NHL playoff picture, 2026-27

Who is in if the season ended today?

If the 2026-27 NHL season ended today, the Boston Bruins (1-0) would be the top seed in the Eastern and the Vegas Golden Knights (1-0) would be the top seed in the Western. 8 clubs a conference make it.

Eastern

Eastern seeds, 2026-27: record, games back of the last spot, status
1BOS1-0—In
2MTL1-0—In
3FLA1-0—In
4CAR0-0-1—In
5WSH0-0—In
6NYI0-0—In
7PIT0-0—In
8NJ0-0—In
9DET0-0—In the hunt
10BUF0-0—In the hunt
11TB0-0—In the hunt
12OTT0-0—In the hunt
13PHI0-0—In the hunt
14CBJ0-0—In the hunt
15TOR0-1—In the hunt
16NYR0-1—In the hunt

Western

Western seeds, 2026-27: record, games back of the last spot, status
1VGK1-0—In
2VAN1-0—In
3EDM0-0-1—In
4ANA0-0—In
5LA0-0—In
6COL0-0—In
7WPG0-0—In
8STL0-0—In
9DAL0-0—In the hunt
10NSH0-0—In the hunt
11SEA0-0—In the hunt
12UTAH0-0—In the hunt
13CGY0-0—In the hunt
14SJ0-0—In the hunt
15MIN0-0—In the hunt
16CHI0-1—In the hunt

Seeds as ESPN ranks them, tiebreakers applied. “Back” counts games behind seed 8; the NHL ranks by points, so no games-back figure is given.