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 |
| Lightning | AtlanticAtl | 35 | 14 | 4 | 53 | 74 | - | - | - | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | MW | MW |
| Red Wings | AtlanticAtl | 33 | 18 | 6 | 57 | 72 | - | - | - | 22 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | MW |
| Canadiens | AtlanticAtl | 31 | 17 | 8 | 56 | 70 | - | - | - | 22 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 26 | MW |
| Sabres | AtlanticAtl | 32 | 18 | 5 | 55 | 69 | - | - | - | 23 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | MW |
| Bruins | AtlanticAtl | 32 | 20 | 4 | 56 | 68 | - | - | - | 21 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | MW |
| Senators | AtlanticAtl | 27 | 21 | 7 | 55 | 61 | - | - | - | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | MW |
| Maple Leafs | AtlanticAtl | 26 | 21 | 9 | 56 | 61 | - | - | - | 18 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | MW |
| Panthers | AtlanticAtl | 28 | 24 | 3 | 55 | 59 | - | - | - | 18 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | MW |
| Hurricanes | MetropolitanMet | 34 | 15 | 6 | 55 | 74 | MW | MW | MW | - | - | - | MW | MW | MW |
| Penguins | MetropolitanMet | 28 | 15 | 11 | 54 | 67 | 25 | 27 | 28 | - | - | - | 28 | 28 | MW |
| Islanders | MetropolitanMet | 30 | 21 | 5 | 56 | 65 | 22 | 24 | 25 | - | - | - | 25 | 25 | MW |
| Capitals | MetropolitanMet | 28 | 22 | 7 | 57 | 63 | 20 | 22 | 23 | - | - | - | 23 | 23 | MW |
| Blue Jackets | MetropolitanMet | 27 | 20 | 7 | 54 | 61 | 22 | 24 | 25 | - | - | - | 25 | 25 | MW |
| Flyers | MetropolitanMet | 24 | 20 | 10 | 54 | 58 | 21 | 22 | 24 | - | - | - | 24 | 24 | MW |
| Devils | MetropolitanMet | 28 | 25 | 2 | 55 | 58 | 20 | 21 | 23 | - | - | - | 23 | 23 | MW |
| Rangers | MetropolitanMet | 22 | 28 | 6 | 56 | 50 | 15 | 16 | 17 | - | - | - | 17 | 17 | MW |