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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 consecutive upcoming 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 OTL GP Pts 1* 2* 3 1* 2* 3 7 8 9
Rangers MetropolitanMet 26 10 4 40 56 38 40 42 - - - MW MW MW
Hurricanes MetropolitanMet 26 8 2 36 54 41 43 44 - - - MW MW MW
Penguins MetropolitanMet 24 10 5 39 53 37 39 42 - - - 43 MW MW
Panthers AtlanticAtl 27 8 5 40 59 - - - 41 MW MW MW MW MW
Lightning AtlanticAtl 27 9 5 41 59 - - - 40 MW MW MW MW MW
Maple Leafs AtlanticAtl 24 10 3 37 51 - - - 40 41 45 45 45 MW
Capitals MetropolitanMet 22 10 9 41 53 35 37 39 - - - MW MW MW
Bruins AtlanticAtl 23 12 2 37 48 - - - 38 40 43 43 45 MW
 
Red Wings AtlanticAtl 18 17 5 40 41 - - - 31 32 35 36 38 MW
Blue Jackets MetropolitanMet 18 18 1 37 37 30 32 34 - - - 36 37 MW
Flyers MetropolitanMet 13 19 8 40 34 26 28 30 - - - 31 34 MW
Devils MetropolitanMet 14 19 5 38 33 28 30 32 - - - 34 36 MW
Islanders MetropolitanMet 13 13 6 32 32 34 36 38 - - - 39 40 MW
Sabres AtlanticAtl 12 21 7 40 31 - - - 26 28 30 31 33 MW
Senators AtlanticAtl 11 20 2 33 24 - - - 30 31 35 35 36 MW
Canadiens AtlanticAtl 8 25 6 39 22 - - - 24 25 27 27 29 MW
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric indicates the number of consecutive upcoming 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