Metropolitan Division

The National Hockey League's Metropolitan Division was formed in 2013 as part of the Eastern Conference in a league realignment. It followed the Atlantic Division  which and some teams also joined from the Southeast Division. Six of its teams had been in the Patrick Division  from 1981–93 (one joined in 1982). As of the 2013–14 season, it is the only NHL division without a Canadian team. Five of the division's teams are located in either the New York City area or in Pennsylvania.

Division lineups
2013–2020
 Carolina Hurricanes
 Columbus Blue Jackets
 New Jersey Devils
 New York Islanders
 New York Rangers
 Philadelphia Flyers
 Pittsburgh Penguins
 Washington Capitals

Changes from the 2012–13 season
 The Metropolitan Division is formed due to NHL realignment
 The Northeast and Southeast Divisions are dissolved due to NHL realignment
 The New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, and Pittsburgh Penguins come from the Atlantic Division
 The Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals come from the Southeast Division
 The Columbus Blue Jackets come from the Central Division

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 Carolina Hurricanes and Columbus Blue Jackets move to the Central Division
 The New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals move to the East Division

2021–present
 Carolina Hurricanes
 Columbus Blue Jackets
 New Jersey Devils
 New York Islanders
 New York Rangers
 Philadelphia Flyers
 Pittsburgh Penguins
 Washington Capitals

Changes from the 2020–21 season
 The league returned to using a four division and two conference alignment
 The Carolina Hurricanes and Columbus Blue Jackets come from the Central Division
 The New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals come from the East Division

Division champions
 2014 – Pittsburgh Penguins (51–24–7, 109 pts)
 2015 – New York Rangers (53–22–7, 113 pts)
 2016 – Washington Capitals (56–18–8, 120 pts)
 2017 – Washington Capitals (55–19–8, 118 pts)
 2018 – Washington Capitals (49–26–7, 105 pts)
 2019 – Washington Capitals (48–26–8, 104 pts)
 2020 – Washington Capitals (41–20–8, 90 pts)
 2021 – Division suspended for season
 2022 – Carolina Hurricanes (54–20–8, 116 pts)
 2023 – Carolina Hurricanes (52–21–9, 113 pts)

Season results
 (#) 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  (1) Pittsburgh (109) (2) NY Rangers (96) (3) Philadelphia (94) (WC1) Columbus (93)  Washington (90)  New Jersey (88)  Carolina (83)  NY Islanders (79)  (1) NY Rangers (113)‡ (2) Washington (101) (3) NY Islanders (101) (WC2) Pittsburgh (98)  Columbus (89)  Philadelphia (84)  New Jersey (78)  Carolina (71)  (1) Washington (120)‡ (2) Pittsburgh (104) (3) NY Rangers (101) (WC1) NY Islanders (100) (WC2) Philadelphia (96)  Carolina (86)  New Jersey (84)  Columbus (76)  (1) Washington (118)‡ (2) Pittsburgh (111) (3) Columbus (108) (WC1) NY Rangers (102)  NY Islanders (94)  Philadelphia (88)  Carolina (87)  New Jersey (70)  (1) Washington (105) (2) Pittsburgh (100) (3) Philadelphia (98) (WC1) Columbus (97) (WC2) New Jersey (97)  Carolina (83)  NY Islanders (80)  NY Rangers (77)  (1) Washington (104) (2) NY Islanders (103) (3) Pittsburgh (100) (WC1) Carolina (99) (WC2) Columbus (98)  Philadelphia (82)  NY Rangers (78)  New Jersey (72)  (3) Washington (69 gp90 pts..652 ppct.) (4) Philadelphia (69 gp89 pts..645 ppct.) (5) Pittsburgh (69 gp86 pts..623 ppct.) (6) Carolina (68 gp81 pts..596 ppct.) (7) NY Islanders (68 gp80 pts..588 ppct.) (9) Columbus (70 gp81 pts..579 ppct.) (11) NY Rangers (70 gp79 pts..564 ppct.)  New Jersey (69 gp68 pts..493 ppct.)  Division suspended for season; temporary realignment  (1) Carolina (116) (2) NY Rangers (110) (3)  Pittsburgh (103) (WC2)  Washington (100)  NY Islanders (84)  Columbus (81)  New Jersey (63)   Philadelphia (61)  (1) Carolina (113) (2) New Jersey (112) (3) NY Rangers (107) (WC1) NY Islanders (93)  Pittsburgh (91)  Washington (80)  Philadelphia (75)  Columbus (59)
Notes
 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
2016—Pittsburgh Penguins
2017—Pittsburgh Penguins
2018—Washington Capitals

Presidents' Trophy winners produced
2015—New York Rangers
2016—Washington Capitals

Metropolitan Division titles won by team

 Team Divisions Won Last Year WonNew York Rangers12015Pittsburgh Penguins12014Washington Capitals12016Carolina Hurricanes0–Columbus Blue Jackets0–New Jersey Devils0–New York Islanders0–
Teams in bold are currently in the division.

References

Category:National Hockey League divisions