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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 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 36 14 4 54 76 - - - 24 23 22 21 20 0
Canadiens AtlanticAtl 32 17 8 57 72 - - - DNCD DNCD 25 24 21 0
Red Wings AtlanticAtl 33 19 6 58 72 - - - DNCD DNCD 24 24 22 0
Sabres AtlanticAtl 32 18 6 56 70 - - - DNCD 26 25 25 23 0
Bruins AtlanticAtl 32 20 5 57 69 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD 25 23 0
Maple Leafs AtlanticAtl 27 21 9 57 63 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Panthers AtlanticAtl 29 24 3 56 61 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Senators AtlanticAtl 27 22 7 56 61 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
 
Hurricanes MetropolitanMet 35 15 6 56 76 24 21 20 - - - 20 19 0
Penguins MetropolitanMet 28 15 12 55 68 27 25 24 - - - 24 24 0
Islanders MetropolitanMet 31 21 5 57 67 DNCD DNCD 24 - - - 24 24 0
Blue Jackets MetropolitanMet 29 20 7 56 65 DNCD DNCD 25 - - - 25 24 0
Capitals MetropolitanMet 28 23 7 58 63 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - DNCD DNCD 0
Flyers MetropolitanMet 25 20 10 55 60 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - DNCD 27 0
Devils MetropolitanMet 28 26 2 56 58 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - DNCD DNCD 0
Rangers MetropolitanMet 22 28 6 56 50 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