best nhl team in 1979

The New York Islanders had the best record by a team in 1978-79, with a record of 51-15-14.

		TEAM	REC	SEASON	PTS	GP	W	L	T	PTS%	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1		Islanders	51-15-14	1978-79	116	80	51	15	14	.725	358	214	144	31.2	80.2	28.76	15.6	28.86	.907
2		Canadiens	52-17-11	1978-79	115	80	52	17	11	.719	337	204	133	28.3	83.6	32.16	13.1	25.41	.900
3		Bruins	43-23-14	1978-79	100	80	43	23	14	.625	316	270	46	23.6	74.6	28.06	14.1	24.78	.864
4		Flyers	40-25-15	1978-79	95	80	40	25	15	.594	281	248	33	25.4	79.0	31.74	11.1	25.58	.879
5		Rangers	40-29-11	1978-79	91	80	40	29	11	.569	316	292	24	23.9	74.7	30.89	12.8	27.75	.868
6		Flames	41-31-8	1978-79	90	80	41	31	8	.563	327	280	47	23.5	80.7	28.29	14.4	29.44	.881
7		Sabres	36-28-16	1978-79	88	80	36	28	16	.550	280	263	17	20.6	78.7	30.01	11.7	29.95	.890
8		Penguins	36-31-13	1978-79	85	80	36	31	13	.531	281	279	2	21.5	77.2	32.31	10.9	30.88	.887
9		Maple Leafs	34-33-13	1978-79	81	80	34	33	13	.506	267	252	15	25.4	78.8	30.54	10.9	31.48	.900
10		Kings	34-34-12	1978-79	80	80	34	34	12	.500	292	286	6	24.4	77.6	30.25	12.1	29.44	.879
11		Black Hawks	29-36-15	1978-79	73	80	29	36	15	.456	244	277	-33	16.6	76.4	28.09	10.9	34.19	.899
12		North Stars	28-40-12	1978-79	68	80	28	40	12	.425	257	289	-32	21.8	79.3	30.64	10.5	28.56	.874
13		Canucks	25-42-13	1978-79	63	80	25	42	13	.394	217	291	-74	19.0	80.6	27.10	10.0	30.81	.882
14		Capitals	24-41-15	1978-79	63	80	24	41	15	.394	273	338	-65	18.9	69.7	28.48	12.0	31.65	.867
15		Red Wings	23-41-16	1978-79	62	80	23	41	16	.388	252	295	-43	23.9	77.4	28.39	11.1	28.33	.870
16		Blues	18-50-12	1978-79	48	80	18	50	12	.300	249	348	-99	17.3	74.5	26.64	11.7	31.63	.862
17		Rockies	15-53-12	1978-79	42	80	15	53	12	.263	210	331	-121	22.5	70.6	27.34	9.6	30.96	.866

Related Searches

More Islanders Stats

G

21

Horvat

Bo Horvat

A

30

Barzal

Mathew Barzal

+/-

+9

Barzal

Mathew Barzal

G/GP

2.84

23rd

GA/GP

2.72

4th

PP%

15.9

28th

PK%

82.1

9th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	31	15	5	67	27
Penguins	24	14	11	59	12
Islanders	27	18	5	59	5
Flyers	23	17	9	55	-8
Devils	26	22	2	54	-20
Capitals	24	21	6	54	10
Blue Jackets	23	20	7	53	-14
Rangers	21	24	6	48	-21

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 1/24	BUF	@	NYI	1:00 PM
Mon 1/26	NYI	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Wed 1/28	NYR	@	NYI	7:00 PM
Thu 1/29	NYI	@	NYR	7:00 PM
Sat 1/31	NSH	@	NYI	7:00 PM

NYI

27 - 18 - 5

1

Final

4

22 - 18 - 9

Wed 21 Jan 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

38

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

30

McDavid

Connor McDavid

29

Robertson

Jason Robertson

Assists Leaders

55

McDavid

Connor McDavid

49

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

48

Celebrini

Macklin Celebrini

85

McDavid

Connor McDavid

85

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

73

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

255

Trenin

Yakov Trenin

210

Sherwood

Kiefer Sherwood

178

Malenstyn

Beck Malenstyn

128

Dobson

Noah Dobson

122

Parayko

Colton Parayko

121

McCabe

Jake McCabe

24

Vejmelka

Karel Vejmelka

21

Vasilevskiy

Andrei Vasilevskiy

20

Gibson

John Gibson

Goals Against Leaders

2.14

Wedgewood

Scott Wedgewood

2.18

Vasilevskiy

Andrei Vasilevskiy

2.18

Cooley

Devin Cooley

Save Percentage Leaders

.922

Cooley

Devin Cooley

.919

Grubauer

Philipp Grubauer

.918

Wedgewood

Scott Wedgewood

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

3.96

3.50

3.37

Goals Against Rankings

2.27

2.48

2.71

Power Play Rankings

32.6

28.8

27.8

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.2

85.0

84.2

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

34-15

34-17

33-17

32-17

30-19

30-19

Worst Record ATS

16-33

17-31

18-31

19-32

19-31

20-31

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	34	5	9	77	77
Stars	28	14	9	65	27
Wild	28	14	9	65	17
Mammoth	26	20	4	56	19
Predators	23	22	4	50	-25
Blackhawks	21	22	7	49	-18
Jets	20	23	6	46	-4
Blues	19	23	8	46	-50
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	24	13	12	60	13
Oilers	25	18	8	58	11
Ducks	26	21	3	55	-11
Kraken	22	18	9	53	-11
Sharks	25	21	3	53	-20
Kings	20	16	13	53	-10
Flames	21	24	5	47	-21
Canucks	17	28	5	39	-50

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	31	13	4	66	49
Red Wings	31	16	4	66	5
Canadiens	28	16	7	63	3
Sabres	28	17	5	61	12
Bruins	29	20	2	60	11
Maple Leafs	24	17	9	57	0
Panthers	25	20	3	53	-14
Senators	23	19	7	53	-1
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	31	15	5	67	27
Penguins	24	14	11	59	12
Islanders	27	18	5	59	5
Flyers	23	17	9	55	-8
Devils	26	22	2	54	-20
Capitals	24	21	6	54	10
Blue Jackets	23	20	7	53	-14
Rangers	21	24	6	48	-21

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 12/26	EDM	@	CGY	2-3
Fri 12/26	SJS	@	VAN	6-3
Fri 12/26	COL	@	VGK	6-5
Sat 12/27	MTL	@	TBL	4-5
Sat 12/27	NYI	@	CBJ	2-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 1/23	VGK	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Fri 1/23	TBL	@	CHI	7:00 PM
Fri 1/23	STL	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Fri 1/23	PHI	@	COL	9:00 PM
Fri 1/23	WSH	@	CGY	9:00 PM