Updated Thursday Dec. 25

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
LeafsTOR16-15-5
Atlantic 23
13.66
2
CanadiensMTL20-12-5
Atlantic 15
14.12
3
Red WingsDET22-13-3
Atlantic 14
14.23
4
PenguinsPIT15-12-9
Metro 26
14.24
5
SenatorsOTT18-13-5
Atlantic 11
15.01
6
FlamesCGY15-18-4
Pacific 25
15.51
7
SabresBUF18-14-4
Atlantic 21
15.65
8
KrakenSEA15-14-6
Pacific 29
15.77
9
BlackhawksCHI13-17-6
Central 32
15.78
10
BluesSTL14-16-8
Central 30
15.79
11
RangersNYR19-16-4
Metro 13
15.94
12
Blue JacketsCBJ15-15-6
Metro 28
16.02
13
JetsWPG15-17-3
Central 22
16.06
14
FlyersPHI19-10-7
Metro 17
16.08
15
MammothUTA18-18-3
Central 19
16.67
16
KingsLA15-12-9
Pacific 16
16.70
17
BruinsBOS20-17-1
Atlantic 20
16.82
18
PanthersFLA20-14-2
Atlantic 6
16.95
19
WildMIN22-10-6
Central 5
17.05
20
CapitalsWSH19-13-5
Metro 8
17.07
21
DevilsNJ20-16-1
Metro 10
17.33
22
CanucksVAN15-18-3
Pacific 27
17.36
23
PredatorsNSH16-16-4
Central 24
17.52
24
StarsDAL25-7-6
Central 4
17.55
25
AvalancheCOL27-2-7
Central 1
17.63
26
HurricanesCAR22-11-3
Metro 2
17.69
27
DucksANA21-14-2
Pacific 18
17.78
28
LightningTB20-13-3
Atlantic 3
17.94
29
SharksSJ17-17-3
Pacific 31
17.99
30
IslandersNYI20-13-4
Metro 12
18.24
31
OilersEDM19-13-6
Pacific 9
18.27
32
KnightsVGS17-8-10
Pacific 7
18.54

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
IslandersNYI20-13-4
Metro 12
13.73
2
SharksSJ17-17-3
Pacific 31
14.57
3
LightningTB20-13-3
Atlantic 3
14.65
4
BruinsBOS20-17-1
Atlantic 20
14.68
5
Blue JacketsCBJ15-15-6
Metro 28
14.75
6
DevilsNJ20-16-1
Metro 10
14.93
7
PredatorsNSH16-16-4
Central 24
15.53
8
CapitalsWSH19-13-5
Metro 8
15.53
9
HurricanesCAR22-11-3
Metro 2
15.56
10
PanthersFLA20-14-2
Atlantic 6
15.57
11
FlyersPHI19-10-7
Metro 17
15.58
12
CanucksVAN15-18-3
Pacific 27
15.97
13
SabresBUF18-14-4
Atlantic 21
16.01
14
KnightsVGS17-8-10
Pacific 7
16.16
15
RangersNYR19-16-4
Metro 13
16.18
16
OilersEDM19-13-6
Pacific 9
16.84
17
StarsDAL25-7-6
Central 4
16.90
18
AvalancheCOL27-2-7
Central 1
16.92
19
DucksANA21-14-2
Pacific 18
16.95
20
MammothUTA18-18-3
Central 19
17.22
21
KrakenSEA15-14-6
Pacific 29
17.24
22
PenguinsPIT15-12-9
Metro 26
17.38
23
JetsWPG15-17-3
Central 22
17.39
24
BlackhawksCHI13-17-6
Central 32
17.44
25
WildMIN22-10-6
Central 5
17.50
26
BluesSTL14-16-8
Central 30
17.53
27
KingsLA15-12-9
Pacific 16
17.76
28
FlamesCGY15-18-4
Pacific 25
17.76
29
SenatorsOTT18-13-5
Atlantic 11
17.77
30
Red WingsDET22-13-3
Atlantic 14
17.95
31
CanadiensMTL20-12-5
Atlantic 15
18.41
32
LeafsTOR16-15-5
Atlantic 23
18.41