Updated Sunday Mar. 22

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
SabresBUF44-20-6
5th 37.5% 99.9%
+ 62.5%
2
WildMIN40-19-12
6th 53.6% 99.9%
+ 46.4%
3
HurricanesCAR44-19-6
2nd 79.7% 99.9%
+ 20.3%
4
StarsDAL43-15-11
4th 79.7% 99.9%
+ 20.3%
5
AvalancheCOL45-13-10
1st 80.5% 99.9%
+ 19.5%
6
LightningTB43-21-4
3rd 77.0% 99.8%
+ 22.8%
7
DucksANA38-27-4
20th 29.1% 98.9%
+ 69.8%
8
MammothUTA36-28-6
11th 52.3% 95.6%
+ 43.3%
9
PenguinsPIT35-18-16
14th 20.0% 85.7%
+ 65.7%
10
OilersEDM34-28-9
16th 82.1% 83.9%
+ 1.8%
11
CanadiensMTL38-21-10
10th 46.8% 83.4%
+ 36.6%
12
KnightsVGS31-25-14
19th 82.7% 82.7%
0.0%
13
Blue JacketsCBJ37-21-11
8th 28.6% 82.5%
+ 53.9%
14
BruinsBOS39-23-8
9th 26.5% 73.7%
+ 47.2%
15
Red WingsDET38-24-8
13th 31.0% 58.5%
+ 27.5%
16
KingsLA28-25-16
23rd 68.7% 47.9%
- 20.8%
17
IslandersNYI39-26-5
15th 31.9% 47.7%
+ 15.8%
18
SenatorsOTT36-24-9
7th 58.7% 47.3%
- 11.4%
19
PredatorsNSH32-28-9
22nd 27.4% 46.4%
+ 19%
20
SharksSJ32-30-6
29th 9.4% 19.6%
+ 10.2%
21
KrakenSEA31-29-9
27th 24.1% 17.9%
- 6.2%
22
FlyersPHI34-23-12
21st 29.0% 13.9%
- 15.1%
23
CapitalsWSH35-27-8
12th 55.9% 7.6%
- 48.3%
24
JetsWPG28-29-12
24th 72.7% 5.0%
- 67.7%
25
BluesSTL28-30-11
26th 51.9% 2.3%
- 49.6%
26
BlackhawksCHI26-31-12
31st 12.1% 0.2%
- 11.9%
27
FlamesCGY28-34-7
30th 28.7% 0.1%
- 28.6%
28
DevilsNJ35-32-2
18th 70.7% 0.1%
- 70.6%
29
PanthersFLA34-32-3
17th 76.4% 0.1%
- 76.3%
30
CanucksVAN21-40-8
32nd 45.2% 0.0%
- 45.2%
31
RangersNYR28-33-8
25th 58.0% 0.0%
- 58%
32
LeafsTOR29-29-13
28th 72.6% 0.0%
- 72.6%

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.