The Toughest Division to Play

In the post lock-out era which NHL division has been the toughest to play against? Based on the regular season's records of each team for the past two years, I've put together a ranking for toughest division. The following is the combined records of each division vs. the rest of the league:

	vs ATL			vs NE			vs SE			vs CEN			vs NW			vs PAC
Eastern Conference	W	L	OL	W	L	OL	W	L	OL	W	L	OL	W	L	OL	W	L	OL
ATLANTIC	x	x	x	90	88	22	96	75	29	24	18	8	12	11	2	11	12	2
NORTHEAST	110	64	26	x	x	x	117	68	15	12	9	4	24	23	3	11	10	4
SOUTHEAST	104	75	21	83	97	20	x	x	x	19	3	3	6	13	6	20	26	4
	vs ATL			vs NE			vs SE			vs CEN			vs NW			vs PAC
Western Conference	W	L	OL	W	L	OL	W	L	OL	W	L	OL	W	L	OL	W	L	OL
CENTRAL	26	16	8	13	10	2	6	13	6	x	x	x	94	79	27	89	91	20
NORTHWEST	13	7	5	26	17	7	19	5	1	106	75	19	x	x	x	102	74	24
PACIFIC	14	7	4	14	9	2	30	16	4	111	70	19	98	84	18	x	x	x

Using the NHL's formula for standings points - 2 points for a win and 1 point for an over time loss here is the combined totals:

	Vs League
Eastern Conference	W	L	OL	PTS
ATLANTIC	233	204	63	529
NORTHEAST	274	174	52	600
SOUTHEAST	232	214	54	518
	Vs League
Western Conference	W	L	OL	PTS
CENTRAL	228	209	63	519
NORTHWEST	266	178	56	588
PACIFIC	267	186	47	581

So here is the the rankings for NHL's Toughest Division to Play:

Rank					Division
1					NORTHEAST
2					NORTHWEST
3					PACIFIC
4					ATLANTIC
5					CENTRAL
6					SOUTHEAST

One last thing, thanks to The Puck Stops Here for helping me out with my incredible math skills and allowing me to make this post as accurate as possible.