NHL Wild Card Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
TBL ATL 45/37 29 13 3 61   68 70 69 67 64 64 65 68 68 66 65 60 61 59 56
DET ATL 48/34 28 16 4 60 [76]   [71] [70] 68 65 65 66 69 69 67 66 61 62 60 57
CAR MET 47/35 28 15 4 60 [76] 69   70 68 65 65 66 69 69 67 66 61 62 60 57
MTL ATL 47/35 26 14 7 59 [77] 70 [72]   69 66 66 67 70 70 68 67 62 63 61 58
NYI MET 46/36 25 16 5 55 [81] [74] [76] [75]   70 70 71 [74] [74] 72 71 66 67 65 62
WAS MET 47/35 24 17 6 54 [82] [75] [77] [76] [74]   71 [72] [75] [75] [73] [72] 67 68 66 63
BOS ATL 47/35 26 19 2 54 [82] [75] [77] [76] [74] 71   [72] [75] [75] [73] [72] 67 68 66 63
TOR ATL 46/36 23 16 7 53 [83] [76] [78] [77] [75] 72 72   [76] [76] [74] 73 68 69 67 64
BUF ATL 44/38 24 16 4 52 [84] 77 [79] [78] 76 73 73 74   77 75 74 69 70 68 65
PHI MET 44/38 22 14 8 52 [84] 77 [79] [78] 76 73 73 74 77   75 74 69 70 68 65
PIT MET 45/37 21 14 10 52 [84] [77] [79] [78] [76] 73 73 74 [77] [77]   74 69 70 68 65
FLA ATL 45/37 24 18 3 51 [85] [78] [80] [79] [77] 74 74 75 [78] [78] [76]   70 71 69 66
NJD MET 46/36 23 21 2 48 [88] [81] [83] [82] [80] [77] [77] [78] [81] [81] [79] [78]   [74] 72 69
OTT ATL 45/37 21 19 5 47 [89] [82] [84] [83] [81] [78] [78] [79] [82] [82] [80] [79] 74   73 70
CBJ MET 46/36 20 19 7 47 [89] [82] [84] [83] [81] [78] [78] [79] [82] [82] [80] [79] [74] [75]   70
NYR MET 47/35 20 21 6 46 [90] [83] [85] [84] [82] [79] [79] [80] [83] [83] [81] [80] [75] [76] [74]  

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL CEN 45/37 33 4 8 74   60 58 57 51 53 47 50 49 47 46 44 41 41 42 36
DAL CEN 47/35 27 11 9 63 [86]   69 68 62 64 58 61 60 58 57 55 52 52 53 47
MIN CEN 47/35 26 12 9 61 [88] [73]   70 64 66 60 63 62 60 59 57 54 54 55 49
LAS PAC 44/38 21 11 12 54 [95] [80] [78]   71 73 67 70 69 67 66 64 61 61 62 56
EDM PAC 47/35 23 16 8 54 [95] [80] [78] [77]   [73] 67 70 69 67 66 64 61 61 62 56
SEA PAC 44/38 21 15 8 50 [99] [84] [82] [81] 75   71 74 73 71 70 68 65 65 66 60
UTH CEN 47/35 23 20 4 50 [99] [84] [82] [81] [75] [77]   [74] [73] 71 70 68 65 65 66 60
SJS PAC 45/37 23 19 3 49 [100] [85] [83] [82] [76] [78] 72   74 72 71 69 66 66 67 61
LAK PAC 45/37 19 16 10 48 [101] [86] [84] [83] [77] [79] 73 [76]   73 72 70 67 67 68 62
NSH CEN 46/36 22 20 4 48 [101] [86] [84] [83] [77] [79] 73 [76] [75]   72 70 67 67 68 62
ANA PAC 46/36 22 21 3 47 [102] [87] [85] [84] [78] [80] [74] [77] [76] [74]   71 68 68 69 63
CHI CEN 46/36 19 20 7 45 [104] [89] [87] [86] [80] [82] [76] [79] [78] [76] [75]   70 70 71 65
STL CEN 47/35 18 21 8 44 [105] [90] [88] [87] [81] [83] [77] [80] [79] [77] [76] [74]   71 [72] 66
CGY PAC 46/36 19 23 4 42 [107] [92] [90] [89] [83] [85] [79] [82] [81] [79] [78] [76] 73   [74] 68
WPG CEN 45/37 18 22 5 41 [108] [93] [91] [90] [84] [86] [80] [83] [82] [80] [79] [77] 74 74   69
VAN PAC 46/36 16 25 5 37 [112] [97] [95] [94] [88] [90] [84] [87] [86] [84] [83] [81] [78] [78] [79]  

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 14, 2026 12:00pm GMT