Updated Wednesday Feb. 4

2026 NHL Team Point Projections

NHL team point projections tracked from the preseason to current day.

RankingsSoSPointsPlayoffsChamps
TEAM GURU
RANK		 PRESEASON
PROJECTION		 CURRENT
PROJECTION		 CHANGE
1
AvalancheCOL36-9-9
2nd 100.5 117.6
+ 17.1
2
LightningTB36-14-4
1st 99.7 111.3
+ 11.6
3
HurricanesCAR35-15-6
3rd 100.2 107.6
+ 7.4
4
StarsDAL33-14-9
4th 100.0 107.4
+ 7.4
5
WildMIN33-14-10
5th 92.2 105.8
+ 13.6
6
Red WingsDET33-18-6
11th 86.9 99.7
+ 12.8
7
SabresBUF32-18-6
7th 88.6 99.3
+ 10.7
8
CanadiensMTL31-17-8
10th 91.2 99.2
+ 8
9
PenguinsPIT28-15-12
15th 81.4 97.6
+ 16.2
10
BruinsBOS32-20-4
9th 84.9 96.5
+ 11.6
11
KnightsVGS25-16-14
18th 100.9 94.9
- 6
12
IslandersNYI31-21-5
16th 86.6 94.5
+ 7.9
13
OilersEDM28-21-8
12th 100.5 93.3
- 7.2
14
Blue JacketsCBJ28-20-7
17th 85.0 93.0
+ 8
15
MammothUTA29-23-4
8th 91.5 92.7
+ 1.2
16
KingsLA23-17-14
21st 95.6 92.6
- 3
17
SenatorsOTT27-22-7
6th 94.1 92.5
- 1.6
18
DucksANA30-23-3
22nd 85.1 91.9
+ 6.8
19
CapitalsWSH28-23-7
14th 92.6 91.3
- 1.3
20
PanthersFLA28-24-3
13th 99.4 90.2
- 9.2
21
KrakenSEA26-20-9
23rd 83.1 90.0
+ 6.9
22
LeafsTOR27-21-9
20th 98.0 88.8
- 9.2
23
FlyersPHI25-20-10
26th 85.5 87.7
+ 2.2
24
DevilsNJ28-26-2
19th 97.1 87.4
- 9.7
25
SharksSJ27-23-4
27th 76.3 87.0
+ 10.7
26
PredatorsNSH26-23-6
24th 84.9 86.5
+ 1.6
27
JetsWPG22-25-8
25th 97.5 81.2
- 16.3
28
BlackhawksCHI22-25-9
31st 77.8 77.3
- 0.5
29
RangersNYR22-28-6
28th 93.4 77.2
- 16.2
30
FlamesCGY22-27-6
29th 84.6 76.8
- 7.8
31
BluesSTL20-27-9
30th 91.6 74.0
- 17.6
32
CanucksVAN18-32-6
32nd 89.3 66.1
- 23.2

How We Calculate: Our NHL team point projections are calculated by averaging point projections from Hockey Reference and Money Puck. The table above shows the preseason and current point projections for each team. The change in these two projections is also shown.