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NHL - Week 21 of 28

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
Lightning AtlanticAtl 38 15 4 57 80 - - - 21 21 20 19 18 0
Red Wings AtlanticAtl 34 19 6 59 74 - - - DNCD 23 23 22 21 0
Canadiens AtlanticAtl 32 17 9 58 73 - - - DNCD 24 23 23 21 0
Sabres AtlanticAtl 33 19 6 58 72 - - - DNCD DNCD 24 23 22 0
Bruins AtlanticAtl 33 20 5 58 71 - - - DNCD 24 24 24 22 0
Senators AtlanticAtl 28 22 8 58 64 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Panthers AtlanticAtl 30 25 3 58 63 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Maple Leafs AtlanticAtl 27 23 9 59 63 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
 
Hurricanes MetropolitanMet 37 15 6 58 80 22 19 18 - - - 18 17 0
Penguins MetropolitanMet 30 15 12 57 72 25 23 22 - - - 22 22 0
Islanders MetropolitanMet 33 21 5 59 71 DNCD DNCD 22 - - - 22 22 0
Capitals MetropolitanMet 30 23 7 60 67 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - DNCD DNCD 0
Blue Jackets MetropolitanMet 29 21 7 57 65 DNCD DNCD 25 - - - 25 25 0
Flyers MetropolitanMet 26 21 11 58 63 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - DNCD DNCD 0
Devils MetropolitanMet 28 29 2 59 58 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - DNCD DNCD 0
Rangers MetropolitanMet 22 29 7 58 51 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