Pacific Division (NHL) explained

Pacific Division
Conference:	Western Conference
League:	National Hockey League
Sport:	Ice hockey
Formerly:	Smythe Division
Founded:	1993 Suspended in 2020–21 2021 (reactivated)
Teams:	8
Champion:	Vancouver Canucks (1st title)
Most Champs:	Anaheim Ducks and San Jose Sharks (6 titles each)

The National Hockey League's Pacific Division was formed in 1993 as part of the Western Conference in a league realignment. It is also one of the two successors of the Smythe Division (the other one was the Northwest Division), though of the current teams, only the Anaheim Ducks, Seattle Kraken and Vegas Golden Knights did not play in the Smythe Division. Due to subsequent realignments, three of the Pacific Division's original teams (the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, and Vancouver Canucks) left the division in 1998 but returned in 2013. The division is the only one in the NHL without any Original Six teams. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting closure of the Canada–United States border, all eight teams were transferred into two different divisions for the 2020–21 NHL season. The American-based teams were moved to the West Division, while the Canadian-based teams were placed into the North Division.

With the addition of the expansion Seattle Kraken to the division in the 2021–22 NHL season and the NHL becoming a 32 team league, the Coyotes were moved to the Central Division to balance out the divisional alignment of eight teams per division.^[1]

Division lineups

1993–1995

• Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
• Calgary Flames
• Edmonton Oilers
• Los Angeles Kings
• San Jose Sharks
• Vancouver Canucks

Changes from the 1992–93 season

• The Pacific Division is formed as a result of NHL realignment
• The Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks, and Vancouver Canucks come from the Smythe Division
• The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim are added as an expansion team

1995–1998

• Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
• Calgary Flames
• Colorado Avalanche
• Edmonton Oilers
• Los Angeles Kings
• San Jose Sharks
• Vancouver Canucks

Changes from the 1994–95 season

• The Quebec Nordiques relocate to Denver, Colorado, and become the Colorado Avalanche
• The Colorado Avalanche come from the Northeast Division

1998–2006

• Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
• Dallas Stars
• Los Angeles Kings
• Phoenix Coyotes
• San Jose Sharks

Changes from the 1997–98 season

• The Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, Edmonton Oilers, and Vancouver Canucks move to the Northwest Division
• The Dallas Stars and Phoenix Coyotes come from the Central Division

2006–2013

• Anaheim Ducks
• Dallas Stars
• Los Angeles Kings
• Phoenix Coyotes
• San Jose Sharks

Changes from the 2005–06 season

• The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim changed their name to the Anaheim Ducks

2013–2014

• Anaheim Ducks
• Calgary Flames
• Edmonton Oilers
• Los Angeles Kings
• Phoenix Coyotes
• San Jose Sharks
• Vancouver Canucks

Changes from the 2012–13 season

• The Northwest Division is dissolved due to NHL realignment
• The Dallas Stars move to the Central Division
• The Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, and Vancouver Canucks come from the Northwest Division

2014–2017

• Anaheim Ducks
• Arizona Coyotes
• Calgary Flames
• Edmonton Oilers
• Los Angeles Kings
• San Jose Sharks
• Vancouver Canucks

Changes from the 2013–14 season

• The Phoenix Coyotes changed their name to the Arizona Coyotes

2017–2020

• Anaheim Ducks
• Arizona Coyotes
• Calgary Flames
• Edmonton Oilers
• Los Angeles Kings
• San Jose Sharks
• Vancouver Canucks
• Vegas Golden Knights

Changes from the 2016–17 season

• The Vegas Golden Knights are added as an expansion team

2020–2021

• Division not used for the 2020–21 NHL season

Changes from the 2019–20 season

• Due to COVID-19 restrictions the NHL realigned into four divisions with no conferences for the 2020–21 season
• The Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks and Vegas Golden Knights move to the West Division
• The Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks move to the North Division

2021–present

• Anaheim Ducks
• Calgary Flames
• Edmonton Oilers
• Los Angeles Kings
• San Jose Sharks
• Seattle Kraken
• Vancouver Canucks
• Vegas Golden Knights

Changes from the 2020–21 season

• The league returned to using a four division and two conference alignment
• The Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks and Vegas Golden Knights come from the West Division
• The Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks come from the North Division
• The Seattle Kraken are added as an expansion team

Division champions

• 1994 – Calgary Flames (42–29–13, 97 pts)
• 1995 – Calgary Flames (24–17–7, 55 pts)
• 1996 – Colorado Avalanche (47–25–10, 104 pts)
• 1997 – Colorado Avalanche (49–24–9, 107 pts)
• 1998 – Colorado Avalanche (39–26–17, 95 pts)
• 1999 – Dallas Stars (51–19–12, 114 pts)
• 2000 – Dallas Stars (43–23–10–6, 102 pts)
• 2001 – Dallas Stars (48–24–8–2, 106 pts)
• 2002 – San Jose Sharks (44–27–8–3, 99 pts)
• 2003 – Dallas Stars (46–17–15–4, 111 pts)
• 2004 – San Jose Sharks (43–21–12–6, 104 pts)
• 2005 – no season (NHL Lockout)
• 2006 – Dallas Stars (53–23–6, 112 pts)
• 2007 – Anaheim Ducks (48–20–14, 110 pts)
• 2008 – San Jose Sharks (49–23–10, 108 pts)
• 2009 – San Jose Sharks (53–18–11, 117 pts)
• 2010 – San Jose Sharks (51–20–11, 113 pts)
• 2011 – San Jose Sharks (48–25–9, 105 pts)
• 2012 – Phoenix Coyotes (42–27–13, 97 pts)
• 2013 – Anaheim Ducks (30–12–6, 66 pts)
• 2014 – Anaheim Ducks (54–20–8, 116 pts)
• 2015 – Anaheim Ducks (51–24–7, 109 pts)
• 2016 – Anaheim Ducks (46–25–11, 103 pts)
• 2017 – Anaheim Ducks (46–23–13, 105 pts)
• 2018 – Vegas Golden Knights (51–24–7, 109 pts)
• 2019 – Calgary Flames (50–25–7, 107 pts)
• 2020 – Vegas Golden Knights (39–24–8, 86 pts)
• 2021 – Division suspended for season
• 2022 – Calgary Flames (50–21–11, 111 pts)
• 2023 – Vegas Golden Knights (51–22–9, 111 pts)
• 2024 – Vancouver Canucks (50–23–9, 109 pts)

Season results

bgcolor=#FFCC00 align=center width=10px	^(#)	Denotes team that won the Stanley Cup
bgcolor=#C0C0C0 align=center width=10px	^(#)	Denotes team that won the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl, but lost Stanley Cup Finals
bgcolor=#BBFFBB align=center width=10px	^(#)	Denotes team that qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs
align=center width=10px	‡	Denotes winner of the Presidents' Trophy

Season	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
	^(2) Calgary (97)	^(7) Vancouver (85)	^(8) San Jose (82)	Anaheim (71)	Los Angeles (66)	Edmonton (64)
	^(2) Calgary (55)	^(6) Vancouver (48)	^(7) San Jose (42)	Los Angeles (41)	Edmonton (38)	Anaheim (37)
	^(2) Colorado (104)	^(6) Calgary (79)	^(7) Vancouver (79)	Anaheim (78)	Edmonton (68)	Los Angeles (66)	San Jose (47)
	^(1) Colorado (107)^‡	^(4) Anaheim (85)	^(7) Edmonton (81)	Vancouver (77)	Calgary (73)	Los Angeles (67)	San Jose (62)
	^(2) Colorado (95)	^(5) Los Angeles (87)	^(7) Edmonton (80)	^(8) San Jose (78)	Calgary (67)	Anaheim (65)	Vancouver (64)
	^(1) Dallas (114)^‡	^(4) Phoenix (90)	^(6) Anaheim (83)	^(7) San Jose (80)	Los Angeles (69)
	^(2) Dallas (102)	^(5) Los Angeles (94)	^(6) Phoenix (90)	^(8) San Jose (87)	Anaheim (83)
	^(3) Dallas (106)	^(5) San Jose (95)	^(7) Los Angeles (92)	Phoenix (90)	Anaheim (66)
	^(3) San Jose (99)	^(6) Phoenix (95)	^(7) Los Angeles (95)	Dallas (90)	Anaheim (69)
	^(1) Dallas (111)	^(7) Anaheim (95)	Los Angeles (78)	Phoenix (78)	San Jose (73)
	^(2) San Jose (104)	^(5) Dallas (97)	Los Angeles (81)	Anaheim (76)	Phoenix (68)
	No season due to 2004–05 NHL lockout
	^(2) Dallas (112)	^(5) San Jose (99)	^(6) Anaheim (98)	Los Angeles (89)	Phoenix (81)
	^(2) Anaheim (110)	^(5) San Jose (107)	^(6) Dallas (107)	Los Angeles (68)	Phoenix (67)
	^(2) San Jose (108)	^(4) Anaheim (102)	^(5) Dallas (97)	Phoenix (83)	Los Angeles (71)
	^(1) San Jose (117)^‡	^(8) Anaheim (91)	Dallas (83)	Phoenix (79)	Los Angeles (79)
	^(1) San Jose (113)	^(4) Phoenix (107)	^(6) Los Angeles (101)	Anaheim (89)	Dallas (88)
	^(2) San Jose (105)	^(4) Anaheim (99)	^(6) Phoenix (99)	^(7) Los Angeles (98)	Dallas (95)
	^(3) Phoenix (97)	^(7) San Jose (96)	^(8) Los Angeles (95)	Dallas (89)	Anaheim (80)
	^(2) Anaheim (66)	^(5) Los Angeles (59)	^(6) San Jose (57)	Phoenix (51)	Dallas (48)
	^(1) Anaheim (116)	^(2) San Jose (111)	^(3) Los Angeles (100)	Phoenix (89)	Vancouver (83)	Calgary (77)	Edmonton (67)
	^(1) Anaheim (109)	^(2) Vancouver (101)	^(3) Calgary (97)	Los Angeles (95)	San Jose (89)	Edmonton (62)	Arizona (56)
	^(1) Anaheim (103)	^(2) Los Angeles (102)	^(3) San Jose (98)	Arizona (78)	Calgary (77)	Vancouver (75)	Edmonton (70)
	^(1) Anaheim (105)	^(2) Edmonton (103)	^(3) San Jose (99)	^(WC1) Calgary (94)	Los Angeles (86)	Arizona (70)	Vancouver (69)
	^(1) Vegas (109)	^(2) Anaheim (101)	^(3) San Jose (100)	^(WC1) Los Angeles (98)	Calgary (84)	Edmonton (78)	Vancouver (73)	Arizona (70)
	^(1) Calgary (107)	^(2) San Jose (101)	^(3) Vegas (93)	Arizona (86)	Vancouver (81)	Anaheim (80)	Edmonton (79)	Los Angeles (71)
	^(3) Vegas (71 gp 86 pts. .606 ppct.)	^(5) Edmonton (71 gp 83 pts. .585 ppct.)	^(7) Vancouver (69 gp 78 pts. .565 ppct.)	^(8) Calgary (70 gp 79 pts. .564 ppct.)	^(11) Arizona (70 gp 74 pts. .529 ppct.)	Anaheim (71 gp 67 pts. .472 ppct.)	Los Angeles (70 gp 64 pts. .457 ppct.)	San Jose (70 gp 63 pts. .450 ppct.)
	Division suspended for season; temporary realignment
	^(1) Calgary (111)	^(2) Edmonton (104)	^(3) Los Angeles (99)	Vegas (94)	Vancouver (92)	San Jose (77)	Anaheim (76)	Seattle (60)
	^(1) Vegas (111)	^(2) Edmonton (109)	^(3) Los Angeles (104)	^(WC1) Seattle (100)	Calgary (93)	Vancouver (83)	San Jose (60)	Anaheim (58)
	^(1) Vancouver (109)	^(2) Edmonton (104)	^(3) Los Angeles (99)	^(WC2) Vegas (98)	Calgary (81)	Seattle (81)	Anaheim (59)	San Jose (47)

Notes

• The 1994–95 NHL season was shortened to 48 games due to the lockout.
• The 2012–13 NHL season was shortened to 48 games due to the lockout.
• The 2019–20 NHL season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the imbalance in the number of games played among teams, the regular season standings were determined by points percentage.

Stanley Cup winners produced

• 1996 – Colorado Avalanche
• 1999 – Dallas Stars
• 2007 – Anaheim Ducks
• 2012 – Los Angeles Kings
• 2014 – Los Angeles Kings
• 2023 – Vegas Golden Knights

Presidents' Trophy winners produced

• 1997 – Colorado Avalanche
• 1999 – Dallas Stars
• 2009 – San Jose Sharks

Pacific Division titles won by team

Teams in bold are currently in the division.

Team	Wins	Last win
Anaheim Ducks	6	2017
San Jose Sharks	6	2011
	5	2006
Calgary Flames	4	2022
	3	1998
Vegas Golden Knights	3	2023
	1	2012
Vancouver Canucks	1	2024
Edmonton Oilers	0	—
Los Angeles Kings	0	—
Seattle Kraken	0	—

References

• NHL History

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kaplan. Emily. Seattle gets NHL expansion team, to debut in 2021-22 season. ESPN.com. December 12, 2018. December 4, 2018.