NHL Standings and Magic Numbers

This page lists playoff standings and magic numbers for the National Hockey League. People visiting this page for the first time will probably want to read the companion page of answers to anticipated questions, which includes info on how these tables are generated, how often they are updated, and how to interpret them as more than just rows and columns of meaningless numbers.

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Data last updated on Thu Apr 10 10:52:03 PDT 2008

Magic Numbers

        GP  W  L OTL PTS|DET SJS MIN ANA DAL COL CGY NAS EDM CHI VAN PHX CLM STL LAK 
+DET:C  82 54 21   7 115|... *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
+SJS:P  82 49 23  10 108|....... *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
+MIN:NW 82 44 28  10  98|............... *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
+ANA:P  82 47 27   8 102|....... ***.... *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
+DAL:P  82 45 30   7  97|................... *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
+COL:NW 82 44 31   7  95|....................... *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
+CGY:NW 82 42 30  10  94|........................... *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
+NAS:C  82 41 32   9  91|............................... *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
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-EDM:NW 82 41 35   6  88|................................... *** *** *** *** *** ***
-CHI:C  82 40 34   8  88|....................................... *** *** *** *** ***
-VAN:NW 82 39 33  10  88|........................................... *** *** *** ***
-PHX:P  82 38 37   7  83|............................................... *** *** ***
-CLM:C  82 34 36  12  80|................................................... *** ***
-STL:C  82 33 36  13  79|....................................................... ***
-LAK:P  82 32 43   7  71|...........................................................

        GP  W  L OTL PTS|MTL PGH WSH NJD NYR PHI OTT BOS CAR BUF FLA TOR NYI ATL TBL 
+MTL:NE 82 47 25  10 104|... *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
+PGH:A  82 47 27   8 102|....... *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
+WSH:SE 82 43 31   8  94|....................... === *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
+NJD:A  82 46 29   7  99|....... ***.... *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
+NYR:A  82 42 27  13  97|....... ***........ *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
+PHI:A  82 42 29  11  95|....... ***............ *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
+OTT:NE 82 43 31   8  94|....... ===................ *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
+BOS:NE 82 41 29  12  94|............................... *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------
-CAR:SE 82 43 33   6  92|................................... *** *** *** *** *** ***
-BUF:NE 82 39 31  12  90|....................................... *** *** *** *** ***
-FLA:SE 82 38 35   9  85|........................................... *** *** *** ***
-TOR:NE 82 36 35  11  83|............................................... *** *** ***
-NYI:A  82 35 38   9  79|................................................... *** ***
-ATL:SE 82 34 40   8  76|....................................................... ***
-TBL:SE 82 31 42   9  71|...........................................................

Projected Final Standings

        WESTERN CONFERENCE                  EASTERN CONFERENCE
       GP  W  L OTL PTS PTS/G PRJ          GP  W  L OTL PTS PTS/G PRJ
DET:C  82 54 21   7 115 1.402 115   MTL:NE 82 47 25  10 104 1.268 104
SJS:P  82 49 23  10 108 1.317 108   PGH:A  82 47 27   8 102 1.244 102
MIN:NW 82 44 28  10  98 1.195  98   WSH:SE 82 43 31   8  94 1.146  94
ANA:P  82 47 27   8 102 1.244 102   NJD:A  82 46 29   7  99 1.207  99
DAL:P  82 45 30   7  97 1.183  97   NYR:A  82 42 27  13  97 1.183  97
COL:NW 82 44 31   7  95 1.159  95   PHI:A  82 42 29  11  95 1.159  95
CGY:NW 82 42 30  10  94 1.146  94   OTT:NE 82 43 31   8  94 1.146  94
NAS:C  82 41 32   9  91 1.110  91   BOS:NE 82 41 29  12  94 1.146  94
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EDM:NW 82 41 35   6  88 1.073  88   CAR:SE 82 43 33   6  92 1.122  92
CHI:C  82 40 34   8  88 1.073  88   BUF:NE 82 39 31  12  90 1.098  90
VAN:NW 82 39 33  10  88 1.073  88   FLA:SE 82 38 35   9  85 1.037  85
PHX:P  82 38 37   7  83 1.012  83   TOR:NE 82 36 35  11  83 1.012  83
CLM:C  82 34 36  12  80 0.976  80   NYI:A  82 35 38   9  79 0.963  79
STL:C  82 33 36  13  79 0.963  79   ATL:SE 82 34 40   8  76 0.927  76
LAK:P  82 32 43   7  71 0.866  71   TBL:SE 82 31 42   9  71 0.866  71