NHL Wild Card Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
TBL ATL 51/31 33 14 4 70   56 60 56 56 52 54 52 50 50 46 44 45 48 46 39
DET ATL 54/28 32 17 5 69 [64]   [61] 57 57 53 55 53 51 51 47 45 46 49 47 40
CAR MET 52/30 32 15 5 69 [64] 57   57 57 53 55 53 51 51 47 45 46 49 47 40
BUF ATL 52/30 30 17 5 65 [68] 61 [65]   61 57 59 57 55 55 51 49 50 53 51 44
PIT MET 51/31 26 14 11 63 [70] 63 [67] 63   59 61 59 57 57 53 51 52 55 53 46
NYI MET 52/30 28 19 5 61 [72] [65] [69] [65] [65]   [63] 61 59 59 55 53 54 57 55 48
MTL ATL 53/29 29 17 7 65 [68] [61] [65] [61] [61] 57   57 55 55 51 49 50 53 51 44
BOS ATL 54/28 31 20 3 65 [68] [61] [65] [61] [61] 57 [59]   55 55 51 49 50 53 51 44
FLA ATL 52/30 28 21 3 59 [74] [67] [71] [67] [67] [63] [65] [63]   61 57 55 56 59 57 50
PHI MET 51/31 24 18 9 57 [76] [69] [73] [69] [69] [65] [67] [65] 63   59 57 58 61 59 52
TOR ATL 53/29 24 20 9 57 [76] [69] [73] [69] [69] [65] [67] [65] [63] [63]   57 58 [61] 59 52
WAS MET 54/28 25 22 7 57 [76] [69] [73] [69] [69] [65] [67] [65] [63] [63] [59]   [58] [61] [59] 52
NJD MET 53/29 27 24 2 56 [77] [70] [74] [70] [70] [66] [68] [66] [64] [64] [60] 58   [62] [60] 53
CBJ MET 51/31 24 20 7 55 [78] [71] [75] [71] [71] [67] [69] [67] [65] [65] 61 59 60   61 54
OTT ATL 52/30 24 21 7 55 [78] [71] [75] [71] [71] [67] [69] [67] [65] [65] 61 59 60 [63]   54
NYR MET 53/29 22 25 6 50 [83] [76] [80] [76] [76] [72] [74] [72] [70] [70] [66] [64] [65] [68] [66]  

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL CEN 50/32 35 6 9 79   48 49 45 40 39 40 41 41 39 35 31 31 30 27 19
MIN CEN 54/28 30 14 10 70 [74]   [58] 54 49 48 49 50 50 48 44 40 40 39 36 28
DAL CEN 53/29 30 14 9 69 [75] 58   55 50 49 50 51 51 49 45 41 41 40 37 29
LAS PAC 52/30 25 14 13 63 [81] [64] [65]   56 55 56 57 57 55 51 47 47 46 43 35
EDM PAC 54/28 27 19 8 62 [82] [65] [66] [62]   56 57 [58] [58] 56 52 48 48 47 44 36
ANA PAC 53/29 28 22 3 59 [85] [68] [69] [65] [60]   [60] [61] [61] 59 55 51 51 50 47 39
UTH CEN 53/29 28 21 4 60 [84] [67] [68] [64] 59 58   [60] [60] 58 54 50 50 49 46 38
SJS PAC 51/31 27 21 3 57 [87] [70] [71] [67] 62 61 62   63 61 57 53 53 52 49 41
LAK PAC 51/31 22 16 13 57 [87] [70] [71] [67] 62 61 62 63   61 57 53 53 52 49 41
SEA PAC 52/30 24 19 9 57 [87] [70] [71] [67] [62] 61 [62] [63] [63]   57 53 53 52 49 41
NSH CEN 52/30 24 23 5 53 [91] [74] [75] [71] [66] [65] [66] [67] [67] [65]   57 57 56 53 45
CHI CEN 53/29 21 23 9 51 [93] [76] [77] [73] [68] [67] [68] [69] [69] [67] [63]   59 58 55 47
WPG CEN 52/30 21 24 7 49 [95] [78] [79] [75] [70] [69] [70] [71] [71] [69] [65] 61   60 57 49
CGY PAC 52/30 21 25 6 48 [96] [79] [80] [76] [71] [70] [71] [72] [72] [70] [66] [62] [62]   58 50
STL CEN 53/29 19 25 9 47 [97] [80] [81] [77] [72] [71] [72] [73] [73] [71] [67] [63] [63] [62]   51
VAN PAC 53/29 17 31 5 39 [105] [88] [89] [85] [80] [79] [80] [81] [81] [79] [75] [71] [71] [70] [67]  

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 28, 2026 2:00pm GMT