NHL Division Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Atlantic

Atlantic GP/R W L OTL PTS
BUF 64/18 39 19 6 84   [39] 32 35 31 28 20 18
TBL 62/20 39 19 4 82 39   34 37 33 30 22 20
DET 64/18 36 21 7 79 [42] [44]   [40] 36 33 25 23
MTL 62/20 34 18 10 78 [43] [45] 38   37 34 26 24
BOS 63/19 35 22 6 76 [45] [47] [40] [43]   36 28 26
OTT 62/20 31 22 9 71 [50] [52] [45] [48] [44]   33 31
FLA 63/19 31 29 3 65 [56] [58] [51] [54] [50] [47]   37
TOR 64/18 27 26 11 65 [56] [58] [51] [54] [50] [47] [39]  

Metropolitan

Metropolitan GP/R W L OTL PTS
CAR 63/19 40 17 6 86   31 28 28 24 20 17 11
PIT 63/19 32 17 14 78 [47]   36 36 32 28 25 19
NYI 64/18 36 23 5 77 [48] [40]   37 33 29 26 20
CBJ 62/20 32 21 9 73 [52] [44] 41   37 33 30 24
PHI 62/20 29 22 11 69 [56] [48] [45] [45]   37 34 28
WAS 64/18 31 26 7 69 [56] [48] [45] [45] [41]   34 28
NJD 64/18 32 30 2 66 [59] [51] [48] [48] [44] [40]   31
NYR 62/20 24 30 8 56 [69] [61] [58] [58] [54] [50] [47]  

Central

Central GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL 62/20 43 10 9 95   32 27 16 8 8 3 —
DAL 63/19 39 14 10 88 [48]   34 23 15 15 10 8
MIN 64/18 37 16 11 85 [51] [42]   26 18 18 13 11
UTH 63/19 34 25 4 72 [64] [55] [50]   31 31 26 24
NSH 63/19 28 27 8 64 [72] [63] [58] [47]   39 34 32
WPG 62/20 26 26 10 62 [74] [65] [60] [49] 41   36 34
STL 63/19 25 29 9 59 [77] [68] [63] [52] [44] [44]   37
CHI 63/19 23 29 11 57 [79] [70] [65] [54] [46] [46] [41]  

Pacific

Pacific GP/R W L OTL PTS
ANA 63/19 35 25 3 73   36 34 35 36 32 25 12
LAS 64/18 29 21 14 72 [40]   35 36 37 33 26 13
EDM 64/18 31 25 8 70 [42] [39]   [38] [39] 35 28 15
SEA 62/20 29 24 9 67 [45] [42] 40   [42] 38 31 18
SJS 61/21 30 25 6 66 [46] 43 41 42   39 32 19
LAK 62/20 25 23 14 64 [48] [45] [43] [44] [45]   34 21
CGY 62/20 25 30 7 57 [55] [52] [50] [51] [52] [48]   28
VAN 63/19 19 36 8 46 [66] [63] [61] [62] [63] [59] [52]  

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 9, 2026 8:00pm GMT