2020-21 NHL East standings

Name: 2020-21 NHL East standings
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The Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals finished tied atop the 2020-21 NHL East division race, both on 77 points. The Pittsburgh Penguins won the division on an NHL tiebreaker these standings do not carry.

The 2020-21 playoffs, series by series

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East standings, 2020-21

Team	W	L	OT	PTS	L10	Streak
Pittsburgh Penguins (PIT) y	37	16	3	77	8-2-0	W3
Washington Capitals (WSH) x	36	15	5	77	7-2-1	W2
Boston Bruins (BOS) x	33	16	7	73	6-3-1	L1
New York Islanders (NYI) x	32	17	7	71	3-4-3	OT1
New York Rangers (NYR)	27	23	6	60	4-6-0	W1
Philadelphia Flyers (PHI)	25	23	8	58	4-5-1	W1
New Jersey Devils (NJD)	19	30	7	45	5-4-1	L2
Buffalo Sabres (BUF)	15	34	7	37	3-7-0	L2

Final standings.

Clinch key

x: clinched a playoff place
y: clinched the division

Turning points

The lead changed hands 18 times.
The Pittsburgh Penguins trailed by as many as 9 points on February 10, 2021.
The New York Islanders won 9 games in a row from February 28, 2021 to March 14, 2021, the longest run of the race.
The Boston Bruins led by 4 points as late as February 15, 2021.
The Pittsburgh Penguins went 6-0-1 from March 19, 2021 to April 1, 2021, turning a deficit of 7 points into a level race.
The top two ended the day within two points of each other on 86 of the 97 days played.
Five teams held first place.
The Boston Bruins held first place for 24 straight days, the season's longest run.
The Pittsburgh Penguins spent 19 of the season's 127 charted days in first place.