NHL Standings 2026-27: Wild Card, Division and Conference

Choose Your NHL Standings View

Start with Wild Card to follow the playoff cutoff. Switch views above when you want a different comparison; your team's next matchup stays alongside its record.

Wild Card

Division places come first, followed by each conference's wild card race and the WC2 cutoff line.

Division

Compare the eight teams in the Atlantic, Metropolitan, Central or Pacific.

Conference

See all 16 Eastern or Western Conference teams together.

League

Compare all 32 clubs. Sort by points, points percentage or goal differential; the Rank column keeps the official league position.

Use Find your team to highlight a name or abbreviation without removing its rivals. Print this view prints the selected table. Choose Save as PDF in the print window to keep a copy.

How to Read NHL Standings: Points and Team Records

What do GP, W, L, OT and PTS mean?

A team's record is written W–L–OT: wins, regulation losses, then overtime or shootout losses. Each win earns two points; an overtime or shootout loss earns one. A regulation loss earns none.

GP

Games played: W + L + OT.

W

Wins, including overtime and shootouts.

L

Losses in regulation.

OT

Overtime and shootout losses, also called OTL.

PTS

Standings points: (2 × W) + OT.

P%

Points earned ÷ (2 × GP), shown as a percentage.

Points percentage and games in hand

Example: a 5–3–2 record means 10 games played and 12 points. The team has earned 12 of 20 available points, so its P% is 60%. Its win percentage is 50% — a different measure.

A team with fewer games played has games in hand: more games still available to earn points. P% helps you compare uneven schedules, but it does not predict those results. Before a team's first game, this table shows a dash for P%.

Recent form, goals and home/away records

Select More stats to see RW (regulation wins), ROW (regulation plus overtime wins), GF (goals for), GA (goals against) and DIFF (GF minus GA). Home and Away show W–L–OT records; S/O shows shootout wins and losses.

L10 covers the last ten games, or the games played so far if fewer than ten. A W3 streak means three straight wins, L2 means two straight regulation losses, and OT1 means the latest game was an overtime or shootout loss.

NHL Wild Card Standings and the Playoff Cutoff

Sixteen qualify: three per division plus two wild cards per conference. See the NHL playoff format.

What do WC1, WC2 and points back mean?

WC1 and WC2 label the two clubs currently holding each conference's wild card places. The line below WC2 marks the cutoff in this table. Being above it today does not mean a playoff berth is clinched.

Points back compares a team's points with WC2. If WC2 has 14 and your team has 12, the gap is two points. Reaching 14 would tie the points total; tiebreakers still decide the order. The gap is not a magic number or a playoff probability.

For bracket examples, read the NHL playoff format guide. Use today's NHL games to see which rivals are playing next.

NHL Standings Tiebreakers

Compare, in order:

1. Fewer games played.
2. More RW.
3. More ROW.
4. More wins.
5. Head-to-head points.
6. Goal differential.
7. Goals scored.

See the official tiebreaking procedure, including its head-to-head exceptions. Our playoff standings guide walks through the details.

The table uses the NHL's published ranks. Choosing a League sort changes how you compare the rows; select Official rank to return to the league's order.

When Are the NHL Standings Updated?

The standings come from the NHL's official standings. Check Standings through for the results date and Last checked for the latest successful check. An in-progress game's score is not a projected change to the rankings here.

If updates are delayed or paused, the page keeps the last available standings and shows a notice. For individual matchups, open a team in the NHL team directory or check the TV schedule.