NHL Division Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Atlantic

Atlantic GP/R W L OTL PTS
TBL 55/27 37 14 4 78   45 43 43 42 36 36 34
MTL 57/25 32 17 8 72 [61]   49 49 48 42 42 40
DET 58/24 33 19 6 72 [61] [51]   49 48 42 42 40
BUF 57/25 32 19 6 70 [63] [53] 51   50 44 44 42
BOS 57/25 32 20 5 69 [64] [54] [52] [52]   45 45 43
OTT 57/25 28 22 7 63 [70] [60] [58] [58] [57]   51 49
TOR 57/25 27 21 9 63 [70] [60] [58] [58] [57] 51   49
FLA 57/25 29 25 3 61 [72] [62] [60] [60] [59] [53] [53]  

Metropolitan

Metropolitan GP/R W L OTL PTS
CAR 57/25 36 15 6 78   45 40 40 34 36 31 23
PIT 56/26 29 15 12 70 [59]   48 48 42 44 39 31
NYI 58/24 32 21 5 69 [60] [54]   49 43 45 40 32
CBJ 56/26 29 20 7 65 [64] [58] 53   47 49 44 36
WAS 59/23 29 23 7 65 [64] [58] [53] [53]   [49] 44 36
PHI 56/26 25 20 11 61 [68] [62] [57] [57] 51   48 40
NJD 57/25 28 27 2 58 [71] [65] [60] [60] [54] [56]   43
NYR 57/25 22 29 6 50 [79] [73] [68] [68] [62] [64] [59]  

Central

Central GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL 55/27 37 9 9 83   44 45 32 27 21 22 17
MIN 58/24 34 14 10 78 [60]   [50] 37 32 26 27 22
DAL 57/25 34 14 9 77 [61] 50   38 33 27 28 23
UTH 57/25 30 23 4 64 [74] [63] [64]   46 40 41 36
NSH 57/25 26 24 7 59 [79] [68] [69] [56]   45 46 41
CHI 57/25 22 26 9 53 [85] [74] [75] [62] [57]   [52] 47
WPG 56/26 22 26 8 52 [86] [75] [76] [63] [58] 52   48
STL 57/25 20 28 9 49 [89] [78] [79] [66] [61] [55] [56]  

Pacific

Pacific GP/R W L OTL PTS
LAS 57/25 27 16 14 68   45 48 48 45 45 37 25
EDM 58/24 28 22 8 64 [55]   [52] [52] 49 49 41 29
SEA 56/26 27 20 9 63 [56] 50   53 50 50 42 30
ANA 56/26 30 23 3 63 [56] 50 53   50 50 42 30
LAK 56/26 23 19 14 60 [59] 53 [56] [56]   53 45 33
SJS 55/27 27 24 4 58 [61] 55 [58] [58] 55   47 35
CGY 56/26 23 27 6 52 [67] [61] [64] [64] [61] [61]   41
VAN 57/25 18 33 6 42 [77] [71] [74] [74] [71] [71] [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 7, 2026 8:00pm GMT