NHL Division Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Atlantic

Atlantic GP/R W L OTL PTS
DET 40/42 23 14 3 49   [86] [87] 83 84 80 78 81
MTL 39/43 21 12 6 48 86   [88] 84 85 81 79 82
TBL 38/44 22 13 3 47 87 88   85 86 82 80 83
FLA 39/43 21 15 3 45 [89] [90] [91]   [88] 84 82 85
BUF 38/44 20 14 4 44 [90] [91] [92] 88   85 83 86
TOR 39/43 18 15 6 42 [92] [93] [94] [90] [91]   85 [88]
BOS 40/42 20 18 2 42 [92] [93] [94] [90] [91] [87]   [88]
OTT 38/44 18 15 5 41 [93] [94] [95] [91] [92] 88 86  

Metropolitan

Metropolitan GP/R W L OTL PTS
CAR 39/43 24 12 3 51   82 85 81 81 75 78 78
NYI 40/42 22 14 4 48 [90]   [88] 84 84 78 81 81
PHI 38/44 20 11 7 47 [91] 86   85 85 79 82 82
WAS 39/43 20 14 5 45 [93] [88] [91]   87 81 84 84
PIT 38/44 17 12 9 43 [95] [90] [93] 89   83 86 86
NYR 41/41 19 17 5 43 [95] [90] [93] [89] [89]   [86] [86]
NJD 39/43 20 17 2 42 [96] [91] [94] [90] [90] 84   87
CBJ 38/44 17 15 6 40 [98] [93] [96] [92] [92] 86 89  

Central

Central GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL 38/44 29 2 7 65   79 74 59 62 58 57 60
DAL 39/43 25 7 7 57 [97]   82 67 70 66 65 68
MIN 40/42 24 10 6 54 [100] [90]   70 73 69 68 71
UTH 40/42 18 19 3 39 [115] [105] [100]   [88] 84 83 [86]
NSH 38/44 17 17 4 38 [116] [106] [101] 86   85 84 87
STL 40/42 15 17 8 38 [116] [106] [101] [86] [89]   84 [87]
CHI 39/43 14 18 7 35 [119] [109] [104] [89] [92] [88]   [90]
WPG 37/45 15 18 4 34 [120] [110] [105] 90 [93] 89 88  

Pacific

Pacific GP/R W L OTL PTS
EDM 40/42 20 14 6 46   [90] 85 84 82 84 79 76
LAS 37/45 17 9 11 45 86   86 85 83 85 80 77
ANA 39/43 21 16 2 44 87 [92]   86 84 86 81 78
LAK 38/44 16 13 9 41 [90] [95] [90]   87 89 84 81
SJS 39/43 19 17 3 41 [90] [95] [90] [89]   [89] 84 81
SEA 37/45 16 14 7 39 [92] [97] [92] 91 89   86 83
CGY 39/43 17 18 4 38 [93] [98] [93] [92] [90] [92]   84
VAN 39/43 16 20 3 35 [96] [101] [96] [95] [93] [95] [90]  

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: December 31, 2025 12:00pm GMT