Updated Wednesday Jan. 14

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
Red WingsDET28-16-4
Atlantic 10
13.76
2
SenatorsOTT21-19-5
Atlantic 20
14.10
3
SabresBUF24-16-4
Atlantic 15
14.34
4
PenguinsPIT21-14-10
Metro 21
14.49
5
CanadiensMTL26-14-7
Atlantic 8
14.79
6
BruinsBOS26-19-2
Atlantic 12
15.00
7
LeafsTOR23-16-7
Atlantic 14
15.08
8
FlyersPHI22-14-8
Metro 17
15.45
9
Blue JacketsCBJ20-19-7
Metro 24
15.63
10
FlamesCGY19-23-4
Pacific 28
15.69
11
KrakenSEA21-15-8
Pacific 22
16.14
12
BlackhawksCHI19-20-7
Central 30
16.26
13
WildMIN26-12-9
Central 4
16.33
14
RangersNYR20-21-6
Metro 23
16.36
15
CapitalsWSH24-17-6
Metro 7
16.41
16
MammothUTA23-20-4
Central 16
16.46
17
LightningTB29-13-3
Atlantic 2
16.49
18
BluesSTL18-21-8
Central 31
16.54
19
StarsDAL27-11-9
Central 5
16.71
20
PanthersFLA24-18-3
Atlantic 6
16.99
21
KnightsVGS21-11-12
Pacific 11
17.01
22
PredatorsNSH22-20-4
Central 25
17.18
23
CanucksVAN16-25-5
Pacific 32
17.26
24
DevilsNJ23-21-2
Metro 19
17.41
25
HurricanesCAR28-15-4
Metro 3
17.49
26
JetsWPG18-22-5
Central 26
17.55
27
IslandersNYI25-16-5
Metro 13
17.84
28
OilersEDM23-16-8
Pacific 9
18.07
29
AvalancheCOL33-4-8
Central 1
18.63
30
KingsLA19-16-10
Pacific 18
18.70
31
DucksANA22-21-3
Pacific 27
19.33
32
SharksSJ23-19-3
Pacific 29
19.49

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
DevilsNJ23-21-2
Metro 19
14.34
2
RangersNYR20-21-6
Metro 23
14.71
3
SharksSJ23-19-3
Pacific 29
14.88
4
IslandersNYI25-16-5
Metro 13
14.91
5
PanthersFLA24-18-3
Atlantic 6
15.11
6
Blue JacketsCBJ20-19-7
Metro 24
15.26
7
DucksANA22-21-3
Pacific 27
15.59
8
LightningTB29-13-3
Atlantic 2
15.82
9
JetsWPG18-22-5
Central 26
15.84
10
FlyersPHI22-14-8
Metro 17
15.96
11
HurricanesCAR28-15-4
Metro 3
16.06
12
LeafsTOR23-16-7
Atlantic 14
16.32
13
BruinsBOS26-19-2
Atlantic 12
16.34
14
CapitalsWSH24-17-6
Metro 7
16.36
15
KingsLA19-16-10
Pacific 18
16.38
16
CanucksVAN16-25-5
Pacific 32
16.46
17
PredatorsNSH22-20-4
Central 25
16.47
18
AvalancheCOL33-4-8
Central 1
16.62
19
SenatorsOTT21-19-5
Atlantic 20
16.65
20
SabresBUF24-16-4
Atlantic 15
16.66
21
CanadiensMTL26-14-7
Atlantic 8
16.72
22
BluesSTL18-21-8
Central 31
16.90
23
PenguinsPIT21-14-10
Metro 21
17.02
24
BlackhawksCHI19-20-7
Central 30
17.13
25
Red WingsDET28-16-4
Atlantic 10
17.27
26
OilersEDM23-16-8
Pacific 9
17.47
27
FlamesCGY19-23-4
Pacific 28
17.72
28
KrakenSEA21-15-8
Pacific 22
17.82
29
MammothUTA23-20-4
Central 16
17.89
30
StarsDAL27-11-9
Central 5
17.94
31
KnightsVGS21-11-12
Pacific 11
17.99
32
WildMIN26-12-9
Central 4
18.44