Updated Friday Apr. 17

2026 NHL Team Point Projections

NHL team point projections tracked from the preseason to current day.

	TEAM	GURU RANK	PRESEASON PROJECTION	CURRENT PROJECTION	CHANGE
1	AvalancheCOL55-16-11	1st	100.5	121.0	+ 20.5
2	HurricanesCAR53-22-7	2nd	100.2	113.0	+ 12.8
3	StarsDAL50-20-12	4th	100.0	112.0	+ 12
4	SabresBUF50-23-9	3rd	88.6	109.0	+ 20.4
5	CanadiensMTL48-24-10	7th	91.2	106.0	+ 14.8
6	LightningTB50-26-6	5th	99.7	106.0	+ 6.3
7	WildMIN46-24-12	8th	92.2	104.0	+ 11.8
8	BruinsBOS45-27-10	9th	84.9	100.0	+ 15.1
9	SenatorsOTT44-27-11	6th	94.1	99.0	+ 4.9
10	PenguinsPIT41-25-16	15th	81.4	98.0	+ 16.6
11	FlyersPHI43-27-12	14th	85.5	98.0	+ 12.5
12	CapitalsWSH43-30-9	10th	92.6	95.0	+ 2.4
13	KnightsVGS39-26-17	11th	100.9	95.0	- 5.9
14	OilersEDM41-30-11	13th	100.5	93.0	- 7.5
15	Blue JacketsCBJ40-30-12	17th	85.0	92.0	+ 7
16	DucksANA43-33-6	25th	85.1	92.0	+ 6.9
17	Red WingsDET41-31-10	18th	86.9	92.0	+ 5.1
18	MammothUTA43-33-6	12th	91.5	92.0	+ 0.5
19	IslandersNYI43-34-5	19th	86.6	91.0	+ 4.4
20	KingsLA35-27-20	26th	95.6	90.0	- 5.6
21	DevilsNJ42-37-3	16th	97.1	87.0	- 10.1
22	SharksSJ39-35-8	27th	76.3	86.0	+ 9.7
23	PredatorsNSH38-34-10	23rd	84.9	86.0	+ 1.1
24	BluesSTL37-33-12	21st	91.6	86.0	- 5.6
25	PanthersFLA40-38-4	22nd	99.4	84.0	- 15.4
26	JetsWPG35-35-12	24th	97.5	82.0	- 15.5
27	KrakenSEA34-37-11	30th	83.1	79.0	- 4.1
28	LeafsTOR32-36-14	28th	98.0	78.0	- 20
29	FlamesCGY34-39-9	29th	84.6	77.0	- 7.6
30	RangersNYR34-39-9	20th	93.4	77.0	- 16.4
31	BlackhawksCHI29-39-14	31st	77.8	72.0	- 5.8
32	CanucksVAN25-49-8	32nd	89.3	58.0	- 31.3

How We Calculate: Our NHL team point projections are calculated by averaging point projections from Hockey Reference and Money Puck. The table above shows the preseason and current point projections for each team. The change in these two projections is also shown.

2026 NHL Team Point Projections

NHL team point projections tracked from the preseason to current day.

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