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.
| Record | Metropolitan Divisional Winners | Atlantic Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs |
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| Team | DivisionDiv | W | L | OTL | GP | Pts | 1* | 2* | 3 | 1* | 2* | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Hurricanes | MetropolitanMet | 54 | 20 | 8 | 82 | 116 | MW | ^ | ^ | - | - | - | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Rangers | MetropolitanMet | 52 | 24 | 6 | 82 | 110 | X | MW | ^ | - | - | - | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Penguins | MetropolitanMet | 46 | 25 | 11 | 82 | 103 | X | X | MW | - | - | - | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Panthers | AtlanticAtl | 58 | 18 | 6 | 82 | 122 | - | - | - | MW | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Maple Leafs | AtlanticAtl | 54 | 21 | 7 | 82 | 115 | - | - | - | X | MW | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Lightning | AtlanticAtl | 51 | 23 | 8 | 82 | 110 | - | - | - | X | X | MW | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Bruins | AtlanticAtl | 51 | 26 | 5 | 82 | 107 | - | - | - | X | X | X | MW | ^ | ^ |
| Capitals | MetropolitanMet | 44 | 26 | 12 | 82 | 100 | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | MW | ^ |
| Islanders | MetropolitanMet | 37 | 35 | 10 | 82 | 84 | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | MW |
| Blue Jackets | MetropolitanMet | 37 | 38 | 7 | 82 | 81 | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | MW |
| Sabres | AtlanticAtl | 32 | 39 | 11 | 82 | 75 | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | MW |
| Red Wings | AtlanticAtl | 32 | 40 | 10 | 82 | 74 | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | MW |
| Senators | AtlanticAtl | 33 | 42 | 7 | 82 | 73 | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | MW |
| Devils | MetropolitanMet | 27 | 46 | 9 | 82 | 63 | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | MW |
| Flyers | MetropolitanMet | 25 | 46 | 11 | 82 | 61 | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | MW |
| Canadiens | AtlanticAtl | 22 | 49 | 11 | 82 | 55 | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | MW |