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The Carolina Hurricanes are 1st in the Metropolitan Division with a record of 34-15-6.

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What year did the NHL start playing overtime this season?

Eastern

Western

Atlantic Division

TEAM	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	SO	L10	STRK
Lightning	53	35	14	4	74	27	189	136	53	16-9-0	19-5-4	4-2	8-1-1	W3
Red Wings	56	32	18	6	70	22	171	171	0	18-10-2	14-8-4	2-3	5-3-2	L3
Canadiens	55	31	17	7	69	20	191	182	9	16-11-1	15-6-6	2-4	6-3-1	W3
Bruins	56	32	20	4	68	24	191	177	14	21-8-1	11-12-3	2-2	7-1-2	L1
Sabres	54	31	18	5	67	25	185	164	21	17-7-3	14-11-2	3-0	7-2-1	L1
Panthers	54	28	23	3	59	23	165	176	-11	14-12-3	14-11-0	3-1	5-5-0	L3
Senators	54	26	21	7	59	21	183	177	6	14-10-4	12-11-3	3-0	6-2-2	W3
Maple Leafs	55	25	21	9	59	17	179	190	-11	16-9-6	9-12-3	1-1	2-6-2	W1

Metropolitan Division

TEAM	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	SO	L10	STRK
Hurricanes	55	34	15	6	74	24	191	160	31	20-8-2	14-7-4	4-3	6-1-3	W1
Penguins	53	28	14	11	67	24	181	159	22	13-7-7	15-7-4	1-7	7-1-2	W6
Islanders	55	30	20	5	65	21	160	153	7	15-10-2	15-10-3	4-5	5-5-0	L1
Blue Jackets	54	27	20	7	61	18	172	177	-5	14-8-4	13-12-3	5-1	9-1-0	W5
Capitals	56	27	22	7	61	22	179	170	9	15-10-3	12-12-4	1-5	4-5-1	W2
Flyers	54	24	20	10	58	17	162	176	-14	12-9-6	12-11-4	5-3	2-6-2	L4
Devils	55	28	25	2	58	18	145	169	-24	13-10-2	15-15-0	3-0	6-4-0	L1
Rangers	56	22	28	6	50	14	151	178	-27	6-14-4	16-14-2	2-0	2-8-0	L3

Central Division

TEAM	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	SO	L10	STRK
Avalanche	53	36	8	9	81	33	208	134	74	20-2-4	16-6-5	1-5	4-4-2	W1
Wild	56	32	14	10	74	21	186	161	25	16-6-7	16-8-3	4-3	6-3-1	W3
Stars	55	32	14	9	73	27	184	153	31	14-7-3	18-7-6	4-3	6-4-0	W4
Mammoth	55	28	23	4	60	21	173	154	19	15-8-2	13-15-2	0-0	6-3-1	L2
Predators	54	25	23	6	56	18	156	183	-27	14-12-2	11-11-4	3-0	5-3-2	W1
Jets	54	22	25	7	51	20	156	166	-10	12-10-5	10-15-2	1-2	5-3-2	W1
Blackhawks	55	21	25	9	51	16	148	178	-30	11-14-5	10-11-4	3-5	2-6-2	L5
Blues	55	20	26	9	49	19	138	192	-54	13-11-6	7-15-3	1-3	3-6-1	L1

Pacific Division

TEAM	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	SO	L10	STRK
Golden Knights	55	25	16	14	64	18	182	176	6	12-8-7	13-8-7	1-6	3-5-2	L5
Oilers	56	28	20	8	64	21	193	185	8	15-9-4	13-11-4	0-3	5-4-1	L1
Kraken	54	26	19	9	61	20	156	159	-3	14-9-5	12-10-4	1-4	5-4-1	W4
Ducks	55	29	23	3	61	17	181	193	-12	16-8-1	13-15-2	6-0	8-2-0	W1
Kings	54	23	17	14	60	14	143	153	-10	8-10-7	15-7-7	4-6	4-2-4	L1
Sharks	53	27	22	4	58	16	166	183	-17	14-9-3	13-13-1	2-1	5-4-1	L2
Flames	54	22	26	6	50	18	136	162	-26	14-9-4	8-17-2	2-2	4-4-2	W1
Canucks	55	18	31	6	42	12	145	199	-54	6-17-4	12-14-2	4-2	2-7-1	L1

More Hurricanes Stats

Team Leaders

23

Jarvis

35

Aho

+/-

+16

Chatfield

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.40

5th

GA/GP

2.85

8th

PP%

21.6

13th

PK%

81.3

10th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	34	15	6	74	31
Penguins	28	14	11	67	22
Islanders	30	20	5	65	7
Capitals	27	22	7	61	9
Blue Jackets	27	20	7	61	-5
Flyers	24	20	10	58	-14
Devils	28	25	2	58	-24
Rangers	22	28	6	50	-27

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 2/3	OTT	@	CAR	7:00 PM
Thu 2/5	CAR	@	NYR	7:00 PM
Thu 2/26	TBL	@	CAR	7:00 PM
Sat 2/28	DET	@	CAR	7:00 PM
Mon 3/2	CAR	@	SEA	10:00 PM

Last Game

Kings

23 - 17 - 14

Final

Hurricanes

34 - 15 - 6

Sun 1 Feb 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

40

MacKinnon

34

McDavid

32

Caufield

Assists Leaders

61

McDavid

58

Kucherov

52

Celebrini

Points Leaders

95

McDavid

91

MacKinnon

86

Kucherov

Hits Leaders

276

Trenin

210

Sherwood

198

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

137

Parayko

135

Dobson

125

Weegar

Wins Leaders

25

Vejmelka

25

Vasilevskiy

22

Swayman

Goals Against Leaders

2.12

Vasilevskiy

2.21

Bussi

2.22

Cooley

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Cooley

.919

Grubauer

.918

Vasilevskiy

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.91

3.49

3.45

Goals Against Rankings

2.43

2.53

2.69

Power Play Rankings

31.2

30.0

27.0

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.4

84.2

84.1

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

38-16

35-18

36-20

35-20

32-21

32-22

Worst Record ATS

18-37

19-36

19-35

20-35

20-34

22-34

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	36	8	9	81	74
Wild	32	14	10	74	25
Stars	32	14	9	73	31
Mammoth	28	23	4	60	19
Predators	25	23	6	56	-27
Jets	22	25	7	51	-10
Blackhawks	21	25	9	51	-30
Blues	20	26	9	49	-54
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	25	16	14	64	6
Oilers	28	20	8	64	8
Kraken	26	19	9	61	-3
Ducks	29	23	3	61	-12
Kings	23	17	14	60	-10
Sharks	27	22	4	58	-17
Flames	22	26	6	50	-26
Canucks	18	31	6	42	-54

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	35	14	4	74	53
Red Wings	32	18	6	70	0
Canadiens	31	17	7	69	9
Bruins	32	20	4	68	14
Sabres	31	18	5	67	21
Panthers	28	23	3	59	-11
Senators	26	21	7	59	6
Maple Leafs	25	21	9	59	-11
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	34	15	6	74	31
Penguins	28	14	11	67	22
Islanders	30	20	5	65	7
Blue Jackets	27	20	7	61	-5
Capitals	27	22	7	61	9
Flyers	24	20	10	58	-14
Devils	28	25	2	58	-24
Rangers	22	28	6	50	-27

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 1/5	CBJ	@	SJS	2-5
Mon 1/5	BOS	@	SEA	4-7
Tue 1/6	DAL	@	WSH	4-1
Tue 1/6	CGY	@	MTL	1-4
Tue 1/6	STL	@	CHI	3-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 2/2	NYI	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Mon 2/2	BUF	@	FLA	7:00 PM
Mon 2/2	OTT	@	PIT	7:00 PM
Mon 2/2	MTL	@	MIN	7:30 PM
Mon 2/2	STL	@	NSH	8:00 PM

The Carolina Hurricanes are 1st in the Metropolitan Division with a record of 34-15-6.

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Metropolitan Division

Central Division

Pacific Division

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NHL 2025-26 Leaders

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34

32

61

58

52

95

91

86

276

210

198

137

135

125

25

25

22

2.12

2.21

2.22

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.919

.918

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

NHL 2025-26 Betting

NHL 2025-26 Standings

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

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