NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Sat Jan 3 01:19:10 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	Detroit (AT)	42	24	14	2	2	52	17	22	130	134	-4	33	0	2	89	14-7-1-0	10-7-1-2	3 w. Pts	102	84	84	80
2	Tampa Bay (AT)	40	24	13	2	1	51	19	23	135	107	28	22	3	1	113	11-9-0-0	13-4-2-1	6 W	103	85	82	81
3	Carolina (ME)	40	24	13	1	2	51	15	20	135	122	13	23	4	2	87	13-7-1-0	11-6-0-2	2 L	103	85	83	81
4	Montreal (AT)	40	22	12	2	4	50	14	20	137	136	1	28	3	1	99	10-9-0-1	12-3-2-3	7 w. Pts	104	86	83	82
5	New York I. (ME)	41	22	15	0	4	48	15	18	116	117	-1	21	5	5	95	12-8-0-2	10-7-0-2	1 L	106	88	88	84
6	Philadelphia (ME)	39	20	12	4	3	47	13	15	119	114	5	17	2	0	99	11-5-3-1	9-7-1-2	1 L	107	89	89	85
7	Washington wc (ME)	41	21	15	1	4	47	19	21	133	118	15	19	1	3	99	12-7-0-2	9-8-1-2	1 L	107	89	89	85
8	Buffalo wc (AT)	39	21	14	4	0	46	15	18	124	121	3	22	3	1	91	12-5-2-0	9-9-2-0	10 W	108	90	87	86
9	Pittsburgh (ME)	39	18	12	4	5	45	15	17	126	126	0	32	1	3	95	9-6-3-2	9-6-1-3	3 W	109	91	91	86 F: 86
10	Florida (AT)	40	21	16	2	1	45	18	19	127	129	-2	28	4	3	112	13-9-2-1	8-7-0-0	2 L	109	91	88	87 F: 84
11	New York R. (ME)	43	20	18	5	0	45	13	18	114	117	-3	22	3	2	102	5-10-3-0	15-8-2-0	1 W	109	91	91	87 F: 78
12	Toronto (AT)	40	19	15	5	1	44	15	19	134	134	0	17	2	2	86	14-5-4-1	5-10-1-0	5 w. Pts	110	92	89	88 F: 83
13	New Jersey (ME)	40	21	17	2	0	44	14	18	109	120	-11	21	4	1	81	10-7-2-0	11-10-0-0	1 W	110	92	92	88 F: 83
14	Boston (AT)	41	21	18	1	1	44	15	19	130	134	-4	30	1	0	126	12-8-0-1	9-10-1-0	2 w. Pts	110	92	89	88 F: 81
15	Ottawa (AT)	39	19	15	5	0	43	14	16	129	127	2	31	2	1	78	9-7-3-0	10-8-2-0	1 W	111	93	90	89 F: 84
16	Columbus (ME)	39	17	16	5	1	40	10	13	118	131	-13	19	2	0	81	8-7-2-1	9-9-3-0	1 L	114	96	96	92 F: 81

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)	39	30	2	3	4	67	27	29	159	88	71	21	1	4	96	17-0-0-2	13-2-3-2	12 w. Pts	73	73	73	58
2	Dallas (CE)	41	25	9	4	3	57	21	22	143	113	30	37	2	3	106	12-6-1-1	13-3-3-2	4 L	97	97	97	68
3	Minnesota (CE)	42	25	10	5	2	57	18	22	134	110	24	31	3	7	77	13-4-4-1	12-6-1-1	5 w. Pts	97	97	97	68
4	Edmonton (PA)	41	20	15	4	2	46	15	20	137	138	-1	38	4	2	95	10-4-2-1	10-11-2-1	1 L	108	108	86	82
5	Vegas (PA)	39	17	11	6	5	45	13	16	122	123	-1	30	1	2	78	8-6-2-4	9-5-4-1	4 L	109	109	84	83
6	Anaheim (PA)	41	21	17	3	0	45	13	17	139	146	-7	22	6	0	101	12-8-1-0	9-9-2-0	5 L	109	109	84	83
7	Seattle wc (PA)	39	18	14	3	4	43	12	17	103	115	-12	23	1	1	78	9-7-2-2	9-7-1-2	7 w. Pts	111	111	86	85
8	San Jose wc (PA)	40	20	17	2	1	43	11	18	124	139	-15	25	2	0	99	11-7-2-1	9-10-0-0	3 W	111	111	86	85
9	L.A. (PA)	39	16	14	4	5	41	11	15	102	107	-5	19	7	3	102	5-9-3-1	11-5-1-4	2 L	113	113	88	87 F: 85
10	Utah (CE)	41	19	19	3	0	41	14	19	126	118	8	20	3	1	97	9-7-1-0	10-12-2-0	1 W	113	113	113	87 F: 81
11	Calgary (PA)	40	18	18	2	2	40	14	16	108	117	-9	19	6	2	102	12-5-1-1	6-13-1-1	3 W	114	114	89	88 F: 82
12	Nashville (CE)	40	18	18	4	0	40	13	16	114	133	-19	25	2	0	102	10-9-2-0	8-9-2-0	1 L	114	114	114	88 F: 82
13	St. Louis (CE)	42	16	18	6	2	40	16	16	105	146	-41	19	3	3	83	9-9-3-2	7-9-3-0	1 W	114	114	114	88 F: 78
14	Chicago (CE)	40	15	18	4	3	37	13	14	112	130	-18	24	3	2	113	8-8-2-2	7-10-2-1	2 w. Pts	117	117	117	91 F: 79
15	Vancouver (PA)	40	16	20	3	1	36	10	12	115	140	-25	27	5	1	98	4-12-1-1	12-8-2-0	2 L	118	118	93	92 F: 78
16	Winnipeg (CE)	39	15	20	3	1	34	13	14	113	122	-9	22	4	0	98	8-8-2-0	7-12-1-1	8 L	120	120	120	94 F: 78

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	11	17	1.55	126.7
2	2	Tampa Bay	12	17	1.42	116.2
3	-	Ottawa	10	14	1.40	114.8
4	8	Buffalo	9	12	1.33	109.3
5	6	Philadelphia	10	13	1.30	106.6
6	-	Boston	14	18	1.29	105.4
7	3	Carolina	11	14	1.27	104.4
8	5	New York I.	13	15	1.15	94.6
9	7	Washington	12	13	1.08	88.8
10	-	Florida	14	15	1.07	87.9
11	-	New York R.	16	17	1.06	87.1
12	-	Columbus	11	11	1.00	82.0
13	4	Montreal	8	8	1.00	82.0
14	-	New Jersey	14	12	0.86	70.3
15	-	Toronto	14	12	0.86	70.3
16	1	Detroit	11	9	0.82	67.1

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	10	17	1.70	139.4
2	2	Dallas	11	18	1.64	134.2
3	3	Minnesota	14	21	1.50	123.0
4	-	Calgary	12	14	1.17	95.7
5	5	Vegas	11	11	1.00	82.0
6	-	Utah	14	14	1.00	82.0
7	-	L.A.	12	12	1.00	82.0
8	-	Chicago	11	11	1.00	82.0
9	8	San Jose	15	14	0.93	76.5
10	-	Vancouver	13	12	0.92	75.7
11	7	Seattle	13	12	0.92	75.7
12	-	St. Louis	8	7	0.88	71.8
13	4	Edmonton	9	7	0.78	63.8
14	6	Anaheim	11	8	0.73	59.6
15	-	Nashville	10	7	0.70	57.4
16	-	Winnipeg	12	3	0.25	20.5

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

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	2	Tampa Bay	19	29	1.53	125.2
2	8	Buffalo	16	22	1.38	112.8
3	5	New York I.	23	31	1.35	110.5
4	-	Ottawa	18	24	1.33	109.3
5	-	Pittsburgh	20	25	1.25	102.5
6	6	Philadelphia	18	21	1.17	95.7
7	7	Washington	19	22	1.16	94.9
8	3	Carolina	21	24	1.14	93.7
9	4	Montreal	15	16	1.07	87.5
10	1	Detroit	20	21	1.05	86.1
11	-	Columbus	21	22	1.05	85.9
12	-	Florida	23	24	1.04	85.6
13	-	New York R.	27	26	0.96	79.0
14	-	New Jersey	25	24	0.96	78.7
15	-	Boston	23	22	0.96	78.4
16	-	Toronto	18	14	0.78	63.8

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	18	30	1.67	136.7
2	2	Dallas	19	28	1.47	120.8
3	3	Minnesota	21	29	1.38	113.2
4	-	Calgary	20	24	1.20	98.4
5	5	Vegas	20	22	1.10	90.2
6	-	Utah	22	23	1.05	85.7
7	-	L.A.	19	18	0.95	77.7
8	-	Vancouver	22	19	0.86	70.8
9	4	Edmonton	20	17	0.85	69.7
10	-	Chicago	19	16	0.84	69.1
11	-	St. Louis	18	15	0.83	68.3
12	8	San Jose	21	17	0.81	66.4
13	7	Seattle	22	17	0.77	63.4
14	6	Anaheim	18	13	0.72	59.2
15	-	Nashville	17	10	0.59	48.2
16	-	Winnipeg	22	12	0.55	44.7

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