NHL Wild Card Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
CAR MET 58/24 37 15 6 80   [51] 41 41 42 38 42 40 32 36 33 32 30 30 25 20
TBL ATL 57/25 38 15 4 80 49   41 41 42 38 42 40 32 36 33 32 30 30 25 20
BUF ATL 59/23 34 19 6 74 [55] [57]   47 [48] 44 [48] 46 38 42 39 38 36 36 31 26
DET ATL 59/23 34 19 6 74 [55] [57] 47   [48] 44 [48] 46 38 42 39 38 36 36 31 26
PIT MET 58/24 30 15 13 73 [56] [58] 48 48   45 49 47 39 43 40 39 37 37 32 27
NYI MET 59/23 33 21 5 71 [58] [60] [50] [50] [51]   [51] [49] 41 45 42 41 39 39 34 29
MTL ATL 58/24 32 17 9 73 [56] [58] 48 48 49 45   47 39 43 40 39 37 37 32 27
BOS ATL 58/24 33 20 5 71 [58] [60] [50] [50] [51] 47 [51]   41 45 42 41 39 39 34 29
WAS MET 61/21 31 23 7 69 [60] [62] [52] [52] [53] [49] [53] [51]   [47] [44] 43 41 41 36 31
CBJ MET 57/25 29 21 7 65 [64] [66] [56] [56] [57] [53] [57] [55] 47   48 47 45 45 40 35
OTT ATL 58/24 28 22 8 64 [65] [67] [57] [57] [58] [54] [58] [56] 48 [52]   48 46 46 41 36
PHI MET 58/24 26 21 11 63 [66] [68] [58] [58] [59] [55] [59] [57] 49 [53] [50]   47 47 42 37
FLA ATL 59/23 30 26 3 63 [66] [68] [58] [58] [59] [55] [59] [57] [49] [53] [50] [49]   47 42 37
TOR ATL 59/23 27 23 9 63 [66] [68] [58] [58] [59] [55] [59] [57] [49] [53] [50] [49] 47   42 37
NJD MET 59/23 28 29 2 58 [71] [73] [63] [63] [64] [60] [64] [62] [54] [58] [55] [54] [52] [52]   42
NYR MET 59/23 23 29 7 53 [76] [78] [68] [68] [69] [65] [69] [67] [59] [63] [60] [59] [57] [57] [52]  

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL CEN 57/25 38 10 9 85   40 43 32 31 26 28 27 25 24 26 19 20 17 15 7
MIN CEN 60/22 35 15 10 80 [56]   [48] 37 36 31 33 32 30 29 31 24 25 22 20 12
DAL CEN 58/24 35 14 9 79 [57] 46   38 37 32 34 33 31 30 32 25 26 23 21 13
LAS PAC 59/23 28 17 14 70 [66] [55] [58]   46 41 43 42 40 39 41 34 35 32 30 22
ANA PAC 58/24 32 23 3 67 [69] [58] [61] [50]   44 46 45 43 42 44 37 38 35 33 25
EDM PAC 60/22 29 23 8 66 [70] [59] [62] [51] [50]   [47] [46] 44 43 45 38 39 36 34 26
UTH CEN 59/23 31 24 4 66 [70] [59] [62] [51] [50] 45   46 44 43 45 38 39 36 34 26
SEA PAC 58/24 27 22 9 63 [73] [62] [65] [54] [53] 48 [50]   47 46 48 41 42 39 37 29
NSH CEN 58/24 27 24 7 61 [75] [64] [67] [56] [55] [50] [52] [51]   48 [50] 43 44 41 39 31
LAK PAC 58/24 23 21 14 60 [76] [65] [68] [57] [56] [51] [53] [52] [50]   [51] 44 45 42 40 32
SJS PAC 56/26 27 25 4 58 [78] [67] [70] [59] [58] 53 [55] [54] 52 51   46 47 44 42 34
WPG CEN 58/24 23 26 9 55 [81] [70] [73] [62] [61] [56] [58] [57] [55] [54] [56]   [50] 47 45 37
CGY PAC 57/25 24 27 6 54 [82] [71] [74] [63] [62] [57] [59] [58] [56] [55] [57] 50   48 46 38
CHI CEN 58/24 22 27 9 53 [83] [72] [75] [64] [63] [58] [60] [59] [57] [56] [58] [51] [52]   47 39
STL CEN 58/24 21 28 9 51 [85] [74] [77] [66] [65] [60] [62] [61] [59] [58] [60] [53] [54] [51]   41
VAN PAC 58/24 18 33 7 43 [93] [82] [85] [74] [73] [68] [70] [69] [67] [66] [68] [61] [62] [59] [57]  

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: February 28, 2026 10:00pm GMT