NHL Wild Card Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
CAR MET 32/50 21 9 2 44   96 97 94 96 95 97 93 96 92 91 93 92 91 89 89
NYI MET 33/49 19 11 3 41 [104]   [100] 97 99 98 [100] 96 99 95 94 96 95 94 92 92
WAS MET 32/50 18 10 4 40 [105] 100   98 100 99 101 97 100 96 95 97 96 95 93 93
DET ATL 33/49 18 12 3 39 [106] [101] [102]   [101] [100] [102] 98 [101] 97 96 98 97 96 94 94
TBL ATL 32/50 18 11 3 39 [106] 101 [102] 99   100 [102] 98 101 97 96 98 97 96 94 94
MTL ATL 32/50 17 11 4 38 [107] [102] [103] 100 [102]   [103] 99 [102] 98 97 99 98 97 95 95
PHI MET 31/51 16 9 6 38 [107] 102 103 100 102 101   99 102 98 97 99 98 97 95 95
BOS ATL 33/49 19 14 0 38 [107] [102] [103] [100] [102] [101] [103]   [102] 98 97 99 98 97 95 95
PIT MET 31/51 14 8 9 37 [108] 103 [104] 101 103 102 [104] 100   99 98 100 99 98 96 96
NJD MET 33/49 18 14 1 37 [108] [103] [104] [101] [103] [102] [104] [100] [103]   98 [100] 99 98 96 96
NYR MET 33/49 16 13 4 36 [109] [104] [105] [102] [104] [103] [105] [101] [104] [100]   [101] [100] 99 97 97
FLA ATL 31/51 16 13 2 34 [111] [106] [107] [104] [106] [105] [107] 103 [106] 102 101   102 101 99 99
TOR ATL 31/51 14 12 5 33 [112] [107] [108] [105] [107] [106] [108] [104] [107] 103 102 [104]   102 100 100
OTT ATL 31/51 14 13 4 32 [113] [108] [109] [106] [108] [107] [109] [105] [108] [104] 103 [105] [104]   101 101
BUF ATL 32/50 14 14 4 32 [113] [108] [109] [106] [108] [107] [109] [105] [108] [104] [103] [105] [104] [103]   101
CBJ MET 32/50 13 13 6 32 [113] [108] [109] [106] [108] [107] [109] [105] [108] [104] [103] [105] [104] [103] 101  

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL CEN 32/50 23 2 7 53   93 89 91 87 87 82 81 79 80 81 77 82 76 78 75
DAL CEN 33/49 21 7 5 47 [107]   95 97 93 93 88 87 85 86 87 83 88 82 84 81
MIN CEN 33/49 19 9 5 43 [111] [103]   [101] 97 97 92 91 89 90 91 87 92 86 88 85
LAS PAC 31/51 16 6 9 41 [113] [105] 101   99 99 94 93 91 92 93 89 94 88 90 87
ANA PAC 32/50 19 12 1 39 [115] [107] [103] [105]   101 96 95 93 94 95 91 96 90 92 89
LAK PAC 31/51 14 8 9 37 [117] [109] [105] [107] 103   98 97 95 96 97 93 98 92 94 91
EDM PAC 33/49 15 12 6 36 [118] [110] [106] [108] [104] [104]   98 96 97 98 94 99 93 95 92
SJS PAC 33/49 16 14 3 35 [119] [111] [107] [109] [105] [105] [100]   97 98 99 95 [100] 94 96 93
UTH CEN 34/48 16 15 3 35 [119] [111] [107] [109] [105] [105] [100] [99]   [98] [99] 95 [100] 94 96 93
CHI CEN 32/50 13 13 6 32 [122] [114] [110] [112] [108] [108] [103] [102] 100   [102] 98 [103] 97 99 96
WPG CEN 31/51 15 15 1 31 [123] [115] [111] [113] [109] [109] [104] 103 101 102   99 [104] 98 100 97
STL CEN 33/49 12 14 7 31 [123] [115] [111] [113] [109] [109] [104] [103] [101] [102] [103]   [104] 98 [100] 97
SEA PAC 30/52 12 12 6 30 [124] [116] [112] [114] [110] [110] 105 104 102 103 104 100   99 101 98
CGY PAC 33/49 13 16 4 30 [124] [116] [112] [114] [110] [110] [105] [104] [102] [103] [104] [100] [105]   [101] 98
NSH CEN 31/51 12 15 4 28 [126] [118] [114] [116] [112] [112] [107] [106] [104] [105] [106] 102 [107] 101   100
VAN PAC 32/50 12 17 3 27 [127] [119] [115] [117] [113] [113] [108] [107] [105] [106] [107] [103] [108] [102] [104]  

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 15, 2025 11:00am GMT