Updated Sunday Mar. 22

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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EASY

TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
BruinsBOS39-23-8
Atlantic 9
10.29
2
PenguinsPIT35-18-16
Metro 14
11.48
3
IslandersNYI39-26-5
Metro 15
12.48
4
CanadiensMTL38-21-10
Atlantic 10
12.60
5
SenatorsOTT36-24-9
Atlantic 7
12.77
6
Blue JacketsCBJ37-21-11
Metro 8
12.79
7
FlyersPHI34-23-12
Metro 21
13.42
8
Red WingsDET38-24-8
Atlantic 13
13.81
9
HurricanesCAR44-19-6
Metro 2
13.83
10
LightningTB43-21-4
Atlantic 3
14.13
11
DevilsNJ35-32-2
Metro 18
14.19
12
FlamesCGY28-34-7
Pacific 30
14.23
13
SabresBUF44-20-6
Atlantic 5
14.46
14
RangersNYR28-33-8
Metro 25
14.52
15
PanthersFLA34-32-3
Atlantic 17
15.35
16
CapitalsWSH35-27-8
Metro 12
15.73
17
KrakenSEA31-29-9
Pacific 27
15.79
18
StarsDAL43-15-11
Central 4
16.29
19
WildMIN40-19-12
Central 6
16.32
20
JetsWPG28-29-12
Central 24
16.87
21
LeafsTOR29-29-13
Atlantic 28
16.91
22
BluesSTL28-30-11
Central 26
17.62
23
CanucksVAN21-40-8
Pacific 32
18.38
24
PredatorsNSH32-28-9
Central 22
19.37
25
BlackhawksCHI26-31-12
Central 31
19.65
26
OilersEDM34-28-9
Pacific 16
20.25
27
KnightsVGS31-25-14
Pacific 19
20.25
28
MammothUTA36-28-6
Central 11
21.21
29
AvalancheCOL45-13-10
Central 1
22.11
30
SharksSJ32-30-6
Pacific 29
23.14
31
DucksANA38-27-4
Pacific 20
23.40
32
KingsLA28-25-16
Pacific 23
24.65

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
LeafsTOR29-29-13
Atlantic 28
14.82
2
RangersNYR28-33-8
Metro 25
15.47
3
PanthersFLA34-32-3
Atlantic 17
15.51
4
DevilsNJ35-32-2
Metro 18
15.67
5
SharksSJ32-30-6
Pacific 29
15.89
6
FlyersPHI34-23-12
Metro 21
15.91
7
CapitalsWSH35-27-8
Metro 12
16.03
8
Red WingsDET38-24-8
Atlantic 13
16.06
9
KingsLA28-25-16
Pacific 23
16.07
10
BlackhawksCHI26-31-12
Central 31
16.21
11
CanadiensMTL38-21-10
Atlantic 10
16.24
12
SabresBUF44-20-6
Atlantic 5
16.36
13
LightningTB43-21-4
Atlantic 3
16.37
14
PredatorsNSH32-28-9
Central 22
16.41
15
BruinsBOS39-23-8
Atlantic 9
16.45
16
Blue JacketsCBJ37-21-11
Metro 8
16.47
17
IslandersNYI39-26-5
Metro 15
16.53
18
AvalancheCOL45-13-10
Central 1
16.63
19
MammothUTA36-28-6
Central 11
16.64
20
PenguinsPIT35-18-16
Metro 14
16.64
21
JetsWPG28-29-12
Central 24
16.70
22
CanucksVAN21-40-8
Pacific 32
16.71
23
DucksANA38-27-4
Pacific 20
16.71
24
SenatorsOTT36-24-9
Atlantic 7
16.76
25
BluesSTL28-30-11
Central 26
16.84
26
HurricanesCAR44-19-6
Metro 2
16.84
27
KnightsVGS31-25-14
Pacific 19
17.16
28
KrakenSEA31-29-9
Pacific 27
17.38
29
OilersEDM34-28-9
Pacific 16
17.44
30
FlamesCGY28-34-7
Pacific 30
17.48
31
WildMIN40-19-12
Central 6
17.70
32
StarsDAL43-15-11
Central 4
17.71