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] 101 100 104 103 [106] 98 105 101 101 100 100 100 100 96
CAR MET 28/54 17 9 2 36 108   104 103 107 106 109 101 108 104 104 103 103 103 103 99
NYI MET 30/52 16 11 3 35 [109] [110]   104 [108] [107] [110] 102 [109] 105 105 104 104 104 104 100
BOS ATL 30/52 17 13 0 34 [110] [111] [106]   [109] [108] [111] 103 [110] [106] [106] 105 105 105 105 101
TBL ATL 28/54 16 10 2 34 [110] [111] 106 105   108 [111] 103 [110] 106 106 105 105 105 105 101
MTL ATL 28/54 15 10 3 33 [111] [112] 107 106 [110]   [112] 104 [111] 107 107 106 106 106 106 102
PIT MET 27/55 14 7 6 34 110 111 106 105 109 108   103 110 106 106 105 105 105 105 101
NYR MET 31/51 15 12 4 34 [110] [111] [106] [105] [109] [108] [111]   [110] [106] [106] [105] [105] [105] [105] 101
PHI MET 27/55 15 9 3 33 111 [112] 107 106 110 109 [112] 104   107 107 106 106 106 106 102
DET ATL 29/53 15 11 3 33 [111] [112] 107 106 [110] [109] [112] 104 [111]   107 106 106 106 106 102
NJD MET 29/53 16 12 1 33 [111] [112] 107 106 [110] [109] [112] 104 [111] 107   106 106 106 106 102
CBJ MET 29/53 13 10 6 32 [112] [113] [108] 107 [111] [110] [113] 105 [112] [108] [108]   107 107 107 103
FLA ATL 28/54 14 12 2 30 [114] [115] [110] 109 [113] [112] [115] 107 [114] [110] [110] 109   109 109 105
TOR ATL 28/54 13 11 4 30 [114] [115] [110] 109 [113] [112] [115] 107 [114] [110] [110] 109 109   109 105
OTT ATL 28/54 13 11 4 30 [114] [115] [110] 109 [113] [112] [115] 107 [114] [110] [110] 109 109 109   105
BUF ATL 28/54 11 13 4 26 [118] [119] [114] [113] [117] [116] [119] [111] [118] [114] [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 97 94 94 90 88 88 89 90 86 93 83 84 85
DAL CEN 30/52 20 5 5 45 [110]   99 100 97 97 93 91 91 92 93 89 96 86 87 88
ANA PAC 29/53 18 10 1 37 [118] [113]   [108] 105 105 101 99 99 100 101 97 104 94 95 96
LAS PAC 28/54 14 6 8 36 [119] [114] 108   106 106 102 100 100 101 102 98 105 95 96 97
MIN CEN 29/53 15 9 5 35 [120] [115] [109] [110]   107 103 101 101 102 103 99 106 96 97 98
LAK PAC 28/54 13 8 7 33 [122] [117] [111] [112] 109   105 103 103 104 105 101 108 98 99 100
EDM PAC 29/53 13 11 5 31 [124] [119] [113] [114] [111] [111]   105 105 106 107 103 [110] 100 101 102
UTH CEN 30/52 14 13 3 31 [124] [119] [113] [114] [111] [111] [107]   105 [106] [107] 103 [110] 100 101 102
SJS PAC 30/52 14 13 3 31 [124] [119] [113] [114] [111] [111] [107] 105   [106] [107] 103 [110] 100 101 102
CHI CEN 29/53 12 11 6 30 [125] [120] [114] [115] [112] [112] [108] 106 106   [108] 104 [111] 101 102 103
WPG CEN 28/54 14 13 1 29 [126] [121] [115] [116] [113] [113] 109 107 107 108   105 [112] 102 103 104
STL CEN 30/52 11 12 7 29 [126] [121] [115] [116] [113] [113] [109] [107] [107] [108] [109]   [112] 102 103 104
SEA PAC 26/56 11 9 6 28 [127] [122] [116] [117] [114] [114] 110 108 108 109 110 106   103 104 105
CGY PAC 30/52 11 15 4 26 [129] [124] [118] [119] [116] [116] [112] [110] [110] [111] [112] [108] [115]   [106] [107]
VAN PAC 29/53 11 15 3 25 [130] [125] [119] [120] [117] [117] [113] [111] [111] [112] [113] [109] [116] 106   [108]
NSH CEN 28/54 10 14 4 24 [131] [126] [120] [121] [118] [118] [114] [112] [112] [113] [114] [110] [117] 107 108  

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 8, 2025 3:00pm GMT