North Division (NHL)

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This is about the current NHL division and is not to be confused with the Canadian Division that existed from 1926 to 1938, the Northeast Division that existed from 1993 to 2013 or the Northwest Division that existed from 1998 to 2013.
North Division
League National Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Founded 2020
Teams
No. of teams 7

The National Hockey League's North Division is one of the four divisions being used by the NHL for the 2020–21 NHL season.[1] This division was organized in 2020 as the result of the travel restrictions that have been in place since March 2020 between the Canada-United States border due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3][4] The entirety of the 2020–21 regular season and first two rounds of the playoffs will be played between these seven teams.[5]

Of the four divisions set to play in 2020–21, the North Division is the only one with a name not previously used by the NHL. It is also the first all-Canadian NHL division to play since the league first expanded into the United States in 1924.

Current standings

North Division
Pos Team
GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Toronto Maple Leafs 56 35 14 7 29 187 148 +39 77
2 x – Edmonton Oilers 56 35 19 2 31 182 150 +32 72
3 x – Winnipeg Jets 56 30 23 3 24 170 154 +16 63
4 x – Montreal Canadiens 56 24 21 11 20 159 168 −9 59
5 e – Calgary Flames 56 26 27 3 22 156 161 −5 55
6 e – Ottawa Senators 56 23 28 5 18 157 190 −33 51
7 e – Vancouver Canucks 56 23 29 4 17 151 188 −37 50
Source: National Hockey League[6]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Division lineups

2020–present

Changes from the 2019–20 season

  • The North Division is formed due to COVID-19 restrictions
  • The Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks come from the Pacific Division
  • The Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs come from the Atlantic Division
  • The Winnipeg Jets come from the Central Division

References

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