Updated Saturday Nov. 15

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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EASY

TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
RangersNYR9-7-2
Metro 12
15.09
2
Blue JacketsCBJ9-7-1
Metro 18
15.15
3
FlyersPHI9-5-3
Metro 23
15.23
4
BluesSTL6-8-4
Central 27
15.38
5
CanadiensMTL10-5-2
Atlantic 21
15.38
6
Red WingsDET10-7-0
Atlantic 19
15.44
7
LeafsTOR8-8-2
Atlantic 20
15.49
8
FlamesCGY5-12-2
Pacific 31
15.52
9
SenatorsOTT9-5-4
Atlantic 14
15.55
10
PenguinsPIT9-5-4
Metro 22
15.64
11
SabresBUF5-8-4
Atlantic 29
16.07
12
CanucksVAN8-9-2
Pacific 26
16.08
13
WildMIN7-7-4
Central 24
16.19
14
CapitalsWSH8-8-1
Metro 10
16.27
15
IslandersNYI10-6-2
Metro 15
16.34
16
JetsWPG10-7-0
Central 6
16.36
17
MammothUTA10-7-1
Central 13
16.46
18
KrakenSEA8-4-5
Pacific 25
16.50
19
PredatorsNSH6-9-4
Central 30
16.54
20
DevilsNJ12-4-1
Metro 5
16.71
21
BlackhawksCHI8-5-4
Central 28
16.73
22
PanthersFLA9-7-1
Atlantic 4
16.74
23
BruinsBOS11-8-0
Atlantic 17
16.92
24
HurricanesCAR12-5-0
Metro 2
16.97
25
LightningTB8-6-2
Atlantic 8
17.14
26
OilersEDM8-7-4
Pacific 16
17.21
27
SharksSJ8-7-3
Pacific 32
17.45
28
StarsDAL11-4-3
Central 3
17.51
29
KingsLA9-5-4
Pacific 7
18.02
30
AvalancheCOL12-1-5
Central 1
18.02
31
KnightsVGS7-4-5
Pacific 9
18.27
32
DucksANA11-5-1
Pacific 11
18.40

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
SharksSJ8-7-3
Pacific 32
13.15
2
SabresBUF5-8-4
Atlantic 29
13.40
3
KnightsVGS7-4-5
Pacific 9
13.63
4
DucksANA11-5-1
Pacific 11
13.75
5
LightningTB8-6-2
Atlantic 8
13.84
6
BruinsBOS11-8-0
Atlantic 17
13.89
7
AvalancheCOL12-1-5
Central 1
14.94
8
DevilsNJ12-4-1
Metro 5
15.03
9
IslandersNYI10-6-2
Metro 15
15.07
10
KingsLA9-5-4
Pacific 7
15.15
11
HurricanesCAR12-5-0
Metro 2
15.37
12
StarsDAL11-4-3
Central 3
15.75
13
CapitalsWSH8-8-1
Metro 10
15.96
14
PanthersFLA9-7-1
Atlantic 4
16.28
15
PredatorsNSH6-9-4
Central 30
16.29
16
PenguinsPIT9-5-4
Metro 22
16.33
17
KrakenSEA8-4-5
Pacific 25
16.34
18
BlackhawksCHI8-5-4
Central 28
16.35
19
WildMIN7-7-4
Central 24
17.38
20
FlyersPHI9-5-3
Metro 23
17.56
21
Red WingsDET10-7-0
Atlantic 19
17.59
22
OilersEDM8-7-4
Pacific 16
17.63
23
Blue JacketsCBJ9-7-1
Metro 18
18.09
24
SenatorsOTT9-5-4
Atlantic 14
18.33
25
CanucksVAN8-9-2
Pacific 26
18.36
26
LeafsTOR8-8-2
Atlantic 20
18.39
27
FlamesCGY5-12-2
Pacific 31
18.93
28
MammothUTA10-7-1
Central 13
19.08
29
CanadiensMTL10-5-2
Atlantic 21
19.12
30
RangersNYR9-7-2
Metro 12
19.79
31
BluesSTL6-8-4
Central 27
20.29
32
JetsWPG10-7-0
Central 6
20.46