NHL Wild Card Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
CAR MET 56/26 35 15 6 76   [57] 47 47 47 42 47 45 42 38 36 38 39 38 35 27
TBL ATL 54/28 36 14 4 76 53   47 47 47 42 47 45 42 38 36 38 39 38 35 27
DET ATL 57/25 33 18 6 72 [57] [61]   51 51 46 51 49 46 42 40 42 43 42 39 31
BUF ATL 56/26 32 18 6 70 [59] [63] 53   53 48 53 51 48 44 42 44 45 44 41 33
PIT MET 55/27 28 15 12 68 [61] [65] 55 55   50 55 53 50 46 44 46 47 46 43 35
NYI MET 57/25 31 21 5 67 [62] [66] [56] [56] [56]   [56] [54] 51 47 45 47 48 47 44 36
MTL ATL 56/26 31 17 8 70 [59] [63] 53 53 53 48   51 48 44 42 44 45 44 41 33
BOS ATL 56/26 32 20 4 68 [61] [65] [55] [55] [55] 50 [55]   50 46 44 46 47 46 43 35
CBJ MET 55/27 28 20 7 63 [66] [70] [60] [60] [60] 55 [60] [58]   51 49 51 52 51 48 40
TOR ATL 57/25 27 21 9 63 [66] [70] [60] [60] [60] [55] [60] [58] [55]   49 51 [52] 51 48 40
WAS MET 58/24 28 23 7 63 [66] [70] [60] [60] [60] [55] [60] [58] [55] [51]   [51] [52] [51] 48 40
OTT ATL 56/26 27 22 7 61 [68] [72] [62] [62] [62] [57] [62] [60] [57] 53 51   [54] 53 50 42
PHI MET 55/27 25 20 10 60 [69] [73] [63] [63] [63] [58] [63] [61] [58] 54 52 54   54 51 43
FLA ATL 55/27 28 24 3 59 [70] [74] [64] [64] [64] [59] [64] [62] [59] 55 53 55 [56]   52 44
NJD MET 56/26 28 26 2 58 [71] [75] [65] [65] [65] [60] [65] [63] [60] [56] [54] [56] [57] [56]   45
NYR MET 56/26 22 28 6 50 [79] [83] [73] [73] [73] [68] [73] [71] [68] [64] [62] [64] [65] [64] [61]  

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL CEN 54/28 36 9 9 81   46 47 38 34 35 34 35 36 34 32 25 26 24 21 14
MIN CEN 57/25 33 14 10 76 [62]   [52] 43 39 40 39 40 41 39 37 30 31 29 26 19
DAL CEN 56/26 33 14 9 75 [63] 52   44 40 41 40 41 42 40 38 31 32 30 27 20
LAS PAC 55/27 25 16 14 64 [74] [63] [64]   51 52 51 52 53 51 49 42 43 41 38 31
EDM PAC 57/25 28 21 8 64 [74] [63] [64] [55]   [52] 51 [52] [53] 51 49 42 43 41 38 31
ANA PAC 56/26 30 23 3 63 [75] [64] [65] [56] 52   52 53 [54] 52 50 43 44 42 39 32
UTH CEN 56/26 29 23 4 62 [76] [65] [66] [57] 53 [54]   [54] [55] 53 51 44 45 43 40 33
SEA PAC 55/27 26 20 9 61 [77] [66] [67] [58] 54 55 54   [56] 54 52 45 46 44 41 34
LAK PAC 54/28 23 17 14 60 [78] [67] [68] [59] 55 56 55 56   55 53 46 47 45 42 35
SJS PAC 54/28 27 23 4 58 [80] [69] [70] [61] 57 [58] 57 [58] [59]   55 48 49 47 44 37
NSH CEN 55/27 26 23 6 58 [80] [69] [70] [61] [57] [58] [57] [58] [59] [57]   48 49 47 44 37
CHI CEN 56/26 22 25 9 53 [85] [74] [75] [66] [62] [63] [62] [63] [64] [62] [60]   [54] 52 49 42
WPG CEN 55/27 22 25 8 52 [86] [75] [76] [67] [63] [64] [63] [64] [65] [63] [61] 54   53 50 43
CGY PAC 55/27 22 27 6 50 [88] [77] [78] [69] [65] [66] [65] [66] [67] [65] [63] [56] [57]   52 45
STL CEN 56/26 20 27 9 49 [89] [78] [79] [70] [66] [67] [66] [67] [68] [66] [64] [57] [58] [56]   46
VAN PAC 56/26 18 32 6 42 [96] [85] [86] [77] [73] [74] [73] [74] [75] [73] [71] [64] [65] [63] [60]  

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 4, 2026 3:00pm GMT