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 |
| Panthers | AtlanticAtl | 15 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 31 | - | - | - | 57 | 55 | 53 | 53 | 52 | 0 |
| Maple Leafs | AtlanticAtl | 14 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 30 | - | - | - | 57 | 56 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 0 |
| Bruins | AtlanticAtl | 12 | 11 | 3 | 26 | 27 | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 55 | 54 | 54 | 0 |
| Lightning | AtlanticAtl | 12 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 26 | - | - | - | DNCD | 57 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 0 |
| Sabres | AtlanticAtl | 11 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 24 | - | - | - | DNCD | 58 | 57 | 56 | 55 | 0 |
| Red Wings | AtlanticAtl | 10 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 23 | - | - | - | DNCD | 58 | 57 | 56 | 56 | 0 |
| Senators | AtlanticAtl | 10 | 12 | 2 | 24 | 22 | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 58 | 57 | 56 | 0 |
| Canadiens | AtlanticAtl | 8 | 13 | 3 | 24 | 19 | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 58 | 57 | 0 |
| Capitals | MetropolitanMet | 17 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 35 | 56 | 55 | 54 | - | - | - | 52 | 51 | 0 |
| Devils | MetropolitanMet | 16 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 34 | DNCD | DNCD | 53 | - | - | - | 52 | 51 | 0 |
| Hurricanes | MetropolitanMet | 16 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 33 | 57 | 56 | 54 | - | - | - | 53 | 52 | 0 |
| Rangers | MetropolitanMet | 13 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 27 | DNCD | 59 | 57 | - | - | - | 56 | 54 | 0 |
| Flyers | MetropolitanMet | 12 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 27 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | - | - | - | 56 | 54 | 0 |
| Blue Jackets | MetropolitanMet | 11 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 25 | DNCD | 59 | 58 | - | - | - | 57 | 55 | 0 |
| Islanders | MetropolitanMet | 9 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 24 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | - | - | - | 57 | 56 | 0 |
| Penguins | MetropolitanMet | 10 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 24 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | - | - | - | DNCD | 56 | 0 |