NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Tue Jan 27 00:41:57 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	Tampa Bay (AT)	51	33	14	2	2	70	26	30	179	130	49	33	3	2	135	14-9-0-0	19-5-2-2	1 W	74	60	58	52
2	Carolina (ME)	52	32	15	2	3	69	23	28	180	150	30	34	6	2	119	18-8-1-1	14-7-1-2	5 w. Pts	75	64	57	51
3	Detroit (AT)	53	32	16	3	2	69	22	30	167	159	8	41	1	3	111	18-8-1-0	14-8-2-2	5 w. Pts	75	64	64	53
4	Buffalo (AT)	51	29	17	5	0	63	23	26	172	155	17	28	7	2	117	16-6-3-0	13-11-2-0	3 W	81	70	70	59
5	Pittsburgh (ME)	51	26	14	4	7	63	22	25	169	152	17	37	2	3	122	11-7-3-4	15-7-1-3	7 w. Pts	81	70	67	57
6	Montreal wc (AT)	52	28	17	3	4	63	18	26	177	175	2	36	4	1	130	14-11-0-1	14-6-3-3	2 L	81	70	70	59
7	Boston wc (AT)	53	30	20	2	1	63	23	28	177	166	11	42	2	2	151	19-8-0-1	11-12-2-0	3 w. Pts	81	70	70	59
8	New York I. (ME)	52	28	19	0	5	61	19	24	150	146	4	25	7	8	120	14-9-0-2	14-10-0-3	1 W	83	72	69	59
9	Florida (AT)	51	28	20	2	1	59	23	25	157	165	-8	34	4	3	143	14-10-2-1	14-10-0-0	3 W	85	74	74	63 F: 61
10	Philadelphia (ME)	51	24	18	6	3	57	17	19	154	162	-8	23	5	0	128	12-9-4-1	12-9-2-2	1 L	87	76	73	65 F: 59
11	Toronto (AT)	52	24	19	8	1	57	17	24	170	176	-6	22	3	3	113	16-8-5-1	8-11-3-0	4 L	87	76	76	65 F: 57
12	Washington (ME)	53	25	21	2	5	57	22	25	170	159	11	26	1	3	133	14-10-0-3	11-11-2-2	2 w. Pts	87	76	73	65 F: 55
13	New Jersey (ME)	52	27	23	2	0	56	18	24	138	159	-21	29	4	1	105	12-9-2-0	15-14-0-0	1 L	88	77	74	66 F: 56
14	Columbus (ME)	51	24	20	6	1	55	15	19	158	169	-11	25	3	1	107	13-8-3-1	11-12-3-0	2 W	89	78	75	67 F: 57
15	Ottawa (AT)	52	24	21	7	0	55	19	21	174	174	0	39	3	1	114	12-10-4-0	12-11-3-0	1 W	89	78	78	67 F: 55
16	New York R. (ME)	53	22	25	6	0	50	14	20	143	165	-22	29	3	2	122	6-13-4-0	16-12-2-0	1 W	94	83	80	72 F: 48

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)	50	35	6	4	5	79	32	34	198	122	76	27	1	5	116	20-2-1-3	15-4-3-2	1 W	54	48	49	40
2	Minnesota (CE)	53	29	14	7	3	68	19	26	171	154	17	43	4	7	103	14-6-6-1	15-8-1-2	2 w. Pts	76	76	76	51
3	Dallas (CE)	52	29	14	6	3	67	25	26	172	144	28	44	3	3	128	14-7-2-1	15-7-4-2	1 W	77	77	77	52
4	Vegas (PA)	51	25	14	7	5	62	18	24	171	161	10	40	1	2	96	12-7-2-4	13-7-5-1	1 L	82	82	58	58
5	Edmonton (PA)	54	27	19	5	3	62	21	27	186	175	11	48	5	4	120	14-8-2-2	13-11-3-1	2 W	82	82	63	58
6	Anaheim (PA)	53	28	22	3	0	59	16	22	177	188	-11	29	7	0	133	15-8-1-0	13-14-2-0	1 L	85	85	66	61
7	Utah wc (CE)	52	27	21	4	0	58	20	27	163	143	20	23	4	1	124	15-7-2-0	12-14-2-0	1 L	86	86	86	62
8	San Jose wc (PA)	50	26	21	2	1	55	15	24	156	174	-18	35	2	0	119	14-9-2-1	12-12-0-0	1 W	89	89	70	65
9	L.A. (PA)	50	21	16	7	6	55	13	17	134	143	-9	23	7	3	126	8-10-5-2	13-6-2-4	5 w. Pts	89	89	70	64 F: 65
10	Seattle (PA)	51	23	19	5	4	55	17	22	143	154	-11	32	1	1	101	12-9-3-2	11-10-2-2	1 W	89	89	70	65 F: 63
11	Nashville (CE)	51	24	23	4	0	52	17	21	148	174	-26	32	4	0	122	14-12-2-0	10-11-2-0	1 L	92	92	92	68 F: 60
12	Chicago (CE)	52	21	23	4	4	50	16	18	141	164	-23	30	4	4	142	11-13-2-3	10-10-2-1	2 L	94	94	94	70 F: 56
13	Calgary (PA)	52	21	25	4	2	48	17	19	132	156	-24	25	7	2	128	13-9-3-1	8-16-1-1	4 L	96	96	77	72 F: 54
14	Winnipeg (CE)	51	20	24	5	2	47	18	19	149	158	-9	28	5	0	124	12-10-4-1	8-14-1-1	2 L	97	97	97	73 F: 55
15	St. Louis (CE)	52	19	24	6	3	47	18	18	127	179	-52	24	5	5	104	12-9-3-3	7-15-3-0	4 L	97	97	97	73 F: 53
16	Vancouver (PA)	52	17	30	4	1	39	11	13	139	191	-52	31	6	1	113	5-16-2-1	12-14-2-0	2 L	105	105	86	81 F: 45

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	-	Columbus	14	21	1.50	123.0
2	7	Boston	16	22	1.38	112.8
3	5	Pittsburgh	11	15	1.36	111.8
4	1	Tampa Bay	11	14	1.27	104.4
5	4	Buffalo	14	17	1.21	99.6
6	-	Ottawa	15	17	1.13	92.9
7	-	New York R.	18	19	1.06	86.6
8	2	Carolina	11	11	1.00	82.0
9	6	Montreal	14	14	1.00	82.0
10	-	Toronto	18	18	1.00	82.0
11	-	Washington	15	15	1.00	82.0
12	-	Florida	14	13	0.93	76.1
13	8	New York I.	13	12	0.92	75.7
14	-	Philadelphia	17	15	0.88	72.4
15	3	Detroit	16	13	0.81	66.6
16	-	New Jersey	16	11	0.69	56.4

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	13	21	1.62	132.5
2	2	Minnesota	14	19	1.36	111.3
3	3	Dallas	13	17	1.31	107.2
4	-	Chicago	12	15	1.25	102.5
5	-	L.A.	19	23	1.21	99.3
6	4	Vegas	13	14	1.08	88.3
7	-	Calgary	14	15	1.07	87.9
8	8	San Jose	17	18	1.06	86.8
9	7	Utah	14	14	1.00	82.0
10	6	Anaheim	14	14	1.00	82.0
11	5	Edmonton	8	7	0.88	71.8
12	-	Nashville	16	14	0.88	71.8
13	-	Seattle	17	13	0.76	62.7
14	-	Vancouver	13	9	0.69	56.8
15	-	St. Louis	13	8	0.62	50.5
16	-	Winnipeg	15	7	0.47	38.3

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

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Tampa Bay	24	38	1.58	129.8
2	8	New York I.	26	32	1.23	100.9
3	-	Columbus	28	34	1.21	99.6
4	4	Buffalo	24	29	1.21	99.1
5	5	Pittsburgh	21	25	1.19	97.6
6	6	Montreal	23	26	1.13	92.7
7	-	Ottawa	26	29	1.12	91.5
8	-	Philadelphia	28	30	1.07	87.9
9	2	Carolina	24	25	1.04	85.4
10	-	Florida	27	28	1.04	85.0
11	7	Boston	29	30	1.03	84.8
12	-	New Jersey	31	31	1.00	82.0
13	-	Washington	26	25	0.96	78.8
14	3	Detroit	26	24	0.92	75.7
15	-	Toronto	28	24	0.86	70.3
16	-	New York R.	32	27	0.84	69.2

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	24	36	1.50	123.0
2	2	Minnesota	25	33	1.32	108.2
3	-	L.A.	27	32	1.19	97.2
4	3	Dallas	24	28	1.17	95.7
5	4	Vegas	23	25	1.09	89.1
6	-	Calgary	26	27	1.04	85.2
7	7	Utah	26	27	1.04	85.2
8	-	Chicago	24	24	1.00	82.0
9	6	Anaheim	26	25	0.96	78.8
10	8	San Jose	27	25	0.93	75.9
11	5	Edmonton	22	19	0.86	70.8
12	-	Nashville	25	21	0.84	68.9
13	-	St. Louis	26	20	0.77	63.1
14	-	Seattle	29	22	0.76	62.2
15	-	Vancouver	27	17	0.63	51.6
16	-	Winnipeg	26	16	0.62	50.5

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