The NHL is within the residence stretch of the 2023-24 common season. Meaning playoff races are therapeutic up atop divisions and on the wild card bubble.

All through the following eight days, each level shall be essential as workforce battle for playoff positioning. Followers could have their eyes glued to the scoreboard and the standings for the following two weeks.

The playoff image could change on a nightly foundation, so CBS Sports activities has you coated with our NHL playoff race tracker. It’s going to be up to date each day to indicate the place every playoff hopeful stands because the postseason will get nearer and nearer.

Reminder: Here is how the NHL playoff seeding works

• The highest three groups in every division robotically qualify for the playoffs.
• Every convention has two wild-card spots.
• The highest division winner in every convention will play the second wild card workforce, and the opposite division winner will play the primary wild card workforce.
• The second and third-place groups in every division will match up with each other within the first spherical.

*Regulation wins are the primary tiebreaker, and regulation plus additional time wins are the second tiebreaker. Shootout wins are usually not counted in regulation plus additional time wins.

Japanese Convention playoff image

Atlantic Division

1. Boston Bruins | 46-18-15 | 107 factors

Factors proportion: .677
Regulation wins: 35
Regulation plus additional time wins: 42
Present first-round matchup: Tampa Bay Lightning

The Bruins fell by the hands of the Hurricanes in an Japanese Convention tilt on Tuesday. Now Boston leads Florida by simply three factors for the Atlantic Division crown with simply over every week left within the common season.

2. Florida Panthers | 49-24-6 | 104 factors

Factors proportion: .658
Regulation wins: 40
Regulation plus additional time wins: 46
Present first-round matchup: Toronto Maple Leafs

The Panthers had been struggling greater than most groups battling for a playoff spot, however get a much-needed victory in opposition to the Senators. Consistency shall be key for Florida down the stretch.

3. Toronto Maple Leafs | 46-23-9 | 101 factors

Factors proportion: .647
Regulation wins: 33
Regulation plus additional time wins: 41
Present first-round matchup: Florida Panthers

The Maple Leafs have been the third workforce within the Atlantic Division for many of the season, and look entrenched in that spot. Auston Matthews is on a six-game aim streak and now has 66 on the season.

Metropolitan Division

1. New York Rangers | 53-22-4 | 110 factors

Factors proportion: .696
Regulation wins: 42
Regulation plus additional time wins: 50
Present first-round matchup: Washington Capitals

The Rangers are preventing with the Bruins for the Presidents’ Trophy because the common season comes down the house stretch. New York could not be any hotter as they’ve gained eight of its final 10 video games.

2. Carolina Hurricanes | 50-22-7 | 107 factors

Factors proportion: .677
Regulation wins: 42
Regulation plus additional time wins: 48
Present first-round matchup: New York Islanders

The Hurricanes have thrived since touchdown the likes of Jake Guentzel and Evgeny Kuznetsov on the commerce deadline. Carolina seems like a juggernaut within the East, and is making a push for the Metropolitan Division’s high spot late within the season.

3. New York Islanders | 35-27-15 | 85 factors

Factors proportion: .552
Regulation wins: 26
Regulation plus additional time wins: 34
Present first-round matchup: Carolina Hurricanes

The Islanders have come out of nowhere to climb into the third spot within the Metropolitan Division standings. They’ve ripped off 5 consecutive wins, together with a 4-3 triumph in opposition to the Rangers on Tuesday.

Wild card

WC1. Tampa Bay Lightning | 44-27-7 | 95 factors

Factors proportion: .609
Regulation wins: 36
Regulation plus additional time wins: 41
Present first-round matchup: Boston Bruins

The Lightning are seemingly the workforce that nobody needs to face within the opening spherical of the postseason. Tampa Bay has gained 11 of its final 14 video games, and Nikita Kucherov continues to be electrical.

WC2. Washington Capitals | 37-30-11 | 85 factors

Factors proportion: .545
Regulation wins: 29
Regulation plus additional time wins: 33
Present first-round matchup: New York Rangers

The Capitals had misplaced six consecutive video games, however bought an enormous win in opposition to the Crimson Wings on Tuesday. For now, Washington is locked into the No. 2 Wild Card spot within the East.

Pittsburgh Penguins | 36-30-12 | 84 factors

Factors proportion: .538
Regulation wins: 31
Regulation plus additional time wins: 34
Present first-round matchup: N/A

The Penguins are scorching hastily with six wins over their final eight video games. Pittsburgh did slip up in opposition to Toronto on Monday, however nonetheless managed to earn a degree in an additional time loss.

Detroit Crimson Wings | 38-32-8 | 84 factors

Factors proportion: .538
Regulation wins: 27
Regulation plus additional time wins: 36
Present first-round matchup: N/A

Whereas the ship hasn’t essentially been righted, the Crimson Wings have tallied two wins over their final 4 video games. Nevertheless, with so many groups vying for that spot, Detroit wants to tear off as many wins as doable over the ultimate week of the season, and Tuesday’s loss to the Capitals did not assist issues.

Philadelphia Flyers | 36-32-11 | 83 factors

Factors proportion: .525
Regulation wins: 28
Regulation plus additional time wins: 32
Present first-round matchup: N/A

The Flyers are fading within the playoff race with eight consecutive losses coming down the stretch, together with a 9-3 drubbing in opposition to the Canadiens. Philadelphia had a terrific begin to the yr, however shedding their beginning goaltender in Carter Hart and buying and selling away Sean Walker had been large hits to their playoff possibilities.

Western Convention playoff image

Central Division

1. Dallas Stars | 50-20-9 | 109 factors

Factors proportion: .690
Regulation wins: 39
Regulation plus additional time wins: 47
Present first-round matchup: Vegas Golden Knights

The Stars have grabbed the lead within the Central due to 10 wins over their final 11 video games, and are only one level behind the Rangers within the Presidents’ Trophy race. Goaltender Jake Oettinger could lastly be turning his season round on the excellent time.

2. Colorado Avalanche | 49-24-6 | 104 factors

Factors proportion: .658
Regulation wins: 41
Regulation plus additional time wins: 47
Present first-round matchup: Winnipeg Jets

Nathan MacKinnon continues to make a Hart Trophy push together with his sensational season. After wanting unbeatable in latest weeks, the Avalanche have dropped 5 of their final eight video games, together with falling to the Stars 7-4 in a key divisional battle.

3. Winnipeg Jets | 48-24-6 | 102 factors

Factors proportion: .654
Regulation wins: 42
Regulation plus additional time wins: 48
Present first-round matchup: Colorado Avalanche

The Jets had been on a big-time slide with a six-game shedding streak, however have racked up 4 consecutive victories. Key matchups in opposition to the Stars and Avalanche over the ultimate week might be enormous in serving to the Jets probably achieve home-ice benefit within the opening spherical.

Pacific Division

1. Vancouver Canucks | 48-22-8 | 104 factors

Factors proportion: .667
Regulation wins: 42
Regulation plus additional time wins: 48
Present first-round matchup: Nashville Predators

The Canucks maintain a large lead within the Pacific Division, and bought an enormous win in opposition to the Golden Knights on Monday. It is seemingly that the Canucks win the division, particularly since they face the Coyotes and Flames over the ultimate 4 video games of the common season.

2. Edmonton Oilers | 47-24-5 | 99 factors

Factors proportion: .651
Regulation wins: 37
Regulation plus additional time wins: 45
Present first-round matchup: Los Angeles Kings

Connor McDavid and the Oilers look to be locked into second place within the Pacific Division. The Oilers earned back-to-back wins over the weekend to bounce again from a brutal beatdown by the hands of the Stars final week.

3. Los Angeles Kings | 41-26-11 | 93 factors

Factors proportion: .596
Regulation wins: 35
Regulation plus additional time wins: 39
Present first-round matchup: Edmonton Oilers

The Kings had been not too long ago in a position to reclaim the No. 3 spot within the Pacific Division, however did fall to the lowly Geese on Tuesday. It’s going to be a back-and-forth affair between the Kings and Golden Knights over the ultimate days of the common season for the No. 3 spot.

Wild card

WC1. Nashville Predators | 45-29-5 | 95 factors

Factors proportion: .601
Regulation wins: 36
Regulation plus additional time wins: 42
Present first-round matchup: Vancouver Canucks

The Predators had been one of many hottest groups within the NHL, however have misplaced 4 of their final seven video games. Nonetheless, Nashville stays the highest Wild Card workforce within the West in the intervening time.

WC2. Vegas Golden Knights | 42-27-8 | 92 factors

Factors proportion: .597
Regulation wins: 32
Regulation plus additional time wins: 38
Present first-round matchup: Dallas Stars

The Golden Knights have fallen out of the No. 3 spot within the Pacific Division after struggling consecutive losses to the Coyotes and Canucks. Commerce deadline acquisition Tomas Hertl seemed robust in his Vegas debut on Monday, so there are nonetheless loads of causes for optimism because the common season winds down.

St. Louis Blues | 41-32-5 | 87 factors

Factors proportion: .558
Regulation wins: 29
Regulation plus additional time wins: 36
Present first-round matchup: N/A

The Blues actually aren’t out of the playoff image, however they should begin stringing wins collectively. It’ll be an uphill climb with the Hurricanes and Stars on their schedule over the ultimate 4 video games of the common season.