Hockey

NHL

United States

Season:: 2025-2026

The National Hockey League (NHL; French: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH) is a professional ice hockey league composed of 32 member clubs: 25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. Headquartered in New York City, the NHL is widely considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season. The National Hockey League was organized on November 26, 1917, in Montreal, Quebec, after the suspension of operations of its predecessor organization, the National Hockey Association (NHA), which had been founded in 1909 in Renfrew Ontario. It started with four teams (all based in Canada) and, through a series of expansions, contractions, and relocations, is now composed of thirty active franchises. The "nation" referred to by the league's name was Canada, although the league has now been binational since 1924 when its first team in the United States, the Boston Bruins, began play. After a labour-management dispute that led to the cancellation of the entire 2004–05 season, the league resumed play under a new collective agreement that included a salary cap. In 2009, the NHL enjoyed record highs in terms of sponsorships, attendance, and television audiences. The league draws many highly skilled players from all over the world and currently has players from approximately 20 different countries. Canadians have historically constituted the majority of the players in the league, with a dramatically increasing percentage of American and European players in recent years.

Standings▾

Standings

#	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Carolina Hurricanes	82	53	22	296	240	56	113
2	Buffalo Sabres	82	50	23	288	241	47	109
3	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	50	26	290	231	59	106
4	Montreal Canadiens	82	48	24	283	256	27	106
5	Boston Bruins	82	45	27	272	250	22	100
6	Ottawa Senators	82	44	27	278	246	32	99
7	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	41	25	293	268	25	98
8	Philadelphia Flyers	82	43	27	250	243	7	98
9	Washington Capitals	82	43	30	263	244	19	95
10	Detroit Red Wings	82	41	31	241	258	-17	92
11	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	40	30	253	253	0	92
12	New York Islanders	82	43	34	233	241	-8	91
13	New Jersey Devils	82	42	37	230	254	-24	87
14	Florida Panthers	82	40	38	251	276	-25	84
15	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	32	36	253	299	-46	78
16	New York Rangers	82	34	39	238	250	-12	77

Standings

#	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vegas Golden Knights	82	39	26	265	250	15	95
2	Dallas Stars	82	50	20	279	226	53	112
3	Minnesota Wild	82	46	24	272	240	32	104
4	Edmonton Oilers	82	41	30	282	269	13	93
5	Utah Mammoth	82	43	33	268	240	28	92
6	Anaheim Ducks	82	43	33	273	288	-15	92
7	Los Angeles Kings	82	35	27	225	247	-22	90
8	St. Louis Blues	82	37	33	231	258	-27	86
9	Nashville Predators	82	38	34	247	269	-22	86
10	San Jose Sharks	82	39	35	251	292	-41	86
11	Winnipeg Jets	82	35	35	231	260	-29	82
12	Seattle Kraken	82	34	37	226	263	-37	79
13	Calgary Flames	82	34	39	212	259	-47	77
14	Chicago Blackhawks	82	29	39	213	275	-62	72
15	Vancouver Canucks	82	25	49	216	316	-100	58
16	Colorado Avalanche	82	55	16	302	203	99	121