NHL Eastern Conference Standings 2026-27

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

Atlantic Division

Atlantic	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
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
Detroit Red Wings	82	41	31	10	92	.561	30	241	258	-17	21-16-4	20-15-6	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

Metropolitan	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
Washington Capitals	82	43	30	9	95	.579	37	263	244	+19	25-11-5	18-19-4	W4
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
New York Rangers	82	34	39	9	77	.470	25	238	250	-12	14-20-7	20-19-2	W1

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

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

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

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.