Updated Saturday Dec. 20

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 WingsDET19-13-3
Atlantic 20
13.63
2
LeafsTOR15-13-5
Atlantic 22
14.24
3
CanadiensMTL18-12-4
Atlantic 18
14.52
4
PenguinsPIT14-10-9
Metro 25
14.59
5
FlamesCGY14-17-4
Pacific 26
14.78
6
BluesSTL13-15-8
Central 30
15.15
7
SabresBUF15-14-4
Atlantic 23
15.29
8
KrakenSEA12-14-6
Pacific 31
15.65
9
SenatorsOTT16-13-4
Atlantic 14
15.67
10
BlackhawksCHI13-15-6
Central 32
15.81
11
RangersNYR17-15-4
Metro 11
15.90
12
Blue JacketsCBJ14-14-6
Metro 27
16.00
13
FlyersPHI17-10-6
Metro 21
16.02
14
JetsWPG15-17-2
Central 19
16.05
15
MammothUTA17-17-3
Central 17
16.54
16
WildMIN21-9-5
Central 6
16.95
17
PredatorsNSH13-16-4
Central 29
16.96
18
CanucksVAN14-17-3
Pacific 24
17.09
19
PanthersFLA19-13-2
Atlantic 7
17.16
20
AvalancheCOL25-2-7
Central 1
17.33
21
OilersEDM17-12-6
Pacific 9
17.38
22
CapitalsWSH19-11-4
Metro 5
17.40
23
DevilsNJ20-14-1
Metro 10
17.41
24
KingsLA15-10-9
Pacific 15
17.42
25
StarsDAL24-7-5
Central 4
17.42
26
BruinsBOS20-15-0
Atlantic 12
17.48
27
HurricanesCAR22-9-3
Metro 2
17.57
28
LightningTB18-13-3
Atlantic 3
17.99
29
SharksSJ17-15-3
Pacific 28
18.18
30
IslandersNYI19-13-3
Metro 13
18.35
31
DucksANA20-13-2
Pacific 16
18.39
32
KnightsVGS16-6-10
Pacific 8
18.76

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
IslandersNYI19-13-3
Metro 13
13.34
2
SharksSJ17-15-3
Pacific 28
14.09
3
LightningTB18-13-3
Atlantic 3
14.50
4
BruinsBOS20-15-0
Atlantic 12
14.56
5
DevilsNJ20-14-1
Metro 10
14.66
6
Blue JacketsCBJ14-14-6
Metro 27
14.82
7
CapitalsWSH19-11-4
Metro 5
15.39
8
FlyersPHI17-10-6
Metro 21
15.44
9
KnightsVGS16-6-10
Pacific 8
15.52
10
PanthersFLA19-13-2
Atlantic 7
15.62
11
PredatorsNSH13-16-4
Central 29
15.66
12
HurricanesCAR22-9-3
Metro 2
15.85
13
DucksANA20-13-2
Pacific 16
16.06
14
CanucksVAN14-17-3
Pacific 24
16.16
15
SabresBUF15-14-4
Atlantic 23
16.30
16
RangersNYR17-15-4
Metro 11
16.33
17
StarsDAL24-7-5
Central 4
16.77
18
KingsLA15-10-9
Pacific 15
16.83
19
SenatorsOTT16-13-4
Atlantic 14
16.97
20
KrakenSEA12-14-6
Pacific 31
17.07
21
AvalancheCOL25-2-7
Central 1
17.29
22
PenguinsPIT14-10-9
Metro 25
17.37
23
MammothUTA17-17-3
Central 17
17.42
24
JetsWPG15-17-2
Central 19
17.49
25
BlackhawksCHI13-15-6
Central 32
17.53
26
OilersEDM17-12-6
Pacific 9
17.57
27
WildMIN21-9-5
Central 6
17.60
28
CanadiensMTL18-12-4
Atlantic 18
18.13
29
BluesSTL13-15-8
Central 30
18.40
30
FlamesCGY14-17-4
Pacific 26
18.51
31
LeafsTOR15-13-5
Atlantic 22
18.57
32
Red WingsDET19-13-3
Atlantic 20
18.72