	7	57	57	0	12	0	0	28	5-3-0-0	4-3-1-0	1 L	142	140	141	135
9	Anaheim (PA)	17	9	7	1	0	19	8	9	64	64	0	22	2	0	50	2-4-1-0	7-3-0-0	4 W	142	140	141	135 F: 135
10	St. Louis (CE)	17	7	8	2	0	16	7	7	50	53	-3	11	3	1	38	4-2-1-0	3-6-1-0	3 L	145	143	143	138 F: 132
11	Calgary (PA)	17	7	9	1	0	15	7	7	42	60	-18	12	1	0	44	5-4-0-0	2-5-1-0	2 L	146	144	145	139 F: 131
12	Winnipeg (CE)	17	6	8	3	0	15	5	6	45	60	-15	9	1	0	34	3-4-1-0	3-4-2-0	2 W	146	144	144	139 F: 131
13	San Jose (PA)	19	7	11	0	1	15	2	6	48	69	-21	15	4	0	52	3-5-0-0	4-6-0-1	5 L	146	144	145	139 F: 127
14	L.A. (PA)	15	5	8	2	0	12	3	5	45	52	-7	12	2	0	30	2-5-0-0	3-3-2-0	1 L	149	147	148	142 F: 132
15	Chicago (CE)	18	4	13	1	0	9	3	4	39	76	-37	5	2	0	44	4-5-0-0	0-8-1-0	6 L	152	150	150	145 F: 123
16	Vancouver (PA)	19	3	15	1	0	7	1	3	55	87	-32	12	2	0	40	1-7-0-0	2-8-1-0	5 L	154	152	153	147 F: 119

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	6	Ottawa	4	8	2.00	168.0
2	1	Carolina	3	5	1.67	140.0
3	-	Washington	7	10	1.43	120.0
4	-	Buffalo	4	4	1.00	84.0
5	-	Detroit	6	6	1.00	84.0
6	8	Florida	2	2	1.00	84.0
7	5	New Jersey	2	2	1.00	84.0
8	-	Pittsburgh	4	4	1.00	84.0
9	7	New York R.	5	4	0.80	67.2
10	2	Boston	3	2	0.67	56.0
11	-	Columbus	3	2	0.67	56.0
12	-	New York I.	6	4	0.67	56.0
13	-	Philadelphia	8	4	0.50	42.0
14	-	Toronto	4	2	0.50	42.0
15	3	Montreal	1	0	0.00	0.0
16	4	Tampa Bay	2	0	0.00	0.0

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Minnesota	5	9	1.80	151.2
2	-	Winnipeg	3	5	1.67	140.0
3	2	Edmonton	4	6	1.50	126.0
4	-	Anaheim	3	4	1.33	112.0
5	3	Vegas	3	4	1.33	112.0
6	6	Nashville	5	6	1.20	100.8
7	5	Colorado	4	4	1.00	84.0
8	-	St. Louis	6	4	0.67	56.0
9	4	Dallas	3	2	0.67	56.0
10	-	Calgary	9	5	0.56	46.7
11	7	Utah	4	2	0.50	42.0
12	8	Seattle	4	2	0.50	42.0
13	-	San Jose	5	2	0.40	33.6
14	-	Vancouver	5	2	0.40	33.6
15	-	L.A.	3	1	0.33	28.0
16	-	Chicago	4	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	6	Ottawa	7	12	1.71	144.0
2	5	New Jersey	8	10	1.25	105.0
3	1	Carolina	5	6	1.20	100.8
4	2	Boston	8	9	1.12	94.5
5	4	Tampa Bay	9	10	1.11	93.3
6	-	Washington	11	12	1.09	91.6
7	7	New York R.	8	8	1.00	84.0
8	3	Montreal	4	4	1.00	84.0
9	8	Florida	4	4	1.00	84.0
10	-	Columbus	9	8	0.89	74.7
11	-	Buffalo	7	6	0.86	72.0
12	-	Toronto	11	9	0.82	68.7
13	-	Pittsburgh	11	9	0.82	68.7
14	-	Detroit	11	9	0.82	68.7
15	-	New York I.	10	8	0.80	67.2
16	-	Philadelphia	12	9	0.75	63.0

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	2	Edmonton	7	11	1.57	132.0
2	1	Minnesota	9	14	1.56	130.7
3	6	Nashville	10	13	1.30	109.2
4	5	Colorado	7	8	1.14	96.0
5	-	Anaheim	8	8	1.00	84.0
6	3	Vegas	7	7	1.00	84.0
7	-	St. Louis	12	9	0.75	63.0
8	-	Winnipeg	11	8	0.73	61.1
9	-	San Jose	11	8	0.73	61.1
10	-	Calgary	10	7	0.70	58.8
11	7	Utah	10	7	0.70	58.8
12	4	Dallas	6	4	0.67	56.0
13	-	L.A.	8	5	0.62	52.5
14	8	Seattle	7	3	0.43	36.0
15	-	Vancouver	11	3	0.27	22.9
16	-	Chicago	11	1	0.09	7.6

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