NHL Wild Card Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
TBL ATL 49/33 32 13 4 68   60 62 58 58 56 58 55 52 54 54 51 49 50 50 43
DET ATL 52/30 31 16 5 67 [68]   [63] 59 59 57 59 56 53 55 55 52 50 51 51 44
CAR MET 51/31 31 15 5 67 [68] 61   59 59 57 59 56 53 55 55 52 50 51 51 44
MTL ATL 51/31 28 16 7 63 [72] [65] [67]   63 61 63 60 57 59 59 56 54 55 55 48
PIT MET 50/32 25 14 11 61 [74] [67] [69] 65   63 65 62 59 61 61 58 56 57 57 50
NYI MET 50/32 27 18 5 59 [76] [69] [71] [67] [67]   [67] 64 61 63 63 60 58 59 59 52
BUF ATL 50/32 28 17 5 61 [74] [67] [69] 65 65 63   62 59 61 61 58 56 57 57 50
BOS ATL 51/31 29 20 2 60 [75] [68] [70] [66] [66] [64] [66]   60 62 62 59 57 58 58 51
TOR ATL 51/31 24 18 9 57 [78] [71] [73] [69] [69] [67] [69] [66]   [65] [65] 62 60 61 61 54
FLA ATL 49/33 26 20 3 55 [80] [73] [75] [71] [71] [69] [71] [68] 65   67 64 62 63 63 56
PHI MET 49/33 23 17 9 55 [80] [73] [75] [71] [71] [69] [71] [68] 65 67   64 62 63 63 56
NJD MET 50/32 26 22 2 54 [81] [74] [76] [72] [72] [70] [72] [69] [66] [68] [68]   63 64 64 57
WAS MET 51/31 24 21 6 54 [81] [74] [76] [72] [72] [70] [72] [69] [66] [68] [68] [65]   [64] [64] 57
OTT ATL 50/32 23 20 7 53 [82] [75] [77] [73] [73] [71] [73] [70] [67] [69] [69] [66] 64   65 58
CBJ MET 50/32 23 20 7 53 [82] [75] [77] [73] [73] [71] [73] [70] [67] [69] [69] [66] 64 65   58
NYR MET 51/31 21 24 6 48 [87] [80] [82] [78] [78] [76] [78] [75] [72] [74] [74] [71] [69] [70] [70]  

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL CEN 48/34 34 5 9 77   51 51 50 42 43 44 43 43 43 40 36 35 35 32 27
MIN CEN 52/30 29 14 9 67 [79]   61 60 52 53 54 53 53 53 50 46 45 45 42 37
DAL CEN 52/30 29 14 9 67 [79] 61   60 52 53 54 53 53 53 50 46 45 45 42 37
LAS PAC 50/32 25 13 12 62 [84] [66] [66]   57 58 59 58 58 58 55 51 50 50 47 42
EDM PAC 52/30 25 19 8 58 [88] [70] [70] [69]   [62] [63] [62] [62] [62] 59 55 54 54 51 46
ANA PAC 50/32 26 21 3 55 [91] [73] [73] [72] 64   [66] 65 65 65 62 58 57 57 54 49
UTH CEN 50/32 26 20 4 56 [90] [72] [72] [71] 63 64   64 64 64 61 57 56 56 53 48
SEA PAC 49/33 22 18 9 53 [93] [75] [75] [74] 66 67 [68]   67 67 64 60 59 59 56 51
SJS PAC 49/33 25 21 3 53 [93] [75] [75] [74] 66 67 [68] 67   67 64 60 59 59 56 51
LAK PAC 49/33 20 16 13 53 [93] [75] [75] [74] 66 67 [68] 67 67   64 60 59 59 56 51
NSH CEN 50/32 24 22 4 52 [94] [76] [76] [75] [67] [68] [69] [68] [68] [68]   61 60 60 57 52
CHI CEN 51/31 21 22 8 50 [96] [78] [78] [77] [69] [70] [71] [70] [70] [70] [67]   62 62 59 54
WPG CEN 50/32 20 23 7 47 [99] [81] [81] [80] [72] [73] [74] [73] [73] [73] [70] [66]   65 62 57
CGY PAC 50/32 21 24 5 47 [99] [81] [81] [80] [72] [73] [74] [73] [73] [73] [70] [66] 65   62 57
STL CEN 51/31 19 24 8 46 [100] [82] [82] [81] [73] [74] [75] [74] [74] [74] [71] [67] [66] [66]   58
VAN PAC 50/32 17 28 5 39 [107] [89] [89] [88] [80] [81] [82] [81] [81] [81] [78] [74] [73] [73] [70]  

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 24, 2026 4:00am GMT