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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 31 13 4 48 66 - - - 31 31 29 28 27 0
Red Wings AtlanticAtl 31 16 4 51 66 - - - DNCD 31 29 28 28 0
Canadiens AtlanticAtl 28 15 7 50 63 - - - DNCD 32 31 30 29 0
Sabres AtlanticAtl 27 17 5 49 59 - - - DNCD 33 33 32 31 0
Bruins AtlanticAtl 28 20 2 50 58 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD 32 31 0
Maple Leafs AtlanticAtl 24 17 9 50 57 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 32 0
Panthers AtlanticAtl 25 20 3 48 53 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD 34 34 0
Senators AtlanticAtl 23 19 7 49 53 - - - DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
 
Hurricanes MetropolitanMet 31 15 4 50 66 30 28 27 - - - 27 26 0
Penguins MetropolitanMet 24 14 11 49 59 33 32 31 - - - 31 30 0
Islanders MetropolitanMet 27 18 5 50 59 DNCD 32 31 - - - 30 30 0
Flyers MetropolitanMet 23 17 9 49 55 DNCD DNCD 33 - - - 33 31 0
Devils MetropolitanMet 26 22 2 50 54 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - DNCD 32 0
Capitals MetropolitanMet 24 21 6 51 54 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - DNCD DNCD 0
Blue Jackets MetropolitanMet 22 20 7 49 51 DNCD DNCD DNCD - - - DNCD DNCD 0
Rangers MetropolitanMet 21 24 6 51 48 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