NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Fri Jan 9 23:46:25 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)	44	27	14	1	2	57	18	23	152	133	19	26	5	2	99	15-8-1-0	12-6-0-2	3 W	93	79	76	74
2	Montreal (AT)	44	25	13	2	4	56	16	23	151	144	7	29	3	1	111	12-9-0-1	13-4-2-3	3 W	94	80	80	75
3	Detroit (AT)	45	26	15	2	2	56	19	24	141	142	-1	35	1	2	97	15-8-1-0	11-7-1-2	2 W	94	80	77	75
4	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
5	New York I. (ME)	44	24	15	0	5	53	16	20	130	122	8	21	5	6	100	14-8-0-2	10-7-0-3	3 w. Pts	97	83	81	78
6	Philadelphia (ME)	42	22	12	5	3	52	15	17	130	120	10	18	2	0	103	12-5-4-1	10-7-1-2	3 w. Pts	98	84	82	79
7	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	79
8	Pittsburgh wc (ME)	42	21	12	4	5	51	17	20	139	132	7	34	1	3	98	10-6-3-2	11-6-1-3	6 W	99	85	83	80
9	Buffalo (AT)	42	23	15	4	0	50	17	20	135	131	4	23	5	1	98	13-5-2-0	10-10-2-0	2 W	100	86	83	80 F: 80
10	Toronto (AT)	43	21	15	6	1	49	16	21	143	140	3	17	3	2	93	15-5-4-1	6-10-2-0	8 w. Pts	101	87	84	82 F: 77
11	Boston (AT)	44	23	19	1	1	48	16	21	141	144	-3	33	1	0	134	13-8-0-1	10-11-1-0	1 W	102	88	85	83 F: 74
12	Florida (AT)	43	22	18	2	1	47	19	20	132	140	-8	28	4	3	122	14-9-2-1	8-9-0-0	2 L	103	89	86	84 F: 75
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	85 F: 72
14	New York R. (ME)	45	20	19	6	0	46	13	18	118	125	-7	24	3	2	104	5-11-4-0	15-8-2-0	2 L	104	90	88	85 F: 70
15	Ottawa (AT)	43	20	18	5	0	45	15	17	139	145	-6	34	3	1	94	10-8-3-0	10-10-2-0	3 L	105	91	88	86 F: 73
16	Columbus (ME)	43	18	18	6	1	43	11	14	132	147	-15	19	3	0	93	9-7-3-1	9-11-3-0	3 L	107	93	91	88 F: 71

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)	43	32	4	3	4	71	29	31	175	99	76	25	1	4	105	18-0-0-2	14-4-3-2	1 W	66	66	66	52
2	Dallas (CE)	44	26	10	5	3	60	22	23	153	124	29	39	3	3	115	12-6-2-1	14-4-3-2	1 W	90	90	90	63
3	Minnesota (CE)	45	26	11	5	3	60	18	23	143	121	22	33	3	7	82	13-4-4-1	13-7-1-2	1 W	90	90	90	63
4	Vegas (PA)	42	19	11	7	5	50	14	18	133	132	1	33	1	2	83	9-6-2-4	10-5-5-1	3 w. Pts	100	100	79	75
5	Edmonton (PA)	44	22	16	4	2	50	17	22	149	148	1	41	4	2	101	11-5-2-1	11-11-2-1	2 W	100	100	81	75
6	Seattle (PA)	42	20	14	4	4	48	14	19	117	123	-6	27	1	1	82	10-7-3-2	10-7-1-2	10 w. Pts	102	102	83	77
7	San Jose wc (PA)	43	22	18	2	1	47	12	20	136	151	-15	29	2	0	107	12-8-2-1	10-10-0-0	2 W	103	103	84	78
8	Utah wc (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
9	L.A. (PA)	43	18	15	5	5	46	12	16	115	122	-7	20	7	3	113	7-9-4-1	11-6-1-4	2 L	104	104	85	77 F: 78
10	Anaheim (PA)	44	21	20	3	0	45	13	17	147	163	-16	24	6	0	112	12-8-1-0	9-12-2-0	8 L	105	105	86	80 F: 75
11	Nashville (CE)	43	20	19	4	0	44	14	17	122	143	-21	25	3	0	107	11-9-2-0	9-10-2-0	1 W	106	106	106	81 F: 76
12	Chicago (CE)	44	18	19	4	3	43	14	16	126	142	-16	29	3	2	123	10-9-2-2	8-10-2-1	1 L	107	107	107	82 F: 73
13	St. Louis (CE)	45	17	20	6	2	42	17	17	112	157	-45	19	4	4	90	10-9-3-2	7-11-3-0	2 L	108	108	108	83 F: 70
14	Calgary (PA)	44	18	22	2	2	40	14	16	114	134	-20	19	6	2	108	12-7-1-1	6-15-1-1	4 L	110	110	91	85 F: 70
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: 69
16	Vancouver (PA)	43	16	22	4	1	37	10	12	121	153	-32	30	5	1	102	4-12-2-1	12-10-2-0	5 L	113	113	94	88 F: 69

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	4	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	1	Carolina	10	12	1.20	98.4
8	-	Toronto	17	19	1.12	91.6
9	2	Montreal	10	11	1.10	90.2
10	5	New York I.	13	14	1.08	88.3
11	-	Columbus	13	13	1.00	82.0
12	-	Florida	15	15	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	16	12	0.75	61.5

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	2	Dallas	10	18	1.80	147.6
2	1	Colorado	12	20	1.67	136.7
3	3	Minnesota	14	19	1.36	111.3
4	-	L.A.	14	16	1.14	93.7
5	-	Chicago	10	11	1.10	90.2
6	-	Calgary	15	16	1.07	87.5
7	4	Vegas	11	11	1.00	82.0
8	7	San Jose	16	15	0.94	76.9
9	8	Utah	12	11	0.92	75.2
10	5	Edmonton	10	9	0.90	73.8
11	-	St. Louis	10	9	0.90	73.8
12	-	Nashville	12	10	0.83	68.3
13	-	Anaheim	13	10	0.77	63.1
14	-	Vancouver	13	10	0.77	63.1
15	6	Seattle	13	9	0.69	56.8
16	-	Winnipeg	15	5	0.33	27.3

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

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	4	Tampa Bay	21	31	1.48	121.0
2	8	Pittsburgh	19	25	1.32	107.9
3	5	New York I.	24	30	1.25	102.5
4	2	Montreal	20	25	1.25	102.5
5	-	Ottawa	20	25	1.25	102.5
6	-	Buffalo	19	23	1.21	99.3
7	6	Philadelphia	19	23	1.21	99.3
8	-	Florida	24	27	1.12	92.2
9	7	Washington	19	20	1.05	86.3
10	1	Carolina	21	22	1.05	85.9
11	-	Toronto	22	23	1.05	85.7
12	3	Detroit	19	19	1.00	82.0
13	-	New Jersey	27	26	0.96	79.0
14	-	Columbus	23	22	0.96	78.4
15	-	Boston	21	20	0.95	78.1
16	-	New York R.	29	27	0.93	76.3

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	2	Dallas	21	33	1.57	128.9
2	1	Colorado	20	31	1.55	127.1
3	3	Minnesota	22	28	1.27	104.4
4	4	Vegas	20	22	1.10	90.2
5	-	L.A.	23	24	1.04	85.6
6	-	Calgary	22	22	1.00	82.0
7	5	Edmonton	21	20	0.95	78.1
8	8	Utah	19	18	0.95	77.7
9	-	Chicago	20	18	0.90	73.8
10	-	St. Louis	20	17	0.85	69.7
11	7	San Jose	25	20	0.80	65.6
12	-	Nashville	22	17	0.77	63.4
13	-	Anaheim	25	19	0.76	62.3
14	-	Vancouver	23	17	0.74	60.6
15	6	Seattle	22	16	0.73	59.6
16	-	Winnipeg	24	14	0.58	47.8

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