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Draw a club from all 32 NHL teams. Keep the full league, or limit the pick to the Eastern or Western Conference and to one division.
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Last updated: October 5, 2026 · Published: 2026-04-17 · Updated: 2026-10-05
Up to 100 picks. Same team can appear more than once.
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A random NHL team generator draws a club from the National Hockey League. This one uses all 32 teams. You choose a conference, a division, or both, ask for up to 100 names, and get a numbered list. Turn duplicates off and each club appears once.
The card shows the team and its place in the league. A clipboard line looks like "1. Boston Bruins — Eastern, Atlantic". The tool does not assign a score, a seed, or a Stanley Cup champion.
The default is one team from the full league, with repeats allowed. The East and the West each have 16 teams in two divisions of eight. Choosing a conference limits the division buttons to that conference. Atlantic and Metropolitan are Eastern. Central and Pacific are Western. The Central Division includes the Utah Mammoth.
Three steps from a conference to a name you can paste.
Leave both on the full league, or limit the draw to the East or the West and to one of that conference's two divisions.
The box starts at 1 team. Duplicates are allowed up to 100. Turn them off to draw each club once.
Generate a team, then copy the numbered line. The conference and division are on the card.
Each division has eight clubs. The top three in a division go straight to the playoffs. The Utah Mammoth are the Central Division team that began play in 2024-25. The NHL approved that Utah franchise for the 2024-25 season. It was called Utah Hockey Club for that first year. Arizona is not on this list.
| Eastern Atlantic |
|---|
| Boston Bruins |
| Buffalo Sabres |
| Detroit Red Wings |
| Florida Panthers |
| Montreal Canadiens |
| Ottawa Senators |
| Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Eastern Metropolitan |
|---|
| Carolina Hurricanes |
| Columbus Blue Jackets |
| New Jersey Devils |
| New York Islanders |
| New York Rangers |
| Philadelphia Flyers |
| Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Washington Capitals |
| Western Central |
|---|
| Chicago Blackhawks |
| Colorado Avalanche |
| Dallas Stars |
| Minnesota Wild |
| Nashville Predators |
| St. Louis Blues |
| Utah Mammoth |
| Winnipeg Jets |
| Western Pacific |
|---|
| Anaheim Ducks |
| Calgary Flames |
| Edmonton Oilers |
| Los Angeles Kings |
| San Jose Sharks |
| Seattle Kraken |
| Vancouver Canucks |
| Vegas Golden Knights |
| Filter | Teams |
|---|---|
| All NHL | 32 |
| Eastern Conference | 16 |
| Western Conference | 16 |
| Eastern Atlantic | 8 |
| Eastern Metropolitan | 8 |
| Western Central | 8 |
| Western Pacific | 8 |
The NHL's 2026-27 schedule release expands the season from 82 games to 84. It is the first 84-game schedule in 33 years. The two extra games are one more home game and one more road game against division rivals, so every club plays each division opponent four times. The slate is 1,344 games, from September 29, 2026, through April 10, 2027.
Opening night on September 29 put the Montreal Canadiens in Toronto, the New York Rangers in Boston, the Vancouver Canucks in Edmonton, and the Chicago Blackhawks in Vegas. Each team still has 42 home games and 42 road games.
| Slice of the schedule | Games |
|---|---|
| Division rivals, two home and two away | 28 |
| The other division in the same conference, three games each | 24 |
| The other conference, one home and one away | 32 |
| Season total | 84 |
The matrix is from NHL.com's 2026-27 schedule notes. Inside the conference, four of the eight non-division opponents are played twice at home and once away. The other four are played once at home and twice away.
The top three teams in each division qualify. Each conference also takes two wild cards, the best remaining point totals from either of its divisions. In the first round, second place plays third place inside the division. The wild card with fewer points plays the division winner that earned more points. The other wild card plays the other division winner. In 2026 that pairing sent the Utah Mammoth, the West's first wild card, against the Pacific Division winner.
Every series is best of seven. The higher seed hosts games 1, 2, 5, and 7. A regular-season tie after 60 minutes becomes five minutes of 3-on-3, then a shootout. A playoff game that is tied after 60 minutes keeps going in 20-minute sudden-death periods at 5-on-5. There is no shootout in the playoffs.
| Round | How it works |
|---|---|
| Field | 16 teams. The top three in each division, plus two wild cards in each conference |
| Division series | Second place plays third place inside the division. Best of seven |
| Wild cards | The wild card with fewer points plays the division winner with more points. The other wild card plays the other division winner |
| Later rounds | The winners meet inside the conference, then the conference champions play for the Stanley Cup. Best of seven |
| Home ice | The higher seed hosts games 1, 2, 5, and 7 |
All 32 teams, the 84-game season, and the 16-team playoff.
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