Updated Monday Nov. 3

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.

DIFFICULT

EASY

TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
PenguinsPIT8-3-2
Metro 20
15.37
2
SenatorsOTT6-5-2
Atlantic 17
15.38
3
CanadiensMTL9-3-0
Atlantic 11
15.62
4
FlyersPHI6-4-1
Metro 26
15.66
5
LeafsTOR6-5-1
Atlantic 13
15.69
6
RangersNYR6-5-2
Metro 14
15.71
7
IslandersNYI5-5-1
Metro 21
15.84
8
Red WingsDET8-4-0
Atlantic 15
15.90
9
CapitalsWSH6-5-1
Metro 12
15.93
10
Blue JacketsCBJ7-4-0
Metro 18
15.95
11
SabresBUF5-4-3
Atlantic 22
16.02
12
BluesSTL3-7-2
Central 25
16.11
13
PanthersFLA6-5-1
Atlantic 5
16.18
14
BruinsBOS7-7-0
Atlantic 28
16.31
15
CanucksVAN6-7-0
Pacific 23
16.44
16
LightningTB5-4-2
Atlantic 7
16.48
17
WildMIN4-6-3
Central 24
16.50
18
JetsWPG9-3-0
Central 3
16.50
19
PredatorsNSH5-6-2
Central 30
16.67
20
BlackhawksCHI5-4-3
Central 31
16.78
21
DevilsNJ9-3-0
Metro 6
16.82
22
HurricanesCAR7-4-0
Metro 2
16.87
23
FlamesCGY2-9-2
Pacific 29
16.88
24
SharksSJ4-6-2
Pacific 32
16.94
25
MammothUTA8-3-0
Central 10
16.95
26
KrakenSEA5-2-4
Pacific 27
16.99
27
DucksANA6-3-1
Pacific 19
17.11
28
KingsLA5-4-4
Pacific 16
17.26
29
OilersEDM6-4-3
Pacific 9
17.26
30
StarsDAL6-3-3
Central 8
17.39
31
AvalancheCOL7-1-5
Central 1
17.72
32
KnightsVGS6-2-3
Pacific 4
17.76

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
KrakenSEA5-2-4
Pacific 27
12.77
2
SharksSJ4-6-2
Pacific 32
12.87
3
BruinsBOS7-7-0
Atlantic 28
13.09
4
FlamesCGY2-9-2
Pacific 29
13.89
5
StarsDAL6-3-3
Central 8
14.10
6
SabresBUF5-4-3
Atlantic 22
14.19
7
DevilsNJ9-3-0
Metro 6
14.21
8
BlackhawksCHI5-4-3
Central 31
14.50
9
AvalancheCOL7-1-5
Central 1
14.77
10
HurricanesCAR7-4-0
Metro 2
15.23
11
PredatorsNSH5-6-2
Central 30
15.29
12
KingsLA5-4-4
Pacific 16
15.87
13
IslandersNYI5-5-1
Metro 21
16.04
14
Blue JacketsCBJ7-4-0
Metro 18
16.08
15
WildMIN4-6-3
Central 24
16.31
16
KnightsVGS6-2-3
Pacific 4
16.32
17
LightningTB5-4-2
Atlantic 7
16.33
18
FlyersPHI6-4-1
Metro 26
16.52
19
Red WingsDET8-4-0
Atlantic 15
16.87
20
PanthersFLA6-5-1
Atlantic 5
18.02
21
PenguinsPIT8-3-2
Metro 20
18.06
22
MammothUTA8-3-0
Central 10
18.35
23
OilersEDM6-4-3
Pacific 9
18.35
24
DucksANA6-3-1
Pacific 19
18.36
25
CapitalsWSH6-5-1
Metro 12
18.67
26
CanucksVAN6-7-0
Pacific 23
18.88
27
LeafsTOR6-5-1
Atlantic 13
19.17
28
BluesSTL3-7-2
Central 25
19.23
29
RangersNYR6-5-2
Metro 14
19.40
30
SenatorsOTT6-5-2
Atlantic 17
19.56
31
CanadiensMTL9-3-0
Atlantic 11
20.71
32
JetsWPG9-3-0
Central 3
22.21