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National Hockey League division From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The National Hockey League's Metropolitan Division (often referred to simply as the "Metro Division") was formed in 2013 as one of the two divisions in the Eastern Conference as part of a league realignment.[1] It is also a successor of the original Atlantic Division and one of the two successors to the Southeast Division. Six of its teams were previously together in the Patrick Division from 1981 to 1993 (one joined in 1982). It is the only NHL division without a Canadian team, with five of the division's clubs located in either the New York City area or in Pennsylvania and the other three in North Carolina, Ohio, and Washington, D.C.
Conference | Eastern Conference |
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League | National Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Founded | 2013 Suspended in 2020–21 2021 (reactivated) |
No. of teams | 8 |
Most recent champion(s) | New York Rangers (2nd title) |
Most titles | Washington Capitals (5 titles) |
The Metropolitan Division contains some of the most historic and intense rivalries in the NHL, including Flyers–Penguins, Devils–Rangers, Capitals–Penguins, Islanders–Rangers, Capitals–Rangers, Capitals–Islanders, Flyers–Rangers, Capitals–Flyers, and Devils–Flyers. Three of its teams (Rangers, Islanders, and Devils) are within the league's largest market (New York), the Flyers are in the fourth largest market (Philadelphia), and the Capitals are in the seventh largest (Washington, D.C.). Games involving Metropolitan Division teams are frequently shown on U.S. national television.
(#) | Denotes team that won the Stanley Cup |
(#) | Denotes team that won the Prince of Wales Trophy, but lost Stanley Cup Finals |
(#) | Denotes team that qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs |
‡ | Denotes winner of the Presidents' Trophy |
Season | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
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2013–14 | (1) Pittsburgh (109) | (2) NY Rangers (96) | (3) Philadelphia (94) | (WC1) Columbus (93) | Washington (90) | New Jersey (88) | Carolina (83) | NY Islanders (79) |
2014–15 | (1) NY Rangers (113)‡ | (2) Washington (101) | (3) NY Islanders (101) | (WC2) Pittsburgh (98) | Columbus (89) | Philadelphia (84) | New Jersey (78) | Carolina (71) |
2015–16 | (1) Washington (120)‡ | (2) Pittsburgh (104) | (3) NY Rangers (101) | (WC1) NY Islanders (100) | (WC2) Philadelphia (96) | Carolina (86) | New Jersey (84) | Columbus (76) |
2016–17 | (1) Washington (118)‡ | (2) Pittsburgh (111) | (3) Columbus (108) | (WC1) NY Rangers (102) | NY Islanders (94) | Philadelphia (88) | Carolina (87) | New Jersey (70) |
2017–18 | (1) Washington (105) | (2) Pittsburgh (100) | (3) Philadelphia (98) | (WC1) Columbus (97) | (WC2) New Jersey (97) | Carolina (83) | NY Islanders (80) | NY Rangers (77) |
2018–19 | (1) Washington (104) | (2) NY Islanders (103) | (3) Pittsburgh (100) | (WC1) Carolina (99) | (WC2) Columbus (98) | Philadelphia (82) | NY Rangers (78) | New Jersey (72) |
2019–20[a] | (3) Washington (69 gp 90 pts. .652 ppct.) | (4) Philadelphia (69 gp 89 pts. .645 ppct.) | (5) Pittsburgh (69 gp 86 pts. .623 ppct.) | (6) Carolina (68 gp 81 pts. .596 ppct.) | (7) NY Islanders (68 gp 80 pts. .588 ppct.) | (9) Columbus (70 gp 81 pts. .579 ppct.) | (11) NY Rangers (70 gp 79 pts. .564 ppct.) | New Jersey (69 gp 68 pts. .493 ppct.) |
2020–21 | Division suspended for season; temporary realignment | |||||||
2021–22 | (1) Carolina (116) | (2) NY Rangers (110) | (3) Pittsburgh (103) | (WC2) Washington (100) | NY Islanders (84) | Columbus (81) | New Jersey (63) | Philadelphia (61) |
2022–23 | (1) Carolina (113) | (2) New Jersey (112) | (3) NY Rangers (107) | (WC1) NY Islanders (93) | Pittsburgh (91) | Washington (80) | Philadelphia (75) | Columbus (59) |
2023–24 | (1) NY Rangers (114)‡ | (2) Carolina (111) | (3) NY Islanders (94) | (WC2) Washington (91) | Pittsburgh (88) | Philadelphia (87) | New Jersey (81) | Columbus (66) |
Teams in bold are currently in the division.
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