NHL Division Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Atlantic

Atlantic GP/R W L OTL PTS
BUF 67/15 41 20 6 88   31 27 25 23 22 11 14
TBL 65/17 40 21 4 84 35   31 29 27 26 15 18
MTL 66/16 36 20 10 82 [37] [37]   31 29 28 17 20
BOS 66/16 37 23 6 80 [39] [39] [35]   31 30 19 22
DET 67/15 36 23 8 80 [39] [39] [35] [33]   30 19 22
OTT 66/16 34 23 9 77 [42] [42] [38] [36] [34]   22 25
TOR 68/14 29 27 12 70 [49] [49] [45] [43] [41] [40]   [32]
FLA 66/16 33 30 3 69 [50] [50] [46] [44] [42] [41] 30  

Metropolitan

Metropolitan GP/R W L OTL PTS
CAR 66/16 42 18 6 90   24 22 22 17 13 11 7
PIT 66/16 33 18 15 81 [42]   31 31 26 22 20 16
NYI 67/15 38 24 5 81 [42] [33]   31 26 22 20 16
CBJ 66/16 34 21 11 79 [44] [35] 33   28 24 22 18
PHI 66/16 31 23 12 74 [49] [40] [38] [38]   29 27 23
WAS 68/14 33 27 8 74 [49] [40] [38] [38] [33]   27 23
NJD 66/16 33 31 2 68 [55] [46] [44] [44] [39] [35]   29
NYR 66/16 28 30 8 64 [59] [50] [48] [48] [43] [39] [37]  

Central

Central GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL 65/17 44 12 9 97   30 20 8 3 2 ← ←
DAL 66/16 42 14 10 94 [38]   23 11 6 5 — ←
MIN 68/14 38 18 12 88 [44] [39]   17 12 11 7 6
UTH 67/15 34 27 6 74 [58] [53] [43]   26 25 21 20
NSH 66/16 29 28 9 67 [65] [60] [50] [38]   32 28 27
WPG 66/16 28 28 10 66 [66] [61] [51] [39] [34]   29 28
STL 67/15 27 30 10 64 • [63] [53] [41] [36] [35]   30
CHI 66/16 25 30 11 61 • • [56] [44] [39] [38] [34]  

Pacific

Pacific GP/R W L OTL PTS
ANA 67/15 37 27 3 77   30 27 27 28 25 15 4
LAS 67/15 31 22 14 76 [32]   28 28 29 26 16 5
EDM 68/14 33 26 9 75 [33] [32]   29 [30] 27 17 6
SEA 66/16 31 26 9 71 [37] [36] 33   [34] 31 21 10
SJS 65/17 32 27 6 70 [38] [37] 34 34   32 22 11
LAK 66/16 27 24 15 69 [39] [38] [35] [35] [36]   23 12
CGY 66/16 26 33 7 59 [49] [48] [45] [45] [46] [43]   22
VAN 66/16 20 38 8 48 [60] [59] [56] [56] [57] [54] [44]  

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 16, 2026 10:00pm GMT