NHL Division Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Atlantic

Atlantic GP/R W L OTL PTS
TBL 54/28 36 14 4 76   47 47 47 44 38 38 38
DET 57/25 33 18 6 72 [61]   51 51 48 42 42 42
MTL 57/25 32 17 8 72 [61] 51   51 48 42 42 42
BUF 56/26 32 18 6 70 [63] 53 53   50 44 44 44
BOS 57/25 32 20 5 69 [64] [54] [54] [54]   45 45 45
TOR 57/25 27 21 9 63 [70] [60] [60] [60] [57]   51 51
FLA 56/26 29 24 3 61 [72] [62] [62] [62] [59] 53   53
OTT 56/26 27 22 7 61 [72] [62] [62] [62] [59] 53 53  

Metropolitan

Metropolitan GP/R W L OTL PTS
CAR 56/26 35 15 6 76   47 42 42 36 39 35 27
PIT 55/27 28 15 12 68 [61]   50 50 44 47 43 35
NYI 57/25 31 21 5 67 [62] [56]   51 45 48 44 36
CBJ 56/26 29 20 7 65 [64] [58] 53   47 50 46 38
WAS 58/24 28 23 7 63 [66] [60] [55] [55]   [52] 48 40
PHI 55/27 25 20 10 60 [69] [63] [58] [58] 52   51 43
NJD 56/26 28 26 2 58 [71] [65] [60] [60] [54] [57]   45
NYR 56/26 22 28 6 50 [79] [73] [68] [68] [62] [65] [61]  

Central

Central GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL 54/28 36 9 9 81   46 47 34 31 23 24 21
MIN 58/24 34 14 10 78 [60]   [50] 37 34 26 27 24
DAL 56/26 33 14 9 75 [63] 52   40 37 29 30 27
UTH 56/26 29 23 4 62 [76] [65] [66]   50 42 43 40
NSH 56/26 26 23 7 59 [79] [68] [69] [56]   45 46 43
CHI 57/25 22 26 9 53 [85] [74] [75] [62] [59]   [52] 49
WPG 56/26 22 26 8 52 [86] [75] [76] [63] [60] 52   50
STL 56/26 20 27 9 49 [89] [78] [79] [66] [63] [55] [56]  

Pacific

Pacific GP/R W L OTL PTS
LAS 55/27 25 16 14 64   51 52 52 53 51 41 31
EDM 57/25 28 21 8 64 [55]   [52] [52] [53] 51 41 31
ANA 56/26 30 23 3 63 [56] 52   53 [54] 52 42 32
SEA 55/27 26 20 9 61 [58] 54 55   [56] 54 44 34
LAK 54/28 23 17 14 60 [59] 55 56 56   55 45 35
SJS 54/28 27 23 4 58 [61] 57 [58] [58] [59]   47 37
CGY 55/27 22 27 6 50 [69] [65] [66] [66] [67] [65]   45
VAN 56/26 18 32 6 42 [77] [73] [74] [74] [75] [73] [63]  

Eight teams from each conference qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs:

  • The top three teams from each of the two divisions
  • The two teams with the next best records from each conference, regardless if they are in the same or separate divisions
Clinched playoff berth
Clinched wild-card berth
Eliminated from the playoffs

Tie for the division, wildcard, or seeding

  1. The greater number of games won (not including games won in a shootout)
  2. The greater number of points earned in games between the tied clubs. If two clubs are tied, and have not played an equal number of home games against each other, points earned in the first game played in the city that had the extra game shall not be included. If more than two clubs are tied, the higher percentage of available points earned in games among those clubs, and not including any "odd" games, shall be used to determine the standing.
  3. Goal differential

Tiebreaking prodecures from nhl.com

Updated: February 5, 2026 4:00am GMT