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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
Lightning AtlanticAtl 16 10 2 28 34 - - - 46 48 49 49 49 MW
Bruins AtlanticAtl 17 13 0 30 34 - - - 44 46 48 48 48 MW
Canadiens AtlanticAtl 15 10 3 28 33 - - - 46 48 50 50 50 MW
Red Wings AtlanticAtl 15 11 3 29 33 - - - 45 47 49 49 49 MW
Panthers AtlanticAtl 14 12 2 28 30 - - - 44 46 48 48 48 MW
Maple Leafs AtlanticAtl 13 11 4 28 30 - - - 44 46 48 48 48 MW
Senators AtlanticAtl 13 11 4 28 30 - - - 44 46 48 48 48 MW
Sabres AtlanticAtl 11 13 4 28 26 - - - 42 44 46 46 46 MW
 
Capitals MetropolitanMet 18 9 3 30 39 45 47 49 - - - 49 49 MW
Hurricanes MetropolitanMet 17 9 2 28 36 46 47 49 - - - 49 49 MW
Islanders MetropolitanMet 16 11 3 30 35 43 45 47 - - - 47 47 MW
Penguins MetropolitanMet 14 7 6 27 34 46 48 49 - - - 49 49 MW
Rangers MetropolitanMet 15 12 4 31 34 42 44 45 - - - 45 45 MW
Flyers MetropolitanMet 15 9 3 27 33 45 47 49 - - - 49 49 MW
Devils MetropolitanMet 16 12 1 29 33 43 45 47 - - - 47 47 MW
Blue Jackets MetropolitanMet 13 10 6 29 32 43 45 46 - - - 46 46 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