NHL Wild Card Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
CAR MET 61/21 39 16 6 84   37 41 34 30 34 36 32 31 28 24 26 20 21 20 15
BUF ATL 62/20 37 19 6 80 [47]   [45] 38 34 38 40 36 35 32 28 30 24 25 24 19
TBL ATL 60/22 38 18 4 80 [47] 41   38 34 38 40 36 35 32 28 30 24 25 24 19
DET ATL 62/20 35 20 7 77 [50] [44] [48]   37 41 [43] 39 38 35 31 33 27 28 27 22
NYI MET 63/19 35 23 5 75 [52] [46] [50] [43]   [43] [45] [41] [40] 37 33 35 29 30 29 24
PIT MET 61/21 31 17 13 75 [52] [46] [50] 43 39   [45] 41 40 37 33 35 29 30 29 24
MTL ATL 60/22 33 18 9 75 [52] [46] [50] 43 39 43   41 40 37 33 35 29 30 29 24
BOS ATL 61/21 34 22 5 73 [54] [48] [52] [45] 41 [45] [47]   42 39 35 37 31 32 31 26
CBJ MET 61/21 32 21 8 72 [55] [49] [53] [46] 42 [46] [48] [44]   40 36 38 32 33 32 27
OTT ATL 61/21 30 22 9 69 [58] [52] [56] [49] [45] [49] [51] [47] [46]   39 41 35 36 35 30
WAS MET 63/19 31 25 7 69 [58] [52] [56] [49] [45] [49] [51] [47] [46] [43]   [41] 35 36 35 30
PHI MET 61/21 28 22 11 67 [60] [54] [58] [51] [47] [51] [53] [49] [48] [45] 41   37 38 37 32
TOR ATL 63/19 27 25 11 65 [62] [56] [60] [53] [49] [53] [55] [51] [50] [47] [43] [45]   [40] 39 34
NJD MET 62/20 31 29 2 64 [63] [57] [61] [54] [50] [54] [56] [52] [51] [48] [44] [46] 40   40 35
FLA ATL 62/20 30 29 3 63 [64] [58] [62] [55] [51] [55] [57] [53] [52] [49] [45] [47] 41 [42]   36
NYR MET 61/21 24 29 8 56 [71] [65] [69] [62] [58] [62] [64] [60] [59] [56] [52] [54] [48] [49] [48]  

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL CEN 60/22 41 10 9 91   37 32 22 23 18 20 19 20 16 14 12 8 7 7 ←
DAL CEN 61/21 38 14 9 85 [51]   38 28 29 24 26 25 26 22 20 18 14 13 13 —
MIN CEN 62/20 36 16 10 82 [54] [46]   31 32 27 29 28 29 25 23 21 17 16 16 4
LAS PAC 62/20 29 19 14 72 [64] [56] [51]   [42] 37 39 38 39 35 33 31 27 26 26 14
ANA PAC 61/21 34 24 3 71 [65] [57] [52] 42   38 40 39 40 36 34 32 28 27 27 15
EDM PAC 62/20 30 24 8 68 [68] [60] [55] [45] [46]   [43] [42] [43] 39 37 35 31 30 30 18
UTH CEN 62/20 33 25 4 70 [66] [58] [53] [43] [44] 39   40 41 37 35 33 29 28 28 16
SEA PAC 61/21 29 23 9 67 [69] [61] [56] [46] [47] 42 [44]   [44] 40 38 36 32 31 31 19
SJS PAC 59/23 30 25 4 64 [72] [64] [59] [49] [50] 45 47 46   43 41 39 35 34 34 22
LAK PAC 61/21 25 22 14 64 [72] [64] [59] [49] [50] [45] [47] [46] [47]   41 39 35 34 34 22
NSH CEN 62/20 28 26 8 64 [72] [64] [59] [49] [50] [45] [47] [46] [47] [43]   39 35 34 34 22
WPG CEN 61/21 25 26 10 60 [76] [68] [63] [53] [54] [49] [51] [50] [51] [47] [45]   39 38 38 26
CHI CEN 61/21 23 28 10 56 [80] [72] [67] [57] [58] [53] [55] [54] [55] [51] [49] [47]   42 42 30
STL CEN 61/21 23 29 9 55 [81] [73] [68] [58] [59] [54] [56] [55] [56] [52] [50] [48] [44]   43 31
CGY PAC 61/21 24 30 7 55 [81] [73] [68] [58] [59] [54] [56] [55] [56] [52] [50] [48] [44] 43   31
VAN PAC 61/21 18 36 7 43 • [85] [80] [70] [71] [66] [68] [67] [68] [64] [62] [60] [56] [55] [55]  

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: March 6, 2026 10:00am GMT