Updated Friday Apr. 3

2026 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
BruinsBOS43-25-8
Atlantic 9
9.50
2
RangersNYR31-36-9
Metro 23
10.00
3
IslandersNYI42-29-5
Metro 15
10.67
4
LightningTB47-22-6
Atlantic 3
10.89
5
DevilsNJ39-34-2
Metro 17
11.14
6
Blue JacketsCBJ38-26-12
Metro 16
11.75
7
FlyersPHI37-26-12
Metro 19
11.96
8
SenatorsOTT39-26-10
Atlantic 8
12.57
9
FlamesCGY31-36-8
Pacific 30
13.54
10
BluesSTL31-31-12
Central 25
13.84
11
LeafsTOR32-31-13
Atlantic 27
14.46
12
CanadiensMTL44-21-10
Atlantic 6
14.57
13
Red WingsDET40-27-8
Atlantic 13
14.75
14
SabresBUF46-22-8
Atlantic 4
15.29
15
PanthersFLA37-35-3
Atlantic 20
15.43
16
HurricanesCAR48-21-6
Metro 2
15.71
17
StarsDAL45-19-12
Central 5
15.71
18
CapitalsWSH38-29-9
Metro 12
16.46
19
WildMIN42-21-12
Central 7
17.68
20
PenguinsPIT38-22-16
Metro 14
17.75
21
KrakenSEA32-31-11
Pacific 29
18.69
22
BlackhawksCHI27-35-14
Central 31
18.88
23
OilersEDM39-28-9
Pacific 10
19.29
24
CanucksVAN22-45-8
Pacific 32
19.75
25
PredatorsNSH35-31-9
Central 24
20.04
26
KnightsVGS34-26-16
Pacific 18
20.42
27
JetsWPG32-31-12
Central 22
20.46
28
MammothUTA39-30-6
Central 11
20.71
29
AvalancheCOL49-15-10
Central 1
21.13
30
DucksANA41-29-5
Pacific 21
24.14
31
SharksSJ36-31-7
Pacific 28
24.28
32
KingsLA30-26-19
Pacific 26
26.21

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.

DIFFICULT

EASY

TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
LeafsTOR32-31-13
Atlantic 27
15.16
2
PanthersFLA37-35-3
Atlantic 20
15.42
3
PenguinsPIT38-22-16
Metro 14
15.68
4
RangersNYR31-36-9
Metro 23
15.75
5
Red WingsDET40-27-8
Atlantic 13
15.82
6
FlyersPHI37-26-12
Metro 19
15.91
7
Blue JacketsCBJ38-26-12
Metro 16
15.93
8
CanadiensMTL44-21-10
Atlantic 6
15.95
9
CapitalsWSH38-29-9
Metro 12
15.96
10
DevilsNJ39-34-2
Metro 17
16.00
11
BruinsBOS43-25-8
Atlantic 9
16.02
12
SabresBUF46-22-8
Atlantic 4
16.11
13
SharksSJ36-31-7
Pacific 28
16.31
14
SenatorsOTT39-26-10
Atlantic 8
16.37
15
IslandersNYI42-29-5
Metro 15
16.39
16
JetsWPG32-31-12
Central 22
16.46
17
LightningTB47-22-6
Atlantic 3
16.47
18
HurricanesCAR48-21-6
Metro 2
16.51
19
PredatorsNSH35-31-9
Central 24
16.53
20
KingsLA30-26-19
Pacific 26
16.55
21
BlackhawksCHI27-35-14
Central 31
16.58
22
CanucksVAN22-45-8
Pacific 32
16.68
23
KrakenSEA32-31-11
Pacific 29
16.82
24
MammothUTA39-30-6
Central 11
16.99
25
DucksANA41-29-5
Pacific 21
17.18
26
FlamesCGY31-36-8
Pacific 30
17.19
27
AvalancheCOL49-15-10
Central 1
17.20
28
BluesSTL31-31-12
Central 25
17.38
29
KnightsVGS34-26-16
Pacific 18
17.43
30
WildMIN42-21-12
Central 7
17.49
31
StarsDAL45-19-12
Central 5
17.54
32
OilersEDM39-28-9
Pacific 10
17.88