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.
| 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 | 
| Penguins | MetropolitanMet | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 69 | 67 | 66 | - | - | - | 65 | 64 | 0 | 
| Devils | MetropolitanMet | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 70 | 69 | 67 | - | - | - | 66 | 65 | 0 | 
| Hurricanes | MetropolitanMet | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 71 | 70 | 68 | - | - | - | 67 | 66 | 0 | 
| Red Wings | AtlanticAtl | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 16 | - | - | - | 70 | 69 | 67 | 66 | 64 | 0 | 
| Canadiens | AtlanticAtl | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 16 | - | - | - | 70 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 64 | 0 | 
| Senators | AtlanticAtl | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 13 | - | - | - | 70 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 65 | 0 | 
| Flyers | MetropolitanMet | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 71 | 70 | 69 | - | - | - | 68 | 67 | 0 | 
| Capitals | MetropolitanMet | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 71 | 70 | 69 | - | - | - | 68 | 67 | 0 | 
| Blue Jackets | MetropolitanMet | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 71 | 70 | 69 | - | - | - | 68 | 67 | 0 | 
| Lightning | AtlanticAtl | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | - | - | - | 71 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 66 | 0 | 
| Rangers | MetropolitanMet | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | DNCD | 70 | 69 | - | - | - | 68 | 67 | 0 | 
| Bruins | AtlanticAtl | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 12 | - | - | - | 69 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 0 | 
| Panthers | AtlanticAtl | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | 71 | 71 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 0 | 
| Sabres | AtlanticAtl | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | DNCD | 71 | 70 | 68 | 67 | 0 | 
| Maple Leafs | AtlanticAtl | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | DNCD | 71 | 70 | 68 | 67 | 0 | 
| Islanders | MetropolitanMet | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | DNCD | 72 | 71 | - | - | - | 70 | 69 | 0 |