NHL Wild Card Standings

2022-23 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
BOS ATL 74/8 57 12 5 119   3
CAR MET 73/9 47 17 9 103 [33]   14 12 13 4
NJD MET 74/8 46 20 8 100 [22]   15 16 7
NYR MET 74/8 44 20 10 98 [24] [19]   [18] 9 2
TOR ATL 73/9 44 20 9 97 [25] [20] 18   10 3 2
TBL ATL 75/7 43 26 6 92 [30] [25] [23] [24]   8 7 4 4 2
NYI MET 75/7 38 28 9 85 [30] [31] [22]   14 11 11 9 8 7 4
PIT MET 74/8 36 28 10 82 [33] [34] [25] [18]   14 14 12 11 10 7
FLA ATL 74/8 36 31 7 79 [28] [21] [20]   17 15 14 13 10 2
BUF ATL 73/9 35 31 7 77 [30] [23] [22] 19   17 16 15 12 4
OTT ATL 74/8 36 33 5 77 [30] [23] [22] [19] [19]   16 15 12 4
WAS MET 74/8 34 32 8 76 [31] [24] [23] [20] [20] [18]   16 13 5
DET ATL 73/9 32 32 9 73 [27] [26] [23] [23] [21] [20]   16 8
PHI MET 73/9 29 32 12 70 [30] [29] [26] [26] [24] [23] [22]   11 2
MTL ATL 75/7 30 39 6 66 [30] [30] [28] [27] [26] [23]   6
CBJ MET 73/9 23 43 7 53 [36] [28]  

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
LAS PAC 74/8 46 22 6 98   15 14 12 15 13 9 4 3
LAK PAC 74/8 43 21 10 96 [19]   16 14 17 15 11 6 2 5
MIN CEN 74/8 43 22 9 95 [20] [18]   15 [18] 16 12 7 3 6
EDM PAC 75/7 43 23 9 95 [20] [18] [17]   [18] [16] 12 7 3 6
COL CEN 73/9 44 23 6 94 [21] 19 18 16   17 13 8 4 7
DAL CEN 74/8 40 20 14 94 [21] [19] [18] 16 [19]   13 8 4 7
SEA PAC 73/9 40 25 8 88 [27] [25] [24] [22] [25] [23]   14 10 13 3 3
WPG CEN 74/8 41 30 3 85 [30] [28] [27] [25] [28] [26] [22]   13 16 6 6
CGY PAC 75/7 34 26 15 83 [30] [29] [27] [30] [28] [24] [19]   [18] 8 8
NSH CEN 73/9 37 28 8 82 [33] [31] [30] [28] [31] [29] [25] [20] 16   9 9
STL CEN 74/8 34 34 6 74 [33] [28] [24] [27]   17 8
VAN PAC 74/8 34 34 6 74 [33] [28] [24] [27] 17   8
ARI CEN 75/7 27 35 13 67 [24] [24]   6 4 5
ANA PAC 74/8 23 41 10 56 [26]   15 16
CHI CEN 74/8 24 44 6 54 [28] [19]   [18]
SJS PAC 73/9 19 39 15 53 [29] [20] 18  

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 29, 2023 5:00am GMT