Updated Monday Dec. 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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TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
Red WingsDET18-12-3
Atlantic 18
13.93
2
LeafsTOR14-12-5
Atlantic 20
14.59
3
PenguinsPIT14-8-9
Metro 23
14.67
4
CanadiensMTL17-11-4
Atlantic 22
14.88
5
FlamesCGY13-16-4
Pacific 26
15.11
6
SabresBUF14-14-4
Atlantic 24
15.13
7
BluesSTL12-14-7
Central 32
15.27
8
Blue JacketsCBJ13-13-6
Metro 25
15.65
9
SenatorsOTT14-13-4
Atlantic 17
15.65
10
KrakenSEA12-12-6
Pacific 29
15.86
11
BlackhawksCHI13-13-6
Central 31
15.93
12
FlyersPHI16-9-6
Metro 21
15.98
13
JetsWPG15-15-1
Central 16
16.07
14
RangersNYR16-13-4
Metro 10
16.24
15
MammothUTA16-15-3
Central 19
16.32
16
PanthersFLA16-13-2
Atlantic 8
16.49
17
CanucksVAN12-17-3
Pacific 30
16.66
18
KingsLA14-8-9
Pacific 14
16.79
19
WildMIN19-9-5
Central 7
16.87
20
DevilsNJ18-14-1
Metro 11
16.91
21
PredatorsNSH12-15-4
Central 27
16.99
22
CapitalsWSH18-10-4
Metro 5
17.27
23
HurricanesCAR21-9-2
Metro 2
17.35
24
OilersEDM15-12-6
Pacific 12
17.37
25
BruinsBOS19-14-0
Atlantic 15
17.39
26
StarsDAL21-7-5
Central 4
17.39
27
AvalancheCOL23-2-7
Central 1
17.53
28
LightningTB18-11-3
Atlantic 3
18.02
29
SharksSJ16-14-3
Pacific 28
18.35
30
DucksANA19-12-1
Pacific 13
18.51
31
IslandersNYI19-11-3
Metro 9
18.70
32
KnightsVGS16-6-9
Pacific 6
18.86

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
IslandersNYI19-11-3
Metro 9
12.70
2
SharksSJ16-14-3
Pacific 28
13.79
3
LightningTB18-11-3
Atlantic 3
14.46
4
BruinsBOS19-14-0
Atlantic 15
14.50
5
DevilsNJ18-14-1
Metro 11
14.88
6
Blue JacketsCBJ13-13-6
Metro 25
15.00
7
FlyersPHI16-9-6
Metro 21
15.05
8
CapitalsWSH18-10-4
Metro 5
15.17
9
KnightsVGS16-6-9
Pacific 6
15.43
10
RangersNYR16-13-4
Metro 10
15.71
11
PredatorsNSH12-15-4
Central 27
15.75
12
HurricanesCAR21-9-2
Metro 2
15.84
13
DucksANA19-12-1
Pacific 13
16.00
14
PanthersFLA16-13-2
Atlantic 8
16.35
15
SabresBUF14-14-4
Atlantic 24
16.36
16
CanucksVAN12-17-3
Pacific 30
16.41
17
SenatorsOTT14-13-4
Atlantic 17
16.78
18
StarsDAL21-7-5
Central 4
16.90
19
AvalancheCOL23-2-7
Central 1
17.08
20
KrakenSEA12-12-6
Pacific 29
17.23
21
WildMIN19-9-5
Central 7
17.57
22
OilersEDM15-12-6
Pacific 12
17.61
23
PenguinsPIT14-8-9
Metro 23
17.63
24
CanadiensMTL17-11-4
Atlantic 22
17.65
25
BlackhawksCHI13-13-6
Central 31
17.68
26
MammothUTA16-15-3
Central 19
17.82
27
JetsWPG15-15-1
Central 16
17.89
28
KingsLA14-8-9
Pacific 14
17.93
29
FlamesCGY13-16-4
Pacific 26
18.30
30
BluesSTL12-14-7
Central 32
18.51
31
LeafsTOR14-12-5
Atlantic 20
18.55
32
Red WingsDET18-12-3
Atlantic 18
18.70