NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Mon Apr 13 01:05:12 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	xy Carolina (ME)	80	52	22	3	3	110	38	47	292	236	56	58	12	3	184	29-10-1-1	23-12-2-2	3 W		1	*	*
2	x Buffalo (AT)	80	49	23	8	0	106	41	44	280	236	44	48	10	5	183	26-10-4-0	23-13-4-0	3 W		9	3	*
3	x Montreal (AT)	81	48	23	5	5	106	34	44	281	252	29	56	7	1	193	24-15-1-1	24-8-4-4	1 W			5	*
4	x Tampa Bay (AT)	80	49	25	4	2	104	40	45	284	224	60	50	6	2	208	25-13-1-0	24-12-3-2	1 W			7	*
5	x Pittsburgh (ME)	81	41	24	6	10	98	34	38	288	261	27	56	6	4	191	20-13-3-5	21-11-3-5	2 L				*
6	x Boston wc (AT)	81	44	27	7	3	98	32	40	268	250	18	55	2	2	213	28-11-0-1	16-16-7-2	1 W				*
7	x Ottawa wc (AT)	81	43	27	10	1	97	37	40	275	245	30	61	8	4	177	22-12-5-1	21-15-5-0	5 w. Pts				*
8	Philadelphia (ME)	80	41	27	8	4	94	26	32	243	239	4	36	7	0	187	18-13-6-2	23-14-2-2	1 W				2
9	Washington (ME)	81	42	30	3	6	93	36	40	261	243	18	42	4	5	201	25-11-1-4	17-19-2-2	3 W				5 F: 2
10	Columbus (ME)	81	40	29	10	2	92	28	33	252	251	1	38	5	3	166	20-12-6-2	20-17-4-0	1 L				7 F: 1
11	Detroit (AT)	80	41	30	5	4	91	30	39	237	246	-9	56	3	5	161	21-16-2-2	20-14-3-2	1 L				7 F: 2
12	g New York I. (ME)	81	43	33	0	5	91	29	39	232	239	-7	40	9	9	172	22-16-0-2	21-17-0-3	2 L
13*	g New Jersey (ME)	81	42	36	2	1	87	29	38	230	250	-20	45	7	2	165	21-17-2-1	21-19-0-0	2 W
14	g Florida (AT)	80	38	38	2	2	80	30	33	240	273	-33	51	6	4	215	21-15-2-1	17-23-0-1	1 W
15	g Toronto (AT)	80	32	34	10	4	78	23	31	247	290	-43	41	7	3	183	18-14-6-2	14-20-4-2	5 L
16	g New York R. (ME)	80	33	38	8	1	75	24	30	232	245	-13	52	6	3	195	14-20-6-1	19-18-2-0	2 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*	xyzp Colorado (CE)	79	52	16	5	6	115	46	49	295	201	94	45	2	7	191	25-9-2-4	27-7-3-2	3 w. Pts	*	*	*	*
2*	x Dallas (CE)	80	48	20	8	4	108	37	43	269	218	51	69	4	5	196	26-11-2-2	22-9-6-2	3 W				*
3*	x Minnesota (CE)	80	45	23	7	5	102	30	41	266	232	34	64	6	8	164	22-10-6-2	23-13-1-3	2 L				*
4	x Vegas (PA)	80	37	26	9	8	91	28	36	255	247	8	56	5	3	163	18-12-3-6	19-14-6-2	8 w. Pts			4	*
5	x Utah wc (CE)	80	42	32	6	0	90	32	42	260	230	30	44	8	3	190	21-15-3-0	21-17-3-0	2 L				*
6	x Edmonton (PA)	80	40	30	7	3	90	31	40	275	266	9	66	6	5	168	21-14-2-2	19-16-5-1	1 L			6	*
7	Anaheim (PA)	80	42	32	6	0	90	25	34	264	281	-17	47	9	0	193	24-13-4-0	18-19-2-0	2 w. Pts			6	1
8	L.A. wc (PA)	79	34	26	10	9	87	21	29	216	237	-21	37	7	6	176	15-17-5-4	19-9-5-5	6 w. Pts			9	4
9	Nashville (CE)	80	38	32	8	2	86	28	33	241	261	-20	53	8	1	196	21-15-3-0	17-17-5-2	1 W				7 F: 4
10	Winnipeg (CE)	79	35	32	8	4	82	28	33	225	243	-18	39	6	0	168	19-15-4-2	16-17-4-2	1 L				11 F: 2
11	San Jose (PA)	79	37	34	6	2	82	25	35	240	284	-44	51	3	0	181	21-14-4-2	16-20-2-0	3 L				11 F: 2
12	g St. Louis (CE)	79	34	33	8	4	80	30	33	213	247	-34	37	6	7	165	18-14-4-3	16-19-4-1	1 W
13	g Seattle (PA)	79	34	34	5	6	79	26	32	222	252	-30	42	2	1	149	19-16-3-2	15-18-2-4	2 W
14	g Calgary (PA)	80	33	38	6	3	75	26	29	208	255	-47	36	11	2	191	22-12-4-1	11-26-2-2	1 W
15*	g Chicago (CE)	80	28	38	9	5	70	21	25	207	268	-61	40	5	5	195	13-18-5-3	15-20-4-2	3 L
16*	g Vancouver (PA)	80	24	48	6	2	56	15	18	211	307	-96	50	9	2	161	8-27-3-2	16-21-3-0	2 W

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	7	Ottawa	23	31	1.35	110.5
2	3	Montreal	24	31	1.29	105.9
3	1	Carolina	22	28	1.27	104.4
4	-	Columbus	26	31	1.19	97.8
5	4	Tampa Bay	24	28	1.17	95.7
6	2	Buffalo	24	27	1.12	92.2
7	-	Washington	25	27	1.08	88.6
8	-	New York R.	26	28	1.08	88.3
9	6	Boston	25	25	1.00	82.0
10	5	Pittsburgh	23	23	1.00	82.0
11	-	Toronto	26	26	1.00	82.0
12	-	Detroit	26	25	0.96	78.8
13	8	Philadelphia	21	19	0.90	74.2
14	-	Florida	27	24	0.89	72.9
15	-	New York I.	24	18	0.75	61.5
16	-	New Jersey	25	17	0.68	55.8

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	23	36	1.57	128.3
2	3	Minnesota	22	30	1.36	111.8
3	2	Dallas	24	31	1.29	105.9
4	7	Anaheim	21	24	1.14	93.7
5	-	Chicago	26	28	1.08	88.3
6	-	Nashville	26	27	1.04	85.2
7	-	Calgary	26	26	1.00	82.0
8	6	Edmonton	21	21	1.00	82.0
9	5	Utah	23	23	1.00	82.0
10	-	San Jose	27	27	1.00	82.0
11	8	L.A.	23	22	0.96	78.4
12	4	Vegas	23	21	0.91	74.9
13	-	St. Louis	24	21	0.88	71.8
14	-	Seattle	25	19	0.76	62.3
15	-	Winnipeg	25	19	0.76	62.3
16	-	Vancouver	25	16	0.64	52.5

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

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	4	Tampa Bay	40	54	1.35	110.7
2	1	Carolina	38	50	1.32	107.9
3	3	Montreal	40	51	1.27	104.5
4	2	Buffalo	39	48	1.23	100.9
5	7	Ottawa	39	46	1.18	96.7
6	-	Columbus	42	48	1.14	93.7
7	-	Washington	41	46	1.12	92.0
8	8	Philadelphia	37	41	1.11	90.9
9	-	Florida	43	45	1.05	85.8
10	-	New Jersey	41	41	1.00	82.0
11	6	Boston	41	41	1.00	82.0
12	-	Toronto	41	41	1.00	82.0
13	5	Pittsburgh	39	38	0.97	79.9
14	-	New York I.	40	38	0.95	77.9
15	-	Detroit	42	38	0.90	74.2
16	-	New York R.	42	37	0.88	72.2

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	39	55	1.41	115.6
2	3	Minnesota	38	49	1.29	105.7
3	2	Dallas	39	50	1.28	105.1
4	7	Anaheim	37	40	1.08	88.6
5	-	Calgary	42	45	1.07	87.9
6	6	Edmonton	37	37	1.00	82.0
7	8	L.A.	39	39	1.00	82.0
8	-	St. Louis	39	39	1.00	82.0
9	5	Utah	39	37	0.95	77.8
10	-	San Jose	43	39	0.91	74.4
11	-	Nashville	42	37	0.88	72.2
12	-	Chicago	41	36	0.88	72.0
13	4	Vegas	39	34	0.87	71.5
14	-	Seattle	41	33	0.80	66.0
15	-	Winnipeg	41	30	0.73	60.0
16	-	Vancouver	41	22	0.54	44.0

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