How close is your team to clinching a certain playoff spot? A Winning Magic Number is the number of games a team must win to guarantee winning 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 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 57 | 78 | 23 | 20 | 19 | - | - | - | 19 | 18 | 0 |
| Penguins | MetropolitanMet | 29 | 15 | 12 | 56 | 70 | 26 | 24 | 23 | - | - | - | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| Islanders | MetropolitanMet | 32 | 21 | 5 | 58 | 69 | DNCD | DNCD | 23 | - | - | - | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| Lightning | AtlanticAtl | 37 | 14 | 4 | 55 | 78 | - | - | - | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 0 |
| Canadiens | AtlanticAtl | 32 | 17 | 8 | 57 | 72 | - | - | - | DNCD | 25 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 0 |
| Red Wings | AtlanticAtl | 33 | 19 | 6 | 58 | 72 | - | - | - | DNCD | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 0 |
| Sabres | AtlanticAtl | 32 | 19 | 6 | 57 | 70 | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 25 | 24 | 23 | 0 |
| Bruins | AtlanticAtl | 32 | 20 | 5 | 57 | 69 | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 25 | 25 | 23 | 0 |
| Blue Jackets | MetropolitanMet | 29 | 20 | 7 | 56 | 65 | DNCD | DNCD | 25 | - | - | - | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| Capitals | MetropolitanMet | 29 | 23 | 7 | 59 | 65 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Senators | AtlanticAtl | 28 | 22 | 7 | 57 | 63 | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Maple Leafs | AtlanticAtl | 27 | 21 | 9 | 57 | 63 | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Flyers | MetropolitanMet | 25 | 20 | 11 | 56 | 61 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Panthers | AtlanticAtl | 29 | 25 | 3 | 57 | 61 | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Devils | MetropolitanMet | 28 | 27 | 2 | 57 | 58 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Rangers | MetropolitanMet | 22 | 29 | 6 | 57 | 50 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |