NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Thu Mar 26 00:11:16 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	Carolina (ME)	71	45	20	3	3	96	32	40	252	211	41	49	8	3	161	25-9-1-1	20-11-2-2	1 L	33	21	14	10
2	Buffalo (AT)	72	44	20	8	0	96	37	40	254	211	43	45	10	4	160	22-9-4-0	22-11-4-0	6 w. Pts	33	23	22	11
3	Tampa Bay (AT)	70	44	21	3	2	93	35	40	257	195	62	48	5	2	179	21-12-0-0	23-9-3-2	5 w. Pts	36	26	24	14
4	Montreal (AT)	70	39	21	5	5	88	27	37	249	230	19	50	7	1	166	21-13-1-1	18-8-4-4	2 W	41	31	29	19
5	Boston wc (AT)	72	40	24	5	3	88	29	37	240	224	16	51	2	2	195	26-10-0-1	14-14-5-2	1 W	41	31	29	19
6	Columbus (ME)	71	38	22	10	1	87	27	32	231	217	14	35	5	3	152	20-8-6-1	18-14-4-0	1 W	42	32	32	19
7	Pittsburgh (ME)	71	35	20	6	10	86	29	33	243	225	18	49	5	4	175	17-11-3-5	18-9-3-5	2 L	43	33	33	20
8	Ottawa wc (AT)	71	38	24	9	0	85	32	35	239	216	23	53	6	3	156	18-11-5-0	20-13-4-0	4 W	44	34	32	22
9	New York I. (ME)	72	40	27	0	5	85	26	36	209	206	3	35	9	9	156	19-12-0-2	21-15-0-3	1 L	44	34	34	23 F: 21
10	Detroit (AT)	71	38	25	5	3	84	27	36	207	211	-4	48	2	5	144	20-13-2-1	18-12-3-2	2 L	45	35	33	24 F: 22
11	Philadelphia (ME)	70	34	24	8	4	80	21	25	204	214	-10	30	6	0	168	15-12-6-2	19-12-2-2	1 L		39	39	28 F: 20
12	Washington (ME)	72	35	28	3	6	79	30	34	220	211	9	35	3	3	180	22-11-1-4	13-17-2-2	2 L		40	40	29 F: 15
13	Toronto (AT)	73	31	29	9	4	75	23	30	229	255	-26	34	5	3	164	18-12-6-2	13-17-3-2	2 W				33 F: 9
14	New Jersey (ME)	70	36	32	2	0	74	24	32	193	213	-20	40	4	1	144	18-15-2-0	18-17-0-0	1 W		45	45	34 F: 14
15	Florida (AT)	70	35	32	2	1	73	27	30	211	233	-22	48	6	4	195	19-14-2-1	16-18-0-0	1 W		46	44	35 F: 13
16	g New York R. (ME)	72	28	35	8	1	65	19	25	202	230	-28	45	5	3	171	9-18-6-1	19-17-2-0	6 L

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	x Colorado (CE)	70	47	13	4	6	104	41	44	263	177	86	38	1	6	168	23-6-1-4	24-7-3-2	4 w. Pts	16	16	16	*
2	x Dallas (CE)	71	43	17	7	4	97	33	38	244	196	48	63	3	3	174	22-10-2-2	21-7-5-2	3 L	32	32	32	*
3	Minnesota (CE)	72	40	20	7	5	92	25	36	236	208	28	59	6	8	149	20-10-6-2	20-10-1-3	1 L	37	37	37	5
4	Anaheim (PA)	71	40	27	4	0	84	24	32	238	245	-7	40	8	0	178	23-10-2-0	17-17-2-0	5 w. Pts	45	45	16	13
5	Utah wc (CE)	72	37	29	6	0	80	28	37	225	201	24	33	7	3	172	19-13-3-0	18-16-3-0	1 L				17
6	Edmonton (PA)	72	35	28	6	3	79	27	35	250	246	4	61	6	4	152	18-13-2-2	17-15-4-1	1 W			28	18
7	Vegas (PA)	72	32	26	8	6	78	24	31	225	225	0	51	3	3	148	16-12-2-5	16-14-6-1	1 L			29	19
8	Nashville wc (CE)	71	34	28	8	1	77	25	30	215	235	-20	48	6	0	172	20-13-3-0	14-15-5-1	5 W				20
9	L.A. (PA)	71	28	25	10	8	74	18	24	189	216	-27	35	7	4	163	10-16-5-3	18-9-5-5	4 L			33	25 F: 20
10	Seattle (PA)	70	31	29	5	5	72	25	30	200	218	-18	41	2	1	139	17-14-3-2	14-15-2-3	4 L			35	27 F: 20
11	Winnipeg (CE)	71	30	29	8	4	72	24	28	203	220	-17	35	6	0	155	18-13-4-2	12-16-4-2	3 w. Pts				27 F: 18
12	San Jose (PA)	69	32	31	5	1	70	20	30	211	249	-38	45	3	0	167	17-12-4-1	15-19-1-0	5 L			37	29 F: 20
13	St. Louis (CE)	70	29	30	7	4	69	26	28	184	225	-41	30	5	7	148	16-12-4-3	13-18-3-1	3 w. Pts				30 F: 17
14	Calgary (PA)	71	30	34	4	3	67	23	26	180	219	-39	33	11	2	165	20-12-3-1	10-22-1-2	4 W			40	32 F: 13
15	Chicago (CE)	71	27	31	8	5	67	20	24	187	228	-41	37	5	5	181	13-16-4-3	14-15-4-2	2 w. Pts				32 F: 13
16	g Vancouver (PA)	70	21	41	6	2	50	14	16	182	262	-80	40	7	2	146	8-24-3-2	13-17-3-0	3 L

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 - really only relevent during the Regular Season)
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	6	Columbus	16	22	1.38	112.8
2	4	Montreal	20	25	1.25	102.5
3	1	Carolina	18	22	1.22	100.2
4	8	Ottawa	18	22	1.22	100.2
5	5	Boston	20	23	1.15	94.3
6	-	Washington	21	23	1.10	89.8
7	-	New York I.	19	20	1.05	86.3
8	2	Buffalo	21	22	1.05	85.9
9	-	New York R.	23	24	1.04	85.6
10	-	Florida	21	21	1.00	82.0
11	7	Pittsburgh	21	21	1.00	82.0
12	-	Detroit	23	22	0.96	78.4
13	-	Toronto	26	24	0.92	75.7
14	3	Tampa Bay	16	14	0.88	71.8
15	-	Philadelphia	23	18	0.78	64.2
16	-	New Jersey	21	16	0.76	62.5

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	3	Minnesota	21	32	1.52	125.0
2	1	Colorado	22	32	1.45	119.3
3	2	Dallas	22	30	1.36	111.8
4	4	Anaheim	17	20	1.18	96.5
5	-	Chicago	26	29	1.12	91.5
6	6	Edmonton	17	18	1.06	86.8
7	-	L.A.	22	21	0.95	78.3
8	-	San Jose	22	21	0.95	78.3
9	5	Utah	22	21	0.95	78.3
10	8	Nashville	20	18	0.90	73.8
11	-	Calgary	19	16	0.84	69.1
12	-	Winnipeg	22	18	0.82	67.1
13	-	Vancouver	19	15	0.79	64.7
14	-	St. Louis	22	16	0.73	59.6
15	-	Seattle	21	13	0.62	50.8
16	7	Vegas	19	11	0.58	47.5

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	31	40	1.29	105.8
2	4	Montreal	35	45	1.29	105.4
3	1	Carolina	33	42	1.27	104.4
4	2	Buffalo	36	43	1.19	97.9
5	6	Columbus	32	38	1.19	97.4
6	-	New York I.	34	39	1.15	94.1
7	-	Florida	36	41	1.14	93.4
8	8	Ottawa	33	37	1.12	91.9
9	-	New Jersey	36	38	1.06	86.6
10	-	Washington	35	36	1.03	84.3
11	7	Pittsburgh	36	37	1.03	84.3
12	-	Philadelphia	38	39	1.03	84.2
13	5	Boston	34	33	0.97	79.6
14	-	Toronto	40	37	0.93	75.8
15	-	Detroit	38	35	0.92	75.5
16	-	New York R.	38	35	0.92	75.5

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	3	Minnesota	35	49	1.40	114.8
2	1	Colorado	38	53	1.39	114.4
3	2	Dallas	35	44	1.26	103.1
4	4	Anaheim	33	38	1.15	94.4
5	6	Edmonton	33	34	1.03	84.5
6	-	L.A.	38	37	0.97	79.8
7	-	San Jose	37	35	0.95	77.6
8	-	Calgary	35	33	0.94	77.3
9	-	Chicago	40	37	0.93	75.8
10	5	Utah	37	34	0.92	75.4
11	8	Nashville	34	30	0.88	72.4
12	-	St. Louis	37	32	0.86	70.9
13	-	Winnipeg	37	29	0.78	64.3
14	7	Vegas	35	26	0.74	60.9
15	-	Vancouver	35	23	0.66	53.9
16	-	Seattle	35	23	0.66	53.9

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