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 |
| Sabres | AtlanticAtl | 45 | 21 | 8 | 74 | 98 | - | - | - | DNCD | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Lightning | AtlanticAtl | 45 | 21 | 6 | 72 | 96 | - | - | - | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Canadiens | AtlanticAtl | 41 | 21 | 10 | 72 | 92 | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Bruins | AtlanticAtl | 41 | 24 | 8 | 73 | 90 | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Senators | AtlanticAtl | 38 | 25 | 10 | 73 | 86 | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 9 | 0 |
| Red Wings | AtlanticAtl | 39 | 26 | 8 | 73 | 86 | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Maple Leafs | AtlanticAtl | 31 | 30 | 13 | 74 | 75 | - | - | - | X | X | X | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Panthers | AtlanticAtl | 35 | 35 | 3 | 73 | 73 | - | - | - | X | X | X | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Hurricanes | MetropolitanMet | 46 | 20 | 6 | 72 | 98 | 5 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Islanders | MetropolitanMet | 42 | 27 | 5 | 74 | 89 | DNCD | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Penguins | MetropolitanMet | 36 | 21 | 16 | 73 | 88 | DNCD | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| Blue Jackets | MetropolitanMet | 38 | 24 | 11 | 73 | 87 | DNCD | DNCD | 9 | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Flyers | MetropolitanMet | 36 | 24 | 12 | 72 | 84 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Capitals | MetropolitanMet | 37 | 28 | 9 | 74 | 83 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Devils | MetropolitanMet | 37 | 33 | 2 | 72 | 76 | X | DNCD | DNCD | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Rangers | MetropolitanMet | 30 | 35 | 9 | 74 | 69 | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 0 |