NHL 2025 / 2026 Season Standings With Magic Numbers

NHL Standings by Conference	Standings current as of Wed Apr 1 23:56:59 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)	74	47	21	3	3	100	34	42	263	218	45	54	10	3	170	26-10-1-1	21-11-2-2	1 W	25	15	7	2
2	Buffalo (AT)	75	46	21	8	0	100	38	41	263	221	42	48	10	4	170	24-10-4-0	22-11-4-0	2 W	25	17	15	3
3	Tampa Bay (AT)	74	46	22	4	2	98	37	42	268	207	61	49	5	2	188	23-13-1-0	23-9-3-2	1 L	27	19	17	5
4	Montreal (AT)	74	43	21	5	5	96	31	41	262	234	28	52	7	1	176	22-13-1-1	21-8-4-4	6 W	29	21	19	7
5	Boston wc (AT)	75	43	24	5	3	94	31	39	256	233	23	54	2	2	200	28-10-0-1	15-14-5-2	4 W		23	21	9
6	Pittsburgh (ME)	75	38	21	6	10	92	31	35	263	238	25	51	6	4	180	18-12-3-5	20-9-3-5	2 W		25	25	11
7	New York I. (ME)	76	42	29	0	5	89	28	38	222	221	1	38	9	9	162	21-13-0-2	21-16-0-3	2 L		28	28	14
8	Columbus wc (ME)	75	38	25	10	2	88	27	32	239	231	8	36	5	3	159	20-10-6-2	18-15-4-0	4 L		29	29	15
9	Ottawa (AT)	74	38	26	9	1	86	32	35	247	230	17	54	6	3	162	18-11-5-1	20-15-4-0	3 L		31	29	17 F: 15
10	Detroit (AT)	74	39	27	5	3	86	28	37	216	223	-7	51	2	5	150	20-14-2-1	19-13-3-2	2 L		31	29	17 F: 15
11	Philadelphia (ME)	74	37	25	8	4	86	23	28	220	225	-5	33	6	0	176	17-12-6-2	20-13-2-2	1 L		31	31	17 F: 15
12	Washington (ME)	75	38	28	3	6	85	32	36	238	223	15	40	3	3	188	23-11-1-4	15-17-2-2	3 W				18 F: 12
13	New Jersey (ME)	74	38	34	2	0	78	26	34	205	227	-22	43	4	1	149	19-15-2-0	19-19-0-0	1 L				25 F: 7
14	Toronto (AT)	75	32	30	9	4	77	23	31	235	264	-29	36	6	3	170	18-12-6-2	14-18-3-2	1 W				26 F: 4
15	Florida (AT)	74	36	35	2	1	75	28	31	222	247	-25	50	6	4	204	20-15-2-1	16-20-0-0	1 W				28 F: 4
16	g New York R. (ME)	75	31	35	8	1	71	22	28	215	233	-18	47	6	3	179	12-18-6-1	19-17-2-0	3 W

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)	74	49	15	4	6	108	43	46	283	193	90	43	1	6	177	24-8-1-4	25-7-3-2	1 L	9	7	7	*
2	x Dallas (CE)	75	44	19	8	4	100	34	39	255	209	46	66	4	3	183	22-10-2-2	22-9-6-2	2 L	25	25	25	*
3	Minnesota (CE)	74	41	21	7	5	94	26	37	242	216	26	60	6	8	152	20-10-6-2	21-11-1-3	1 L	31	31	31	2
4	Anaheim (PA)	75	41	29	5	0	87	24	33	250	260	-10	43	9	0	186	23-10-3-0	18-19-2-0	3 L			13	9
5	Edmonton (PA)	75	38	28	6	3	85	29	38	261	251	10	61	6	5	161	20-13-2-2	18-15-4-1	4 W			17	11
6	Utah wc (CE)	74	38	30	6	0	82	29	38	235	210	25	37	7	3	176	19-14-3-0	19-16-3-0	1 W				14
7	Vegas (PA)	75	33	26	9	7	82	25	32	236	236	0	52	5	3	154	17-12-3-6	16-14-6-1	3 w. Pts			20	14
8	L.A. wc (PA)	74	30	26	10	8	78	19	26	197	223	-26	37	7	5	169	11-17-5-3	19-9-5-5	1 W			24	18
9	San Jose (PA)	73	35	31	6	1	77	23	33	224	260	-36	50	3	0	174	19-12-4-1	16-19-2-0	4 w. Pts			25	18 F: 18
10	Nashville (CE)	74	34	31	8	1	77	25	30	220	246	-26	48	6	0	180	20-15-3-0	14-16-5-1	3 L				19 F: 16
11	Winnipeg (CE)	74	32	30	8	4	76	25	30	213	228	-15	36	6	0	161	18-14-4-2	14-16-4-2	2 W				20 F: 15
12	Seattle (PA)	73	32	30	5	6	75	25	31	206	227	-21	41	2	1	142	17-14-3-2	15-16-2-4	2 L			27	21 F: 16
13	St. Louis (CE)	74	31	31	8	4	74	27	30	196	234	-38	33	6	7	155	18-12-4-3	13-19-4-1	2 L				22 F: 13
14	Calgary (PA)	74	31	35	5	3	70	24	27	191	234	-43	35	11	2	172	21-12-4-1	10-23-1-2	1 L				26 F: 9
15	Chicago (CE)	75	27	34	9	5	68	20	24	195	248	-53	38	5	5	188	13-16-5-3	14-18-4-2	4 L				28 F: 5
16	g Vancouver (PA)	74	22	44	6	2	52	15	17	195	283	-88	43	8	2	153	8-25-3-2	14-19-3-0	1 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	5	Boston	20	29	1.45	118.9
2	4	Montreal	21	28	1.33	109.3
3	-	Washington	22	27	1.23	100.6
4	8	Columbus	20	24	1.20	98.4
5	6	Pittsburgh	22	26	1.18	96.9
6	1	Carolina	19	22	1.16	94.9
7	-	Ottawa	22	25	1.14	93.2
8	2	Buffalo	22	24	1.09	89.5
9	7	New York I.	19	18	0.95	77.7
10	-	Toronto	25	23	0.92	75.4
11	-	New York R.	24	22	0.92	75.2
12	-	Philadelphia	23	20	0.87	71.3
13	-	Florida	22	19	0.86	70.8
14	-	Detroit	24	20	0.83	68.3
15	3	Tampa Bay	19	15	0.79	64.7
16	-	New Jersey	24	15	0.62	51.2

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	21	33	1.57	128.9
2	3	Minnesota	21	30	1.43	117.1
3	2	Dallas	22	29	1.32	108.1
4	4	Anaheim	21	24	1.14	93.7
5	-	Chicago	25	28	1.12	91.8
6	5	Edmonton	18	20	1.11	91.1
7	-	San Jose	25	27	1.08	88.6
8	-	Calgary	21	21	1.00	82.0
9	6	Utah	22	21	0.95	78.3
10	-	Nashville	21	20	0.95	78.1
11	8	L.A.	22	20	0.91	74.5
12	-	St. Louis	21	17	0.81	66.4
13	7	Vegas	21	17	0.81	66.4
14	-	Winnipeg	24	19	0.79	64.9
15	-	Seattle	22	17	0.77	63.4
16	-	Vancouver	20	14	0.70	57.4

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

Rank	Seed	East Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	4	Montreal	37	48	1.30	106.4
2	5	Boston	36	45	1.25	102.5
3	1	Carolina	34	42	1.24	101.3
4	2	Buffalo	37	45	1.22	99.7
5	-	Washington	38	46	1.21	99.3
6	3	Tampa Bay	35	41	1.17	96.1
7	8	Columbus	36	41	1.14	93.4
8	7	New York I.	35	38	1.09	89.0
9	-	Ottawa	37	40	1.08	88.6
10	6	Pittsburgh	38	41	1.08	88.5
11	-	Philadelphia	39	42	1.08	88.3
12	-	Florida	38	40	1.05	86.3
13	-	New Jersey	40	39	0.98	80.0
14	-	Toronto	39	37	0.95	77.8
15	-	Detroit	39	33	0.85	69.4
16	-	New York R.	39	31	0.79	65.2

Rank	Seed	West Team	Games	Points	Avg. PPG	Season Points
1	1	Colorado	37	54	1.46	119.7
2	3	Minnesota	37	48	1.30	106.4
3	4	Anaheim	37	44	1.19	97.5
4	2	Dallas	37	41	1.11	90.9
5	-	San Jose	41	44	1.07	88.0
6	-	Calgary	37	39	1.05	86.4
7	-	Chicago	39	37	0.95	77.8
8	8	L.A.	38	36	0.95	77.7
9	6	Utah	37	35	0.95	77.6
10	5	Edmonton	34	32	0.94	77.2
11	7	Vegas	37	33	0.89	73.1
12	-	St. Louis	36	32	0.89	72.9
13	-	Nashville	37	32	0.86	70.9
14	-	Winnipeg	39	33	0.85	69.4
15	-	Seattle	38	32	0.84	69.1
16	-	Vancouver	36	24	0.67	54.7

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