Updated Saturday Dec. 6

2025 NHL Strength of Schedule Rankings

Strength of Schedule Played and Strength of Schedule Remaining for all 32 NHL teams.

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Our NHL Strength of Schedule rankings represents the average difficulty of those opponents that each team has faced or will face during the current season. The strength of an opponent is determined by their ranking in our Composite NHL Power Rankings. A low opponent average ranking indicates a difficult schedule, whereas a high opponent average ranking suggests an easier schedule.

NHL Strength of Schedule Remaining

Our Strength of Schedule Remaining rankings show the average difficulty of opponents each team will face for the rest of the season.

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TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
Red WingsDET14-11-3
Atlantic 24
14.72
2
PenguinsPIT14-7-5
Metro 19
14.92
3
FlyersPHI15-8-3
Metro 20
14.94
4
LeafsTOR13-11-3
Atlantic 17
15.14
5
Blue JacketsCBJ13-9-5
Metro 23
15.15
6
CanadiensMTL14-9-3
Atlantic 22
15.28
7
FlamesCGY10-15-4
Pacific 29
15.58
8
JetsWPG14-12-1
Central 16
15.60
9
PanthersFLA12-12-2
Atlantic 11
15.69
10
SenatorsOTT13-10-4
Atlantic 14
15.71
11
RangersNYR15-12-2
Metro 8
15.84
12
SabresBUF11-13-4
Atlantic 26
15.85
13
BluesSTL9-12-7
Central 32
15.96
14
BlackhawksCHI12-9-6
Central 25
16.02
15
KrakenSEA11-8-6
Pacific 27
16.43
16
PredatorsNSH10-13-4
Central 31
16.54
17
MammothUTA14-12-3
Central 13
16.59
18
DevilsNJ16-11-1
Metro 7
16.60
19
CanucksVAN10-15-3
Pacific 30
16.80
20
CapitalsWSH17-9-3
Metro 5
16.87
21
BruinsBOS16-13-0
Atlantic 21
16.96
22
WildMIN15-8-5
Central 10
17.04
23
HurricanesCAR16-8-2
Metro 2
17.05
24
IslandersNYI15-10-3
Metro 9
17.16
25
StarsDAL19-5-5
Central 3
17.17
26
AvalancheCOL19-2-6
Central 1
17.66
27
KingsLA12-8-7
Pacific 15
17.71
28
LightningTB16-9-2
Atlantic 4
17.90
29
OilersEDM12-11-5
Pacific 18
17.91
30
SharksSJ13-13-3
Pacific 28
18.37
31
DucksANA17-10-1
Pacific 12
18.50
32
KnightsVGS13-6-8
Pacific 6
18.56

NHL Strength of Schedule Played

Our Strength of Schedule Played shows the current average ranking for each opponent that a given team has faced to date.

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EASY

TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
SharksSJ13-13-3
Pacific 28
13.54
2
IslandersNYI15-10-3
Metro 9
13.70
3
LightningTB16-9-2
Atlantic 4
14.29
4
BruinsBOS16-13-0
Atlantic 21
14.36
5
DevilsNJ16-11-1
Metro 7
14.89
6
SabresBUF11-13-4
Atlantic 26
15.00
7
HurricanesCAR16-8-2
Metro 2
15.10
8
CapitalsWSH17-9-3
Metro 5
15.25
9
KnightsVGS13-6-8
Pacific 6
15.91
10
DucksANA17-10-1
Pacific 12
15.97
11
Blue JacketsCBJ13-9-5
Metro 23
16.05
12
RangersNYR15-12-2
Metro 8
16.23
13
PredatorsNSH10-13-4
Central 31
16.33
14
KingsLA12-8-7
Pacific 15
16.44
15
OilersEDM12-11-5
Pacific 18
16.52
16
CanucksVAN10-15-3
Pacific 30
16.57
17
FlyersPHI15-8-3
Metro 20
16.84
18
AvalancheCOL19-2-6
Central 1
16.94
19
KrakenSEA11-8-6
Pacific 27
16.96
20
WildMIN15-8-5
Central 10
17.00
21
SenatorsOTT13-10-4
Atlantic 14
17.07
22
CanadiensMTL14-9-3
Atlantic 22
17.18
23
PanthersFLA12-12-2
Atlantic 11
17.21
24
PenguinsPIT14-7-5
Metro 19
17.49
25
Red WingsDET14-11-3
Atlantic 24
17.57
26
StarsDAL19-5-5
Central 3
17.62
27
BluesSTL9-12-7
Central 32
17.65
28
MammothUTA14-12-3
Central 13
18.03
29
FlamesCGY10-15-4
Pacific 29
18.16
30
LeafsTOR13-11-3
Atlantic 17
18.46
31
BlackhawksCHI12-9-6
Central 25
18.56
32
JetsWPG14-12-1
Central 16
19.36