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NHL - Week 17 of 28

Eastern Conference Winning Magic Numbers

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.

Eastern Conference Winning 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
Lightning AtlanticAtl 35 14 4 53 74 - - - 25 24 23 23 21 0
Red Wings AtlanticAtl 32 18 6 56 70 - - - DNCD 26 26 25 23 0
Canadiens AtlanticAtl 31 17 7 55 69 - - - DNCD DNCD 27 26 23 0
Bruins AtlanticAtl 32 20 4 56 68 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD 26 24 0
Sabres AtlanticAtl 31 18 5 54 67 - - - DNCD 28 27 27 25 0
Panthers AtlanticAtl 28 23 3 54 59 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 28 0
Senators AtlanticAtl 26 21 7 54 59 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Maple Leafs AtlanticAtl 25 21 9 55 59 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
 
Hurricanes MetropolitanMet 34 15 6 55 74 25 23 22 - - - 21 21 0
Penguins MetropolitanMet 28 14 11 53 67 29 26 25 - - - 25 25 0
Islanders MetropolitanMet 30 20 5 55 65 DNCD DNCD 26 - - - 26 26 0
Blue Jackets MetropolitanMet 27 20 7 54 61 DNCD DNCD 28 - - - 28 27 0
Capitals MetropolitanMet 27 22 7 56 61 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - DNCD DNCD 0
Flyers MetropolitanMet 24 20 10 54 58 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - DNCD DNCD 0
Devils MetropolitanMet 28 25 2 55 58 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - DNCD DNCD 0
Rangers MetropolitanMet 22 28 6 56 50 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - DNCD DNCD 0
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric numeric indicates the number of games that must be won to guarantee winning this spot
  • "DNCD" indicates the team Does Not Control its Destiny for this spot and thus, even after winning all remaining games, needs help from other teams to win
  • * denotes first round home ice advantage in the playoffs