Updated Tuesday Mar. 18

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.

DIFFICULT

EASY

TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
Red WingsDET32-29-6
Atlantic 16
10.51
2
SabresBUF27-33-6
Atlantic 25
14.31
3
CanucksVAN31-25-11
Pacific 20
14.56
4
Blue JacketsCBJ31-28-8
Metro 28
14.69
5
LightningTB39-23-5
Atlantic 6
14.91
6
DucksANA29-31-7
Pacific 30
14.91
7
PredatorsNSH25-33-8
Central 24
15.23
8
JetsWPG47-17-4
Central 1
15.36
9
CanadiensMTL32-27-7
Atlantic 21
15.40
10
Utah Hockey ClubUHC30-26-11
Central 17
15.40
11
KrakenSEA29-34-5
Pacific 26
15.43
12
RangersNYR33-29-6
Metro 11
15.95
13
WildMIN38-25-5
Central 18
16.02
14
BlackhawksCHI20-38-9
Central 31
16.11
15
PanthersFLA41-24-3
Atlantic 4
16.21
16
KingsLA36-21-9
Pacific 12
16.33
17
SharksSJ18-41-9
Pacific 32
16.43
18
PenguinsPIT28-31-10
Metro 27
16.46
19
IslandersNYI30-28-8
Metro 19
16.48
20
LeafsTOR40-24-3
Atlantic 9
16.95
21
FlamesCGY30-25-11
Pacific 23
17.36
22
HurricanesCAR41-22-4
Metro 5
17.64
23
OilersEDM39-24-4
Pacific 10
17.91
24
FlyersPHI28-33-8
Metro 29
17.92
25
CapitalsWSH44-15-8
Metro 3
18.09
26
BruinsBOS30-30-9
Atlantic 22
18.18
27
KnightsVGS39-20-8
Pacific 8
18.20
28
BluesSTL33-28-7
Central 15
18.21
29
AvalancheCOL41-24-3
Central 7
18.26
30
DevilsNJ37-26-6
Metro 14
18.67
31
StarsDAL42-21-3
Central 2
19.33
32
SenatorsOTT36-25-5
Atlantic 13
19.44

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
BruinsBOS30-30-9
Atlantic 22
15.34
2
FlyersPHI28-33-8
Metro 29
15.62
3
DevilsNJ37-26-6
Metro 14
15.70
4
PenguinsPIT28-31-10
Metro 27
15.83
5
BlackhawksCHI20-38-9
Central 31
15.90
6
SenatorsOTT36-25-5
Atlantic 13
15.97
7
Blue JacketsCBJ31-28-8
Metro 28
16.04
8
CanadiensMTL32-27-7
Atlantic 21
16.09
9
BluesSTL33-28-7
Central 15
16.11
10
SharksSJ18-41-9
Pacific 32
16.12
11
PredatorsNSH25-33-8
Central 24
16.29
12
DucksANA29-31-7
Pacific 30
16.39
13
LeafsTOR40-24-3
Atlantic 9
16.42
14
HurricanesCAR41-22-4
Metro 5
16.42
15
IslandersNYI30-28-8
Metro 19
16.49
16
SabresBUF27-33-6
Atlantic 25
16.56
17
FlamesCGY30-25-11
Pacific 23
16.60
18
WildMIN38-25-5
Central 18
16.61
19
Utah Hockey ClubUHC30-26-11
Central 17
16.69
20
RangersNYR33-29-6
Metro 11
16.70
21
KrakenSEA29-34-5
Pacific 26
16.74
22
StarsDAL42-21-3
Central 2
16.76
23
CapitalsWSH44-15-8
Metro 3
16.78
24
KnightsVGS39-20-8
Pacific 8
16.79
25
AvalancheCOL41-24-3
Central 7
16.84
26
LightningTB39-23-5
Atlantic 6
16.85
27
OilersEDM39-24-4
Pacific 10
16.98
28
PanthersFLA41-24-3
Atlantic 4
17.00
29
KingsLA36-21-9
Pacific 12
17.22
30
JetsWPG47-17-4
Central 1
17.36
31
Red WingsDET32-29-6
Atlantic 16
17.53
32
CanucksVAN31-25-11
Pacific 20
17.55