How close is your team from being eliminated from winning a certain playoff spot? A Losing Magic Number is the number of games a team must lose to guarantee losing 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 | 44 | 20 | 6 | 70 | 94 | - | - | - | MW | MW | MW | MW | MW | MW |
| Lightning | AtlanticAtl | 43 | 21 | 4 | 68 | 90 | - | - | - | 12 | MW | MW | MW | MW | MW |
| Canadiens | AtlanticAtl | 38 | 21 | 10 | 69 | 86 | - | - | - | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | MW |
| Bruins | AtlanticAtl | 39 | 23 | 8 | 70 | 86 | - | - | - | 8 | 10 | MW | MW | MW | MW |
| Red Wings | AtlanticAtl | 38 | 24 | 8 | 70 | 84 | - | - | - | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | MW |
| Senators | AtlanticAtl | 36 | 24 | 9 | 69 | 81 | - | - | - | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | MW |
| Panthers | AtlanticAtl | 34 | 32 | 3 | 69 | 71 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | MW |
| Maple Leafs | AtlanticAtl | 29 | 29 | 13 | 71 | 71 | - | - | - | X | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | MW |
| Hurricanes | MetropolitanMet | 45 | 19 | 6 | 70 | 96 | MW | MW | MW | - | - | - | MW | MW | MW |
| Penguins | MetropolitanMet | 35 | 19 | 16 | 70 | 86 | 8 | 12 | MW | - | - | - | MW | MW | MW |
| Blue Jackets | MetropolitanMet | 37 | 22 | 11 | 70 | 85 | 7 | 11 | 12 | - | - | - | 12 | 12 | MW |
| Islanders | MetropolitanMet | 40 | 26 | 5 | 71 | 85 | 6 | 11 | MW | - | - | - | MW | MW | MW |
| Flyers | MetropolitanMet | 34 | 23 | 12 | 69 | 80 | 5 | 10 | 11 | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | MW |
| Capitals | MetropolitanMet | 35 | 27 | 9 | 71 | 79 | 3 | 8 | 9 | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | MW |
| Devils | MetropolitanMet | 35 | 32 | 2 | 69 | 72 | 2 | 6 | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | MW |
| Rangers | MetropolitanMet | 28 | 33 | 9 | 70 | 65 | X | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | MW |