The 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs bracket and final series results. The next bracket fills in when the 2026–27 regular season ends; until then, daily playoff probability for all 32 teams is on the NHL standings page.
Sixteen teams qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs: the top three teams in each of the NHL's four divisions, plus two wild-card teams per conference. Every round is a best-of-seven series.
The four rounds are the First Round, Second Round (Division Finals), Conference Finals, and the Stanley Cup Final.
Championship probability comes from 100,000 Monte Carlo simulations of the remaining regular-season schedule and, once the field is set, the bracket itself — using each team's strength rating, its uncertainty, and home-ice advantage.
Data through 2026-11-01.