Playoff Pool Predictor 2025 / 2026 Season

2025 / 2026 Season

Playoff Predictor

It can take guts to draft from the predicted list produced from this tool, but maybe it helps show you a dark-horse pick you would otherwise overlook? Who knows. It's fun! And free!

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Predict the winner and number of games for each series. Then, using your projected number of games played, and the player's regular season scoring percentages, we'll show you who you think is the most valuable to draft in the playoffs.

The more accurately you predict the winners, the better your player list will be.

See how you would have done in 2024 if you had correctly picked the winners and games played.

Click here to see how to link YOUR Predictions to a Live Draft.

2025 / 2026 Season NHL Standings

First Round Matchups
EAST			WEST
Home Ice Advantage	Away	Games	Home Ice Advantage	Away	Games
Carolina 82 PTS W:38 L:16 OT:3 GF:34 GA:208	Boston 73 PTS W:34 L:21 OT:2 GF:32 GA:202		Colorado 91 PTS W:41 L:10 OT:4 GF:40 GA:230	Seattle 67 PTS W:29 L:22 OT:5 GF:28 GA:171
Season Record Nov 1: CAR 1 at BOS 2 Nov 17: CAR 3 at BOS 1 Apr 7: BOS at CAR - yet to be played Carolina 2 PTS, Boston 2 PTS --- 0 GP at CAR, 2 GP at BOS Drop 1st CAR home game (tie-breaker rule): CAR 2 PTS, BOS 0 PTS			Season Record Dec 16: COL 5 at SEA 3 Mar 12: COL at SEA - yet to be played Apr 16: SEA at COL - yet to be played Colorado 2 PTS, Seattle 0 PTS --- 0 GP at COL, 1 GP at SEA Drop 1st COL home game (tie-breaker rule): COL 0 PTS, SEA 0 PTS
Pittsburgh 75 PTS W:31 L:16 OT:5 GF:30 GA:204	New York I. 75 PTS W:35 L:21 OT:0 GF:31 GA:182		Dallas 85 PTS W:38 L:14 OT:6 GF:34 GA:212	Minnesota 82 PTS W:36 L:16 OT:7 GF:32 GA:209
Season Record Oct 9: NYI 3 at PIT 4 Feb 3: PIT 4 at NYI 5 OT Mar 30: PIT at NYI - yet to be played Pittsburgh 3 PTS, New York I. 2 PTS --- 1 GP at PIT, 1 GP at NYI			Season Record Oct 14: MIN 2 at DAL 5 Dec 11: DAL 2 at MIN 5 Mar 21: DAL at MIN - yet to be played Apr 9: MIN at DAL - yet to be played Dallas 2 PTS, Minnesota 2 PTS --- 1 GP at DAL, 1 GP at MIN
Tampa Bay 80 PTS W:38 L:17 OT:2 GF:34 GA:210	Montreal 75 PTS W:33 L:18 OT:5 GF:31 GA:213		Vegas 70 PTS W:28 L:19 OT:8 GF:27 GA:201	Utah 68 PTS W:32 L:25 OT:4 GF:32 GA:193
Season Record Dec 9: TBL 6 at MTL 1 Dec 28: MTL 4 at TBL 5 ShO Mar 31: MTL at TBL - yet to be played Apr 9: TBL at MTL - yet to be played Tampa Bay 4 PTS, Montreal 1 PTS --- 1 GP at TBL, 1 GP at MTL			Season Record Nov 20: VGK 4 at UTA 1 Nov 24: VGK 1 at UTA 5 Mar 19: UTA at VGK - yet to be played Vegas 2 PTS, Utah 2 PTS --- 0 GP at VGK, 2 GP at UTA Drop 1st VGK home game (tie-breaker rule): VGK 0 PTS, UTA 2 PTS
Buffalo 78 PTS W:36 L:19 OT:6 GF:33 GA:209	Detroit 76 PTS W:35 L:20 OT:3 GF:33 GA:182		Anaheim 69 PTS W:33 L:24 OT:3 GF:26 GA:200	Edmonton 68 PTS W:30 L:24 OT:5 GF:30 GA:220
Season Record Oct 22: DET 2 at BUF 4 Nov 15: BUF 5 at DET 4 OT Mar 27: DET at BUF - yet to be played Buffalo 4 PTS, Detroit 1 PTS --- 1 GP at BUF, 1 GP at DET			Season Record Jan 26: ANA 4 at EDM 7 Feb 25: EDM 5 at ANA 6 Mar 28: ANA at EDM - yet to be played Anaheim 2 PTS, Edmonton 2 PTS --- 1 GP at ANA, 1 GP at EDM