NHL Wild Card Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
CAR MET 57/25 36 15 6 78   [55] 43 45 45 40 43 42 40 34 36 36 36 34 31 23
TBL ATL 55/27 37 14 4 78 51   43 45 45 40 43 42 40 34 36 36 36 34 31 23
DET ATL 58/24 33 19 6 72 [57] [61]   [51] [51] 46 49 48 46 40 42 42 42 40 37 29
MTL ATL 57/25 32 17 8 72 [57] [61] 49   51 46 49 48 46 40 42 42 42 40 37 29
PIT MET 56/26 29 15 12 70 [59] [63] 51 53   48 51 50 48 42 44 44 44 42 39 31
NYI MET 58/24 32 21 5 69 [60] [64] [52] [54] [54]   [52] [51] 49 43 45 45 45 43 40 32
BUF ATL 57/25 32 19 6 70 [59] [63] 51 [53] [53] 48   50 48 42 44 44 44 42 39 31
BOS ATL 57/25 32 20 5 69 [60] [64] [52] [54] [54] 49 [52]   49 43 45 45 45 43 40 32
CBJ MET 56/26 29 20 7 65 [64] [68] [56] [58] [58] 53 [56] [55]   47 49 49 49 47 44 36
WAS MET 59/23 29 23 7 65 [64] [68] [56] [58] [58] [53] [56] [55] [53]   [49] [49] [49] 47 44 36
OTT ATL 57/25 28 22 7 63 [66] [70] [58] [60] [60] [55] [58] [57] [55] 49   51 51 49 46 38
TOR ATL 57/25 27 21 9 63 [66] [70] [58] [60] [60] [55] [58] [57] [55] 49 51   51 49 46 38
PHI MET 56/26 25 20 11 61 [68] [72] [60] [62] [62] [57] [60] [59] [57] 51 53 53   51 48 40
FLA ATL 57/25 29 25 3 61 [68] [72] [60] [62] [62] [57] [60] [59] [57] 51 [53] [53] [53]   48 40
NJD MET 57/25 28 27 2 58 [71] [75] [63] [65] [65] [60] [63] [62] [60] [54] [56] [56] [56] [54]   43
NYR MET 57/25 22 29 6 50 [79] [83] [71] [73] [73] [68] [71] [70] [68] [62] [64] [64] [64] [62] [59]  

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL CEN 55/27 37 9 9 83   44 45 36 30 33 32 33 30 27 30 21 22 22 17 10
MIN CEN 58/24 34 14 10 78 [60]   [50] 41 35 38 37 38 35 32 35 26 27 27 22 15
DAL CEN 57/25 34 14 9 77 [61] 50   42 36 39 38 39 36 33 36 27 28 28 23 16
LAS PAC 57/25 27 16 14 68 [70] [59] [60]   45 48 47 48 45 42 45 36 37 37 32 25
EDM PAC 58/24 28 22 8 64 [74] [63] [64] [55]   [52] [51] [52] 49 46 49 40 41 41 36 29
SEA PAC 56/26 27 20 9 63 [75] [64] [65] [56] 50   52 53 50 47 50 41 42 42 37 30
UTH CEN 57/25 30 23 4 64 [74] [63] [64] [55] 49 [52]   [52] 49 46 49 40 41 41 36 29
ANA PAC 56/26 30 23 3 63 [75] [64] [65] [56] 50 53 52   50 47 50 41 42 42 37 30
LAK PAC 56/26 23 19 14 60 [78] [67] [68] [59] 53 [56] [55] [56]   50 53 44 45 45 40 33
NSH CEN 57/25 26 24 7 59 [79] [68] [69] [60] [54] [57] [56] [57] [54]   [54] 45 46 46 41 34
SJS PAC 55/27 27 24 4 58 [80] [69] [70] [61] 55 [58] [57] [58] 55 52   46 47 47 42 35
CHI CEN 57/25 22 26 9 53 [85] [74] [75] [66] [60] [63] [62] [63] [60] [57] [60]   [52] [52] 47 40
WPG CEN 56/26 22 26 8 52 [86] [75] [76] [67] [61] [64] [63] [64] [61] [58] [61] 52   53 48 41
CGY PAC 56/26 23 27 6 52 [86] [75] [76] [67] [61] [64] [63] [64] [61] [58] [61] 52 53   48 41
STL CEN 57/25 20 28 9 49 [89] [78] [79] [70] [64] [67] [66] [67] [64] [61] [64] [55] [56] [56]   44
VAN PAC 57/25 18 33 6 42 [96] [85] [86] [77] [71] [74] [73] [74] [71] [68] [71] [62] [63] [63] [58]  

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 5:00pm GMT