Complete 2025 NHL Playoff Picture, Standings, Bracket and Wild-card Race

The NHL Playoff picture is coming down to the wire, with teams preparing for their final slate of regular season games amid a tightening postseason race.

The New Jersey Devils clinched a playoff spot Wednesday, leaving just one open spot in the Eastern Conference Playoffs and, potentially, five different teams vying for it.

In the Western Conference, six teams make up the field of contenders for three remaining spots.

What do the current playoff standings look like and which teams have the inside track on clinching the remaining spots?

Find out with this look at current postseason situation.

The current Eastern Conference Playoff Standings are:

1. Washington Capitals-Y (107 points)
2. Toronto Maple Leafs-X (100 points)
3. Tampa Bay Lightning-X (97 points)
4. Carolina Hurricanes-X (96 points)
5. Florida Panthers-X (94 points)
6. Ottawa Senators-X (90 points)
7. New Jersey Devils-X (89 points)
8. Montreal Canadiens (87 points)
9. Detroit Red Wings (79 points)
10. New York Islanders (79 points)
11. Columbus Blue Jackets (79 points)
12. New York Rangers (79 points)
13. Buffalo Sabres (76 points)
14. Pittsburgh Penguins-E (76 points)
15. Philadelphia Flyers-E (73 points)
16. Boston Bruins-E (73 points)

Y (clinched division); X (clinched playoff spot); E (eliminated from playoff contention)

The current Western Conference Playoff picture is:

1. Winnipeg Jets-X (110 points)
2. Dallas Stars-X (106 points)
3. Vegas Golden Knights-X (103 points)
4. Colorado Avalanche-X (100 points)
5. Los Angeles Kings-X (97 points)
6. Edmonton Oilers (93 points)
7. Minnesota Wild (93 points)
8. St. Louis Blues (93 points)
9. Calgary Flames (88 points)
10. Vancouver Canucks (85 points)
11. Utah Hockey Club (84 points)
12. Anaheim Ducks-E (78 points)
13. Seattle Kraken-E (74 points)
14. Nashville Predators-E (64 points)
15. Chicago Blackhawks-E (54 points)
16. San Jose Sharks-E (51 points)

X (clinched playoff spot); E (eliminated from playoff contention)

The best player in the world returned to the ice for Edmonton Wednesday night, tallying three assists, the last of which was to Connor Brown, who scored the game-winner against St. Louis with 21 seconds left in regulation.

It was a triumphant comeback for McDavid, who missed eight games due to a lower body injury. It was also a historic one as the captain became the seventh player in NHL history with at least five 65-save seasons, joining Wayne Gretzky, Peter Statsny, Guy LeFleur, Bobby Orr, Adam Oates, and Phil Esposito, per NHL.com.

The victory gave Edmonton a two-point lead over St. Louis and Minnesota for the sixth seed in the Western Conference playoff picture, one that is still very undecided as the regular season winds down.

Whereas the Eastern Conference has just one spot unclaimed, the West as three open spots and six teams battling for them.

Edmonton has the upper-hand with the points lead and with two of their last four against the hapless San Jose Sharks, there is plenty of reason to believe the Oilers can lock up that spot, even with the other two games against playoff teams in Winnipeg and Los Angeles.

Minnesota, an 8-7 winner against the aforementioned Sharks on Wednesday, has two of three games against teams fighting for a playoff spot in Calgary and Vancouver, while St. Louis has winnable games against Utah and Seattle.

Still, despite Minnesota's tough final slate, and a St. Louis team that has lost their last two after winning eight straight, they have the look of teams that will join Edmonton in completing the Western Conference picture.