NHL pick'em on the games your group cares about.
In NHL Slate Pick'em, the commissioner chooses which games count each week and members pick N winners straight up. Picks can be ranked for confidence points or scored one point each, and every game is graded the moment it goes final, overtime and shootouts included.
Updated
The 2026–27 NHL season
- The regular season started September 29, 2026 and runs through April 10, 2027, the first 84-game schedule.
- PikSheet's NHL weeks run Monday to Sunday. A week's slate can be added to or swapped until its first slate game starts.
- NHL Slate Pick'em covers the regular season only.
What PikSheet handles
- Scores come from the NHL's public data feed. Picks are graded straight up as soon as a game goes final: overtime and shootout wins count like regulation, and there are no pushes.
- Picks lock by week, by day or game by game.
- Optional weekly tiebreaker: total shots on goal in the week's latest-starting slate game.
- Commissioners can pick for an entry, and after lock the Field view shows everyone's picks.
NHL pool questions
How does an NHL pick'em pool work?+
Each week the commissioner chooses the slate of NHL games that count and sets N, the number of picks. Members pick N winners straight up. In a ranked pool each pick also gets a confidence value from 1 to N and a correct pick scores its value; otherwise each correct pick is worth one point.
Is an NHL pick'em pool the same as a hockey pool?+
Not quite. Many hockey pools are player-points drafts, where you pick skaters and score their goals and assists. NHL Slate Pick'em is a game-picking pool: you pick which team wins. PikSheet doesn't offer a player-points hockey pool.
Are there spreads or puck lines?+
No. NHL Slate Pick'em is straight up only: pick the team that wins the game.
How do overtime and shootouts count?+
A win is a win. Overtime and shootout victories count exactly like regulation wins, and there are no ties or pushes.