NHL Wild Card Standings

2025-26 National Hockey League Magic Numbers

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
CAR MET 75/7 48 21 6 102   11 13 11 3 ← 5 — — ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
BUF ATL 76/6 46 22 8 100 [17]   [15] 13 5 2 7 3 3 — — ← ← ← ← ←
TBL ATL 75/7 47 22 6 100 [17] 13   13 5 2 7 3 3 — — ← ← ← ← ←
MTL ATL 75/7 44 21 10 98 [19] 15 [17]   7 4 9 5 5 3 3 ← ← ← ← ←
PIT MET 76/6 38 22 16 92 [25] [21] [23] [21]   10 [15] 11 11 9 9 6 3 ← ← ←
NYI MET 76/6 42 29 5 89 • [24] [26] [24] [16]   [18] [14] [14] 12 12 9 6 3 — ←
BOS ATL 76/6 43 25 8 94 [23] [19] [21] [19] 11 8   9 9 7 7 4 — ← ← ←
OTT ATL 75/7 39 26 10 88 [29] [25] [27] [25] [17] 14 [19]   15 13 13 10 7 4 2 ←
DET ATL 75/7 40 27 8 88 [29] [25] [27] [25] [17] 14 [19] 15   13 13 10 7 4 2 ←
CBJ MET 76/6 38 26 12 88 • [25] [27] [25] [17] [14] [19] [15] [15]   13 10 7 4 2 ←
PHI MET 75/7 37 26 12 86 • [27] [29] [27] [19] [16] [21] [17] [17] 15   12 9 6 4 ←
WAS MET 76/6 38 29 9 85 • • • • [20] [17] [22] [18] [18] [16] [16]   10 7 5 ←
NJD MET 75/7 39 34 2 80 • • • • [25] [22] [27] [23] [23] [21] [21] [18]   12 10 4
FLA ATL 75/7 37 35 3 77 • • • • • [25] • [26] [26] [24] [24] [21] [18]   13 7
TOR ATL 76/6 32 31 13 77 • • • • • [25] • [26] [26] [24] [24] [21] [18] [15]   7
NYR MET 76/6 31 36 9 71 • • • • • • • • • • • • [24] [21] [19]  

Wild Card

Wild Card DIV GP/R W L OTL PTS
COL CEN 74/8 49 15 10 108   7 3 ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
DAL CEN 76/6 45 19 12 102 [23]   9 ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
MIN CEN 75/7 42 21 12 96 [29] [19]   6 4 — 3 ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
ANA PAC 75/7 41 29 5 87 • • [24]   13 10 12 9 8 7 4 5 4 ← ← ←
EDM PAC 76/6 39 28 9 87 • • [24] [15]   10 12 9 8 7 4 5 4 ← ← ←
LAS PAC 75/7 33 26 16 82 • • [29] [20] [18]   [17] 14 13 12 9 10 9 5 ← ←
UTH CEN 75/7 39 30 6 84 • • [27] [18] [16] 13   12 11 10 7 8 7 3 ← ←
SJS PAC 74/8 36 31 7 79 • • • [23] [21] [18] [20]   16 15 12 13 12 8 2 ←
LAK PAC 74/8 30 26 18 78 • • • [24] [22] [19] [21] [18]   16 13 14 13 9 3 ←
NSH CEN 74/8 34 31 9 77 • • • [25] [23] [20] [22] [19] [18]   14 15 14 10 4 ←
WPG CEN 75/7 32 31 12 76 • • • [26] [24] [21] [23] [20] [19] [18]   [16] 15 11 5 ←
SEA PAC 74/8 32 31 11 75 • • • [27] [25] [22] [24] [21] [20] [19] 16   16 12 6 ←
STL CEN 74/8 31 31 12 74 • • • [28] [26] [23] [25] [22] [21] [20] 17 [18]   13 7 ←
CGY PAC 74/8 31 35 8 70 • • • • • [27] [29] [26] [25] [24] [21] [22] [21]   11 ←
CHI CEN 76/6 27 35 14 68 • • • • • • • [28] [27] [26] [23] [24] [23] [19]   ←
VAN PAC 75/7 22 45 8 52 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •  

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: April 3, 2026 5:00am GMT