NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Wed Apr 15 00:50:20 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*	xyz Carolina (ME)	82	53	22	3	4	113	39	48	296	240	56	59	12	3	187	29-10-1-1	24-12-2-3	5 w. Pts		*	*	*
2*	xy Buffalo (AT)	81	50	23	8	0	108	42	45	285	237	48	48	10	5	188	26-10-4-0	24-13-4-0	4 W			*	*
3*	x Tampa Bay (AT)	81	50	25	4	2	106	40	46	288	227	61	50	6	2	211	26-13-1-0	24-12-3-2	2 W				*
4*	x Montreal (AT)	82	48	24	5	5	106	34	44	283	256	27	56	7	1	193	24-15-1-1	24-9-4-4	1 L				*
5*	x Boston wc (AT)	82	45	27	7	3	100	33	41	272	250	22	55	2	3	214	29-11-0-1	16-16-7-2	2 W				*
6	x Pittsburgh (ME)	82	41	25	6	10	98	34	38	293	268	25	56	6	4	193	20-13-3-5	21-12-3-5	3 L				*
7	x Philadelphia (ME)	82	43	27	8	4	98	27	33	250	243	7	37	7	0	190	20-13-6-2	23-14-2-2	3 W				*
8	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				*
9*	g Washington (ME)	82	43	30	3	6	95	37	41	263	244	19	43	4	5	202	25-11-1-4	18-19-2-2	4 W
10*	g Detroit (AT)	81	41	30	6	4	92	30	39	240	250	-10	56	3	5	162	21-16-2-2	20-14-4-2	2 L
11*	g Columbus (ME)	82	40	30	10	2	92	28	33	253	253	0	38	5	3	168	20-13-6-2	20-17-4-0	2 L
12*	g New York I. (ME)	82	43	34	0	5	91	29	39	233	241	-8	40	9	9	173	22-17-0-2	21-17-0-3	3 L
13*	g New Jersey (ME)	82	42	37	2	1	87	29	38	230	254	-24	45	7	2	165	21-17-2-1	21-20-0-0	1 L
14*	g Florida (AT)	81	39	38	2	2	82	31	34	243	275	-32	51	6	4	218	22-15-2-1	17-23-0-1	2 W
15*	g Toronto (AT)	81	32	35	10	4	78	23	31	252	296	-44	42	7	3	185	18-15-6-2	14-20-4-2	6 L
16*	g New York R. (ME)	81	33	39	8	1	75	24	30	234	248	-14	52	6	3	196	14-20-6-1	19-19-2-0	3 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)	81	54	16	5	6	119	47	50	300	203	97	45	2	7	196	25-9-2-4	29-7-3-2	5 w. Pts	*	*	*	*
2*	x Dallas (CE)	81	49	20	8	4	110	38	44	275	223	52	70	4	5	197	26-11-2-2	23-9-6-2	4 W				*
3*	x Minnesota (CE)	82	46	24	7	5	104	31	42	272	240	32	65	7	8	170	23-10-6-2	23-14-1-3	1 W				*
4	x Vegas (PA)	81	38	26	9	8	93	29	37	261	249	12	58	6	3	167	19-12-3-6	19-14-6-2	9 w. Pts			1	*
5	x Utah wc (CE)	81	43	32	6	0	92	33	43	265	233	32	46	8	3	191	22-15-3-0	21-17-3-0	1 W				*
6	x Edmonton (PA)	81	40	30	7	4	91	31	40	276	268	8	66	6	5	172	21-14-2-3	19-16-5-1	2 L			5	*
7	x Anaheim (PA)	81	42	33	6	0	90	25	34	266	284	-18	48	9	0	194	24-13-4-0	18-20-2-0	2 L				*
8	x L.A. wc (PA)	81	35	26	11	9	90	22	30	224	244	-20	38	7	6	177	15-17-5-4	20-9-6-5	8 w. Pts				*
9	g Nashville (CE)	81	38	33	8	2	86	28	33	243	264	-21	53	8	1	196	21-16-3-0	17-17-5-2	1 L
10	g San Jose (PA)	80	38	34	6	2	84	26	36	243	286	-43	52	3	0	182	21-14-4-2	17-20-2-0	2 w. Pts
11	g St. Louis (CE)	81	36	33	8	4	84	32	35	226	255	-29	38	6	7	171	20-14-4-3	16-19-4-1	3 W
12	g Winnipeg (CE)	81	35	34	8	4	82	28	33	230	254	-24	42	6	0	176	19-15-4-2	16-19-4-2	3 L
13	g Seattle (PA)	80	34	35	5	6	79	26	32	225	257	-32	42	2	1	150	19-17-3-2	15-18-2-4	1 L
14*	g Calgary (PA)	81	33	39	6	3	75	26	29	209	258	-49	36	11	2	195	22-13-4-1	11-26-2-2	1 L
15*	g Chicago (CE)	81	28	39	9	5	70	21	25	208	273	-65	40	6	5	197	13-19-5-3	15-20-4-2	4 L
16*	g Vancouver (PA)	81	25	48	6	2	58	15	19	215	310	-95	51	9	2	163	9-27-3-2	16-21-3-0	3 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	8	Ottawa	23	31	1.35	110.5
2	1	Carolina	23	29	1.26	103.4
3	4	Montreal	25	31	1.24	101.7
4	-	Columbus	26	31	1.19	97.8
5	3	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	5	Boston	25	25	1.00	82.0
10	7	Philadelphia	23	23	1.00	82.0
11	6	Pittsburgh	23	23	1.00	82.0
12	-	Toronto	26	26	1.00	82.0
13	-	Detroit	27	26	0.96	79.0
14	-	Florida	27	24	0.89	72.9
15	-	New York I.	25	18	0.72	59.0
16	-	New Jersey	26	17	0.65	53.6

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	24	38	1.58	129.8
2	3	Minnesota	23	32	1.39	114.1
3	2	Dallas	24	31	1.29	105.9
4	7	Anaheim	22	24	1.09	89.5
5	-	Chicago	26	28	1.08	88.3
6	-	Nashville	26	27	1.04	85.2
7	6	Edmonton	22	22	1.00	82.0
8	5	Utah	23	23	1.00	82.0
9	-	San Jose	27	27	1.00	82.0
10	-	Calgary	27	26	0.96	79.0
11	8	L.A.	23	22	0.96	78.4
12	-	St. Louis	25	23	0.92	75.4
13	4	Vegas	23	21	0.91	74.9
14	-	Seattle	26	19	0.73	59.9
15	-	Winnipeg	27	19	0.70	57.7
16	-	Vancouver	26	18	0.69	56.8

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	40	54	1.35	110.7
2	1	Carolina	39	51	1.31	107.2
3	4	Montreal	41	51	1.24	102.0
4	2	Buffalo	39	48	1.23	100.9
5	8	Ottawa	39	46	1.18	96.7
6	7	Philadelphia	39	45	1.15	94.6
7	-	Columbus	42	48	1.14	93.7
8	-	Washington	41	46	1.12	92.0
9	-	Florida	43	45	1.05	85.8
10	5	Boston	41	41	1.00	82.0
11	-	New Jersey	42	41	0.98	80.0
12	-	Toronto	42	41	0.98	80.0
13	6	Pittsburgh	39	38	0.97	79.9
14	-	New York I.	41	38	0.93	76.0
15	-	Detroit	43	39	0.91	74.4
16	-	New York R.	42	37	0.88	72.2

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	40	57	1.42	116.8
2	3	Minnesota	39	51	1.31	107.2
3	2	Dallas	39	50	1.28	105.1
4	7	Anaheim	38	40	1.05	86.3
5	-	St. Louis	41	43	1.05	86.0
6	-	Calgary	43	45	1.05	85.8
7	6	Edmonton	38	38	1.00	82.0
8	8	L.A.	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	4	Vegas	39	34	0.87	71.5
13	-	Chicago	42	36	0.86	70.3
14	-	Seattle	42	33	0.79	64.4
15	-	Winnipeg	43	30	0.70	57.2
16	-	Vancouver	42	24	0.57	46.9

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