NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Sun Jan 11 01:29:19 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	Carolina (ME)	45	28	14	1	2	59	19	24	155	135	20	26	5	2	100	16-8-1-0	12-6-0-2	4 W	91	77	72	71
2	Detroit (AT)	46	27	15	2	2	58	20	25	145	142	3	36	1	3	98	15-8-1-0	12-7-1-2	3 W	92	78	78	72
3	Tampa Bay (AT)	43	27	13	2	1	57	22	26	153	114	39	26	3	1	118	12-9-0-0	15-4-2-1	9 W	93	77	74	73
4	Montreal (AT)	45	25	14	2	4	56	16	23	151	148	3	29	3	1	115	12-10-0-1	13-4-2-3	1 L	94	80	75	74
5	New York I. (ME)	45	25	15	0	5	55	16	21	134	125	9	21	6	6	103	14-8-0-2	11-7-0-3	4 w. Pts	95	81	79	75
6	Buffalo wc (AT)	43	24	15	4	0	52	18	21	140	134	6	23	5	1	100	14-5-2-0	10-10-2-0	3 W	98	84	79	78
7	Philadelphia (ME)	43	22	13	5	3	52	15	17	132	127	5	19	2	0	105	12-6-4-1	10-7-1-2	2 L	98	84	82	78
8	Washington wc (ME)	45	23	16	1	5	52	21	23	148	130	18	19	1	3	108	13-8-0-3	10-8-1-2	1 W	98	84	82	78
9	Pittsburgh (ME)	43	21	13	4	5	51	17	20	140	134	6	34	1	3	101	10-7-3-2	11-6-1-3	1 L	99	85	83	77 F: 78
10	Toronto (AT)	44	22	15	6	1	51	17	22	148	140	8	19	3	3	99	16-5-4-1	6-10-2-0	9 w. Pts	99	85	80	79 F: 76
11	Boston (AT)	45	24	19	1	1	50	17	22	151	146	5	34	1	0	135	14-8-0-1	10-11-1-0	2 W	100	86	81	80 F: 73
12	Florida (AT)	44	23	18	2	1	49	20	21	135	142	-7	30	4	3	127	14-9-2-1	9-9-0-0	1 W	101	87	82	81 F: 74
13	New Jersey (ME)	44	22	20	2	0	46	15	19	115	137	-22	23	4	1	88	11-8-2-0	11-12-0-0	3 L	104	90	88	84 F: 71
14	New York R. (ME)	46	20	20	6	0	46	13	18	120	135	-15	25	3	2	106	5-11-4-0	15-9-2-0	3 L	104	90	88	84 F: 67
15	Ottawa (AT)	44	20	19	5	0	45	15	17	141	148	-7	34	3	1	96	10-9-3-0	10-10-2-0	4 L	105	91	86	85 F: 70
16	Columbus (ME)	44	18	19	6	1	43	11	14	132	151	-19	19	3	0	95	9-7-3-1	9-12-3-0	4 L	107	93	91	87 F: 68

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)	44	33	4	3	4	73	30	32	179	99	80	25	1	5	107	19-0-0-2	14-4-3-2	2 W	63	63	63	49
2	Dallas (CE)	45	26	10	6	3	61	22	23	157	129	28	39	3	3	117	12-6-2-1	14-4-4-2	2 w. Pts	89	89	89	61
3	Minnesota (CE)	46	26	11	6	3	61	18	23	146	125	21	34	3	7	85	13-4-5-1	13-7-1-2	2 w. Pts	89	89	89	61
4	Vegas (PA)	43	20	11	7	5	52	15	19	137	134	3	33	1	2	83	10-6-2-4	10-5-5-1	4 w. Pts	98	98	75	70
5	Edmonton (PA)	45	22	16	4	3	51	17	22	152	152	0	42	4	2	102	11-5-2-2	11-11-2-1	3 w. Pts	99	99	80	71
6	San Jose (PA)	44	23	18	2	1	49	12	21	141	155	-14	33	2	0	109	13-8-2-1	10-10-0-0	3 W	101	101	82	73
7	Seattle wc (PA)	43	20	15	4	4	48	14	19	119	126	-7	27	1	1	83	10-7-3-2	10-8-1-2	2 L	102	102	83	74
8	L.A. wc (PA)	44	19	15	5	5	48	12	16	119	125	-6	21	7	3	116	7-9-4-1	12-6-1-4	1 W	102	102	83	74
9	Utah (CE)	45	22	20	3	0	47	16	22	137	127	10	21	3	1	108	11-7-1-0	11-13-2-0	3 W	103	103	103	78 F: 74
10	Chicago (CE)	45	19	19	4	3	45	15	17	129	142	-13	30	3	3	126	10-9-2-2	9-10-2-1	1 W	105	105	105	80 F: 72
11	Anaheim (PA)	45	21	21	3	0	45	13	17	150	168	-18	24	6	0	114	12-8-1-0	9-13-2-0	9 L	105	105	86	80 F: 72
12	Nashville (CE)	44	20	20	4	0	44	14	17	122	146	-24	25	3	0	109	11-10-2-0	9-10-2-0	1 L	106	106	106	81 F: 73
13	Calgary (PA)	45	19	22	2	2	42	15	17	116	135	-19	19	6	2	111	12-7-1-1	7-15-1-1	1 W	108	108	89	83 F: 69
14	St. Louis (CE)	46	17	21	6	2	42	17	17	114	161	-47	20	4	4	91	10-9-3-2	7-12-3-0	3 L	108	108	108	83 F: 67
15	Winnipeg (CE)	43	16	22	4	1	37	14	15	126	135	-9	23	5	0	107	9-9-3-0	7-13-1-1	1 W	113	113	113	88 F: 68
16	Vancouver (PA)	44	16	23	4	1	37	10	12	121	158	-37	30	5	1	104	4-12-2-1	12-11-2-0	6 L	113	113	94	88 F: 66

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	-	Pittsburgh	12	19	1.58	129.8
2	3	Tampa Bay	13	19	1.46	119.8
3	6	Buffalo	9	12	1.33	109.3
4	-	Boston	14	18	1.29	105.4
5	1	Carolina	11	14	1.27	104.4
6	-	Ottawa	11	14	1.27	104.4
7	7	Philadelphia	11	13	1.18	96.9
8	5	New York I.	13	15	1.15	94.6
9	-	Columbus	12	13	1.08	88.8
10	8	Washington	12	13	1.08	88.8
11	-	Florida	15	15	1.00	82.0
12	-	New York R.	17	17	1.00	82.0
13	-	Toronto	16	15	0.94	76.9
14	2	Detroit	12	11	0.92	75.2
15	4	Montreal	9	8	0.89	72.9
16	-	New Jersey	16	12	0.75	61.5

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	11	19	1.73	141.6
2	2	Dallas	12	20	1.67	136.7
3	3	Minnesota	16	22	1.38	112.8
4	-	Calgary	14	16	1.14	93.7
5	8	L.A.	14	16	1.14	93.7
6	4	Vegas	10	10	1.00	82.0
7	6	San Jose	17	17	1.00	82.0
8	7	Seattle	14	13	0.93	76.1
9	-	Chicago	12	11	0.92	75.2
10	-	St. Louis	9	8	0.89	72.9
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	10	8	0.80	65.6
15	-	Anaheim	13	10	0.77	63.1
16	-	Winnipeg	16	8	0.50	41.0

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

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	3	Tampa Bay	22	33	1.50	123.0
2	6	Buffalo	16	22	1.38	112.8
3	5	New York I.	23	31	1.35	110.5
4	-	Pittsburgh	21	28	1.33	109.3
5	8	Washington	21	25	1.19	97.6
6	1	Carolina	24	28	1.17	95.7
7	-	Florida	25	29	1.16	95.1
8	2	Detroit	20	23	1.15	94.3
9	7	Philadelphia	20	23	1.15	94.3
10	-	Ottawa	21	22	1.05	85.9
11	-	Boston	23	24	1.04	85.6
12	4	Montreal	18	18	1.00	82.0
13	-	Columbus	24	24	1.00	82.0
14	-	New York R.	27	26	0.96	79.0
15	-	New Jersey	26	24	0.92	75.7
16	-	Toronto	21	18	0.86	70.3

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	21	34	1.62	132.8
2	2	Dallas	23	33	1.43	117.7
3	3	Minnesota	24	31	1.29	105.9
4	-	Calgary	23	26	1.13	92.7
5	4	Vegas	19	21	1.11	90.6
6	8	L.A.	21	22	1.05	85.9
7	-	Utah	21	20	0.95	78.1
8	-	St. Louis	20	18	0.90	73.8
9	6	San Jose	24	20	0.83	68.3
10	-	Chicago	22	18	0.82	67.1
11	5	Edmonton	22	18	0.82	67.1
12	7	Seattle	24	18	0.75	61.5
13	-	Vancouver	24	18	0.75	61.5
14	-	Nashville	19	14	0.74	60.4
15	-	Winnipeg	26	17	0.65	53.6
16	-	Anaheim	24	15	0.62	51.2

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