Updated Monday Mar. 23

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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TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
BruinsBOS39-23-8
Atlantic 10
10.52
2
Blue JacketsCBJ37-22-11
Metro 8
12.44
3
PenguinsPIT35-19-16
Metro 15
12.48
4
CanadiensMTL38-21-10
Atlantic 9
12.81
5
IslandersNYI40-26-5
Metro 13
12.91
6
SenatorsOTT36-24-9
Atlantic 7
12.96
7
LightningTB43-21-5
Atlantic 3
13.02
8
FlyersPHI34-23-12
Metro 21
13.44
9
HurricanesCAR45-19-6
Metro 2
13.81
10
RangersNYR28-33-9
Metro 25
13.96
11
Red WingsDET38-24-8
Atlantic 12
14.10
12
SabresBUF44-20-7
Atlantic 5
14.34
13
DevilsNJ35-32-2
Metro 20
14.35
14
FlamesCGY29-34-7
Pacific 30
14.96
15
KrakenSEA31-29-9
Pacific 28
15.46
16
PanthersFLA34-32-3
Atlantic 19
15.56
17
StarsDAL43-16-11
Central 4
16.04
18
JetsWPG29-29-12
Central 22
16.04
19
WildMIN40-19-12
Central 6
16.41
20
LeafsTOR29-29-13
Atlantic 27
17.09
21
CapitalsWSH35-27-9
Metro 14
17.16
22
BluesSTL28-30-11
Central 26
17.69
23
CanucksVAN21-40-8
Pacific 32
18.13
24
PredatorsNSH33-28-9
Central 23
18.48
25
BlackhawksCHI26-31-13
Central 31
19.31
26
OilersEDM34-28-9
Pacific 17
19.91
27
MammothUTA37-28-6
Central 11
21.02
28
KnightsVGS32-25-14
Pacific 16
21.61
29
AvalancheCOL46-13-10
Central 1
22.42
30
SharksSJ32-30-6
Pacific 29
22.98
31
DucksANA39-27-4
Pacific 18
24.98
32
KingsLA28-25-17
Pacific 24
25.58

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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EASY

TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
LeafsTOR29-29-13
Atlantic 27
14.84
2
PanthersFLA34-32-3
Atlantic 19
15.47
3
RangersNYR28-33-9
Metro 25
15.60
4
DevilsNJ35-32-2
Metro 20
15.70
5
SharksSJ32-30-6
Pacific 29
15.81
6
CapitalsWSH35-27-9
Metro 14
15.83
7
KingsLA28-25-17
Pacific 24
15.90
8
FlyersPHI34-23-12
Metro 21
15.97
9
Red WingsDET38-24-8
Atlantic 12
16.05
10
BlackhawksCHI26-31-13
Central 31
16.24
11
CanadiensMTL38-21-10
Atlantic 9
16.27
12
PenguinsPIT35-19-16
Metro 15
16.39
13
SabresBUF44-20-7
Atlantic 5
16.41
14
BruinsBOS39-23-8
Atlantic 10
16.43
15
Blue JacketsCBJ37-22-11
Metro 8
16.49
16
IslandersNYI40-26-5
Metro 13
16.50
17
PredatorsNSH33-28-9
Central 23
16.55
18
DucksANA39-27-4
Pacific 18
16.57
19
LightningTB43-21-5
Atlantic 3
16.58
20
AvalancheCOL46-13-10
Central 1
16.59
21
MammothUTA37-28-6
Central 11
16.71
22
CanucksVAN21-40-8
Pacific 32
16.73
23
SenatorsOTT36-24-9
Atlantic 7
16.76
24
BluesSTL28-30-11
Central 26
16.79
25
JetsWPG29-29-12
Central 22
16.89
26
HurricanesCAR45-19-6
Metro 2
16.90
27
KnightsVGS32-25-14
Pacific 16
17.06
28
FlamesCGY29-34-7
Pacific 30
17.27
29
KrakenSEA31-29-9
Pacific 28
17.37
30
OilersEDM34-28-9
Pacific 17
17.40
31
StarsDAL43-16-11
Central 4
17.64
32
WildMIN40-19-12
Central 6
17.64