NHL Wild Card Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
CAR MET 38/44 24 11 3 51   83 85 82 84 85 81 82 82 75 80 81 79 77 78 78
DET ATL 40/42 23 14 3 49 [91]   [87] 84 [86] [87] 83 84 84 77 82 83 81 79 80 80
TBL ATL 38/44 22 13 3 47 [93] 87   86 88 89 85 86 86 79 84 85 83 81 82 82
NYI MET 39/43 21 14 4 46 [94] [88] [90]   [89] [90] 86 87 87 80 85 86 84 82 83 83
MTL ATL 38/44 20 12 6 46 [94] 88 [90] 87   [90] 86 87 87 80 85 86 84 82 83 83
PHI MET 37/45 19 11 7 45 [95] 89 91 88 90   87 88 88 81 86 87 85 83 84 84
WAS MET 39/43 20 14 5 45 [95] [89] [91] [88] [90] [91]   [88] [88] 81 86 87 85 83 84 84
FLA ATL 38/44 21 15 2 44 [96] [90] [92] 89 [91] [92] 88   89 82 87 88 86 84 85 85
BUF ATL 38/44 20 14 4 44 [96] [90] [92] 89 [91] [92] 88 89   82 87 88 86 84 85 85
NYR MET 41/41 19 17 5 43 [97] [91] [93] [90] [92] [93] [89] [90] [90]   [88] [89] [87] [85] [86] [86]
NJD MET 38/44 20 16 2 42 [98] [92] [94] [91] [93] [94] [90] [91] [91] 84   [90] 88 86 87 87
PIT MET 37/45 16 12 9 41 [99] [93] [95] [92] [94] [95] 91 [92] [92] 85 90   89 87 88 88
OTT ATL 38/44 18 15 5 41 [99] [93] [95] [92] [94] [95] [91] [92] [92] 85 [90] [91]   87 88 88
BOS ATL 39/43 20 18 1 41 [99] [93] [95] [92] [94] [95] [91] [92] [92] 85 [90] [91] [89]   [88] [88]
TOR ATL 38/44 17 15 6 40 [100] [94] [96] [93] [95] [96] [92] [93] [93] 86 [91] [92] [90] 88   89
CBJ MET 38/44 17 15 6 40 [100] [94] [96] [93] [95] [96] [92] [93] [93] 86 [91] [92] [90] 88 89  

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL CEN 37/45 28 2 7 63   81 76 68 75 70 69 65 63 68 60 64 62 62 60 61
DAL CEN 39/43 25 7 7 57 [97]   82 74 81 76 75 71 69 74 66 70 68 68 66 67
MIN CEN 39/43 23 10 6 52 [102] [92]   79 86 81 80 76 74 79 71 75 73 73 71 72
EDM PAC 40/42 20 14 6 46 [108] [98] [93]   [92] [87] [86] 82 80 85 77 81 79 79 77 78
LAS PAC 36/46 17 8 11 45 [109] [99] [94] 86   88 87 83 81 86 78 82 80 80 78 79
ANA PAC 38/44 21 15 2 44 [110] [100] [95] 87 [94]   88 84 82 87 79 83 81 81 79 80
LAK PAC 37/45 16 12 9 41 [113] [103] [98] 90 [97] [92]   87 85 90 82 86 84 84 82 83
SJS PAC 38/44 18 17 3 39 [115] [105] [100] [92] [99] [94] [93]   87 [92] 84 88 86 86 84 85
UTH CEN 39/43 18 18 3 39 [115] [105] [100] [92] [99] [94] [93] [89]   [92] 84 [88] 86 86 84 85
SEA PAC 36/46 16 14 6 38 [116] [106] [101] 93 [100] [95] [94] 90 88   85 89 87 87 85 86
STL CEN 40/42 15 17 8 38 [116] [106] [101] [93] [100] [95] [94] [90] [88] [93]   [89] [87] [87] 85 [86]
NSH CEN 37/45 16 17 4 36 [118] [108] [103] [95] [102] [97] [96] [92] 90 [95] 87   89 89 87 88
CGY PAC 38/44 16 18 4 36 [118] [108] [103] [95] [102] [97] [96] [92] [90] [95] 87 [91]   89 87 88
WPG CEN 37/45 15 18 4 34 [120] [110] [105] [97] [104] [99] [98] [94] [92] [97] 89 [93] 91   89 90
CHI CEN 38/44 14 18 6 34 [120] [110] [105] [97] [104] [99] [98] [94] [92] [97] 89 [93] [91] [91]   [90]
VAN PAC 37/45 15 19 3 33 [121] [111] [106] [98] [105] [100] [99] [95] [93] [98] 90 [94] [92] [92] 90  

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: December 30, 2025 4:00am GMT