2012-2013 Projected NHL Standings
We present the projected standings for the 2012-2013 NHL season. We’ve created an in-house model for expected wins based on goals for and goals against using the most updated team rosters available.
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1* | Pittsburgh Penguins | 67 |
| 2* | Boston Bruins | 59 |
| 3* | Washington Capitals | 57 |
| 4 | New York Rangers | 65 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Flyers | 61 |
| 6 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 56 |
| 7 | Winnipeg Jets | 53 |
| 8 | Buffalo Sabres | 52 |
| 9 | Carolina Hurricanes | 52 |
| 10 | Ottawa Senators | 52 |
| 11 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 51 |
| 12 | Montreal Canadiens | 47 |
| 13 | New Jersey Devils | 43 |
| 14 | New York Islanders | 42 |
| 15 | Florida Panthers | 39 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1* | St. Louis Blues | 66 |
| 2* | Los Angeles Kings | 63 |
| 3* | Vancouver Canucks | 61 |
| 4 | Chicago Blackhawks | 62 |
| 5 | San Jose Sharks | 61 |
| 6 | Nashville Predators | 57 |
| 7 | Anaheim Ducks | 54 |
| 8 | Colorado Avalanche | 53 |
| 9 | Calgary Flames | 53 |
| 10 | Detroit Red Wings | 53 |
| 11 | Dallas Stars | 52 |
| 12 | Edmonton Oilers | 51 |
| 13 | Minnesota Wild | 49 |
| 14 | Phoenix Coyotes | 44 |
| 15 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 39 |
* denotes division winners.
David Schild -
See my comments on facebook as re-posted below
Leafs in 6th are you nuts…Coyotes, not making the playoffs? Really, can we bet on that one?
and blues will not be top in West, switch Hurriances and Sens for Leafs, and sabres and you might be closer. flip van and blues in west and Ducks and Avs for Wild and Yotes, you might be closer
Mike -
If you check out the 7-11 seeds in both conferences, you’ll see that even a small shift would disrupt the order of those teams.
As for Phoenix, I don’t see where the goals are going to come from and you can be sure that Mike Smith is not going to post another .930 this season!
David Schild -
as for Phoenix: Hanzel, Vrbata and Doan, plus Larsson out of the D, and while Smith will not hit 930 again, he will be one of the top G’s out there, and they will make the playoffs….next years draft kit, double or nothing on it?
Mike -
You’ll have to take a 2nd look at Section 2.2.3 of the draft kit to see how we feel about Vrbata this season…
Tim -
I’m glad you can predict the future David. Although I do hate these standings because the Wings are in tenth haha
John -
Are you based out of Toronto? Only a delusional Leaf fan would estimate a 6th place finisher. Good for a laugh though!
Mike -
How dare you call me a Leaf fan.
John -
Sorry brah, low blow. But c’monnnnn 6th. Anyways is it Jan 19th yet? This week is taking to long!
Ty -
You’re picking the Wild to finish last in the NW division…? So they will be worse than they were last year. Riiiiiight.
Mike -
Where are the goals coming from? They were the lowest scoring team in the NHL last season by far and their record was not indicative of the talent level.
Jeff -
These are the worst predictions i’ve ever seen
Mike -
The level of specificity in your rebuttal will take us a while to argue against.
Mikey -
I hope you’re right about Winnipeg! It’s been too long without playoff hockey here.
Ty -
The difference from last year to this year for the Wild: Parise, Granlund, a healthy Koivu, and a healthy Bouchard on the THIRD line. Everyone of their top 9 could score 10 goals this year. Plus a shut down defenceman in Suter to help Backs out more than ever. I just don’t understand how a team that has improved from last year you figure will do worse this year. In other posts you bash people for basing rankings off of stats from the previous year. Sounds a little hypocritical to me.
Mike -
Ty – the standings above are based on projections for this upcoming year. The problem with Minnesota is that they scored 30 less goals than the Islanders last year. So even when you account for the expected increase in goals for, they still come up short when compared with most teams in the league.
Ryan -
Absolutely NO WAY the Leafs are making the playoffs. They will be lucky to finish higher than 13th in the East.
Tom -
Toronto…..in 6th………huh……who’da thunk it?
Curtis -
The Leafs are not making the playoffs
Ty -
We’ll agree to disagree, watch the greatest sport in the world, and await the results! Thanks for running a very valuable website!
Trev -
Too many Atlantic division teams up high. Too many games vs same division this year to seed them 1,4 and 5. I agree its the strongest division as far as top end teams but i think boston dominates the NE and finish first. Philly fall just because there the weakest of the powerhouse 3 in the atlantic. Flip Ottawa and toronto in my opinion.
Your west looks great except for colorado minus oreilly they will start slow but 3 pts between 7th and 12th theres not much rm to nit pick all it takes is a bad bounce.
Jo -
Obviously a leafs fan if you put them in 6th! They aint making the playoffs again!!!!
Karen -
go leafs go! going to clinch 5th place
Mike -
We never had any doubt!