Updated Friday Apr. 18

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
JetsWPG56-22-4
Central 1
0.00
2
Red WingsDET39-35-8
Atlantic 18
0.00
3
Utah Hockey ClubUHC38-31-13
Central 19
0.00
4
FlamesCGY41-27-14
Pacific 20
0.00
5
IslandersNYI35-35-12
Metro 21
0.00
6
CanadiensMTL40-31-11
Atlantic 22
0.00
7
SabresBUF36-39-7
Atlantic 23
0.00
8
Blue JacketsCBJ40-33-9
Metro 24
0.00
9
KrakenSEA35-41-6
Pacific 25
0.00
10
BruinsBOS33-39-10
Atlantic 26
0.00
11
PredatorsNSH30-44-8
Central 27
0.00
12
PenguinsPIT34-36-12
Metro 28
0.00
13
DucksANA35-37-10
Pacific 29
0.00
14
FlyersPHI33-39-10
Metro 30
0.00
15
BlackhawksCHI25-46-11
Central 31
0.00
16
CanucksVAN38-30-14
Pacific 17
0.00
17
BluesSTL44-30-8
Central 16
0.00
18
LeafsTOR52-26-4
Atlantic 2
0.00
19
PanthersFLA47-31-4
Atlantic 3
0.00
20
StarsDAL50-26-6
Central 4
0.00
21
LightningTB47-27-8
Atlantic 5
0.00
22
KnightsVGS50-22-10
Pacific 6
0.00
23
AvalancheCOL49-29-4
Central 7
0.00
24
HurricanesCAR47-30-5
Metro 8
0.00
25
OilersEDM48-29-5
Pacific 9
0.00
26
CapitalsWSH51-22-9
Metro 10
0.00
27
KingsLA48-25-9
Pacific 11
0.00
28
DevilsNJ42-33-7
Metro 12
0.00
29
SenatorsOTT45-30-7
Atlantic 13
0.00
30
RangersNYR39-36-7
Metro 14
0.00
31
WildMIN45-30-7
Central 15
0.00
32
SharksSJ20-50-12
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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TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
BruinsBOS33-39-10
Atlantic 26
15.79
2
DucksANA35-37-10
Pacific 29
15.87
3
BlackhawksCHI25-46-11
Central 31
15.89
4
SharksSJ20-50-12
Pacific 32
15.93
5
PredatorsNSH30-44-8
Central 27
15.94
6
CanadiensMTL40-31-11
Atlantic 22
16.05
7
PenguinsPIT34-36-12
Metro 28
16.15
8
FlyersPHI33-39-10
Metro 30
16.16
9
Blue JacketsCBJ40-33-9
Metro 24
16.17
10
Red WingsDET39-35-8
Atlantic 18
16.24
11
KrakenSEA35-41-6
Pacific 25
16.29
12
Utah Hockey ClubUHC38-31-13
Central 19
16.30
13
SabresBUF36-39-7
Atlantic 23
16.36
14
BluesSTL44-30-8
Central 16
16.37
15
IslandersNYI35-35-12
Metro 21
16.47
16
DevilsNJ42-33-7
Metro 12
16.48
17
WildMIN45-30-7
Central 15
16.51
18
RangersNYR39-36-7
Metro 14
16.65
19
LightningTB47-27-8
Atlantic 5
16.66
20
FlamesCGY41-27-14
Pacific 20
16.71
21
SenatorsOTT45-30-7
Atlantic 13
16.72
22
HurricanesCAR47-30-5
Metro 8
16.79
23
CanucksVAN38-30-14
Pacific 17
16.83
24
LeafsTOR52-26-4
Atlantic 2
16.85
25
PanthersFLA47-31-4
Atlantic 3
16.87
26
KnightsVGS50-22-10
Pacific 6
16.91
27
CapitalsWSH51-22-9
Metro 10
16.94
28
JetsWPG56-22-4
Central 1
16.96
29
AvalancheCOL49-29-4
Central 7
16.98
30
KingsLA48-25-9
Pacific 11
17.02
31
OilersEDM48-29-5
Pacific 9
17.05
32
StarsDAL50-26-6
Central 4
17.05