Updated Friday Apr. 3

2026 NHL Team Point Projections

NHL team point projections tracked from the preseason to current day.

TEAM GURU
RANK
PRESEASON
PROJECTION
CURRENT
PROJECTION
CHANGE
1
AvalancheCOL49-15-10
1st 100.5 118.9
+ 18.4
2
HurricanesCAR48-21-6
2nd 100.2 111.0
+ 10.8
3
StarsDAL45-19-12
5th 100.0 109.4
+ 9.4
4
LightningTB47-22-6
3rd 99.7 108.5
+ 8.8
5
SabresBUF46-22-8
4th 88.6 107.1
+ 18.5
6
CanadiensMTL44-21-10
6th 91.2 106.1
+ 14.9
7
WildMIN42-21-12
7th 92.2 104.3
+ 12.1
8
BruinsBOS43-25-8
9th 84.9 100.3
+ 15.4
9
PenguinsPIT38-22-16
14th 81.4 98.8
+ 17.4
10
SenatorsOTT39-26-10
8th 94.1 96.1
+ 2
11
Red WingsDET40-27-8
13th 86.9 95.8
+ 8.9
12
IslandersNYI42-29-5
15th 86.6 95.7
+ 9.1
13
DucksANA41-29-5
21st 85.1 95.6
+ 10.5
14
Blue JacketsCBJ38-26-12
16th 85.0 94.7
+ 9.7
15
OilersEDM39-28-9
10th 100.5 94.0
- 6.5
16
FlyersPHI37-26-12
19th 85.5 93.1
+ 7.6
17
MammothUTA39-30-6
11th 91.5 92.7
+ 1.2
18
CapitalsWSH38-29-9
12th 92.6 91.8
- 0.8
19
KnightsVGS34-26-16
18th 100.9 91.1
- 9.8
20
DevilsNJ39-34-2
17th 97.1 87.6
- 9.5
21
SharksSJ36-31-7
28th 76.3 87.5
+ 11.2
22
KingsLA30-26-19
26th 95.6 87.4
- 8.2
23
PredatorsNSH35-31-9
24th 84.9 86.3
+ 1.4
24
PanthersFLA37-35-3
20th 99.4 84.8
- 14.6
25
JetsWPG32-31-12
22nd 97.5 83.8
- 13.7
26
KrakenSEA32-31-11
29th 83.1 83.1
0.0
27
LeafsTOR32-31-13
27th 98.0 82.9
- 15.1
28
BluesSTL31-31-12
25th 91.6 81.8
- 9.8
29
RangersNYR31-36-9
23rd 93.4 76.9
- 16.5
30
FlamesCGY31-36-8
30th 84.6 76.1
- 8.5
31
BlackhawksCHI27-35-14
31st 77.8 73.9
- 3.9
32
CanucksVAN22-45-8
32nd 89.3 58.0
- 31.3

How We Calculate: Our NHL team point projections are calculated by averaging point projections from Hockey Reference and Money Puck. The table above shows the preseason and current point projections for each team. The change in these two projections is also shown.