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2026–27 playoff picture · through Oct 22

Who's getting in?

We play out the rest of the season 10,000 times, game by game, using each team's Team Puckigree and how unsure we still are about it. Then we run the bracket. The odds are how often each thing happened.

1Carolina Hurricanes12%to win the Cup2Tampa Bay Lightning11%to win the Cup3Edmonton Oilers10%to win the Cup4Colorado Avalanche9%to win the Cup5Boston Bruins8%to win the Cup

Eastern

TeamPointsPlayoffsDivR2Conf FFinalCup
Carolina Hurricanes111 98–12495%55%62%38%21%12%
Tampa Bay Lightning110 95–12491%43%57%34%19%11%
Boston Bruins107 93–12187%32%50%27%14%8%
Washington Capitals100 84–11569%17%38%18%9%5%
New York Rangers99 84–11467%13%33%16%8%4%
Ottawa Senators99 83–11464%12%31%15%7%4%
New York Islanders94 79–10848%6%20%8%4%2%
New Jersey Devils93 78–10848%6%20%8%4%2%
Montréal Canadiens93 79–10642%4%17%6%2%1%
Toronto Maple Leafs92 78–10641%3%16%6%3%1%
Buffalo Sabres90 76–10535%3%14%6%3%1%
Detroit Red Wings89 75–10331%2%11%5%2%1%
Florida Panthers88 74–10328%2%10%4%1%1%
Philadelphia Flyers86 72–10022%1%8%3%1%<1%
Pittsburgh Penguins84 70–9818%1%7%3%1%<1%
Columbus Blue Jackets82 67–9714%1%5%2%1%<1%

Western

TeamPointsPlayoffsDivR2Conf FFinalCup
Edmonton Oilers110 96–12495%57%61%37%19%10%
Vegas Golden Knights103 88–11785%26%50%26%13%6%
Colorado Avalanche104 89–11982%26%47%27%16%9%
Dallas Stars103 89–11779%20%41%21%11%5%
Minnesota Wild102 87–11677%19%39%19%10%5%
Utah Mammoth101 86–11575%17%36%18%9%4%
Seattle Kraken96 81–11063%10%28%11%4%2%
St. Louis Blues96 80–11258%10%26%13%6%3%
Winnipeg Jets94 79–10850%6%21%9%4%2%
Nashville Predators88 73–10332%3%11%5%2%1%
Los Angeles Kings86 71–10129%2%12%4%1%<1%
San Jose Sharks86 73–10029%2%10%4%1%<1%
Anaheim Ducks83 68–9822%1%9%4%1%<1%
Calgary Flames80 64–9617%1%7%3%1%<1%
Chicago Blackhawks76 62–906%<1%2%1%<1%<1%
Vancouver Canucks67 54–791%0%<1%<1%<1%<1%
Playoff chances Carolina Hurricanes · now 96%
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Each game is played out from the two teams' ratings, with home ice, and about one in five goes past regulation for the extra point. Ties in the standings are broken the way the NHL does it (points, then regulation wins, then regulation and overtime wins, then wins). The top three in each division and two wild cards per conference get in, and each series is a best of seven. The line under each table is the cut. Presidents' Trophy: Carolina Hurricanes 18%, Tampa Bay Lightning 15%, Edmonton Oilers 14%.Models: Playoffs 1.0 · Ratings 0.2.0

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