Updated Friday Dec. 5

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 WingsDET14-11-3
Atlantic 24
14.63
2
PenguinsPIT14-7-5
Metro 16
15.00
3
FlyersPHI15-8-3
Metro 17
15.00
4
LeafsTOR13-11-3
Atlantic 20
15.05
5
Blue JacketsCBJ13-9-5
Metro 22
15.10
6
CanadiensMTL14-9-3
Atlantic 23
15.18
7
FlamesCGY10-15-4
Pacific 31
15.57
8
PanthersFLA12-12-2
Atlantic 11
15.60
9
SenatorsOTT13-10-4
Atlantic 13
15.70
10
SabresBUF11-12-4
Atlantic 26
15.74
11
RangersNYR15-12-2
Metro 7
15.75
12
JetsWPG13-12-1
Central 15
15.96
13
BlackhawksCHI12-9-6
Central 27
16.07
14
BluesSTL9-12-7
Central 30
16.07
15
KrakenSEA11-8-6
Pacific 25
16.46
16
DevilsNJ16-10-1
Metro 6
16.49
17
MammothUTA13-12-3
Central 18
16.63
18
PredatorsNSH10-13-4
Central 32
16.63
19
CanucksVAN10-14-3
Pacific 28
16.77
20
BruinsBOS16-13-0
Atlantic 19
16.79
21
CapitalsWSH17-9-2
Metro 5
16.92
22
HurricanesCAR16-8-2
Metro 2
16.97
23
IslandersNYI15-10-3
Metro 10
17.12
24
WildMIN15-8-5
Central 8
17.14
25
StarsDAL18-5-5
Central 3
17.56
26
AvalancheCOL19-2-6
Central 1
17.66
27
LightningTB16-9-2
Atlantic 4
17.70
28
KingsLA12-8-7
Pacific 12
17.91
29
OilersEDM12-11-5
Pacific 21
18.05
30
DucksANA16-10-1
Pacific 14
18.13
31
KnightsVGS12-6-8
Pacific 9
18.26
32
SharksSJ13-12-3
Pacific 29
18.26

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
IslandersNYI15-10-3
Metro 10
13.53
2
SharksSJ13-12-3
Pacific 29
13.86
3
LightningTB16-9-2
Atlantic 4
14.51
4
BruinsBOS16-13-0
Atlantic 19
14.56
5
CapitalsWSH17-9-2
Metro 5
14.98
6
DevilsNJ16-10-1
Metro 6
15.04
7
SabresBUF11-12-4
Atlantic 26
15.10
8
HurricanesCAR16-8-2
Metro 2
15.13
9
Blue JacketsCBJ13-9-5
Metro 22
16.09
10
KnightsVGS12-6-8
Pacific 9
16.19
11
OilersEDM12-11-5
Pacific 21
16.24
12
PredatorsNSH10-13-4
Central 32
16.28
13
RangersNYR15-12-2
Metro 7
16.33
14
KingsLA12-8-7
Pacific 12
16.44
15
DucksANA16-10-1
Pacific 14
16.46
16
FlyersPHI15-8-3
Metro 17
16.66
17
CanucksVAN10-14-3
Pacific 28
16.71
18
StarsDAL18-5-5
Central 3
16.94
19
SenatorsOTT13-10-4
Atlantic 13
17.09
20
PenguinsPIT14-7-5
Metro 16
17.12
21
AvalancheCOL19-2-6
Central 1
17.12
22
WildMIN15-8-5
Central 8
17.16
23
KrakenSEA11-8-6
Pacific 25
17.28
24
CanadiensMTL14-9-3
Atlantic 23
17.33
25
PanthersFLA12-12-2
Atlantic 11
17.39
26
Red WingsDET14-11-3
Atlantic 24
17.68
27
BluesSTL9-12-7
Central 30
17.79
28
MammothUTA13-12-3
Central 18
17.88
29
LeafsTOR13-11-3
Atlantic 20
18.27
30
FlamesCGY10-15-4
Pacific 31
18.29
31
BlackhawksCHI12-9-6
Central 27
18.40
32
JetsWPG13-12-1
Central 15
18.91