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Eastern Conference Winning Magic Numbers

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.

Eastern Conference Winning Magic Numbers
Record Metropolitan Divisional Winners Atlantic Divisional Winners Wildcard No
Playoffs No
POs
Team DivisionDiv W L OTL GP Pts 1* 2* 3 1* 2* 3 7 8 9
Capitals MetropolitanMet 15 4 6 25 36 57 55 53 - - - 52 51 0
Rangers MetropolitanMet 16 4 3 23 35 57 55 54 - - - 52 51 0
Hurricanes MetropolitanMet 16 6 1 23 33 57 56 53 - - - 53 52 0
Panthers AtlanticAtl 17 4 3 24 37 - - - 56 55 54 51 50 0
Maple Leafs AtlanticAtl 17 6 2 25 36 - - - 56 55 54 52 51 0
Lightning AtlanticAtl 14 5 4 23 32 - - - 59 57 55 54 52 0
Red Wings AtlanticAtl 13 9 3 25 29 - - - DNCD DNCD 57 56 54 0
Penguins MetropolitanMet 11 8 5 24 27 DNCD DNCD 58 - - - 56 55 0
 
Bruins AtlanticAtl 12 8 1 21 25 - - - DNCD 61 60 57 56 0
Blue Jackets MetropolitanMet 12 10 0 22 24 DNCD DNCD 60 - - - 58 57 0
Devils MetropolitanMet 9 9 4 22 22 DNCD DNCD 60 - - - 59 58 0
Flyers MetropolitanMet 8 9 4 21 20 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - 60 59 0
Sabres AtlanticAtl 8 13 3 24 19 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Canadiens AtlanticAtl 6 17 3 26 15 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Islanders MetropolitanMet 5 10 4 19 14 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - 63 62 0
Senators AtlanticAtl 6 15 1 22 13 - - - 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 consecutive upcoming 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