NHL Wild Card Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
WAS MET 30/52 18 9 3 39   [106] 101 101 100 102 [106] 98 105 103 101 100 100 100 100 94
CAR MET 28/54 17 9 2 36 108   104 104 103 105 109 101 108 106 104 103 103 103 103 97
NYI MET 30/52 16 11 3 35 [109] [110]   105 104 [106] [110] 102 [109] [107] 105 104 104 104 104 98
DET ATL 30/52 16 11 3 35 [109] [110] 105   104 [106] [110] 102 [109] [107] 105 104 104 104 104 98
BOS ATL 30/52 17 13 0 34 [110] [111] [106] [106]   [107] [111] 103 [110] [108] [106] 105 105 105 105 99
TBL ATL 29/53 16 11 2 34 [110] [111] 106 106 105   [111] 103 [110] [108] 106 105 105 105 105 99
PIT MET 27/55 14 7 6 34 110 111 106 106 105 107   103 110 108 106 105 105 105 105 99
NYR MET 31/51 15 12 4 34 [110] [111] [106] [106] [105] [107] [111]   [110] [108] [106] [105] [105] [105] [105] 99
PHI MET 27/55 15 9 3 33 111 [112] 107 107 106 108 [112] 104   109 107 106 106 106 106 100
MTL ATL 28/54 15 10 3 33 [111] [112] 107 107 106 108 [112] 104 [111]   107 106 106 106 106 100
NJD MET 29/53 16 12 1 33 [111] [112] 107 107 106 [108] [112] 104 [111] [109]   106 106 106 106 100
TOR ATL 29/53 14 11 4 32 [112] [113] [108] [108] 107 [109] [113] 105 [112] [110] [108]   107 107 107 101
CBJ MET 29/53 13 10 6 32 [112] [113] [108] [108] 107 [109] [113] 105 [112] [110] [108] 107   107 107 101
FLA ATL 28/54 14 12 2 30 [114] [115] [110] [110] 109 [111] [115] 107 [114] [112] [110] 109 109   109 103
OTT ATL 28/54 13 11 4 30 [114] [115] [110] [110] 109 [111] [115] 107 [114] [112] [110] 109 109 109   103
BUF ATL 29/53 11 14 4 26 [118] [119] [114] [114] [113] [115] [119] [111] [118] [116] [114] [113] [113] [113] [113]  

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL CEN 29/53 21 2 6 48   102 96 94 97 94 90 88 86 89 90 86 91 83 82 85
DAL CEN 30/52 20 5 5 45 [110]   99 97 100 97 93 91 89 92 93 89 94 86 85 88
ANA PAC 29/53 18 10 1 37 [118] [113]   105 [108] 105 101 99 97 100 101 97 102 94 93 96
MIN CEN 30/52 16 9 5 37 [118] [113] [107]   [108] 105 101 99 97 100 101 97 102 94 93 96
LAS PAC 28/54 14 6 8 36 [119] [114] 108 106   106 102 100 98 101 102 98 103 95 94 97
LAK PAC 29/53 14 8 7 35 [120] [115] [109] 107 [110]   103 101 99 102 103 99 104 96 95 98
EDM PAC 29/53 13 11 5 31 [124] [119] [113] [111] [114] [111]   105 103 106 107 103 [108] 100 99 102
SJS PAC 30/52 14 13 3 31 [124] [119] [113] [111] [114] [111] [107]   103 [106] [107] 103 [108] 100 99 102
UTH CEN 31/51 14 14 3 31 [124] [119] [113] [111] [114] [111] [107] [105]   [106] [107] 103 [108] 100 99 102
CHI CEN 29/53 12 11 6 30 [125] [120] [114] [112] [115] [112] [108] 106 104   [108] 104 [109] 101 100 103
WPG CEN 28/54 14 13 1 29 [126] [121] [115] [113] [116] [113] 109 107 105 108   105 [110] 102 101 104
STL CEN 30/52 11 12 7 29 [126] [121] [115] [113] [116] [113] [109] [107] 105 [108] [109]   [110] 102 101 104
SEA PAC 27/55 11 10 6 28 [127] [122] [116] [114] [117] [114] 110 108 106 109 110 106   103 102 105
CGY PAC 31/51 12 15 4 28 [127] [122] [116] [114] [117] [114] [110] [108] [106] [109] [110] [106] [111]   102 [105]
VAN PAC 30/52 11 16 3 25 [130] [125] [119] [117] [120] [117] [113] [111] [109] [112] [113] [109] [114] [106]   [108]
NSH CEN 28/54 10 14 4 24 [131] [126] [120] [118] [121] [118] [114] [112] [110] [113] [114] [110] [115] 107 106  

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 10, 2025 1:00am GMT