Updated Sunday Apr. 5

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
Blue JacketsCBJ38-27-12
Metro 17
9.45
2
RangersNYR32-36-9
Metro 24
9.45
3
BruinsBOS43-26-8
Atlantic 8
10.95
4
LightningTB48-22-6
Atlantic 3
11.33
5
IslandersNYI42-31-5
Metro 18
11.38
6
FlyersPHI38-26-12
Metro 19
11.46
7
DevilsNJ39-34-3
Metro 16
11.83
8
FlamesCGY32-36-8
Pacific 30
12.04
9
BluesSTL32-31-12
Central 23
12.32
10
LeafsTOR32-31-14
Atlantic 27
13.20
11
Red WingsDET40-28-8
Atlantic 14
13.58
12
SenatorsOTT39-27-10
Atlantic 9
14.50
13
CanadiensMTL45-21-10
Atlantic 7
15.33
14
PanthersFLA37-36-3
Atlantic 22
15.71
15
SabresBUF46-23-8
Atlantic 4
15.80
16
KrakenSEA32-32-11
Pacific 29
16.00
17
HurricanesCAR49-21-6
Metro 2
16.08
18
PenguinsPIT39-22-16
Metro 13
16.65
19
BlackhawksCHI28-35-14
Central 31
17.00
20
StarsDAL45-20-12
Central 5
18.30
21
MammothUTA40-30-6
Central 10
18.46
22
CapitalsWSH39-29-9
Metro 11
18.60
23
PredatorsNSH36-31-9
Central 25
19.08
24
WildMIN43-21-12
Central 6
19.25
25
OilersEDM39-29-9
Pacific 12
19.45
26
JetsWPG33-31-12
Central 20
20.46
27
CanucksVAN22-46-8
Pacific 32
20.88
28
KnightsVGS35-26-16
Pacific 15
22.25
29
AvalancheCOL50-15-10
Central 1
22.71
30
DucksANA41-31-5
Pacific 21
22.80
31
SharksSJ36-32-7
Pacific 28
24.61
32
KingsLA31-26-19
Pacific 26
26.33

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
LeafsTOR32-31-14
Atlantic 27
15.33
2
PanthersFLA37-36-3
Atlantic 22
15.39
3
RangersNYR32-36-9
Metro 24
15.79
4
PenguinsPIT39-22-16
Metro 13
15.87
5
BruinsBOS43-26-8
Atlantic 8
15.93
6
CanadiensMTL45-21-10
Atlantic 7
15.94
7
DevilsNJ39-34-3
Metro 16
15.98
8
CapitalsWSH39-29-9
Metro 11
15.99
9
FlyersPHI38-26-12
Metro 19
16.00
10
Red WingsDET40-28-8
Atlantic 14
16.01
11
Blue JacketsCBJ38-27-12
Metro 17
16.03
12
IslandersNYI42-31-5
Metro 18
16.11
13
SabresBUF46-23-8
Atlantic 4
16.18
14
SenatorsOTT39-27-10
Atlantic 9
16.24
15
SharksSJ36-32-7
Pacific 28
16.32
16
LightningTB48-22-6
Atlantic 3
16.43
17
JetsWPG33-31-12
Central 20
16.45
18
HurricanesCAR49-21-6
Metro 2
16.49
19
PredatorsNSH36-31-9
Central 25
16.55
20
BlackhawksCHI28-35-14
Central 31
16.60
21
CanucksVAN22-46-8
Pacific 32
16.63
22
KingsLA31-26-19
Pacific 26
16.65
23
AvalancheCOL50-15-10
Central 1
17.01
24
KrakenSEA32-32-11
Pacific 29
17.03
25
MammothUTA40-30-6
Central 10
17.19
26
StarsDAL45-20-12
Central 5
17.22
27
FlamesCGY32-36-8
Pacific 30
17.24
28
WildMIN43-21-12
Central 6
17.30
29
DucksANA41-31-5
Pacific 21
17.31
30
KnightsVGS35-26-16
Pacific 15
17.37
31
BluesSTL32-31-12
Central 23
17.45
32
OilersEDM39-29-9
Pacific 12
17.76