NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Thu Dec 11 01:14:51 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	Washington (ME)	30	18	9	0	3	39	17	18	103	75	28	14	1	2	70	10-5-0-1	8-4-0-2	8 w. Pts	115	106	106	101
2	Carolina (ME)	29	18	9	1	1	38	13	17	98	83	15	14	4	2	66	10-5-1-0	8-4-0-1	1 W	116	106	106	102
3	Detroit (AT)	31	17	11	1	2	37	13	15	99	105	-6	23	0	1	67	9-6-1-0	8-5-0-2	6 w. Pts	117	107	104	103
4	New York I. (ME)	31	17	11	0	3	37	12	15	92	89	3	15	5	4	75	8-6-0-2	9-5-0-1	1 W	117	107	107	103
5	Tampa Bay (AT)	30	17	11	2	0	36	14	17	94	76	18	14	2	1	83	8-7-0-0	9-4-2-0	1 W	118	108	104	104
6	Boston (AT)	31	18	13	0	0	36	12	16	101	96	5	22	1	0	94	11-5-0-0	7-8-0-0	3 W	118	108	104	104
7	Pittsburgh wc (ME)	28	14	7	2	5	35	13	14	88	81	7	23	1	3	69	6-4-1-2	8-3-1-3	4 w. Pts	119	109	109	105
8	Philadelphia wc (ME)	28	16	9	3	0	35	9	11	85	78	7	14	0	0	72	10-5-2-0	6-4-1-0	1 W	119	109	109	105
9	New Jersey (ME)	30	17	12	1	0	35	11	15	88	92	-4	17	4	1	64	9-4-1-0	8-8-0-0	1 W	119	109	109	105 F: 105
10	New York R. (ME)	32	15	13	4	0	34	11	14	83	84	-1	13	2	2	72	3-8-3-0	12-5-1-0	3 L	120	110	110	106 F: 100
11	Montreal (AT)	29	15	11	1	2	33	8	13	93	105	-12	21	2	0	71	7-8-0-1	8-3-1-1	2 L	121	111	107	107 F: 105
12	Florida (AT)	29	15	12	1	1	32	13	14	92	93	-1	19	3	2	77	10-6-1-1	5-6-0-0	4 w. Pts	122	112	108	108 F: 104
13	Toronto (AT)	29	14	11	3	1	32	10	14	97	93	4	10	2	1	67	9-4-3-1	5-7-0-0	5 w. Pts	122	112	108	108 F: 104
14	Columbus (ME)	30	13	11	5	1	32	7	9	91	103	-12	14	2	0	60	6-3-2-1	7-8-3-0	3 L	122	112	112	108 F: 102
15	Ottawa (AT)	29	13	12	4	0	30	9	10	90	96	-6	23	1	0	58	6-6-2-0	7-6-2-0	3 L	124	114	110	110 F: 102
16	Buffalo (AT)	30	12	14	4	0	28	8	10	92	106	-14	19	3	1	75	9-5-2-0	3-9-2-0	1 W	126	116	112	112 F: 98

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)	30	21	2	3	4	49	19	21	118	70	48	17	1	3	74	11-0-0-2	10-2-3-2	3 w. Pts	101	101	101	88
2	Dallas (CE)	31	21	5	3	2	47	17	18	109	80	29	32	0	3	82	10-4-1-0	11-1-2-2	11 w. Pts	107	107	107	90
3	Anaheim (PA)	30	19	10	1	0	39	11	15	111	98	13	19	4	0	77	11-4-0-0	8-6-1-0	3 W	115	115	105	100
4	Vegas (PA)	29	14	6	6	3	37	11	13	90	86	4	22	1	2	60	7-4-2-2	7-2-4-1	5 w. Pts	117	117	107	102
5	Minnesota (CE)	30	16	9	4	1	37	10	13	85	81	4	23	2	6	58	8-3-3-1	8-6-1-0	1 W	117	117	117	100
6	L.A. (PA)	30	14	8	3	5	36	9	13	82	80	2	13	6	3	78	4-6-2-1	10-2-1-4	3 w. Pts	118	118	108	103
7	Chicago wc (CE)	30	13	11	4	2	32	12	13	89	91	-2	20	2	2	88	7-5-2-1	6-6-2-1	1 W	122	122	122	107
8	Edmonton wc (PA)	30	13	11	4	2	32	8	13	99	106	-7	24	3	2	68	7-3-2-1	6-8-2-1	3 w. Pts	122	122	112	107
9	San Jose (PA)	31	14	14	2	1	31	8	13	87	103	-16	21	2	0	82	9-5-2-1	5-9-0-0	1 L	123	123	113	108 F: 102
10	Utah (CE)	32	14	15	3	0	31	11	14	96	94	2	13	3	1	72	7-5-1-0	7-10-2-0	3 L	123	123	123	108 F: 100
11	Seattle (PA)	28	12	10	3	3	30	7	12	70	85	-15	16	1	1	53	7-5-2-1	5-5-1-2	1 W	124	124	114	107 F: 107
12	Winnipeg (CE)	29	14	14	0	1	29	12	13	88	89	-1	17	3	0	76	7-6-0-0	7-8-0-1	2 L	125	125	125	110 F: 104
13	St. Louis (CE)	31	11	13	5	2	29	11	11	79	109	-30	16	2	2	60	5-7-2-2	6-6-3-0	1 L	125	125	125	110 F: 100
14	Calgary (PA)	32	12	16	2	2	28	10	10	82	96	-14	15	4	2	88	7-5-1-1	5-11-1-1	1 L	126	126	116	111 F: 97
15	Nashville (CE)	29	11	14	4	0	26	7	9	78	103	-25	15	1	0	76	7-8-2-0	4-6-2-0	1 W	128	128	128	113 F: 101
16	Vancouver (PA)	30	11	16	3	0	25	7	9	85	108	-23	19	3	0	72	4-9-1-0	7-7-2-0	1 L	129	129	119	114 F: 98

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	7	Pittsburgh	5	9	1.80	147.6
2	-	Ottawa	8	13	1.62	133.2
3	6	Boston	9	12	1.33	109.3
4	2	Carolina	5	6	1.20	98.4
5	5	Tampa Bay	10	12	1.20	98.4
6	8	Philadelphia	6	7	1.17	95.7
7	-	Buffalo	9	9	1.00	82.0
8	4	New York I.	14	13	0.93	76.1
9	-	New York R.	11	10	0.91	74.5
10	-	Toronto	11	10	0.91	74.5
11	-	New Jersey	10	9	0.90	73.8
12	-	Florida	9	8	0.89	72.9
13	1	Washington	9	8	0.89	72.9
14	3	Detroit	6	5	0.83	68.3
15	-	Columbus	10	8	0.80	65.6
16	-	Montreal	5	3	0.60	49.2

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	7	12	1.71	140.6
2	5	Minnesota	7	12	1.71	140.6
3	2	Dallas	6	9	1.50	123.0
4	6	L.A.	8	10	1.25	102.5
5	3	Anaheim	9	11	1.22	100.2
6	-	Seattle	11	12	1.09	89.5
7	4	Vegas	6	6	1.00	82.0
8	-	Vancouver	12	12	1.00	82.0
9	-	San Jose	10	10	1.00	82.0
10	7	Chicago	10	9	0.90	73.8
11	-	Nashville	8	7	0.88	71.8
12	-	Utah	11	9	0.82	67.1
13	-	Calgary	8	6	0.75	61.5
14	-	St. Louis	7	5	0.71	58.6
15	-	Winnipeg	9	6	0.67	54.7
16	8	Edmonton	5	3	0.60	49.2

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

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	5	Tampa Bay	17	22	1.29	106.1
2	7	Pittsburgh	12	15	1.25	102.5
3	-	Ottawa	16	19	1.19	97.4
4	2	Carolina	14	16	1.14	93.7
5	1	Washington	15	17	1.13	92.9
6	-	Buffalo	15	17	1.13	92.9
7	6	Boston	16	18	1.12	92.2
8	-	Florida	17	19	1.12	91.6
9	4	New York I.	21	23	1.10	89.8
10	-	Columbus	15	15	1.00	82.0
11	-	New Jersey	19	19	1.00	82.0
12	8	Philadelphia	10	10	1.00	82.0
13	3	Detroit	12	11	0.92	75.2
14	-	Toronto	13	11	0.85	69.4
15	-	New York R.	20	16	0.80	65.6
16	-	Montreal	11	7	0.64	52.2

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	14	21	1.50	123.0
2	2	Dallas	12	18	1.50	123.0
3	5	Minnesota	14	19	1.36	111.3
4	3	Anaheim	18	23	1.28	104.8
5	4	Vegas	14	17	1.21	99.6
6	7	Chicago	13	14	1.08	88.3
7	6	L.A.	15	15	1.00	82.0
8	-	Vancouver	17	17	1.00	82.0
9	-	Seattle	17	15	0.88	72.4
10	-	Utah	14	12	0.86	70.3
11	-	San Jose	18	15	0.83	68.3
12	-	Winnipeg	15	12	0.80	65.6
13	-	Calgary	12	9	0.75	61.5
14	-	Nashville	15	11	0.73	60.1
15	8	Edmonton	11	8	0.73	59.6
16	-	St. Louis	16	9	0.56	46.1

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