Updated Friday Oct. 24

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
PenguinsPIT6-2-0
Metro 21
15.72
2
SenatorsOTT3-4-1
Atlantic 22
15.93
3
IslandersNYI4-3-0
Metro 23
16.08
4
BlackhawksCHI4-2-2
Central 29
16.10
5
Blue JacketsCBJ3-3-0
Metro 20
16.14
6
RangersNYR3-4-2
Metro 14
16.17
7
PanthersFLA4-5-0
Atlantic 8
16.20
8
FlyersPHI3-3-1
Metro 25
16.22
9
SabresBUF3-4-0
Atlantic 24
16.23
10
CanadiensMTL6-3-0
Atlantic 12
16.23
11
DucksANA4-2-1
Pacific 27
16.24
12
LightningTB1-4-2
Atlantic 15
16.28
13
PredatorsNSH3-3-2
Central 28
16.28
14
BruinsBOS3-6-0
Atlantic 30
16.29
15
SharksSJ1-4-2
Pacific 32
16.30
16
BluesSTL3-3-1
Central 17
16.36
17
CapitalsWSH5-2-0
Metro 7
16.36
18
LeafsTOR3-3-1
Atlantic 11
16.42
19
KrakenSEA4-2-2
Pacific 26
16.44
20
MammothUTA6-2-0
Central 10
16.45
21
JetsWPG5-2-0
Central 5
16.54
22
CanucksVAN4-4-0
Pacific 18
16.60
23
Red WingsDET5-3-0
Atlantic 16
16.62
24
WildMIN3-4-1
Central 19
16.66
25
FlamesCGY1-6-1
Pacific 31
16.76
26
StarsDAL3-3-1
Central 9
16.81
27
KnightsVGS5-0-2
Pacific 3
16.91
28
DevilsNJ6-1-0
Metro 4
17.02
29
HurricanesCAR6-1-0
Metro 1
17.11
30
OilersEDM4-3-1
Pacific 6
17.24
31
AvalancheCOL5-0-3
Central 2
17.32
32
KingsLA3-3-2
Pacific 13
17.66

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
KingsLA3-3-2
Pacific 13
10.25
2
FlamesCGY1-6-1
Pacific 31
10.28
3
DevilsNJ6-1-0
Metro 4
12.14
4
FlyersPHI3-3-1
Metro 25
12.71
5
Blue JacketsCBJ3-3-0
Metro 20
13.33
6
BruinsBOS3-6-0
Atlantic 30
13.67
7
SharksSJ1-4-2
Pacific 32
13.86
8
KrakenSEA4-2-2
Pacific 26
13.94
9
Red WingsDET5-3-0
Atlantic 16
14.06
10
StarsDAL3-3-1
Central 9
14.21
11
WildMIN3-4-1
Central 19
14.34
12
AvalancheCOL5-0-3
Central 2
14.38
13
HurricanesCAR6-1-0
Metro 1
15.07
14
SabresBUF3-4-0
Atlantic 24
15.11
15
PredatorsNSH3-3-2
Central 28
15.66
16
IslandersNYI4-3-0
Metro 23
15.96
17
RangersNYR3-4-2
Metro 14
17.08
18
LeafsTOR3-3-1
Atlantic 11
17.11
19
BlackhawksCHI4-2-2
Central 29
17.22
20
OilersEDM4-3-1
Pacific 6
17.75
21
LightningTB1-4-2
Atlantic 15
18.11
22
CanucksVAN4-4-0
Pacific 18
18.53
23
SenatorsOTT3-4-1
Atlantic 22
18.53
24
BluesSTL3-3-1
Central 17
18.61
25
PenguinsPIT6-2-0
Metro 21
18.84
26
CanadiensMTL6-3-0
Atlantic 12
20.31
27
CapitalsWSH5-2-0
Metro 7
20.43
28
PanthersFLA4-5-0
Atlantic 8
20.81
29
MammothUTA6-2-0
Central 10
21.03
30
JetsWPG5-2-0
Central 5
21.21
31
KnightsVGS5-0-2
Pacific 3
22.79
32
DucksANA4-2-1
Pacific 27
22.89