NHL Division Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Atlantic

Atlantic GP/R W L OTL PTS
TBL 57/25 38 15 4 80   41 41 42 40 33 30 30
BUF 59/23 34 19 6 74 [57]   47 [48] 46 39 36 36
DET 59/23 34 19 6 74 [57] 47   [48] 46 39 36 36
MTL 58/24 32 17 9 73 [58] 48 48   47 40 37 37
BOS 58/24 33 20 5 71 [60] [50] [50] [51]   42 39 39
OTT 58/24 28 22 8 64 [67] [57] [57] [58] [56]   46 46
FLA 59/23 30 26 3 63 [68] [58] [58] [59] [57] [50]   47
TOR 59/23 27 23 9 63 [68] [58] [58] [59] [57] [50] 47  

Metropolitan

Metropolitan GP/R W L OTL PTS
CAR 58/24 37 15 6 80   42 38 32 36 32 25 20
PIT 58/24 30 15 13 73 [56]   45 39 43 39 32 27
NYI 59/23 33 21 5 71 [58] [51]   41 45 41 34 29
WAS 61/21 31 23 7 69 [60] [53] [49]   [47] 43 36 31
CBJ 57/25 29 21 7 65 [64] [57] [53] 47   47 40 35
PHI 58/24 26 21 11 63 [66] [59] [55] 49 [53]   42 37
NJD 59/23 28 29 2 58 [71] [64] [60] [54] [58] [54]   42
NYR 59/23 23 29 7 53 [76] [69] [65] [59] [63] [59] [52]  

Central

Central GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL 57/25 38 10 9 85   40 43 28 25 19 17 15
MIN 60/22 35 15 10 80 [56]   [48] 33 30 24 22 20
DAL 58/24 35 14 9 79 [57] 46   34 31 25 23 21
UTH 59/23 31 24 4 66 [70] [59] [62]   44 38 36 34
NSH 58/24 27 24 7 61 [75] [64] [67] [52]   43 41 39
WPG 58/24 23 26 9 55 [81] [70] [73] [58] [55]   47 45
CHI 58/24 22 27 9 53 [83] [72] [75] [60] [57] [51]   47
STL 58/24 21 28 9 51 [85] [74] [77] [62] [59] [53] [51]  

Pacific

Pacific GP/R W L OTL PTS
LAS 59/23 28 17 14 70   46 41 42 39 41 35 22
ANA 58/24 32 23 3 67 [50]   44 45 42 44 38 25
EDM 60/22 29 23 8 66 [51] [50]   [46] 43 45 39 26
SEA 58/24 27 22 9 63 [54] [53] 48   46 48 42 29
LAK 58/24 23 21 14 60 [57] [56] [51] [52]   [51] 45 32
SJS 56/26 27 25 4 58 [59] [58] 53 [54] 51   47 34
CGY 57/25 24 27 6 54 [63] [62] [57] [58] [55] [57]   38
VAN 58/24 18 33 7 43 [74] [73] [68] [69] [66] [68] [62]  

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 28, 2026 10:00pm GMT