Updated Friday Apr. 14

2023 NHL Strength of Schedule Rankings

Strength of Schedule Played and Strength of Schedule Remaining for all 31 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
BruinsBOS65-12-5
Atlantic 1
0.00
2
PenguinsPIT40-31-11
Metro 18
0.00
3
PredatorsNSH42-31-8
Central 19
0.00
4
SenatorsOTT39-35-8
Atlantic 20
0.00
5
SabresBUF41-33-7
Atlantic 21
0.00
6
CapitalsWSH35-37-10
Metro 22
0.00
7
CanucksVAN38-37-7
Pacific 23
0.00
8
BluesSTL37-38-7
Central 24
0.00
9
Red WingsDET35-37-10
Atlantic 25
0.00
10
FlyersPHI31-38-13
Metro 26
0.00
11
CoyotesARI28-40-14
Pacific 27
0.00
12
CanadiensMTL31-45-6
Atlantic 28
0.00
13
SharksSJ22-44-16
Pacific 29
0.00
14
Blue JacketsCBJ25-47-9
Metro 30
0.00
15
BlackhawksCHI26-49-7
Central 31
0.00
16
IslandersNYI42-31-9
Metro 17
0.00
17
KrakenSEA46-28-8
Pacific 16
0.00
18
OilersEDM50-23-9
Pacific 2
0.00
19
AvalancheCOL50-24-7
Central 3
0.00
20
HurricanesCAR52-21-9
Metro 4
0.00
21
LeafsTOR50-21-11
Atlantic 5
0.00
22
StarsDAL47-21-14
Central 6
0.00
23
RangersNYR47-22-13
Metro 7
0.00
24
DevilsNJ52-22-8
Metro 8
0.00
25
KnightsVGS51-22-9
Pacific 9
0.00
26
LightningTB46-30-6
Atlantic 10
0.00
27
PanthersFLA42-32-8
Atlantic 11
0.00
28
WildMIN46-25-11
Central 12
0.00
29
KingsLA47-25-10
Pacific 13
0.00
30
FlamesCGY38-27-17
Pacific 14
0.00
31
JetsWPG46-33-3
Central 15
0.00
32
DucksANA23-47-12
Pacific 32
0.00

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
CanadiensMTL31-45-6
Atlantic 28
15.84
2
Blue JacketsCBJ25-47-9
Metro 30
15.99
3
FlyersPHI31-38-13
Metro 26
16.01
4
SabresBUF41-33-7
Atlantic 21
16.05
5
DucksANA23-47-12
Pacific 32
16.06
6
CoyotesARI28-40-14
Pacific 27
16.09
7
Red WingsDET35-37-10
Atlantic 25
16.10
8
PenguinsPIT40-31-11
Metro 18
16.14
9
BlackhawksCHI26-49-7
Central 31
16.14
10
SharksSJ22-44-16
Pacific 29
16.16
11
SenatorsOTT39-35-8
Atlantic 20
16.21
12
CapitalsWSH35-37-10
Metro 22
16.25
13
BluesSTL37-38-7
Central 24
16.30
14
PanthersFLA42-32-8
Atlantic 11
16.38
15
PredatorsNSH42-31-8
Central 19
16.46
16
KingsLA47-25-10
Pacific 13
16.57
17
CanucksVAN38-37-7
Pacific 23
16.59
18
IslandersNYI42-31-9
Metro 17
16.63
19
DevilsNJ52-22-8
Metro 8
16.63
20
KrakenSEA46-28-8
Pacific 16
16.65
21
LightningTB46-30-6
Atlantic 10
16.65
22
RangersNYR47-22-13
Metro 7
16.68
23
KnightsVGS51-22-9
Pacific 9
16.74
24
BruinsBOS65-12-5
Atlantic 1
16.76
25
HurricanesCAR52-21-9
Metro 4
16.78
26
JetsWPG46-33-3
Central 15
16.78
27
LeafsTOR50-21-11
Atlantic 5
16.83
28
FlamesCGY38-27-17
Pacific 14
16.98
29
StarsDAL47-21-14
Central 6
17.02
30
WildMIN46-25-11
Central 12
17.05
31
AvalancheCOL50-24-7
Central 3
17.21
32
OilersEDM50-23-9
Pacific 2
17.26