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NHL - Week 24 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
Rangers MetropolitanMet 45 19 4 68 94 MW MW MW - - - MW MW MW
Hurricanes MetropolitanMet 42 20 6 68 90 12 MW MW - - - MW MW MW
Flyers MetropolitanMet 34 26 8 68 76 5 7 14 - - - 14 14 MW
Bruins AtlanticAtl 40 14 15 69 95 - - - 13 MW MW MW MW MW
Panthers AtlanticAtl 45 19 4 68 94 - - - 13 MW MW MW MW MW
Maple Leafs AtlanticAtl 38 19 9 66 85 - - - 11 12 MW MW MW MW
Lightning AtlanticAtl 36 25 6 67 78 - - - 6 7 12 MW MW MW
Capitals MetropolitanMet 33 25 9 67 75 6 8 15 - - - 15 15 MW
 
Red Wings AtlanticAtl 34 28 6 68 74 - - - 3 4 9 12 13 MW
Islanders MetropolitanMet 29 23 15 67 73 5 7 13 - - - 13 14 MW
Sabres AtlanticAtl 33 31 5 69 71 - - - 1 2 7 10 11 MW
Penguins MetropolitanMet 30 28 9 67 69 3 5 12 - - - 12 12 MW
Devils MetropolitanMet 32 32 4 68 68 2 4 10 - - - 10 10 MW
Canadiens AtlanticAtl 25 31 11 67 61 - - - X X 4 7 8 MW
Senators AtlanticAtl 28 34 4 66 60 - - - X X 4 7 8 MW
Blue Jackets MetropolitanMet 23 34 11 68 57 X X 5 - - - 5 5 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