Updated Friday Apr. 19

2024 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
HurricanesCAR52-23-7
Metro 1
0.00
2
Red WingsDET41-32-9
Atlantic 18
0.00
3
DevilsNJ38-39-5
Metro 19
0.00
4
BluesSTL43-33-6
Central 20
0.00
5
IslandersNYI39-27-16
Metro 21
0.00
6
FlamesCGY37-39-5
Pacific 22
0.00
7
SenatorsOTT37-41-4
Atlantic 23
0.00
8
FlyersPHI38-33-11
Metro 24
0.00
9
KrakenSEA33-35-13
Pacific 25
0.00
10
CapitalsWSH40-31-11
Metro 26
0.00
11
CanadiensMTL30-36-16
Atlantic 27
0.00
12
CoyotesARI36-41-5
Pacific 28
0.00
13
Blue JacketsCBJ27-43-12
Metro 29
0.00
14
DucksANA26-50-5
Pacific 30
0.00
15
BlackhawksCHI23-53-5
Central 31
0.00
16
WildMIN39-32-10
Central 17
0.00
17
PenguinsPIT38-32-12
Metro 16
0.00
18
RangersNYR55-23-4
Metro 2
0.00
19
StarsDAL52-21-9
Central 3
0.00
20
PanthersFLA52-24-6
Atlantic 4
0.00
21
OilersEDM49-26-6
Pacific 5
0.00
22
JetsWPG51-24-6
Central 6
0.00
23
AvalancheCOL49-25-7
Central 7
0.00
24
BruinsBOS47-20-15
Atlantic 8
0.00
25
CanucksVAN50-22-9
Pacific 9
0.00
26
LeafsTOR46-26-10
Atlantic 10
0.00
27
LightningTB45-29-8
Atlantic 11
0.00
28
PredatorsNSH47-30-5
Central 12
0.00
29
KnightsVGS45-28-8
Pacific 13
0.00
30
KingsLA43-27-11
Pacific 14
0.00
31
SabresBUF39-37-6
Atlantic 15
0.00
32
SharksSJ19-53-9
Pacific 32
0.00

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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TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
BlackhawksCHI23-53-5
Central 31
15.64
2
Blue JacketsCBJ27-43-12
Metro 29
15.77
3
CanadiensMTL30-36-16
Atlantic 27
15.82
4
CapitalsWSH40-31-11
Metro 26
15.90
5
SenatorsOTT37-41-4
Atlantic 23
15.95
6
CoyotesARI36-41-5
Pacific 28
16.02
7
FlyersPHI38-33-11
Metro 24
16.03
8
IslandersNYI39-27-16
Metro 21
16.04
9
SharksSJ19-53-9
Pacific 32
16.07
10
DucksANA26-50-5
Pacific 30
16.11
11
FlamesCGY37-39-5
Pacific 22
16.12
12
Red WingsDET41-32-9
Atlantic 18
16.27
13
WildMIN39-32-10
Central 17
16.37
14
LeafsTOR46-26-10
Atlantic 10
16.44
15
SabresBUF39-37-6
Atlantic 15
16.45
16
BluesSTL43-33-6
Central 20
16.48
17
DevilsNJ38-39-5
Metro 19
16.50
18
PenguinsPIT38-32-12
Metro 16
16.53
19
BruinsBOS47-20-15
Atlantic 8
16.55
20
KrakenSEA33-35-13
Pacific 25
16.56
21
LightningTB45-29-8
Atlantic 11
16.67
22
PredatorsNSH47-30-5
Central 12
16.84
23
CanucksVAN50-22-9
Pacific 9
16.86
24
PanthersFLA52-24-6
Atlantic 4
16.90
25
KingsLA43-27-11
Pacific 14
16.90
26
StarsDAL52-21-9
Central 3
16.97
27
JetsWPG51-24-6
Central 6
17.02
28
AvalancheCOL49-25-7
Central 7
17.15
29
OilersEDM49-26-6
Pacific 5
17.18
30
KnightsVGS45-28-8
Pacific 13
17.20
31
RangersNYR55-23-4
Metro 2
17.35
32
HurricanesCAR52-23-7
Metro 1
17.36