The NHL regular season is nearly here, and the Pacific Division remains one of the most unpredictable in hockey. Using advanced projection models and a 100,000-season Monte Carlo simulation, here’s how the division could shake out when the dust settles in Last Word on Hockey's Pacific Division Preview. We bring you the other divisions, too. Be sure to check out the Atlantic, Metropolitan, and Central.

2025-26 Pacific Division Preview

The Top Three

The Pacific looks top-heavy again. Both the Edmonton Oilers and Vegas Golden Knights enter 2025–26 as the class of the division. Edmonton’s depth and superstar power keep them ahead of the pack in most projection models. In the hybrid simulation, which blends Dom Luszczyszyn’s game-level probabilities with JFresh’s Wins Above Replacement (WAR)

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