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 |
| Hurricanes | MetropolitanMet | 38 | 15 | 6 | 59 | 82 | MW | MW | MW | - | - | - | MW | MW | MW |
| Penguins | MetropolitanMet | 31 | 15 | 13 | 59 | 75 | 20 | 23 | MW | - | - | - | MW | MW | MW |
| Islanders | MetropolitanMet | 35 | 21 | 5 | 61 | 75 | 18 | 21 | MW | - | - | - | MW | MW | MW |
| Lightning | AtlanticAtl | 38 | 16 | 4 | 58 | 80 | - | - | - | 24 | 24 | MW | MW | MW | MW |
| Sabres | AtlanticAtl | 35 | 19 | 6 | 60 | 76 | - | - | - | 20 | 22 | MW | MW | MW | MW |
| Canadiens | AtlanticAtl | 33 | 17 | 9 | 59 | 75 | - | - | - | 20 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | MW |
| Red Wings | AtlanticAtl | 34 | 20 | 6 | 60 | 74 | - | - | - | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | MW |
| Bruins | AtlanticAtl | 33 | 21 | 5 | 59 | 71 | - | - | - | 18 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | MW |
| Capitals | MetropolitanMet | 31 | 24 | 7 | 62 | 69 | 14 | 16 | 18 | - | - | - | 18 | 18 | MW |
| Blue Jackets | MetropolitanMet | 29 | 21 | 8 | 58 | 66 | 16 | 19 | 20 | - | - | - | 20 | 20 | MW |
| Senators | AtlanticAtl | 29 | 22 | 8 | 59 | 66 | - | - | - | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | MW |
| Flyers | MetropolitanMet | 27 | 21 | 11 | 59 | 65 | 15 | 17 | 19 | - | - | - | 19 | 19 | MW |
| Panthers | AtlanticAtl | 30 | 27 | 3 | 60 | 63 | - | - | - | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | MW |
| Maple Leafs | AtlanticAtl | 27 | 24 | 9 | 60 | 63 | - | - | - | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | MW |
| Devils | MetropolitanMet | 29 | 29 | 2 | 60 | 60 | 12 | 14 | 15 | - | - | - | 15 | 15 | MW |
| Rangers | MetropolitanMet | 23 | 29 | 7 | 59 | 53 | 9 | 11 | 13 | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | MW |