NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Mon Dec 22 23:29:03 2025

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	Carolina (ME)	35	22	10	1	2	47	14	18	119	101	18	19	4	2	80	11-5-1-0	11-5-0-2	2 L	107	91	91	88
2	Detroit (AT)	37	21	13	1	2	45	16	19	116	119	-3	27	0	2	79	11-7-1-0	10-6-0-2	2 W	109	97	91	90
3	Philadelphia (ME)	35	18	10	4	3	43	11	13	108	101	7	16	1	0	90	11-5-3-1	7-5-1-2	2 w. Pts	111	99	99	92
4	Washington (ME)	36	19	12	1	4	43	18	19	114	96	18	15	1	3	86	11-6-0-2	8-6-1-2	2 L	111	99	99	92
5	Tampa Bay (AT)	36	20	13	2	1	43	17	20	117	95	22	20	2	1	97	10-9-0-0	10-4-2-1	2 W	111	99	93	92
6	Montreal (AT)	36	19	12	2	3	43	12	17	117	122	-5	25	3	1	90	10-9-0-1	9-3-2-2	3 w. Pts	111	99	93	92
7	New York I. wc (ME)	36	19	13	0	4	42	13	16	105	103	2	19	5	4	84	10-7-0-2	9-6-0-2	3 L	112	100	100	93
8	New Jersey wc (ME)	36	20	15	1	0	41	13	17	102	108	-6	19	4	1	75	10-7-1-0	10-8-0-0	1 L	113	101	101	94
9	Boston (AT)	37	20	16	0	1	41	14	18	120	120	0	28	1	0	109	12-7-0-1	8-9-0-0	3 L	113	101	95	94 F: 91
10	Florida (AT)	35	19	14	1	1	40	16	17	112	112	0	23	4	3	95	12-7-1-1	7-7-0-0	1 L	114	102	96	95 F: 94
11	Ottawa (AT)	35	18	13	4	0	40	13	15	117	110	7	30	2	1	70	8-6-2-0	10-7-2-0	4 W	114	102	96	95 F: 94
12	New York R. (ME)	38	18	16	4	0	40	11	16	97	102	-5	17	2	2	86	5-10-3-0	13-6-1-0	1 L	114	102	102	95 F: 88
13	Pittsburgh (ME)	35	15	11	4	5	39	13	14	107	113	-6	29	1	3	84	7-6-3-2	8-5-1-3	1 W	115	103	103	96 F: 93
14	Buffalo (AT)	35	17	14	4	0	38	12	14	109	115	-6	22	3	1	85	11-5-2-0	6-9-2-0	6 W	116	104	98	97 F: 92
15	Toronto (AT)	35	15	15	4	1	35	11	15	109	118	-9	12	2	1	79	10-5-4-1	5-10-0-0	3 L	119	107	101	100 F: 89
16	Columbus (ME)	35	14	15	5	1	34	7	10	105	124	-19	16	2	0	70	7-6-2-1	7-9-3-0	2 L	120	108	108	101 F: 88

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)	35	26	2	3	4	59	24	26	141	80	61	20	1	3	85	14-0-0-2	12-2-3-2	8 w. Pts	87	87	87	70
2	Dallas (CE)	37	25	7	3	2	55	21	22	133	97	36	35	2	3	99	12-5-1-0	13-2-2-2	4 W	99	99	99	74
3	Minnesota (CE)	37	22	10	4	1	49	16	19	115	96	19	29	3	7	69	13-4-3-1	9-6-1-0	1 L	105	105	105	80
4	Anaheim (PA)	36	21	13	2	0	44	13	17	128	123	5	20	6	0	89	12-5-0-0	9-8-2-0	1 W	110	110	95	87
5	Vegas (PA)	34	16	8	6	4	42	12	15	103	102	1	28	1	2	70	7-4-2-3	9-4-4-1	3 L	112	112	95	89
6	Edmonton (PA)	37	18	13	4	2	42	13	18	125	127	-2	33	4	2	84	9-3-2-1	9-10-2-1	1 W	112	112	95	89
7	L.A. wc (PA)	34	15	10	4	5	39	10	14	88	90	-2	15	6	3	91	4-6-3-1	11-4-1-4	1 W	115	115	98	92
8	Utah wc (CE)	38	18	17	3	0	39	13	18	116	111	5	17	3	1	90	9-6-1-0	9-11-2-0	1 W	115	115	115	92
9	San Jose (PA)	36	17	16	2	1	37	9	16	107	122	-15	23	2	0	89	10-7-2-1	7-9-0-0	2 L	117	117	100	94 F: 91
10	St. Louis (CE)	38	14	16	6	2	36	14	14	95	131	-36	18	3	3	74	7-8-3-2	7-8-3-0	1 L	118	118	118	95 F: 86
11	Nashville (CE)	35	15	16	4	0	34	11	13	100	119	-19	19	1	0	92	10-9-2-0	5-7-2-0	2 W	120	120	120	97 F: 90
12	Calgary (PA)	36	15	17	2	2	34	12	13	97	108	-11	16	6	2	92	9-5-1-1	6-12-1-1	2 W	120	120	103	97 F: 88
13	Winnipeg (CE)	35	15	17	2	1	33	13	14	103	107	-4	21	4	0	93	8-7-1-0	7-10-1-1	4 L	121	121	121	98 F: 89
14	Vancouver (PA)	36	15	18	3	0	33	10	12	103	122	-19	24	4	1	87	4-10-1-0	11-8-2-0	1 L	121	121	104	98 F: 87
15	Seattle (PA)	33	13	14	3	3	32	8	13	83	104	-21	19	1	1	66	7-7-2-1	6-7-1-2	1 W	122	122	105	98 F: 92
16	Chicago (CE)	35	13	16	4	2	32	12	13	98	111	-13	21	3	2	102	7-6-2-1	6-10-2-1	5 L	122	122	122	99 F: 88

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	1	Carolina	8	12	1.50	123.0
2	3	Philadelphia	10	15	1.50	123.0
3	-	Boston	11	16	1.45	119.3
4	-	Ottawa	8	11	1.38	112.8
5	5	Tampa Bay	14	19	1.36	111.3
6	-	Pittsburgh	9	12	1.33	109.3
7	-	Buffalo	11	14	1.27	104.4
8	7	New York I.	13	16	1.23	100.9
9	-	Florida	11	12	1.09	89.5
10	-	New York R.	11	12	1.09	89.5
11	4	Washington	12	13	1.08	88.8
12	8	New Jersey	10	9	0.90	73.8
13	2	Detroit	9	8	0.89	72.9
14	-	Columbus	11	9	0.82	67.1
15	-	Toronto	12	9	0.75	61.5
16	6	Montreal	6	4	0.67	54.7

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	9	15	1.67	136.7
2	2	Dallas	10	15	1.50	123.0
3	3	Minnesota	10	14	1.40	114.8
4	-	Calgary	10	12	1.20	98.4
5	7	L.A.	7	8	1.14	93.7
6	4	Anaheim	9	10	1.11	91.1
7	-	Chicago	11	11	1.00	82.0
8	-	San Jose	14	14	1.00	82.0
9	-	Vancouver	11	10	0.91	74.5
10	8	Utah	10	9	0.90	73.8
11	-	St. Louis	8	7	0.88	71.8
12	5	Vegas	8	6	0.75	61.5
13	-	Seattle	11	8	0.73	59.6
14	6	Edmonton	7	5	0.71	58.6
15	-	Nashville	9	6	0.67	54.7
16	-	Winnipeg	11	5	0.45	37.3

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

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	5	Tampa Bay	22	31	1.41	115.5
2	7	New York I.	22	30	1.36	111.8
3	1	Carolina	17	22	1.29	106.1
4	3	Philadelphia	15	19	1.27	103.9
5	-	Florida	22	27	1.23	100.6
6	-	Buffalo	18	21	1.17	95.7
7	4	Washington	19	22	1.16	94.9
8	-	Ottawa	17	19	1.12	91.6
9	8	New Jersey	21	23	1.10	89.8
10	-	Pittsburgh	18	19	1.06	86.6
11	-	Boston	21	22	1.05	85.9
12	-	Columbus	20	18	0.90	73.8
13	2	Detroit	16	14	0.88	71.8
14	6	Montreal	14	12	0.86	70.3
15	-	New York R.	21	18	0.86	70.3
16	-	Toronto	16	12	0.75	61.5

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	17	27	1.59	130.2
2	2	Dallas	17	26	1.53	125.4
3	3	Minnesota	17	21	1.24	101.3
4	-	Calgary	15	16	1.07	87.5
5	5	Vegas	19	20	1.05	86.3
6	7	L.A.	14	14	1.00	82.0
7	-	Vancouver	19	19	1.00	82.0
8	4	Anaheim	17	16	0.94	77.2
9	-	Chicago	17	16	0.94	77.2
10	-	San Jose	22	19	0.86	70.8
11	-	St. Louis	17	14	0.82	67.5
12	6	Edmonton	17	14	0.82	67.5
13	8	Utah	16	12	0.75	61.5
14	-	Winnipeg	18	12	0.67	54.7
15	-	Seattle	18	11	0.61	50.1
16	-	Nashville	16	9	0.56	46.1

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