NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Wed Dec 3 01:13:15 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)	25	16	7	1	1	34	11	15	86	70	16	10	3	2	59	8-3-1-0	8-4-0-1	2 W	123	113	112	110
2	Tampa Bay (AT)	26	16	8	2	0	34	13	16	85	67	18	12	2	1	74	8-5-0-0	8-3-2-0	1 L	123	115	110	110
3	Washington (ME)	27	16	9	0	2	34	15	16	91	70	21	13	0	1	58	9-5-0-1	7-4-0-1	5 W	123	115	115	110
4	New Jersey (ME)	26	16	9	1	0	33	10	14	83	79	4	17	4	1	62	9-2-1-0	7-7-0-0	2 L	124	116	116	111
5	Pittsburgh wc (ME)	25	13	7	2	3	31	12	13	79	71	8	20	1	3	62	6-4-1-1	7-3-1-2	1 W	126	118	118	113
6	Philadelphia wc (ME)	25	14	8	3	0	31	7	9	74	72	2	12	0	0	64	8-4-2-0	6-4-1-0	1 L	126	118	118	113
7	New York I. (ME)	27	14	10	0	3	31	10	13	78	78	0	12	5	3	65	6-6-0-2	8-4-0-1	1 W	126	118	118	113
8	Ottawa (AT)	26	13	9	4	0	30	9	10	84	86	-2	17	1	0	52	6-3-2-0	7-6-2-0	1 W	127	119	117	114
9	Detroit (AT)	27	14	11	1	1	30	10	12	82	93	-11	19	0	0	58	9-6-1-0	5-5-0-1	2 w. Pts	127	119	117	114 F: 111
10	New York R. (ME)	28	14	12	2	0	30	10	13	75	73	2	13	2	2	65	3-8-1-0	11-4-1-0	1 W	127	119	119	114 F: 109
11	Boston (AT)	28	15	13	0	0	30	9	13	87	91	-4	21	1	0	90	9-5-0-0	6-8-0-0	1 L	127	119	117	114 F: 109
12	Montreal (AT)	25	13	9	1	2	29	8	13	84	92	-8	18	2	0	64	6-6-0-1	7-3-1-1	2 L	128	120	118	114 F: 114
13	Columbus (ME)	26	12	9	4	1	29	7	9	78	85	-7	10	2	0	49	5-3-2-1	7-6-2-0	3 w. Pts	128	120	120	115 F: 112
14	Toronto (AT)	26	12	11	3	0	27	8	12	89	90	-1	10	1	0	60	8-4-3-0	4-7-0-0	2 W	130	122	120	117 F: 110
15	Buffalo (AT)	26	11	11	4	0	26	8	9	81	87	-6	13	3	1	64	9-5-2-0	2-6-2-0	2 W	131	123	121	118 F: 109
16	Florida (AT)	25	12	12	0	1	25	11	11	76	81	-5	17	3	2	65	8-6-0-1	4-6-0-0	3 L	132	124	122	119 F: 110

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)	26	19	1	3	3	44	18	19	106	56	50	15	1	3	67	11-0-0-2	8-1-3-1	17 w. Pts	106	106	106	97
2	Dallas (CE)	27	17	5	3	2	39	14	15	95	74	21	29	0	2	70	8-4-1-0	9-1-2-2	7 w. Pts	118	118	118	102
3	Minnesota (CE)	27	15	7	4	1	35	9	12	78	72	6	22	2	6	52	8-3-3-1	7-4-1-0	12 w. Pts	122	122	122	106
4	Anaheim (PA)	26	16	9	1	0	33	10	14	96	84	12	17	3	0	68	9-3-0-0	7-6-1-0	1 W	124	124	112	108
5	Vegas (PA)	26	12	6	6	2	32	10	11	80	79	1	20	1	1	57	7-4-2-2	5-2-4-0	2 W	125	125	114	109
6	L.A. (PA)	26	12	7	2	5	31	7	11	69	73	-4	11	5	2	66	3-5-2-1	9-2-0-4	1 L	126	126	115	110
7	San Jose wc (PA)	27	13	11	2	1	29	7	12	80	87	-7	19	2	0	76	9-4-2-1	4-7-0-0	1 W	128	128	117	112
8	Seattle wc (PA)	24	11	7	3	3	28	7	11	59	66	-7	12	1	1	45	6-3-2-1	5-4-1-2	3 L	129	129	118	113
9	Chicago (CE)	26	11	9	4	2	28	10	11	83	77	6	18	1	1	76	6-5-2-1	5-4-2-1	2 w. Pts	129	129	129	113 F: 113
10	Utah (CE)	27	12	12	3	0	27	9	12	80	83	-3	10	2	0	62	7-3-1-0	5-9-2-0	4 L	130	130	130	114 F: 110
11	Edmonton (PA)	27	11	11	3	2	27	6	11	81	96	-15	19	2	2	60	5-3-1-1	6-8-2-1	1 L	130	130	119	114 F: 110
12	Winnipeg (CE)	25	13	12	0	0	26	11	12	77	75	2	17	3	0	73	6-5-0-0	7-7-0-0	1 L	131	131	131	115 F: 113
13	St. Louis (CE)	27	9	11	5	2	25	9	9	69	95	-26	14	2	2	49	5-6-2-2	4-5-3-0	1 L	132	132	132	116 F: 108
14	Vancouver (PA)	27	10	14	3	0	23	6	8	80	98	-18	19	3	0	67	3-7-1-0	7-7-2-0	3 L	134	134	123	118 F: 106
15	Nashville (CE)	26	9	13	4	0	22	7	8	69	93	-24	13	1	0	63	6-8-2-0	3-5-2-0	1 W	135	135	135	119 F: 107
16	Calgary (PA)	28	9	15	2	2	22	7	7	66	87	-21	13	3	1	75	4-4-1-1	5-11-1-1	2 L	135	135	124	119 F: 103

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	Ottawa	5	8	1.60	131.2
2	5	Pittsburgh	5	8	1.60	131.2
3	1	Carolina	4	6	1.50	123.0
4	-	Boston	10	12	1.20	98.4
5	6	Philadelphia	10	12	1.20	98.4
6	2	Tampa Bay	8	9	1.12	92.2
7	-	Buffalo	6	6	1.00	82.0
8	7	New York I.	10	10	1.00	82.0
9	-	Toronto	6	6	1.00	82.0
10	3	Washington	10	9	0.90	73.8
11	-	Florida	9	8	0.89	72.9
12	-	Columbus	8	7	0.88	71.8
13	4	New Jersey	8	7	0.88	71.8
14	-	Montreal	5	4	0.80	65.6
15	-	New York R.	8	6	0.75	61.5
16	-	Detroit	5	2	0.40	32.8

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	7	11	1.57	128.9
2	2	Dallas	6	9	1.50	123.0
3	3	Minnesota	7	10	1.43	117.1
4	6	L.A.	7	9	1.29	105.4
5	4	Anaheim	8	10	1.25	102.5
6	5	Vegas	8	9	1.12	92.2
7	7	San Jose	11	12	1.09	89.5
8	8	Seattle	6	6	1.00	82.0
9	-	Utah	10	10	1.00	82.0
10	-	Calgary	5	4	0.80	65.6
11	-	Chicago	8	6	0.75	61.5
12	-	Vancouver	8	6	0.75	61.5
13	-	St. Louis	6	4	0.67	54.7
14	-	Edmonton	6	3	0.50	41.0
15	-	Nashville	6	3	0.50	41.0
16	-	Winnipeg	9	4	0.44	36.4

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	13	17	1.31	107.2
2	1	Carolina	13	17	1.31	107.2
3	8	Ottawa	13	17	1.31	107.2
4	5	Pittsburgh	12	15	1.25	102.5
5	6	Philadelphia	13	16	1.23	100.9
6	3	Washington	15	17	1.13	92.9
7	7	New York I.	16	18	1.12	92.2
8	-	Columbus	12	13	1.08	88.8
9	-	Florida	16	17	1.06	87.1
10	4	New Jersey	15	15	1.00	82.0
11	-	Toronto	8	8	1.00	82.0
12	-	Boston	17	16	0.94	77.2
13	-	Detroit	11	10	0.91	74.5
14	-	Montreal	11	10	0.91	74.5
15	-	Buffalo	9	8	0.89	72.9
16	-	New York R.	14	11	0.79	64.4

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	12	19	1.58	129.8
2	2	Dallas	13	20	1.54	126.2
3	5	Vegas	14	16	1.14	93.7
4	3	Minnesota	15	17	1.13	92.9
5	4	Anaheim	13	14	1.08	88.3
6	6	L.A.	15	16	1.07	87.5
7	-	Chicago	11	11	1.00	82.0
8	-	Vancouver	12	11	0.92	75.2
9	8	Seattle	11	10	0.91	74.5
10	-	Calgary	9	8	0.89	72.9
11	-	Utah	13	11	0.85	69.4
12	-	St. Louis	13	11	0.85	69.4
13	7	San Jose	17	14	0.82	67.5
14	-	Edmonton	13	10	0.77	63.1
15	-	Winnipeg	15	10	0.67	54.7
16	-	Nashville	12	7	0.58	47.8

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