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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
Hurricanes MetropolitanMet 32 15 5 52 69 28 26 24 - - - 24 24 0
Penguins MetropolitanMet 26 14 11 51 63 31 29 27 - - - 27 27 0
Islanders MetropolitanMet 29 19 5 53 63 DNCD 29 27 - - - 27 27 0
Lightning AtlanticAtl 33 14 4 51 70 - - - 28 27 26 25 24 0
Red Wings AtlanticAtl 32 17 5 54 69 - - - DNCD 28 27 26 25 0
Sabres AtlanticAtl 30 17 5 52 65 - - - 30 29 29 28 27 0
Canadiens AtlanticAtl 29 17 7 53 65 - - - DNCD DNCD 29 28 27 0
Bruins AtlanticAtl 31 20 3 54 65 - - - DNCD DNCD 28 28 27 0
 
Panthers AtlanticAtl 28 21 3 52 59 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD 30 30 0
Flyers MetropolitanMet 24 19 9 52 57 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - DNCD 29 0
Blue Jackets MetropolitanMet 25 20 7 52 57 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - 30 29 0
Senators AtlanticAtl 25 21 7 53 57 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Maple Leafs AtlanticAtl 24 20 9 53 57 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Capitals MetropolitanMet 25 22 7 54 57 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - DNCD DNCD 0
Devils MetropolitanMet 27 24 2 53 56 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - DNCD DNCD 0
Rangers MetropolitanMet 22 26 6 54 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