NHL Playoff Odds 2026

Live NHL playoff odds and Stanley Cup probabilities powered by our season-long simulation. Use this page as your hub for playoff predictions and bracket paths.

Compare teams on our NHL team pages, or start from today's NHL predictions and game-by-game odds to see how nightly edges drive these playoff projections. For methodology and calibration details, see our model performance and metrics guide.

Division Standings

Top three in each division currently hold playoff spots. GB = games back from division leader, GR = games remaining, SOS = average opponent points percentage. Based on 2025-26 results.

Atlantic Division

#	Team	GP	Record	PTS	GB	GR	SOS	Playoff Odds
1	BUF	95	57-27-11	125	--	0	--	100.0%
2	MTL	96	56-28-12	124	0.5	7	71.7%	100.0%
3	TBL	89	53-28-8	114	5.5	0	--	100.0%
4	BOS	88	47-31-10	104	10.5	0	--	100.0%
5	OTT	86	44-30-12	100	12.5	0	--	100.0%
6	DET	82	41-31-10	92	16.5	0	--	0.0%
7	FLA	82	40-38-4	84	20.5	0	--	0.0%
8	TOR	82	32-36-14	78	23.5	0	--	0.0%

Metropolitan Division

#	Team	GP	Record	PTS	GB	GR	SOS	Playoff Odds
1	CAR	90	61-22-7	129	--	7	64.6%	100.0%
2	PHI	92	47-31-14	108	10.5	0	--	100.0%
3	PIT	88	43-28-17	103	13.0	0	--	100.0%
4	WSH	82	43-30-9	95	17.0	0	--	0.0%
5	CBJ	82	40-30-12	92	18.5	0	--	0.0%
6	NYI	82	43-34-5	91	19.0	0	--	0.0%
7	NJD	82	42-37-3	87	21.0	0	--	0.0%
8	NYR	82	34-39-9	77	26.0	0	--	0.0%

Central Division

#	Team	GP	Record	PTS	GB	GR	SOS	Playoff Odds
1	COL	91	63-17-11	137	--	7	59.0%	100.0%
2	DAL	88	52-23-13	117	10.0	0	--	100.0%
3	MIN	93	51-28-14	116	10.5	0	--	100.0%
4	UTA	88	45-35-8	98	19.5	0	--	100.0%
5	NSH	82	38-34-10	86	25.5	0	--	0.0%
6	STL	82	37-33-12	86	25.5	0	--	0.0%
7	WPG	82	35-35-12	82	27.5	0	--	0.0%
8	CHI	82	29-39-14	72	32.5	0	--	0.0%

Pacific Division

#	Team	GP	Record	PTS	GB	GR	SOS	Playoff Odds
1	VGK	94	47-30-17	111	--	7	75.3%	100.0%
2	ANA	94	49-38-7	105	3.0	0	--	100.0%
3	EDM	88	43-33-12	98	6.5	0	--	100.0%
4	LAK	86	35-30-21	91	10.0	0	--	100.0%
5	SJS	82	39-35-8	86	12.5	0	--	0.0%
6	SEA	82	34-37-11	79	16.0	0	--	0.0%
7	CGY	82	34-39-9	77	17.0	0	--	0.0%
8	VAN	82	25-49-8	58	26.5	0	--	0.0%

Wild Card Race

Top two in each conference earn wild card berths. GB is relative to WC2.

Bubble watch (within 5 points of WC2): Eastern bubble: WSH (5 pts) • Western bubble: SJS (5 pts), NSH (5 pts), STL (5 pts)

Eastern Conference

WC	Team	GP	Record	PTS	GB	SOS	Playoff Odds
WC1	BOS	88	47-31-10	104	--	--	100.0%
WC2	OTT	86	44-30-12	100	--	--	100.0%
	WSH	82	43-30-9	95	2.5	--	0.0%
	DET	82	41-31-10	92	4.0	--	0.0%
	CBJ	82	40-30-12	92	4.0	--	0.0%
	NYI	82	43-34-5	91	4.5	--	0.0%
	NJD	82	42-37-3	87	6.5	--	0.0%
	FLA	82	40-38-4	84	8.0	--	0.0%
	TOR	82	32-36-14	78	11.0	--	0.0%
	NYR	82	34-39-9	77	11.5	--	0.0%

Western Conference

WC	Team	GP	Record	PTS	GB	SOS	Playoff Odds
WC1	UTA	88	45-35-8	98	--	--	100.0%
WC2	LAK	86	35-30-21	91	--	--	100.0%
	SJS	82	39-35-8	86	2.5	--	0.0%
	NSH	82	38-34-10	86	2.5	--	0.0%
	STL	82	37-33-12	86	2.5	--	0.0%
	WPG	82	35-35-12	82	4.5	--	0.0%
	SEA	82	34-37-11	79	6.0	--	0.0%
	CGY	82	34-39-9	77	7.0	--	0.0%
	CHI	82	29-39-14	72	9.5	--	0.0%
	VAN	82	25-49-8	58	16.5	--	0.0%

Monte Carlo simulation results showing each team's path through the bracket: playoff qualification, Round 2, conference final, Stanley Cup Final, conference title, and Stanley Cup odds.

Eastern Conference

Team	Make Playoffs	Round 2	Conf Final	Cup Final	Conf Title	Cup Odds
CAR	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	77.4%	77.4%	48.8%
MTL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	22.6%	22.6%	6.4%
BOS	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
BUF	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
CBJ	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
DET	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
FLA	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
NJD	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
NYI	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
NYR	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
OTT	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
PHI	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
PIT	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TBL	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOR	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
WSH	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Western Conference

Team	Make Playoffs	Round 2	Conf Final	Cup Final	Conf Title	Cup Odds
COL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	59.1%	59.1%	28.8%
VGK	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	40.9%	40.9%	16.0%
ANA	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
CGY	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
CHI	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
DAL	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
EDM	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
LAK	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
MIN	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
NSH	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
SEA	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
SJS	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
STL	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
UTA	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
VAN	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
WPG	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Bracket (Most Likely Path)

Eastern Conference

Round 1

Metropolitan

CAR100.0%

OTT0.0%

PIT0.0%

PHI100.0%

Atlantic

BUF100.0%

BOS0.0%

TBL0.0%

MTL100.0%

Division Finals

CAR63.7%

PHI36.3%

BUF59.5%

MTL40.5%

Conference Final

CAR74.1%

BUF25.9%

Western Conference

Round 1

Central

COL100.0%

LAK0.0%

DAL0.0%

MIN100.0%

Pacific

VGK100.0%

UTA0.0%

EDM0.0%

ANA100.0%

Division Finals

COL65.2%

MIN34.8%

VGK52.3%

ANA47.7%

Conference Final

COL59.5%

VGK40.5%

First team listed has home ice (2-2-1-1-1). Percentages are series win probabilities; later rounds show the most likely matchup based on Round 1.

NHL Playoff Odds 2026

Division Standings

Atlantic Division

Metropolitan Division

Central Division

Pacific Division

Wild Card Race

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

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Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Bracket (Most Likely Path)

Eastern Conference

Western Conference