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NHL - Week 5 of 28

Eastern Conference Losing Magic Numbers

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.

Eastern Conference Losing 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
Canadiens AtlanticAtl 9 3 1 13 19 - - - 60 62 64 64 64 MW
Red Wings AtlanticAtl 9 5 0 14 18 - - - 59 61 62 62 62 MW
Bruins AtlanticAtl 8 7 0 15 16 - - - 57 59 60 60 60 MW
Maple Leafs AtlanticAtl 7 5 1 13 15 - - - 58 60 62 62 62 MW
Lightning AtlanticAtl 6 5 2 13 14 - - - 58 60 61 61 61 MW
Senators AtlanticAtl 6 5 2 13 14 - - - 58 60 61 61 61 MW
Sabres AtlanticAtl 5 4 4 13 14 - - - 58 60 61 61 61 MW
Panthers AtlanticAtl 6 6 1 13 13 - - - 57 59 61 61 61 MW
 
Devils MetropolitanMet 9 4 0 13 18 59 61 63 - - - 63 63 MW
Penguins MetropolitanMet 8 4 2 14 18 58 60 62 - - - 62 62 MW
Hurricanes MetropolitanMet 8 4 0 12 16 59 61 63 - - - 63 63 MW
Flyers MetropolitanMet 7 5 1 13 15 58 60 62 - - - 62 62 MW
Blue Jackets MetropolitanMet 7 5 0 12 14 58 60 62 - - - 62 62 MW
Islanders MetropolitanMet 6 5 2 13 14 57 59 61 - - - 61 61 MW
Rangers MetropolitanMet 6 6 2 14 14 56 58 60 - - - 60 60 MW
Capitals MetropolitanMet 6 5 1 12 13 58 60 62 - - - 62 62 MW
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric indicates the number of games that must be lost to guarantee losing this spot
  • "MW" indicates the team Might Win the spot despite losing all of its remaining games
  • * denotes first round home ice advantage in the playoffs