Updated Monday Mar. 18

2024 NHL Strength of Schedule Rankings

Strength of Schedule Played and Strength of Schedule Remaining for all 32 NHL teams.

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.

DIFFICULT

EASY

TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK
AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
CoyotesARI28-35-5
Pacific 27
13.04
2
CanadiensMTL25-31-11
Atlantic 29
13.07
3
Blue JacketsCBJ23-34-11
Metro 28
13.32
4
BruinsBOS40-14-15
Atlantic 10
13.75
5
SenatorsOTT28-34-4
Atlantic 22
13.99
6
CapitalsWSH32-25-9
Metro 26
14.00
7
JetsWPG43-19-5
Central 9
14.44
8
IslandersNYI29-23-15
Metro 25
14.86
9
SabresBUF32-31-5
Atlantic 19
14.95
10
PenguinsPIT30-28-9
Metro 23
15.19
11
AvalancheCOL43-20-5
Central 1
15.20
12
DevilsNJ32-32-4
Metro 17
15.70
13
DucksANA23-42-3
Pacific 30
16.15
14
LeafsTOR38-19-9
Atlantic 8
16.16
15
CanucksVAN42-18-8
Pacific 7
16.39
16
OilersEDM40-21-4
Pacific 5
16.49
17
KnightsVGS36-24-7
Pacific 15
16.58
18
FlyersPHI34-26-8
Metro 18
16.66
19
PanthersFLA45-19-4
Atlantic 3
16.73
20
SharksSJ16-44-7
Pacific 31
17.59
21
Red WingsDET34-28-6
Atlantic 24
17.60
22
BlackhawksCHI19-44-5
Central 32
17.97
23
RangersNYR45-19-4
Metro 2
18.10
24
WildMIN33-27-8
Central 16
18.11
25
BluesSTL36-29-3
Central 20
18.15
26
KingsLA34-22-11
Pacific 12
18.35
27
PredatorsNSH39-25-4
Central 13
18.66
28
StarsDAL41-19-9
Central 6
18.90
29
FlamesCGY33-29-5
Pacific 14
20.03
30
LightningTB36-25-6
Atlantic 11
20.10
31
KrakenSEA28-26-12
Pacific 21
21.09
32
HurricanesCAR42-20-6
Metro 4
21.35

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.

DIFFICULT

EASY

TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK
AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
BlackhawksCHI19-44-5
Central 32
14.97
2
KrakenSEA28-26-12
Pacific 21
15.30
3
FlamesCGY33-29-5
Pacific 14
15.45
4
SharksSJ16-44-7
Pacific 31
15.52
5
BluesSTL36-29-3
Central 20
15.89
6
DucksANA23-42-3
Pacific 30
15.94
7
WildMIN33-27-8
Central 16
15.97
8
LightningTB36-25-6
Atlantic 11
16.03
9
Red WingsDET34-28-6
Atlantic 24
16.07
10
PredatorsNSH39-25-4
Central 13
16.24
11
FlyersPHI34-26-8
Metro 18
16.26
12
KingsLA34-22-11
Pacific 12
16.31
13
StarsDAL41-19-9
Central 6
16.36
14
CoyotesARI28-35-5
Pacific 27
16.39
15
IslandersNYI29-23-15
Metro 25
16.51
16
HurricanesCAR42-20-6
Metro 4
16.54
17
Blue JacketsCBJ23-34-11
Metro 28
16.56
18
CapitalsWSH32-25-9
Metro 26
16.59
19
CanadiensMTL25-31-11
Atlantic 29
16.60
20
SenatorsOTT28-34-4
Atlantic 22
16.72
21
CanucksVAN42-18-8
Pacific 7
16.77
22
LeafsTOR38-19-9
Atlantic 8
16.78
23
SabresBUF32-31-5
Atlantic 19
16.82
24
KnightsVGS36-24-7
Pacific 15
16.87
25
DevilsNJ32-32-4
Metro 17
16.88
26
PenguinsPIT30-28-9
Metro 23
16.91
27
OilersEDM40-21-4
Pacific 5
16.98
28
PanthersFLA45-19-4
Atlantic 3
17.16
29
BruinsBOS40-14-15
Atlantic 10
17.24
30
RangersNYR45-19-4
Metro 2
17.27
31
JetsWPG43-19-5
Central 9
17.50
32
AvalancheCOL43-20-5
Central 1
17.59