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Wed Jan 22 1:00 am

NHL - Week 17 of 29

Eastern Conference Winning Magic Numbers

How close is your team to clinching a certain playoff spot? A Winning Magic Number is the number of games a team must win to guarantee winning a given playoff spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.

Eastern Conference Winning Magic Numbers
Record Metropolitan Divisional Winners Atlantic Divisional Winners Wildcard No
Playoffs
No
POs
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
Capitals MetropolitanMet 32 10 5 47 69 31 28 26 - - - 26 25 0
Hurricanes MetropolitanMet 29 16 3 48 61 DNCD 32 30 - - - 30 29 0
Devils MetropolitanMet 26 17 6 49 58 DNCD DNCD 32 - - - 31 31 0
Maple Leafs AtlanticAtl 30 16 2 48 62 - - - 32 31 30 29 29 0
Panthers AtlanticAtl 28 17 3 48 59 - - - 34 33 31 31 30 0
Lightning AtlanticAtl 25 18 3 46 53 - - - DNCD 36 35 34 33 0
Senators AtlanticAtl 24 19 4 47 52 - - - DNCD DNCD 35 34 33 0
Canadiens AtlanticAtl 24 19 4 47 52 - - - DNCD DNCD 35 34 33 0
 
Bruins AtlanticAtl 23 19 6 48 52 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD 34 33 0
Blue Jackets MetropolitanMet 22 18 7 47 51 DNCD DNCD 35 - - - 35 34 0
Rangers MetropolitanMet 23 20 4 47 50 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - 35 34 0
Flyers MetropolitanMet 22 20 6 48 50 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - DNCD 34 0
Penguins MetropolitanMet 20 21 8 49 48 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - DNCD DNCD 0
Red Wings AtlanticAtl 21 21 5 47 47 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 35 0
Islanders MetropolitanMet 19 20 7 46 45 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - DNCD 36 0
Sabres AtlanticAtl 18 24 5 47 41 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric numeric indicates the number of games that must be won to guarantee winning this spot
  • "DNCD" indicates the team Does Not Control its Destiny for this spot and thus, even after winning all remaining games, needs help from other teams to win
  • * denotes first round home ice advantage in the playoffs