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 |
| Sabres | AtlanticAtl | 44 | 20 | 8 | 72 | 96 | - | - | - | MW | MW | MW | MW | MW | MW |
| Lightning | AtlanticAtl | 44 | 21 | 6 | 71 | 94 | - | - | - | 10 | MW | MW | MW | MW | MW |
| Canadiens | AtlanticAtl | 40 | 21 | 10 | 71 | 90 | - | - | - | 8 | 9 | MW | MW | MW | MW |
| Bruins | AtlanticAtl | 40 | 24 | 8 | 72 | 88 | - | - | - | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | MW | MW |
| Senators | AtlanticAtl | 38 | 24 | 10 | 72 | 86 | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | MW |
| Red Wings | AtlanticAtl | 38 | 25 | 8 | 71 | 84 | - | - | - | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | MW |
| Maple Leafs | AtlanticAtl | 31 | 29 | 13 | 73 | 75 | - | - | - | X | X | 2 | 3 | 3 | MW |
| Panthers | AtlanticAtl | 35 | 33 | 3 | 71 | 73 | - | - | - | X | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | MW |
| Hurricanes | MetropolitanMet | 45 | 20 | 6 | 71 | 96 | MW | MW | MW | - | - | - | MW | MW | MW |
| Penguins | MetropolitanMet | 36 | 20 | 16 | 72 | 88 | 7 | 10 | MW | - | - | - | MW | MW | MW |
| Blue Jackets | MetropolitanMet | 38 | 23 | 11 | 72 | 87 | 6 | 9 | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | MW |
| Islanders | MetropolitanMet | 41 | 27 | 5 | 73 | 87 | 5 | 9 | MW | - | - | - | MW | MW | MW |
| Flyers | MetropolitanMet | 35 | 24 | 12 | 71 | 82 | 4 | 8 | 9 | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | MW |
| Capitals | MetropolitanMet | 36 | 28 | 9 | 73 | 81 | 2 | 6 | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | MW |
| Devils | MetropolitanMet | 37 | 32 | 2 | 71 | 76 | 2 | 5 | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | MW |
| Rangers | MetropolitanMet | 28 | 35 | 9 | 72 | 65 | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | MW |