Updated Monday Mar. 16

2026 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
PenguinsPIT33-18-15
Metro 18
11.20
2
BruinsBOS37-23-6
Atlantic 8
12.67
3
IslandersNYI38-24-5
Metro 11
13.20
4
CanadiensMTL36-20-10
Atlantic 9
13.50
5
Blue JacketsCBJ34-21-11
Metro 12
13.66
6
LeafsTOR29-27-12
Atlantic 26
13.78
7
SenatorsOTT34-23-9
Atlantic 7
14.18
8
StarsDAL42-14-10
Central 3
14.27
9
FlamesCGY26-33-7
Pacific 30
14.48
10
DevilsNJ33-31-2
Metro 20
14.88
11
KrakenSEA31-26-9
Pacific 25
14.91
12
Red WingsDET36-23-8
Atlantic 14
15.18
13
HurricanesCAR42-18-6
Metro 2
15.25
14
RangersNYR28-30-8
Metro 21
15.30
15
LightningTB40-21-4
Atlantic 4
15.71
16
FlyersPHI31-23-12
Metro 23
15.75
17
CapitalsWSH33-27-8
Metro 17
15.75
18
SabresBUF41-20-6
Atlantic 5
15.95
19
BlackhawksCHI25-30-11
Central 31
16.67
20
CanucksVAN20-38-8
Pacific 32
16.98
21
PanthersFLA33-30-3
Atlantic 15
17.06
22
JetsWPG28-28-10
Central 24
17.29
23
WildMIN38-18-12
Central 6
17.95
24
KnightsVGS31-22-14
Pacific 16
18.72
25
OilersEDM33-26-9
Pacific 13
18.90
26
PredatorsNSH29-28-9
Central 27
19.06
27
MammothUTA34-27-6
Central 10
19.45
28
BluesSTL27-30-10
Central 28
19.64
29
AvalancheCOL44-12-9
Central 1
21.28
30
SharksSJ32-27-6
Pacific 29
21.36
31
DucksANA37-27-3
Pacific 19
22.13
32
KingsLA27-24-15
Pacific 22
23.25

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
PanthersFLA33-30-3
Atlantic 15
15.27
2
FlyersPHI31-23-12
Metro 23
15.39
3
LeafsTOR29-27-12
Atlantic 26
15.50
4
RangersNYR28-30-8
Metro 21
15.65
5
DevilsNJ33-31-2
Metro 20
15.69
6
SharksSJ32-27-6
Pacific 29
15.78
7
KingsLA27-24-15
Pacific 22
15.83
8
Red WingsDET36-23-8
Atlantic 14
15.86
9
PredatorsNSH29-28-9
Central 27
16.05
10
CapitalsWSH33-27-8
Metro 17
16.07
11
LightningTB40-21-4
Atlantic 4
16.09
12
SabresBUF41-20-6
Atlantic 5
16.14
13
BluesSTL27-30-10
Central 28
16.20
14
CanadiensMTL36-20-10
Atlantic 9
16.33
15
Blue JacketsCBJ34-21-11
Metro 12
16.35
16
BruinsBOS37-23-6
Atlantic 8
16.35
17
JetsWPG28-28-10
Central 24
16.44
18
AvalancheCOL44-12-9
Central 1
16.54
19
DucksANA37-27-3
Pacific 19
16.68
20
SenatorsOTT34-23-9
Atlantic 7
16.69
21
BlackhawksCHI25-30-11
Central 31
16.75
22
CanucksVAN20-38-8
Pacific 32
16.78
23
HurricanesCAR42-18-6
Metro 2
16.84
24
IslandersNYI38-24-5
Metro 11
16.85
25
MammothUTA34-27-6
Central 10
16.86
26
PenguinsPIT33-18-15
Metro 18
17.03
27
KnightsVGS31-22-14
Pacific 16
17.32
28
FlamesCGY26-33-7
Pacific 30
17.34
29
WildMIN38-18-12
Central 6
17.43
30
OilersEDM33-26-9
Pacific 13
17.55
31
KrakenSEA31-26-9
Pacific 25
17.59
32
StarsDAL42-14-10
Central 3
18.21