NHL Division Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Atlantic

Atlantic GP/R W L OTL PTS
TBL 58/24 38 16 4 80   41 42 39 38 33 28 28
BUF 60/22 35 19 6 76 [53]   [46] 43 42 37 32 32
MTL 59/23 33 17 9 75 [54] 46   44 43 38 33 33
DET 60/22 34 20 6 74 [55] [47] [48]   44 39 34 34
BOS 59/23 33 21 5 71 [58] [50] [51] [48]   42 37 37
OTT 59/23 29 22 8 66 [63] [55] [56] [53] [52]   42 42
FLA 60/22 30 27 3 63 [66] [58] [59] [56] [55] [50]   45
TOR 60/22 27 24 9 63 [66] [58] [59] [56] [55] [50] 45  

Metropolitan

Metropolitan GP/R W L OTL PTS
CAR 59/23 38 15 6 82   40 36 28 33 30 23 18
PIT 59/23 31 15 13 75 [54]   43 35 40 37 30 25
NYI 61/21 35 21 5 75 [54] [47]   35 40 37 30 25
WAS 62/20 31 24 7 69 [60] [53] [49]   [46] [43] 36 31
CBJ 58/24 29 21 8 66 [63] [56] [52] 44   46 39 34
PHI 59/23 27 21 11 65 [64] [57] [53] 45 [50]   40 35
NJD 60/22 29 29 2 60 [69] [62] [58] [50] [55] [52]   40
NYR 59/23 23 29 7 53 [76] [69] [65] [57] [62] [59] [52]  

Central

Central GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL 58/24 39 10 9 87   41 36 24 22 16 13 11
DAL 59/23 36 14 9 81 [55]   42 30 28 22 19 17
MIN 61/21 35 16 10 80 [56] [48]   31 29 23 20 18
UTH 60/22 31 25 4 66 [70] [62] [57]   43 37 34 32
NSH 59/23 27 24 8 62 [74] [66] [61] [49]   41 38 36
WPG 59/23 23 26 10 56 [80] [72] [67] [55] [53]   44 42
CHI 60/22 23 28 9 55 [81] [73] [68] [56] [54] [48]   43
STL 60/22 22 29 9 53 [83] [75] [70] [58] [56] [50] [47]  

Pacific

Pacific GP/R W L OTL PTS
LAS 60/22 28 18 14 70   [46] 39 42 41 39 32 20
ANA 59/23 33 23 3 69 46   40 43 42 40 33 21
EDM 61/21 29 24 8 66 [49] [50]   [46] [45] 43 36 24
SEA 59/23 28 22 9 65 [50] [51] 44   46 44 37 25
SJS 58/24 29 25 4 62 [53] [54] 47 [50]   47 40 28
LAK 59/23 24 21 14 62 [53] [54] 47 [50] [49]   40 28
CGY 59/23 24 28 7 55 [60] [61] [54] [57] [56] [54]   35
VAN 59/23 18 34 7 43 [72] [73] [66] [69] [68] [66] [59]  

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: March 2, 2026 6:00pm GMT