NHL Wild Card Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
CAR MET 69/13 44 19 6 94   25 25 19 19 18 17 17 16 14 13 9 5 4 2 ←
BUF ATL 69/13 43 20 6 92 [29]   27 21 21 20 19 19 18 16 15 11 7 6 4 ←
TBL ATL 67/15 42 21 4 88 [33] 31   25 25 24 23 23 22 20 19 15 11 10 8 3
PIT MET 68/14 34 18 16 84 [37] [35] [35]   29 28 27 27 26 24 23 19 15 14 12 7
MTL ATL 68/14 37 21 10 84 [37] [35] [35] 29   28 27 27 26 24 23 19 15 14 12 7
CBJ MET 68/14 36 21 11 83 [38] [36] [36] [30] [30]   28 28 27 25 24 20 16 15 13 8
BOS ATL 69/13 38 23 8 84 [37] [35] [35] [29] [29] [28]   27 26 24 23 19 15 14 12 7
DET ATL 69/13 38 23 8 84 [37] [35] [35] [29] [29] [28] 27   26 24 23 19 15 14 12 7
NYI MET 69/13 39 25 5 83 [38] [36] [36] [30] [30] [29] [28] [28]   25 24 20 16 15 13 8
OTT ATL 68/14 35 24 9 79 [42] [40] [40] [34] [34] [33] [32] [32] [31]   28 24 20 19 17 12
PHI MET 68/14 33 23 12 78 [43] [41] [41] [35] [35] [34] [33] [33] [32] [30]   25 21 20 18 13
WAS MET 70/12 35 27 8 78 [43] [41] [41] [35] [35] [34] [33] [33] [32] [30] [29]   21 20 18 13
NJD MET 69/13 35 32 2 72 [49] [47] [47] [41] [41] [40] [39] [39] [38] [36] [35] [31]   26 24 19
FLA ATL 69/13 34 32 3 71 [50] [48] [48] [42] [42] [41] [40] [40] [39] [37] [36] [32] [28]   25 20
TOR ATL 70/12 29 28 13 71 [50] [48] [48] [42] [42] [41] [40] [40] [39] [37] [36] [32] [28] [27]   20
NYR MET 69/13 28 33 8 64 • • [55] [49] [49] [48] [47] [47] [46] [44] [43] [39] [35] [34] [32]  

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL CEN 68/14 45 13 10 100   25 15 7 2 3 3 — ← ← — ← ← ← ← ←
DAL CEN 68/14 43 15 10 96 [33]   19 11 6 7 7 5 4 4 5 ← ← ← ← ←
MIN CEN 70/12 39 19 12 90 [39] [35]   17 12 13 13 11 10 10 11 6 4 — ← ←
ANA PAC 69/13 38 27 4 80 [49] [45] [35]   22 23 23 21 20 20 21 16 14 11 10 ←
EDM PAC 70/12 34 27 9 77 [52] [48] [38] [30]   [26] [26] 24 23 23 24 19 17 14 13 2
LAS PAC 69/13 31 24 14 76 [53] [49] [39] [31] 26   27 25 24 24 25 20 18 15 14 3
UTH CEN 70/12 36 28 6 78 [51] [47] [37] [29] 24 25   23 22 22 23 18 16 13 12 —
LAK PAC 68/14 28 24 16 72 [57] [53] [43] [35] [30] [31] [31]   28 28 29 24 22 19 18 7
SEA PAC 68/14 31 28 9 71 • [54] [44] [36] [31] [32] [32] [30]   29 [30] 25 23 20 19 8
NSH CEN 68/14 31 28 9 71 • [54] [44] [36] [31] [32] [32] [30] 29   [30] 25 23 20 19 8
SJS PAC 67/15 32 29 6 70 [59] [55] [45] [37] [32] [33] [33] 31 30 30   26 24 21 20 9
WPG CEN 68/14 28 29 11 67 • • [48] [40] [35] [36] [36] [34] [33] [33] [34]   27 24 23 12
STL CEN 68/14 27 30 11 65 • • [50] [42] [37] [38] [38] [36] [35] [35] [36] [31]   26 25 14
CHI CEN 69/13 26 31 12 64 • • [51] [43] [38] [39] [39] [37] [36] [36] [37] [32] [30]   26 15
CGY PAC 69/13 28 34 7 63 • • • [44] [39] [40] [40] [38] [37] [37] [38] [33] [31] [28]   16
VAN PAC 68/14 21 39 8 50 • • • • [52] [53] [53] [51] [50] [50] [51] [46] [44] [41] [40]  

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 21, 2026 7:00am GMT