Updated Wednesday Mar. 4

2026 NHL Playoff Odds

NHL team playoff odds tracked from the preseason to current day.

TEAM GURU
RANK
PRESEASON
PROJECTION
PRESEASON
PROJ
CURRENT
PROJECTION
CURRENT
PROJ
CHANGE
1
WildMIN36-16-10
5th 53.6% 99.9%
+ 46.4%
2
HurricanesCAR38-16-6
3rd 79.7% 99.9%
+ 20.3%
3
StarsDAL38-14-9
4th 79.7% 99.9%
+ 20.3%
4
AvalancheCOL41-10-9
1st 80.5% 99.9%
+ 19.5%
5
LightningTB38-17-4
2nd 77.0% 99.8%
+ 22.8%
6
SabresBUF36-19-6
6th 37.5% 95.3%
+ 57.8%
7
DucksANA33-24-3
19th 29.1% 89.3%
+ 60.2%
8
KnightsVGS28-19-14
18th 82.7% 89.1%
+ 6.4%
9
MammothUTA32-25-4
7th 52.3% 87.8%
+ 35.5%
10
Red WingsDET35-20-6
14th 31.0% 84.0%
+ 53%
11
IslandersNYI35-21-5
13th 31.9% 82.3%
+ 50.4%
12
PenguinsPIT31-16-13
12th 20.0% 82.2%
+ 62.2%
13
CanadiensMTL33-18-9
9th 46.8% 81.7%
+ 34.9%
14
OilersEDM30-24-8
11th 82.1% 73.5%
- 8.6%
15
KrakenSEA29-22-9
21st 24.1% 65.5%
+ 41.4%
16
BruinsBOS34-21-5
10th 26.5% 65.5%
+ 39%
17
Blue JacketsCBJ31-21-8
15th 28.6% 46.6%
+ 18%
18
SharksSJ30-25-4
27th 9.4% 44.0%
+ 34.6%
19
SenatorsOTT29-22-9
8th 58.7% 32.0%
- 26.7%
20
KingsLA24-22-14
25th 68.7% 26.2%
- 42.5%
21
PredatorsNSH27-26-8
26th 27.4% 17.6%
- 9.8%
22
CapitalsWSH31-25-7
16th 55.9% 15.7%
- 40.2%
23
FlyersPHI28-21-11
22nd 29.0% 11.2%
- 17.8%
24
JetsWPG24-26-10
24th 72.7% 5.6%
- 67.1%
25
PanthersFLA30-28-3
17th 76.4% 2.2%
- 74.2%
26
FlamesCGY24-29-7
28th 28.7% 1.1%
- 27.6%
27
DevilsNJ30-29-2
20th 70.7% 1.1%
- 69.6%
28
LeafsTOR27-24-10
23rd 72.6% 0.9%
- 71.7%
29
BlackhawksCHI23-28-10
31st 12.1% 0.3%
- 11.8%
30
BluesSTL22-29-9
30th 51.9% 0.3%
- 51.6%
31
CanucksVAN18-35-7
32nd 45.2% 0.0%
- 45.2%
32
RangersNYR23-29-8
29th 58.0% 0.0%
- 58%

How We Calculate: Our NHL playoff predictions are calculated by averaging playoff probabilities from Hockey Reference and Money Puck. The table above shows the preseason and current playoff probabilities for each team. The change in these two predictions is also shown.