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 |
| Hurricanes | MetropolitanMet | 45 | 19 | 6 | 70 | 96 | 8 | 7 | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Penguins | MetropolitanMet | 35 | 19 | 16 | 70 | 86 | DNCD | 12 | 11 | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Blue Jackets | MetropolitanMet | 37 | 22 | 11 | 70 | 85 | DNCD | DNCD | 12 | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Sabres | AtlanticAtl | 44 | 20 | 6 | 70 | 94 | - | - | - | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Lightning | AtlanticAtl | 43 | 21 | 4 | 68 | 90 | - | - | - | 14 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Canadiens | AtlanticAtl | 38 | 21 | 10 | 69 | 86 | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 13 | 12 | 11 | 0 |
| Bruins | AtlanticAtl | 39 | 23 | 8 | 70 | 86 | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Islanders | MetropolitanMet | 40 | 26 | 5 | 71 | 85 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Red Wings | AtlanticAtl | 38 | 24 | 8 | 70 | 84 | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 12 | 0 |
| Senators | AtlanticAtl | 36 | 24 | 9 | 69 | 81 | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 13 | 0 |
| Flyers | MetropolitanMet | 34 | 23 | 12 | 69 | 80 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Capitals | MetropolitanMet | 35 | 27 | 9 | 71 | 79 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Devils | MetropolitanMet | 35 | 32 | 2 | 69 | 72 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Panthers | AtlanticAtl | 34 | 32 | 3 | 69 | 71 | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Maple Leafs | AtlanticAtl | 29 | 29 | 13 | 71 | 71 | - | - | - | X | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |
| Rangers | MetropolitanMet | 28 | 33 | 9 | 70 | 65 | X | DNCD | DNCD | - | - | - | DNCD | DNCD | 0 |