NHL Wild Card Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
DET ATL 50/32 30 16 4 64   [67] [71] 64 62 62 61 64 61 57 60 59 56 56 55 51
CAR MET 49/33 30 15 4 64 65   [71] 64 62 62 61 64 61 57 60 59 56 56 55 51
TBL ATL 47/35 30 13 4 64 65 67   64 62 62 61 64 61 57 60 59 56 56 55 51
MTL ATL 49/33 27 15 7 61 [68] [70] [74]   65 65 64 67 64 60 63 62 59 59 58 54
NYI MET 48/34 26 17 5 57 [72] [74] [78] [71]   69 68 [71] 68 64 67 66 63 63 62 58
PIT MET 47/35 22 14 11 55 [74] [76] [80] [73] 71   70 [73] 70 66 69 68 65 65 64 60
BOS ATL 49/33 28 19 2 58 [71] [73] [77] [70] [68] [68]   [70] 67 63 66 65 62 62 61 57
BUF ATL 47/35 26 16 5 57 [72] [74] [78] 71 69 69 68   68 64 67 66 63 63 62 58
TOR ATL 48/34 24 16 8 56 [73] [75] [79] [72] [70] [70] 69 [72]   65 68 67 64 64 63 59
WAS MET 49/33 24 19 6 54 [75] [77] [81] [74] [72] [72] [71] [74] [71]   [70] [69] 66 66 65 61
FLA ATL 47/35 25 19 3 53 [76] [78] [82] [75] [73] [73] [72] [75] [72] 68   70 67 67 66 62
PHI MET 47/35 22 17 8 52 [77] [79] [83] [76] [74] [74] [73] [76] [73] 69 [72]   68 68 67 63
OTT ATL 48/34 22 19 7 51 [78] [80] [84] [77] [75] [75] [74] [77] [74] [70] [73] [72]   69 68 64
CBJ MET 48/34 22 19 7 51 [78] [80] [84] [77] [75] [75] [74] [77] [74] [70] [73] [72] 69   68 64
NJD MET 48/34 24 22 2 50 [79] [81] [85] [78] [76] [76] [75] [78] [75] [71] [74] [73] [70] [70]   65
NYR MET 49/33 21 22 6 48 [81] [83] [87] [80] [78] [78] [77] [80] [77] [73] [76] [75] [72] [72] [71]  

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL CEN 46/36 33 5 8 74   56 56 57 49 48 47 48 46 46 45 41 39 40 41 32
MIN CEN 49/33 27 13 9 63 [84]   67 [68] 60 59 58 59 57 57 56 52 50 51 52 43
DAL CEN 49/33 27 13 9 63 [84] 67   [68] 60 59 58 59 57 57 56 52 50 51 52 43
LAS PAC 47/35 24 11 12 60 [87] 70 70   63 62 61 62 60 60 59 55 53 54 55 46
EDM PAC 50/32 25 17 8 58 [89] [72] [72] [73]   64 63 64 62 62 61 57 55 56 57 48
SEA PAC 47/35 21 17 9 51 [96] [79] [79] [80] [72]   70 71 69 69 68 64 62 63 64 55
UTH CEN 49/33 25 20 4 54 [93] [76] [76] [77] [69] [68]   [68] 66 66 65 61 59 60 61 52
SJS PAC 47/35 24 20 3 51 [96] [79] [79] [80] [72] 71 70   69 69 68 64 62 63 64 55
ANA PAC 48/34 24 21 3 51 [96] [79] [79] [80] [72] [71] [70] [71]   69 68 64 62 63 64 55
LAK PAC 48/34 19 16 13 51 [96] [79] [79] [80] [72] [71] [70] [71] 69   68 64 62 63 64 55
NSH CEN 48/34 23 21 4 50 [97] [80] [80] [81] [73] [72] [71] [72] [70] [70]   65 63 64 65 56
CGY PAC 48/34 21 23 4 46 [101] [84] [84] [85] [77] [76] [75] [76] [74] [74] [73]   67 68 69 60
STL CEN 49/33 19 22 8 46 [101] [84] [84] [85] [77] [76] [75] [76] [74] [74] [73] [69]   [68] [69] 60
CHI CEN 48/34 19 22 7 45 [102] [85] [85] [86] [78] [77] [76] [77] [75] [75] [74] [70] 68   [70] 61
WPG CEN 47/35 19 22 6 44 [103] [86] [86] [87] [79] [78] [77] [78] [76] [76] [75] 71 69 70   62
VAN PAC 48/34 16 27 5 37 [110] [93] [93] [94] [86] [85] [84] [85] [83] [83] [82] [78] [76] [77] [78]  

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 19, 2026 6:00am GMT