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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
Hurricanes MetropolitanMet 53 22 7 82 113 MW ^ ^ - - - ^ ^ ^
Penguins MetropolitanMet 41 25 16 82 98 X MW ^ - - - ^ ^ ^
Flyers MetropolitanMet 43 27 12 82 98 X X MW - - - ^ ^ ^
Sabres AtlanticAtl 50 23 9 82 109 - - - MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Lightning AtlanticAtl 50 26 6 82 106 - - - X MW ^ ^ ^ ^
Canadiens AtlanticAtl 48 24 10 82 106 - - - X X MW ^ ^ ^
Bruins AtlanticAtl 45 27 10 82 100 - - - X X X MW ^ ^
Senators AtlanticAtl 44 27 11 82 99 - - - X X X X MW ^
 
Capitals MetropolitanMet 43 30 9 82 95 X X X - - - X X MW
Red Wings AtlanticAtl 41 31 10 82 92 - - - X X X X X MW
Blue Jackets MetropolitanMet 40 30 12 82 92 X X X - - - X X MW
Islanders MetropolitanMet 43 34 5 82 91 X X X - - - X X MW
Devils MetropolitanMet 42 37 3 82 87 X X X - - - X X MW
Panthers AtlanticAtl 40 38 4 82 84 - - - X X X X X MW
Maple Leafs AtlanticAtl 32 36 14 82 78 - - - X X X X X MW
Rangers MetropolitanMet 34 39 9 82 77 X X X - - - X X 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