This is a list of team records recognized by the National Hockey League through the end of the 2022–23 NHL season.
Season records
During the first eight years the NHL existed, teams played between 18 and 36 games in a season. Beginning in 1926, teams played 44–60 games. This ended in 1949 where teams now play 70 or more games. There have been four instances since then when teams have played fewer than 70 games in a season. Both the 1994–95 season and 2012–13 season were reduced to 48 games due to lockouts. The 2019–20 season and 2020–21 season were reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information, check the History of the National Hockey League.
1949–50 to present
- Most points: 135, by the 2022–23 Boston Bruins
- Fewest points: 21, by the 1974–75 Washington Capitals
- Most wins: 65, by the 2022–23 Boston Bruins
- Fewest wins: 8, by the 1974–75 Washington Capitals
- Most ties: 24, by the 1969–70 Philadelphia Flyers
- Fewest ties: 2, by the 1992–93 San Jose Sharks
- Most shootout wins: 15, by the 2007–08 Edmonton Oilers
- Most shootout losses: 13, by the 2013–14 New Jersey Devils
- Most losses: 71, by the 1992–93 San Jose Sharks
- Fewest losses: 8, by the 1976–77 Montreal Canadiens
- Most goals for: 446, by the 1983–84 Edmonton Oilers
- Fewest goals for: 133, by the 1953–54 Chicago Black Hawks
- Most goals against: 446, by the 1974–75 Washington Capitals
- Fewest goals against: 131, by the 1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs and 1955–56 Montreal Canadiens
1926–27 to 1948–49
- Most points: 83, by the 1943–44 Montreal Canadiens
- Fewest points: 12, by the 1930–31 Philadelphia Quakers
- Most wins: 38, by the 1929–30 Boston Bruins, 1943–44 Montreal Canadiens, and 1944–45 Montreal Canadiens
- Fewest wins: 4, by the 1930–31 Philadelphia Quakers
- Most ties: 15, by the 1928–29 Montreal Canadiens and 1942–43 Chicago Black Hawks
- Fewest ties: 1, by the 1929–30 Boston Bruins
- Most losses: 39, by the 1943–44 New York Rangers
- Fewest losses: 5, by the 1943–44 Montreal Canadiens and 1929–30 Boston Bruins
- Most goals for: 234, by the 1943–44 Montreal Canadiens
- Fewest goals for: 33, by the 1928–29 Chicago Black Hawks
- Most goals against: 310, by the 1943–44 New York Rangers
- Fewest goals against: 43, by the 1928–29 Montreal Canadiens
1917–18 to 1925–26
- Most points: 52, by the 1925–26 Ottawa Senators
- Fewest points: 8, by the 1919–20 Quebec Athletics
- Most wins: 24, by the 1925–26 Ottawa Senators
- Fewest wins: 4, by the 1919–20 Quebec Athletics
- Most ties: 5, by the 1925–26 Montreal Maroons
- Most losses: 24, by the 1924–25 Boston Bruins
- Fewest losses: 5 by the 1919–20 Ottawa Senators
- Most goals for: 129, by the 1919–20 Montreal Canadiens
- Fewest goals for: 45, by the 1924–25 Montreal Canadiens
- Most goals against: 177, by the 1919–20 Quebec Bulldogs
- Fewest goals against: 42, by the 1925–26 Ottawa Senators
Other season records
- Greatest points percentage: .875, by the 1929–30 Boston Bruins
- Lowest points percentage: .131, by the 1974–75 Washington Capitals
- Greatest goal differential: +216, by the 1976–77 Montreal Canadiens
- Lowest goal differential: -265, by the 1974–75 Washington Capitals
- Best power play percentage in a season: 32.40%, by the 2022–23 Edmonton Oilers
- Worst power play percentage in a season: 8.94%, by the 2020–21 Anaheim Ducks
- Best penalty kill percentage in a season: 89.58%, by the 2011–12 New Jersey Devils
- Worst penalty kill percentage in a season: 67.70%, by the 1979–80 Los Angeles Kings
- Best home record: 36–2–2 by the 1975–76 Philadelphia Flyers
- Worst home record: 7–28–5 by the 1974–75 Washington Capitals
- Best away record: 31–7–3 by the 2005–06 Detroit Red Wings
- Worst away record: 1–41–0, by the 1992–93 Ottawa Senators
- Most shutout wins in a season: 22 of 44 games played (50.0%), by the 1928–29 Montreal Canadiens
- Most shutout losses in a season: 20 of 44 games played (45.5%), by the 1928–29 Chicago Black Hawks
Notes:
Ties were only recorded until 2003–04. In 1983, the NHL added a five-minute overtime, and ties would only occur after 65 minutes. Starting with the 1999-2000 season, the NHL credited one point to the team that lost in overtime,[1] leading to a system in which teams could potentially earn three points between them in a single game, rather than a fixed number of two previously. In 2005, the league eliminated ties meaning that any game which went to overtime would be a three-point game. Games that didn't end in overtime would end in a shootout between the two teams. These changes in points awarded therefore make strict comparisons in wins, losses, and ties (after overtime, 1983–99, and in regulation, 1999–present) before and after these dates slightly problematic.
Season streaks
Longest Winning Streak
Longest Winning Streak to Start the Season
Longest Winning Streak to End the Season
Longest Undefeated Streak
Longest Undefeated Streak to End the Season
Longest Points Streak to Start the Season
Longest Shootout Winning Streak
Longest Shootout Losing Streak
Longest Losing Streak
Longest Losing Streak to Start the Season
Longest Winless Streak
Longest Winless Streak to Start the Season
Longest Consecutive Attendance Sellout:
- 633 games, by the Pittsburgh Penguins ended on October 19, 2021 (February 14, 2007 - October 16, 2021) (this record includes regular season and playoff games)[4]
Notes:
- An undefeated streak includes wins and ties (although with the implementation of reduced-player overtime starting in 1998-99, ties are based at the end of regulation with each team earning one point, and the winner in overtime, or starting in 2005-06, the shootout, receiving a second point; the loser is credited with a point for regulation tie but given the overtime or shootout loss). A winless streak includes losses in regulation, overtime, shootouts, or ties. A losing streak includes losses in regulation (note from the implementation of overtime in 1983 until 1999, losses in overtime also counted, but abolished after overtime became reduced strength of four players each).
Playoffs miscellaneous
- Most Stanley Cups: 23, by the Montreal Canadiens (the Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup 24 times in total. Their first Stanley Cup championship came in 1916 as a member of the NHA)
- Oldest franchise(s) without a stanley cup: Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks, 52 seasons since inception in 1970–71 season
- Most consecutive Stanley Cup wins: 5, by the Montreal Canadiens (1956–1960)
- Longest Stanley Cup drought: 55 seasons by the Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–ongoing)
- Longest Stanley Cup Finals drought (current): 55 seasons by the Toronto Maple Leafs (ongoing) (last appearance in 1967, includes season lost due to 2004–05 NHL lockout)
- Most Stanley Cup Finals appearances: 33, by the Montreal Canadiens (the Canadiens reached the final in 1916 but this was before the formation of the NHL in 1917)
- Oldest franchise(s) to have never reached the Stanley Cup Finals: 39 seasons, by the Original Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes since inception in 1979–80 season
- Most consecutive Stanley Cup Finals appearances: 10, by the Montreal Canadiens (1951–1960)
- Most consecutive victories in the Stanley Cup Finals: 10, by the Montreal Canadiens (1976–1978)
- Most consecutive defeats in the Stanley Cup Finals: 13, by the St. Louis Blues (1968–2019)
- Most sweeps in the Stanley Cup Finals since the best-of-seven format was introduced in 1939: 6, by the Montreal Canadiens (1944, 1960, 1968, 1969, 1976, 1977)
- Longest playoff appearance streak: 29 years, by the Boston Bruins (1968–1996)
- Longest postseason drought: 11 seasons by the Buffalo Sabres (2012–ongoing)
- Most consecutive playoff series victories: 19, by the 1980–1984 New York Islanders, spanning four consecutive Stanley Cup titles and five playoff seasons. This is a record for all North American professional sports franchises.
- Most consecutive playoff series defeats: 12, by the Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes from 1988–2011
- Most comebacks from a 3–1 playoff series deficit: 3, by the Vancouver Canucks (1992, 1994, 2003), Montreal Canadiens (2004, 2010, 2021), and New York Rangers (2014, 2015, 2022)
- Most comebacks from a 3–1 playoff series deficit in one season: 2, by the 2002–03 Minnesota Wild
- Most consecutive seasons in the stanley cup playoffs where a team has rebounded from a 3–1 deficit in a series: 2, by the New York Rangers
- Most 3–1 leads in a series to lose the last three games: 5 by the Washington Capitals (1987, 1992, 1995, 2010, 2015)
- Teams to come back from a 3–0 series deficit: Toronto Maple Leafs (1942 over the Detroit Red Wings), New York Islanders (1975 over the Pittsburgh Penguins), Philadelphia Flyers (2010 over the Boston Bruins), Los Angeles Kings (2014 over the San Jose Sharks)
Notes: The 2004–05 season was cancelled due to a lockout. The Phoenix Coyotes changed their name to the Arizona Coyotes prior to the 2014–15 season