best single season plus minus in nhl active players

Elias Lindholm has the highest plus/minus by an active player in a season, at +61 in 2021-22.

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best single season plus minus by a player in NHL active players

	NAME	+/-	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Elias Lindholm E. Lindholm	+61	2021-22	CGY	82	42	40	82	22	10	9	1	1	9	2	235	17.9	842	1,592	52.9	66	52	55	41	19:57
2	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	+57	2025-26	COL	80	53	74	127	39	11	19	0	0	7	1	350	15.1	681	1,334	51.0	64	35	25	165	22:16
3	Matthew Tkachuk M. Tkachuk	+57	2021-22	CGY	82	42	62	104	68	12	17	0	0	6	0	253	16.6	20	43	46.5	93	20	41	91	17:54
4	Gustav Forsling G. Forsling	+56	2023-24	FLA	79	10	29	39	43	1	1	0	0	1	1	160	6.3	0	0		111	102	41	48	22:09
5	Devon Toews D. Toews	+52	2021-22	COL	66	13	44	57	20	2	10	0	0	3	1	158	8.2	0	0		54	85	45	34	25:22
6	Hampus Lindholm H. Lindholm	+49	2022-23	BOS	80	10	43	53	56	1	16	0	0	2	1	158	6.3	0	0		78	100	31	65	23:11
7	William Karlsson W. Karlsson	+49	2017-18	VGK	82	43	35	78	12	8	8	4	1	6	1	184	23.4	402	837	48.0	48	45	78	46	18:43
8	Cale Makar C. Makar	+48	2021-22	COL	77	28	58	86	26	9	25	0	0	6	3	240	11.7	0	0		95	110	49	40	25:40
9	Martin Necas M. Necas	+47	2025-26	COL	78	38	62	100	30	9	15	0	0	5	0	206	18.4	9	21	42.9	85	26	23	123	21:30
10	Dylan DeMelo D. DeMelo	+46	2023-24	WPG	82	3	28	31	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	83	3.6	0	0		168	139	14	60	21:44
11	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	+45	2009-10	WSH	72	50	59	109	89	13	23	0	0	7	0	368	13.6	10	22	45.5	185	20	66	76	21:48
12	Mattias Ekholm M. Ekholm	+44	2023-24	EDM	79	11	34	45	47	2	1	1	0	3	0	177	6.2	0	0		136	93	40	58	21:03
13	Brandon Carlo B. Carlo	+44	2022-23	BOS	75	3	13	16	38	0	0	0	2	0	0	94	3.2	0	0		128	116	28	21	18:50
14	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	+43	2025-26	TBL	76	44	86	130	50	8	29	1	0	8	2	231	19.0	0	2	0.0	36	29	21	124	20:20
15	Sam Malinski S. Malinski	+43	2025-26	COL	82	8	32	40	22	0	1	0	0	1	0	164	4.9	0	0		46	95	23	76	17:37
16	Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	+43	2024-25	TBL	82	4	27	31	22	0	1	1	2	2	0	78	5.1	0	0		23	152	24	115	20:22
17	Josh Manson J. Manson	+42	2025-26	COL	79	5	26	31	91	0	0	0	0	2	0	128	3.9	0	0		174	99	26	83	17:47
18	John Marino J. Marino	+42	2025-26	UTA	80	4	32	36	16	0	0	1	1	2	0	55	7.3	0	0		28	68	23	89	20:12
19	Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	+42	2024-25	VGK	82	5	15	20	32	0	0	1	1	0	0	97	5.2	0	0		131	167	21	79	20:07
20	Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	+41	2025-26	BUF	78	13	28	41	28	0	0	1	2	3	1	109	11.9	0	0		132	154	17	80	22:50
21	J.J. Moser	+41	2025-26	TBL	79	7	22	29	69	0	1	0	2	0	0	111	6.3	0	0		61	91	22	80	21:34
22	Justin Faulk J. Faulk	+41	2021-22	STL	76	16	31	47	43	1	6	0	0	6	1	167	9.6	0	0		149	101	37	40	23:12
23	Gustav Forsling G. Forsling	+41	2021-22	FLA	71	10	27	37	18	0	0	0	0	1	1	145	6.9	0	0		45	86	51	53	21:13
24	Aliaksei Protas A. Protas	+40	2024-25	WSH	76	30	36	66	18	0	1	3	2	6	1	142	21.1	6	25	24.0	20	33	19	56	16:27
25	MacKenzie Weegar M. Weegar	+40	2021-22	FLA	80	8	36	44	81	1	2	1	1	2	0	203	3.9	0	0		179	156	74	85	23:22

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Team Leaders

22

Frost

29

Kadri

+/-

+12

Coleman

Team Rankings

G/GP

2.54

32nd

GA/GP

3.12

21st

PP%

16.2

31st

PK%

80.4

12th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks	25	49	8	58	-100

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/1	SEA	@	CGY	9:00 PM
Sat 10/3	CGY	@	VAN	10:00 PM
Sun 10/4	CGY	@	SEA	8:00 PM
Thu 10/8	COL	@	CGY	9:00 PM
Sat 10/10	ANA	@	CGY	10:00 PM

Last Game

Kings

35 - 27 - 20

Final

Flames

34 - 39 - 9

Thu 16 Apr 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

53

MacKinnon

51

Caufield

48

McDavid

Assists Leaders

90

McDavid

86

Kucherov

74

Bouchard

Points Leaders

138

McDavid

130

Kucherov

127

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

413

Trenin

339

Sherwood

302

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

190

McCabe

188

Dobson

185

Clarke

Wins Leaders

39

Vasilevskiy

38

Vejmelka

35

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.02

Wedgewood

2.31

Vasilevskiy

2.42

Vladar

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Wedgewood

.915

Wallstedt

.912

Thompson

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.63

3.55

3.54

Goals Against Rankings

2.40

2.71

2.79

Power Play Rankings

30.6

28.6

25.2

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.6

83.7

82.6

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

59-42

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

43-58

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12