How close is your team to clinching a certain playoff spot? A Winning Magic Number is the number of consecutive upcoming games a team must win to guarantee winning 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 | Division Div | W | L | OTL | GP | Pts | 1* | 2* | 3 | 1* | 2* | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Capitals | Metropolitan Met | 55 | 19 | 8 | 82 | 118 | 0 | ^ | ^ | - | - | - | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Penguins | Metropolitan Met | 50 | 21 | 11 | 82 | 111 | X | 0 | ^ | - | - | - | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Blue Jackets | Metropolitan Met | 50 | 24 | 8 | 82 | 108 | X | X | 0 | - | - | - | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Canadiens | Atlantic Atl | 47 | 26 | 9 | 82 | 103 | - | - | - | 0 | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Senators | Atlantic Atl | 44 | 28 | 10 | 82 | 98 | - | - | - | X | 0 | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Bruins | Atlantic Atl | 44 | 31 | 7 | 82 | 95 | - | - | - | X | X | 0 | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Rangers | Metropolitan Met | 48 | 28 | 6 | 82 | 102 | X | X | X | - | - | - | 0 | ^ | ^ |
| Maple Leafs | Atlantic Atl | 40 | 27 | 15 | 82 | 95 | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 0 | ^ |
| Islanders | Metropolitan Met | 41 | 29 | 12 | 82 | 94 | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 0 |
| Lightning | Atlantic Atl | 42 | 30 | 10 | 82 | 94 | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | 0 |
| Flyers | Metropolitan Met | 39 | 33 | 10 | 82 | 88 | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 0 |
| Hurricanes | Metropolitan Met | 36 | 31 | 15 | 82 | 87 | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 0 |
| Panthers | Atlantic Atl | 35 | 36 | 11 | 82 | 81 | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | 0 |
| Red Wings | Atlantic Atl | 33 | 36 | 13 | 82 | 79 | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | 0 |
| Sabres | Atlantic Atl | 33 | 37 | 12 | 82 | 78 | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | 0 |
| Devils | Metropolitan Met | 28 | 40 | 14 | 82 | 70 | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 0 |