The

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'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,

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and

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did not play in the Smythe Division. Due to subsequent realignments, three of the Pacific Division's original teams (the

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, Edmonton Oilers, and

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) 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

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and the resulting closure of the

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, all eight teams were transferred into two different divisions for the

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. 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

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.

Division lineups

1993–1995

* Mighty Ducks of Anaheim *

* Edmonton Oilers *

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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 *

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* Edmonton Oilers * Los Angeles Kings * San Jose Sharks * Vancouver Canucks

Changes from the 1994–95 season

* The Quebec Nordiques relocate to

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, and become the Colorado Avalanche * The Colorado Avalanche come from the Northeast Division

1998–2006

* Mighty Ducks of Anaheim * Dallas Stars * Los Angeles Kings *

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* 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 *

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 *

* 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 –

(42–29–13, 97 pts) * 1995 –

(24–17–7, 55 pts) * 1996 –

(47–25–10, 104 pts) * 1997 –

(49–24–9, 107 pts) * 1998 –

(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 –

(44–27–8–3, 99 pts) * 2003 – Dallas Stars (46–17–15–4, 111 pts) * 2004 –

(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 –

(49–23–10, 108 pts) * 2009 –

(53–18–11, 117 pts) * 2010 –

(51–20–11, 113 pts) * 2011 –

(48–25–9, 105 pts) * 2012 –

(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 –

(51–24–7, 109 pts) * 2019 –

(50–25–7, 107 pts) * 2020 –

(39–24–8, 86 pts) * 2021 – Division suspended for season * 2022 –

(50–21–11, 111 pts) * 2023 –

(51–22–9, 111 pts) * 2024 –

(50–23–9, 109 pts) * 2025 –

(50–22–10, 110 pts)

Season results

;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

. 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 –

* 1999 – Dallas Stars * 2007 – Anaheim Ducks * 2012 –

* 2014 –

* 2023 –

Presidents' Trophy winners produced

* 1997 –

* 1999 – Dallas Stars * 2009 –

* 2011 –

* 2012 –

Pacific Division titles won by team

''Teams in bold are currently in the division.''

References

NHL History
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