Updated Friday Apr. 17

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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TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
AvalancheCOL55-16-11
Central 1
0.00
2
Red WingsDET41-31-10
Atlantic 18
0.00
3
IslandersNYI43-34-5
Metro 19
0.00
4
RangersNYR34-39-9
Metro 20
0.00
5
BluesSTL37-33-12
Central 21
0.00
6
PanthersFLA40-38-4
Atlantic 22
0.00
7
PredatorsNSH38-34-10
Central 23
0.00
8
JetsWPG35-35-12
Central 24
0.00
9
DucksANA43-33-6
Pacific 25
0.00
10
KingsLA35-27-20
Pacific 26
0.00
11
SharksSJ39-35-8
Pacific 27
0.00
12
LeafsTOR32-36-14
Atlantic 28
0.00
13
FlamesCGY34-39-9
Pacific 29
0.00
14
KrakenSEA34-37-11
Pacific 30
0.00
15
BlackhawksCHI29-39-14
Central 31
0.00
16
Blue JacketsCBJ40-30-12
Metro 17
0.00
17
DevilsNJ42-37-3
Metro 16
0.00
18
HurricanesCAR53-22-7
Metro 2
0.00
19
SabresBUF50-23-9
Atlantic 3
0.00
20
StarsDAL50-20-12
Central 4
0.00
21
LightningTB50-26-6
Atlantic 5
0.00
22
SenatorsOTT44-27-11
Atlantic 6
0.00
23
CanadiensMTL48-24-10
Atlantic 7
0.00
24
WildMIN46-24-12
Central 8
0.00
25
BruinsBOS45-27-10
Atlantic 9
0.00
26
CapitalsWSH43-30-9
Metro 10
0.00
27
KnightsVGS39-26-17
Pacific 11
0.00
28
MammothUTA43-33-6
Central 12
0.00
29
OilersEDM41-30-11
Pacific 13
0.00
30
FlyersPHI43-27-12
Metro 14
0.00
31
PenguinsPIT41-25-16
Metro 15
0.00
32
CanucksVAN25-49-8
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
LeafsTOR32-36-14
Atlantic 28
15.17
2
PanthersFLA40-38-4
Atlantic 22
15.48
3
RangersNYR34-39-9
Metro 20
15.51
4
Blue JacketsCBJ40-30-12
Metro 17
15.66
5
BruinsBOS45-27-10
Atlantic 9
15.67
6
DevilsNJ42-37-3
Metro 16
15.68
7
Red WingsDET41-31-10
Atlantic 18
15.69
8
IslandersNYI43-34-5
Metro 19
15.72
9
PenguinsPIT41-25-16
Metro 15
15.73
10
FlyersPHI43-27-12
Metro 14
15.79
11
CanadiensMTL48-24-10
Atlantic 7
15.86
12
LightningTB50-26-6
Atlantic 5
16.04
13
CapitalsWSH43-30-9
Metro 10
16.13
14
SabresBUF50-23-9
Atlantic 3
16.22
15
SenatorsOTT44-27-11
Atlantic 6
16.28
16
HurricanesCAR53-22-7
Metro 2
16.39
17
JetsWPG35-35-12
Central 24
16.65
18
BlackhawksCHI29-39-14
Central 31
16.65
19
PredatorsNSH38-34-10
Central 23
16.75
20
FlamesCGY34-39-9
Pacific 29
16.89
21
KrakenSEA34-37-11
Pacific 30
16.94
22
CanucksVAN25-49-8
Pacific 32
16.98
23
SharksSJ39-35-8
Pacific 27
17.00
24
BluesSTL37-33-12
Central 21
17.12
25
MammothUTA43-33-6
Central 12
17.21
26
StarsDAL50-20-12
Central 4
17.34
27
KingsLA35-27-20
Pacific 26
17.35
28
WildMIN46-24-12
Central 8
17.40
29
AvalancheCOL55-16-11
Central 1
17.54
30
DucksANA43-33-6
Pacific 25
17.59
31
KnightsVGS39-26-17
Pacific 11
17.78
32
OilersEDM41-30-11
Pacific 13
17.79