NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Tue Dec 30 00:58:45 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)	38	24	11	1	2	51	15	20	129	110	19	21	4	2	85	13-6-1-0	11-5-0-2	2 W	103	85	85	81
2	Detroit (AT)	40	23	14	1	2	49	16	21	125	129	-4	30	0	2	84	13-7-1-0	10-7-0-2	1 W	105	91	87	84
3	Tampa Bay (AT)	38	22	13	2	1	47	18	21	126	101	25	20	3	1	110	11-9-0-0	11-4-2-1	4 W	107	93	87	86
4	Montreal (AT)	38	20	12	2	4	46	13	18	127	129	-2	27	3	1	95	10-9-0-1	10-3-2-3	5 w. Pts	108	94	88	87
5	New York I. (ME)	39	21	14	0	4	46	15	18	111	108	3	19	5	5	91	12-7-0-2	9-7-0-2	1 L	108	94	94	86
6	Philadelphia (ME)	37	19	11	4	3	45	12	14	112	106	6	17	1	0	94	11-5-3-1	8-6-1-2	1 L	109	95	95	87
7	Washington wc (ME)	39	20	14	1	4	45	18	20	124	111	13	17	1	3	95	11-7-0-2	9-7-1-2	1 L	109	95	95	88
8	Florida wc (AT)	38	21	15	1	1	44	18	19	124	121	3	26	4	3	108	13-8-1-1	8-7-0-0	1 W	110	96	90	89
9	Buffalo (AT)	38	20	14	4	0	44	14	17	120	120	0	22	3	1	89	12-5-2-0	8-9-2-0	9 W	110	96	90	88 F: 89
10	New York R. (ME)	41	19	17	5	0	43	12	17	106	110	-4	19	2	2	95	5-10-3-0	14-7-2-0	2 L	111	97	97	90 F: 82
11	New Jersey (ME)	38	20	16	2	0	42	13	17	106	114	-8	20	4	1	76	10-7-2-0	10-9-0-0	3 L	112	98	98	91 F: 87
12	Boston (AT)	40	20	18	1	1	42	14	18	124	132	-8	29	1	0	121	12-8-0-1	8-10-1-0	6 L	112	98	92	91 F: 83
13	Pittsburgh (ME)	37	16	12	4	5	41	14	15	117	122	-5	30	1	3	89	7-6-3-2	9-6-1-3	1 W	113	99	99	92 F: 88
14	Ottawa (AT)	38	18	15	5	0	41	13	15	125	124	1	31	2	1	75	8-7-3-0	10-8-2-0	3 L	113	99	93	92 F: 86
15	Toronto (AT)	38	17	15	5	1	40	13	17	124	129	-5	15	2	1	82	12-5-4-1	5-10-1-0	3 w. Pts	114	100	94	93 F: 85
16	Columbus (ME)	38	17	15	5	1	40	10	13	116	128	-12	19	2	0	81	8-6-2-1	9-9-3-0	3 W	114	100	100	93 F: 85

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)	38	29	2	3	4	65	26	28	153	87	66	20	1	4	93	16-0-0-2	13-2-3-2	11 w. Pts	79	79	79	62
2	Dallas (CE)	39	25	7	4	3	57	21	22	139	105	34	37	2	3	102	12-5-1-1	13-2-3-2	6 w. Pts	97	97	97	70
3	Minnesota (CE)	40	24	10	5	1	54	17	21	126	104	22	30	3	7	76	13-4-4-1	11-6-1-0	3 w. Pts	100	100	100	73
4	Edmonton (PA)	40	20	14	4	2	46	15	20	135	132	3	38	4	2	93	10-3-2-1	10-11-2-1	1 W	108	108	90	84
5	Vegas (PA)	37	17	9	6	5	45	13	16	117	115	2	29	1	2	74	8-5-2-4	9-4-4-1	2 L	109	109	86	85
6	Anaheim (PA)	39	21	16	2	0	44	13	17	134	137	-3	21	6	0	96	12-7-0-0	9-9-2-0	3 L	110	110	87	86
7	L.A. wc (PA)	38	16	13	4	5	41	11	15	99	102	-3	17	7	3	101	5-8-3-1	11-5-1-4	1 L	113	113	90	89
8	San Jose wc (PA)	39	19	17	2	1	41	11	18	120	136	-16	24	2	0	98	10-7-2-1	9-10-0-0	2 W	113	113	90	89
9	Seattle (PA)	37	16	14	3	4	39	11	16	95	111	-16	22	1	1	76	8-7-2-2	8-7-1-2	5 w. Pts	115	115	92	89 F: 89
10	Utah (CE)	40	18	19	3	0	39	13	18	119	116	3	18	3	1	93	9-7-1-0	9-12-2-0	2 L	115	115	115	91 F: 83
11	Nashville (CE)	38	17	17	4	0	38	12	15	109	127	-18	22	2	0	99	10-9-2-0	7-8-2-0	1 W	116	116	116	92 F: 86
12	Calgary (PA)	39	17	18	2	2	38	13	15	103	116	-13	17	6	2	100	11-5-1-1	6-13-1-1	2 W	116	116	93	92 F: 84
13	St. Louis (CE)	40	15	17	6	2	38	15	15	100	137	-37	19	3	3	79	8-9-3-2	7-8-3-0	1 L	116	116	116	92 F: 82
14	Vancouver (PA)	38	16	19	3	0	35	10	12	109	130	-21	25	5	1	96	4-11-1-0	12-8-2-0	1 W	119	119	96	95 F: 83
15	Winnipeg (CE)	37	15	18	3	1	34	13	14	107	114	-7	21	4	0	96	8-8-2-0	7-10-1-1	6 L	120	120	120	96 F: 84
16	Chicago (CE)	38	14	18	4	2	34	12	13	106	124	-18	21	3	2	110	7-8-2-1	7-10-2-1	1 L	120	120	120	96 F: 82

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	9	13	1.44	118.4
2	-	Buffalo	10	14	1.40	114.8
3	3	Tampa Bay	15	21	1.40	114.8
4	-	Ottawa	8	11	1.38	112.8
5	6	Philadelphia	11	15	1.36	111.8
6	1	Carolina	10	13	1.30	106.6
7	-	Boston	12	14	1.17	95.7
8	8	Florida	12	14	1.17	95.7
9	5	New York I.	13	14	1.08	88.3
10	-	New York R.	14	15	1.07	87.9
11	2	Detroit	10	10	1.00	82.0
12	-	Toronto	13	12	0.92	75.7
13	7	Washington	13	12	0.92	75.7
14	-	Columbus	11	10	0.91	74.5
15	-	New Jersey	14	12	0.86	70.3
16	4	Montreal	6	4	0.67	54.7

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	11	19	1.73	141.6
2	2	Dallas	11	17	1.55	126.7
3	3	Minnesota	12	18	1.50	123.0
4	-	Calgary	12	14	1.17	95.7
5	7	L.A.	10	11	1.10	90.2
6	-	Seattle	15	16	1.07	87.5
7	6	Anaheim	10	10	1.00	82.0
8	5	Vegas	11	11	1.00	82.0
9	-	Chicago	11	11	1.00	82.0
10	8	San Jose	13	12	0.92	75.7
11	-	Utah	14	12	0.86	70.3
12	-	St. Louis	6	5	0.83	68.3
13	-	Vancouver	12	10	0.83	68.3
14	-	Nashville	9	7	0.78	63.8
15	4	Edmonton	6	3	0.50	41.0
16	-	Winnipeg	12	5	0.42	34.2

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	31	1.41	115.5
2	-	Buffalo	15	20	1.33	109.3
3	5	New York I.	22	28	1.27	104.4
4	6	Philadelphia	17	21	1.24	101.3
5	1	Carolina	21	25	1.19	97.6
6	8	Florida	23	27	1.17	96.3
7	-	Pittsburgh	19	22	1.16	94.9
8	-	Ottawa	17	19	1.12	91.6
9	2	Detroit	18	20	1.11	91.1
10	7	Washington	21	23	1.10	89.8
11	-	New Jersey	26	26	1.00	82.0
12	-	Columbus	21	21	1.00	82.0
13	-	New York R.	24	22	0.92	75.2
14	-	Boston	21	18	0.86	70.3
15	-	Toronto	17	14	0.82	67.5
16	4	Montreal	12	8	0.67	54.7

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	18	30	1.67	136.7
2	2	Dallas	20	28	1.40	114.8
3	3	Minnesota	18	25	1.39	113.9
4	-	Calgary	18	20	1.11	91.1
5	6	Anaheim	18	18	1.00	82.0
6	5	Vegas	22	22	1.00	82.0
7	7	L.A.	18	17	0.94	77.4
8	-	Seattle	23	21	0.91	74.9
9	4	Edmonton	16	14	0.88	71.8
10	-	St. Louis	15	13	0.87	71.1
11	8	San Jose	20	17	0.85	69.7
12	-	Vancouver	20	17	0.85	69.7
13	-	Chicago	18	15	0.83	68.3
14	-	Utah	20	15	0.75	61.5
15	-	Nashville	18	12	0.67	54.7
16	-	Winnipeg	19	12	0.63	51.8

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