NHL Division Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Atlantic

Atlantic GP/R W L OTL PTS
TBL 49/33 32 13 4 68   60 58 58 55 52 54 50
DET 52/30 31 16 5 67 [68]   59 59 56 53 55 51
MTL 51/31 28 16 7 63 [72] [65]   63 60 57 59 55
BUF 50/32 28 17 5 61 [74] [67] 65   62 59 61 57
BOS 51/31 29 20 2 60 [75] [68] [66] [66]   60 62 58
TOR 51/31 24 18 9 57 [78] [71] [69] [69] [66]   [65] 61
FLA 49/33 26 20 3 55 [80] [73] [71] [71] [68] 65   63
OTT 50/32 23 20 7 53 [82] [75] [73] [73] [70] [67] [69]  

Metropolitan

Metropolitan GP/R W L OTL PTS
CAR 51/31 31 15 5 67   59 57 55 52 50 51 42
PIT 50/32 25 14 11 61 [69]   63 61 58 56 57 48
NYI 50/32 27 18 5 59 [71] [67]   63 60 58 59 50
PHI 50/32 24 17 9 57 [73] [69] [67]   62 60 61 52
NJD 51/31 27 22 2 56 [74] [70] [68] [66]   61 62 53
WAS 52/30 25 21 6 56 [74] [70] [68] [66] [63]   [62] 53
CBJ 50/32 23 20 7 53 [77] [73] [71] [69] [66] 64   56
NYR 52/30 21 25 6 48 [82] [78] [76] [74] [71] [69] [70]  

Central

Central GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL 49/33 34 6 9 77   51 51 44 40 36 35 32
DAL 52/30 29 14 9 67 [77]   61 54 50 46 45 42
MIN 52/30 29 14 9 67 [77] 61   54 50 46 45 42
UTH 50/32 26 20 4 56 [88] [72] [72]   61 57 56 53
NSH 50/32 24 22 4 52 [92] [76] [76] [69]   61 60 57
CHI 51/31 21 22 8 50 [94] [78] [78] [71] [67]   62 59
WPG 50/32 20 23 7 47 [97] [81] [81] [74] [70] [66]   62
STL 51/31 19 24 8 46 [98] [82] [82] [75] [71] [67] [66]  

Pacific

Pacific GP/R W L OTL PTS
LAS 50/32 25 13 12 62   57 58 58 58 56 48 40
EDM 52/30 25 19 8 58 [69]   [62] [62] [62] 60 52 44
ANA 51/31 27 21 3 57 [70] 62   63 63 61 53 45
SJS 50/32 26 21 3 55 [72] 64 65   65 63 55 47
LAK 49/33 20 16 13 53 [74] 66 67 67   65 57 49
SEA 50/32 22 19 9 53 [74] [66] [67] [67] [67]   57 49
CGY 51/31 21 25 5 47 [80] [72] [73] [73] [73] [71]   55
VAN 51/31 17 29 5 39 [88] [80] [81] [81] [81] [79] [71]  

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: January 24, 2026 6:00am GMT