NHL Wild Card Standings

2024-25 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
WAS MET 71/11 47 15 9 103   10 9 9 7
CAR MET 71/11 43 24 4 90 [36]   22 22 20 12 14 10 9 5 8 5
TOR ATL 71/11 43 25 3 89 [37] [24]   23 21 13 15 11 10 6 9 6
FLA ATL 71/11 43 25 3 89 [37] [24] 23   21 13 15 11 10 6 9 6
TBL ATL 71/11 41 25 5 87 [39] [26] [25] [25]   15 17 13 12 8 11 8 3 2
NJD MET 72/10 37 28 7 81 [32] [31] [31] [29]   [23] 19 18 14 17 14 9 7 3 8
OTT ATL 70/12 37 28 5 79 [47] [34] [33] [33] [31] 23   21 20 16 19 16 11 9 5 10
MTL ATL 70/12 33 28 9 75 [38] [37] [37] [35] [27] [29]   24 20 23 20 15 13 9 14
NYI MET 70/12 32 28 10 74 [39] [38] [38] [36] [28] [30] [26]   21 24 21 16 14 10 15
NYR MET 72/10 34 32 6 74 [39] [38] [38] [36] [28] [30] [26] [25]   [24] 21 16 14 10 15
CBJ MET 70/12 32 29 9 73 [40] [39] [39] [37] [29] [31] [27] [26] 22   22 17 15 11 16
DET ATL 71/11 33 32 6 72 [41] [40] [40] [38] [30] [32] [28] [27] 23 [26]   18 16 12 17
BOS ATL 72/10 30 33 9 69 [43] [43] [41] [33] [35] [31] [30] [26] [29] [26]   19 15 20
PIT MET 73/9 29 33 11 69 [41] [33] [35] [31] [30] [26] [29] [26] [21]   15 [20]
PHI MET 73/9 28 36 9 65 [37] [39] [35] [34] [30] [33] [30] [25] [23]   [24]
BUF ATL 70/12 29 35 6 64 [46] [38] [40] [36] [35] [31] [34] [31] [26] 24 20  

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
WPG CEN 72/10 49 19 4 102   15 17 10 12 10 4 2
LAS PAC 71/11 43 20 8 94 [29]   [25] 18 20 18 12 8 10 7 4
DAL CEN 70/12 45 21 4 94 [29] 23   18 20 18 12 8 10 7 4
COL CEN 72/10 44 25 3 91 [32] [26] [28]   [23] 21 15 11 13 10 7 2
LAK PAC 70/12 40 21 9 89 [34] [28] [30] 23   23 17 13 15 12 9 4
EDM PAC 70/12 41 24 5 87 [36] [30] [32] 25 [27]   19 15 17 14 11 6
MIN CEN 72/10 40 27 5 85 [38] [32] [34] [27] [29] [27]   17 19 16 13 8 2
STL CEN 73/9 38 28 7 83 [34] [36] [29] [31] [29] [23]   [21] 18 15 10 4 2
CGY PAC 70/12 34 25 11 79 [44] [38] [40] [33] [35] [33] [27] 23   22 19 14 8 6
VAN PAC 71/11 33 26 12 78 [39] [41] [34] [36] [34] [28] [24] [26]   20 15 9 7
UTH CEN 71/11 32 28 11 75 [42] [44] [37] [39] [37] [31] [27] [29] [26]   18 12 10
ANA PAC 70/12 30 32 8 68 [44] [46] [44] [38] [34] [36] [33] [30]   19 17 6 4
SEA PAC 72/10 30 36 6 66 [40] [36] [38] [35] [32] [27]   19 8 6
NSH CEN 71/11 27 36 8 62 [40] [42] [39] [36] [31] [25]   12 10
CHI CEN 71/11 21 41 9 51 [42] [36] [34]   21
SJS PAC 70/12 19 42 9 47 [46] [40] [38] [27]  

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 26, 2025 10:00am GMT