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.
| Record | Metropolitan Divisional Winners | Atlantic Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs |
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| 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 |
| Devils | MetropolitanMet | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 64 | 66 | 68 | - | - | - | 68 | 68 | MW |
| Penguins | MetropolitanMet | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 63 | 65 | 67 | - | - | - | 67 | 67 | MW |
| Hurricanes | MetropolitanMet | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 63 | 65 | 67 | - | - | - | 67 | 67 | MW |
| Canadiens | AtlanticAtl | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 14 | - | - | - | 63 | 65 | 67 | 67 | 67 | MW |
| Red Wings | AtlanticAtl | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | - | - | - | 63 | 65 | 67 | 67 | 67 | MW |
| Panthers | AtlanticAtl | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | 61 | 63 | 65 | 65 | 65 | MW |
| Capitals | MetropolitanMet | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 62 | 64 | 66 | - | - | - | 66 | 66 | MW |
| Islanders | MetropolitanMet | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 62 | 64 | 66 | - | - | - | 66 | 66 | MW |
| Flyers | MetropolitanMet | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 62 | 64 | 66 | - | - | - | 66 | 66 | MW |
| Sabres | AtlanticAtl | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | 62 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 66 | MW |
| Senators | AtlanticAtl | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | 62 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 66 | MW |
| Maple Leafs | AtlanticAtl | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | 62 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 66 | MW |
| Blue Jackets | MetropolitanMet | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 61 | 63 | 65 | - | - | - | 65 | 65 | MW |
| Rangers | MetropolitanMet | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 60 | 62 | 64 | - | - | - | 64 | 64 | MW |
| Bruins | AtlanticAtl | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 8 | - | - | - | 60 | 62 | 64 | 64 | 64 | MW |
| Lightning | AtlanticAtl | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | - | - | - | 61 | 63 | 65 | 65 | 65 | MW |