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NHL - Week 1 of 28

Eastern Conference Losing Magic Numbers

How close is your team from being eliminated from winning a certain playoff spot? A Losing Magic Number is the number of games a team must lose to guarantee losing a given playoff spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.

Eastern Conference Losing Magic Numbers
Record Metropolitan Divisional Winners Atlantic Divisional Winners Wildcard No
Playoffs
No
POs
Team DivisionDiv W L OTLi
Overtime Loses
GPi
Games Played
82 game season
Ptsi
Pts = 2*W + 1*OTL
1*
First Round Home
Ice Advantage
2*
First Round Home
Ice Advantage
3 1*
First Round Home
Ice Advantage
2*
First Round Home
Ice Advantage
3 7 8 9
Penguins MetropolitanMet 2 0 0 2 4 69 70 72 - - - 72 72 MW
Hurricanes MetropolitanMet 1 0 0 1 2 69 70 72 - - - 72 72 MW
Rangers MetropolitanMet 1 1 0 2 2 68 69 71 - - - 71 71 MW
Panthers AtlanticAtl 2 0 0 2 4 - - - 68 70 72 72 72 MW
Bruins AtlanticAtl 2 0 0 2 4 - - - 68 70 72 72 72 MW
Maple Leafs AtlanticAtl 1 0 0 1 2 - - - 68 70 73 73 73 MW
Senators AtlanticAtl 1 0 0 1 2 - - - 68 70 73 73 73 MW
Canadiens AtlanticAtl 1 1 0 2 2 - - - 67 69 72 72 72 MW
 
Lightning AtlanticAtl 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 67 69 72 72 72 MW
Islanders MetropolitanMet 0 1 0 1 0 68 69 71 - - - 71 71 MW
Flyers MetropolitanMet 0 1 0 1 0 68 69 71 - - - 71 71 MW
Blue Jackets MetropolitanMet 0 1 0 1 0 68 69 71 - - - 71 71 MW
Capitals MetropolitanMet 0 1 0 1 0 68 69 71 - - - 71 71 MW
Devils MetropolitanMet 0 1 0 1 0 68 69 71 - - - 71 71 MW
Red Wings AtlanticAtl 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 67 69 72 72 72 MW
Sabres AtlanticAtl 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 67 69 72 72 72 MW
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric indicates the number of games that must be lost to guarantee losing this spot
  • "MW" indicates the team Might Win the spot despite losing all of its remaining games
  • * denotes first round home ice advantage in the playoffs