NHL Wild Card Standings

2022-23 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
BOS ATL 22/60 19 3 0 38   119 112 109 110 110 111 107 105 105 106 102 102 102 102 101
NJD MET 23/59 19 4 0 38 [121]   112 109 110 110 111 107 105 105 106 102 102 102 102 101
TOR ATL 24/58 14 5 5 33 [126] [124]   114 115 115 116 112 110 110 111 107 107 107 107 106
NYI MET 24/58 15 9 0 30 [129] [127] [120]   [118] [118] [119] 115 113 113 114 110 110 110 110 109
CAR MET 23/59 12 6 5 29 [130] [128] [121] 118   119 [120] 116 114 114 115 111 111 111 111 110
TBL ATL 22/60 13 8 1 27 [132] [130] [123] 120 121   [122] 118 116 116 117 113 113 113 113 112
DET ATL 21/61 11 6 4 26 [133] [131] [124] 121 122 122   119 117 117 118 114 114 114 114 113
PIT MET 23/59 11 8 4 26 [133] [131] [124] [121] [122] [122] [123]   117 117 118 114 114 114 114 113
NYR MET 23/59 10 9 4 24 [135] [133] [126] [123] [124] [124] [125] [121]   119 [120] 116 116 116 116 115
FLA ATL 23/59 10 9 4 24 [135] [133] [126] [123] [124] [124] [125] [121] 119   [120] 116 116 116 116 115
MTL ATL 22/60 11 10 1 23 [136] [134] [127] [124] [125] [125] [126] [122] 120 120   117 117 117 117 116
WAS MET 24/58 10 11 3 23 [136] [134] [127] [124] [125] [125] [126] [122] [120] [120] [121]   117 117 117 116
PHI MET 23/59 8 10 5 21 [138] [136] [129] [126] [127] [127] [128] [124] [122] [122] [123] 119   119 119 118
BUF ATL 22/60 9 12 1 19 [140] [138] [131] [128] [129] [129] [130] [126] [124] [124] [125] 121 121   121 120
OTT ATL 21/61 8 12 1 17 [142] [140] [133] [130] [131] [131] [132] [128] [126] [126] [127] 123 123 123   122
CBJ MET 21/61 7 12 2 16 [143] [141] [134] [131] [132] [132] [133] [129] [127] [127] [128] [124] [124] [124] [124]  

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
LAS PAC 24/58 17 6 1 35   117 114 117 108 115 110 109 110 110 108 105 100 107 104 98
SEA PAC 22/60 14 5 3 31 121   118 121 112 119 114 113 114 114 112 109 104 111 108 102
DAL CEN 23/59 13 6 4 30 [122] [122]   [122] 113 [120] 115 114 115 115 113 110 105 112 109 103
WPG CEN 21/61 14 6 1 29 123 123 120   114 121 116 115 116 116 114 111 106 113 110 104
LAK PAC 25/57 12 9 4 28 [124] [124] [121] [124]   [122] [117] [116] [117] [117] 115 112 107 114 111 105
COL CEN 20/62 12 7 1 25 [127] [127] 124 [127] 118   120 119 120 120 118 115 110 117 114 108
EDM PAC 22/60 12 10 0 24 [128] [128] [125] [128] 119 [126]   120 121 121 119 116 111 118 115 109
CGY PAC 22/60 10 9 3 23 [129] [129] [126] [129] 120 [127] [122]   [122] [122] 120 117 112 119 116 110
MIN CEN 21/61 10 9 2 22 [130] [130] [127] [130] 121 [128] 123 122   123 121 118 113 120 117 111
NSH CEN 21/61 10 9 2 22 [130] [130] [127] [130] 121 [128] 123 122 123   121 118 113 120 117 111
STL CEN 22/60 11 11 0 22 [130] [130] [127] [130] 121 [128] [123] [122] [123] [123]   118 113 120 117 111
VAN PAC 23/59 9 11 3 21 [131] [131] [128] [131] [122] [129] [124] [123] [124] [124] [122]   114 [121] 118 112
SJS PAC 25/57 8 13 4 20 [132] [132] [129] [132] [123] [130] [125] [124] [125] [125] [123] [120]   [122] [119] 113
ARI CEN 20/62 7 10 3 17 [135] [135] [132] [135] [126] [133] [128] [127] [128] [128] [126] 123 118   122 116
CHI CEN 21/61 6 11 4 16 [136] [136] [133] [136] [127] [134] [129] [128] [129] [129] [127] [124] 119 [126]   117
ANA PAC 23/59 6 15 2 14 [138] [138] [135] [138] [129] [136] [131] [130] [131] [131] [129] [126] [121] [128] [125]  

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: November 30, 2022 5:04pm GMT