Updated Monday Jan. 13

2024 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 WingsDET20-18-4
Atlantic 19
13.29
2
BlackhawksCHI14-27-2
Central 32
15.23
3
IslandersNYI17-18-7
Metro 22
15.38
4
CanucksVAN19-13-10
Pacific 18
15.48
5
KrakenSEA18-23-3
Pacific 28
15.52
6
Blue JacketsCBJ20-17-6
Metro 26
15.56
7
CanadiensMTL20-18-4
Atlantic 23
15.63
8
BruinsBOS21-19-5
Atlantic 16
15.66
9
SabresBUF16-22-5
Atlantic 27
15.82
10
DucksANA18-20-5
Pacific 29
15.87
11
FlamesCGY20-14-7
Pacific 20
15.98
12
KingsLA24-11-5
Pacific 10
16.02
13
FlyersPHI18-20-5
Metro 25
16.05
14
BluesSTL20-20-4
Central 15
16.35
15
StarsDAL27-14-1
Central 6
16.41
16
RangersNYR20-20-2
Metro 17
16.43
17
PenguinsPIT18-19-8
Metro 30
16.53
18
Utah Hockey ClubUHC18-17-7
Central 21
16.55
19
OilersEDM26-13-3
Pacific 3
16.60
20
JetsWPG29-12-3
Central 2
16.68
21
AvalancheCOL26-17-1
Central 12
16.75
22
SenatorsOTT21-18-3
Atlantic 14
16.83
23
LeafsTOR27-15-2
Atlantic 11
16.97
24
SharksSJ13-26-6
Pacific 31
17.13
25
HurricanesCAR26-15-3
Metro 7
17.19
26
WildMIN27-13-4
Central 13
17.26
27
DevilsNJ26-15-4
Metro 9
17.43
28
KnightsVGS29-11-3
Pacific 4
17.48
29
PanthersFLA25-15-3
Atlantic 8
17.79
30
CapitalsWSH28-10-5
Metro 1
18.25
31
LightningTB23-15-3
Atlantic 5
18.26
32
PredatorsNSH13-22-7
Central 24
18.64

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
PredatorsNSH13-22-7
Central 24
13.80
2
SharksSJ13-26-6
Pacific 31
15.10
3
LightningTB23-15-3
Atlantic 5
15.15
4
PenguinsPIT18-19-8
Metro 30
15.38
5
PanthersFLA25-15-3
Atlantic 8
15.76
6
DevilsNJ26-15-4
Metro 9
15.80
7
DucksANA18-20-5
Pacific 29
15.85
8
Utah Hockey ClubUHC18-17-7
Central 21
15.92
9
CapitalsWSH28-10-5
Metro 1
15.97
10
LeafsTOR27-15-2
Atlantic 11
16.16
11
HurricanesCAR26-15-3
Metro 7
16.26
12
WildMIN27-13-4
Central 13
16.32
13
FlyersPHI18-20-5
Metro 25
16.34
14
RangersNYR20-20-2
Metro 17
16.41
15
BruinsBOS21-19-5
Atlantic 16
16.43
16
SenatorsOTT21-18-3
Atlantic 14
16.51
17
Blue JacketsCBJ20-17-6
Metro 26
16.52
18
BlackhawksCHI14-27-2
Central 32
16.53
19
BluesSTL20-20-4
Central 15
16.57
20
KnightsVGS29-11-3
Pacific 4
16.62
21
CanadiensMTL20-18-4
Atlantic 23
16.62
22
AvalancheCOL26-17-1
Central 12
16.82
23
SabresBUF16-22-5
Atlantic 27
16.82
24
KrakenSEA18-23-3
Pacific 28
16.88
25
JetsWPG29-12-3
Central 2
17.22
26
FlamesCGY20-14-7
Pacific 20
17.42
27
IslandersNYI17-18-7
Metro 22
17.60
28
StarsDAL27-14-1
Central 6
17.72
29
OilersEDM26-13-3
Pacific 3
17.85
30
KingsLA24-11-5
Pacific 10
17.85
31
CanucksVAN19-13-10
Pacific 18
18.07
32
Red WingsDET20-18-4
Atlantic 19
19.01