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.
| Record | Metropolitan Divisional Winners | Atlantic Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs |
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| 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 |
| Hurricanes | MetropolitanMet | 42 | 18 | 6 | 66 | 90 | MW | MW | MW | - | - | - | MW | MW | MW |
| Penguins | MetropolitanMet | 34 | 18 | 15 | 67 | 83 | 12 | MW | MW | - | - | - | MW | MW | MW |
| Islanders | MetropolitanMet | 38 | 24 | 5 | 67 | 81 | 11 | 14 | MW | - | - | - | MW | MW | MW |
| Sabres | AtlanticAtl | 41 | 20 | 6 | 67 | 88 | - | - | - | MW | MW | MW | MW | MW | MW |
| Lightning | AtlanticAtl | 40 | 21 | 4 | 65 | 84 | - | - | - | 15 | 16 | 17 | MW | MW | MW |
| Canadiens | AtlanticAtl | 36 | 20 | 10 | 66 | 82 | - | - | - | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | MW |
| Red Wings | AtlanticAtl | 37 | 23 | 8 | 68 | 82 | - | - | - | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | MW | MW |
| Bruins | AtlanticAtl | 37 | 23 | 7 | 67 | 81 | - | - | - | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | MW |
| Blue Jackets | MetropolitanMet | 34 | 21 | 11 | 66 | 79 | 11 | 14 | 15 | - | - | - | 15 | 15 | MW |
| Senators | AtlanticAtl | 34 | 23 | 9 | 66 | 77 | - | - | - | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | MW |
| Flyers | MetropolitanMet | 31 | 23 | 12 | 66 | 74 | 8 | 12 | 13 | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | MW |
| Capitals | MetropolitanMet | 33 | 27 | 8 | 68 | 74 | 7 | 10 | 11 | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | MW |
| Devils | MetropolitanMet | 34 | 31 | 2 | 67 | 70 | 6 | 9 | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | MW |
| Maple Leafs | AtlanticAtl | 29 | 27 | 12 | 68 | 70 | - | - | - | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | MW |
| Panthers | AtlanticAtl | 33 | 30 | 3 | 66 | 69 | - | - | - | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | MW |
| Rangers | MetropolitanMet | 28 | 31 | 8 | 67 | 64 | 3 | 6 | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | MW |