NHL Wild Card Standings 2026-27: Playoff Race

The 2026-27 standings begin with the first games of the season. Until then, these are the final 2025-26 regular season standings.

Eastern Conference

Atlantic top three	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	P%	RW	GF	GA	Diff	Home	Road	Strk
Buffalo Sabres	82	50	23	9	109	.665	42	288	241	+47	26-10-5	24-13-4	OT1
Tampa Bay Lightning	82	50	26	6	106	.646	40	290	231	+59	26-14-1	24-12-5	L1
Montréal Canadiens	82	48	24	10	106	.646	34	283	256	+27	24-15-2	24-9-8	L1

Metropolitan top three	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	P%	RW	GF	GA	Diff	Home	Road	Strk
Carolina Hurricanes	82	53	22	7	113	.689	39	296	240	+56	29-10-2	24-12-5	W1
Pittsburgh Penguins	82	41	25	16	98	.598	34	293	268	+25	20-13-8	21-12-8	L3
Philadelphia Flyers	82	43	27	12	98	.598	27	250	243	+7	20-13-8	23-14-4	W3

Wild card	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	P%	RW	GF	GA	Diff	Home	Road	Strk
Boston Bruins	82	45	27	10	100	.610	33	272	250	+22	29-11-1	16-16-9	W2
Ottawa Senators	82	44	27	11	99	.604	38	278	246	+32	23-12-6	21-15-5	W1
Washington Capitals	82	43	30	9	95	.579	37	263	244	+19	25-11-5	18-19-4	W4
Detroit Red Wings	82	41	31	10	92	.561	30	241	258	-17	21-16-4	20-15-6	L1
Columbus Blue Jackets	82	40	30	12	92	.561	28	253	253	0	20-13-8	20-17-4	L2
New York Islanders	82	43	34	5	91	.555	29	233	241	-8	22-17-2	21-17-3	L3
New Jersey Devils	82	42	37	3	87	.530	29	230	254	-24	21-17-3	21-20-0	L1
Florida Panthers	82	40	38	4	84	.512	32	251	276	-25	23-15-3	17-23-1	W3
Toronto Maple Leafs	82	32	36	14	78	.476	23	253	299	-46	18-15-8	14-21-6	L5
New York Rangers	82	34	39	9	77	.470	25	238	250	-12	14-20-7	20-19-2	W1

Western Conference

Central top three	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	P%	RW	GF	GA	Diff	Home	Road	Strk
Colorado Avalanche	82	55	16	11	121	.738	48	302	203	+99	26-9-6	29-7-5	W3
Dallas Stars	82	50	20	12	112	.683	38	279	226	+53	26-11-4	24-9-8	W5
Minnesota Wild	82	46	24	12	104	.634	31	272	240	+32	23-10-8	23-14-4	W1

Pacific top three	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	P%	RW	GF	GA	Diff	Home	Road	Strk
Vegas Golden Knights	82	39	26	17	95	.579	30	265	250	+15	20-12-9	19-14-8	W3
Edmonton Oilers	82	41	30	11	93	.567	32	282	269	+13	22-14-5	19-16-6	W1
Anaheim Ducks	82	43	33	6	92	.561	26	273	288	-15	24-13-4	19-20-2	W1

Wild card	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	P%	RW	GF	GA	Diff	Home	Road	Strk
Utah Mammoth	82	43	33	6	92	.561	33	268	240	+28	22-16-3	21-17-3	L1
Los Angeles Kings	82	35	27	20	90	.549	22	225	247	-22	15-17-9	20-10-11	L1
St. Louis Blues	82	37	33	12	86	.524	33	231	258	-27	20-14-7	17-19-5	W4
Nashville Predators	82	38	34	10	86	.524	28	247	269	-22	21-17-3	17-17-7	L2
San Jose Sharks	82	39	35	8	86	.524	27	251	292	-41	21-14-6	18-21-2	W1
Winnipeg Jets	82	35	35	12	82	.500	28	231	260	-29	19-16-6	16-19-6	L4
Seattle Kraken	82	34	37	11	79	.482	26	226	263	-37	19-17-5	15-20-6	L3
Calgary Flames	82	34	39	9	77	.470	27	212	259	-47	23-13-5	11-26-4	W1
Chicago Blackhawks	82	29	39	14	72	.439	22	213	275	-62	14-19-8	15-20-6	W1
Vancouver Canucks	82	25	49	8	58	.354	15	216	316	-100	9-27-5	16-22-3	L1

The top three in each division and two wild cards per conference make the playoffs. The gold line marks the wild card cut.

2025-26 standings from BALLDONTLIE, refreshed every 10 minutes. Two points for a win, one for an overtime or shootout loss.

How the Wild Card Works

In each conference, the top three teams in both divisions qualify automatically. The two best remaining teams in the conference, regardless of division, take the wild card spots. The top division winner in each conference plays the second wild card in the first round, and the other division winner plays the first wild card.

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