The Dallas Stars, the Ottawa Senators and the Utah Mammoth are tied for the best record as underdogs this season, with a record of 3-0-2.

Interpreted as:

best underdog team in the NHL this regular season

	TEAM	REC	SEASON	PTS	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Stars	3-0-2	2025-26	8	5	3	0	2	.800	1	1	18	11	7	28.6	86.7	23.40	15.4	30.60	.928
2	Panthers	3-1-0	2025-26	6	4	3	1	0	.750	0	0	12	7	5	7.7	85.7	23.00	13.0	27.00	.935
3	Islanders	9-4-1	2025-26	19	14	9	4	1	.679	0	1	45	38	7	14.3	86.0	26.29	12.2	29.29	.907
4	Red Wings	8-4-0	2025-26	16	12	8	4	0	.667	1	0	36	34	2	22.0	85.3	28.92	10.4	29.00	.902
5	Senators	3-1-2	2025-26	8	6	3	1	2	.667	0	0	23	20	3	27.8	52.9	26.50	14.5	24.67	.865
6	Blackhawks	10-5-4	2025-26	24	19	10	5	4	.632	0	1	64	48	16	23.2	84.3	25.16	13.4	31.32	.919
7	Lightning	3-2-0	2025-26	6	5	3	2	0	.600	0	0	17	12	5	18.8	88.2	24.20	14.0	29.20	.918
8	Kraken	7-4-4	2025-26	18	15	7	4	4	.600	0	1	42	44	-2	25.0	64.1	24.00	11.7	26.53	.889
9	Penguins	8-5-2	2025-26	18	15	8	5	2	.600	0	2	50	41	9	36.8	83.0	28.20	11.8	28.73	.905
10	Wild	6-4-2	2025-26	14	12	6	4	2	.583	2	0	33	35	-2	24.3	75.0	26.08	10.5	29.58	.901
11	Ducks	9-7-0	2025-26	18	16	9	7	0	.563	1	0	54	50	4	16.3	76.4	28.63	11.8	30.25	.897
12	Devils	5-4-0	2025-26	10	9	5	4	0	.556	1	0	29	31	-2	13.6	74.1	28.78	11.2	30.56	.887
13	Canadiens	4-3-2	2025-26	10	9	4	3	2	.556	0	1	33	32	1	21.1	82.8	24.67	14.9	26.56	.866
14	Sharks	10-8-3	2025-26	23	21	10	8	3	.548	1	1	62	67	-5	18.1	79.4	24.14	12.2	31.48	.899
15	Bruins	10-9-0	2025-26	20	19	10	9	0	.526	1	0	59	62	-3	27.4	80.8	26.26	11.8	30.53	.893
16	Avalanche	0-0-1	2025-26	1	1	0	0	1	.500	0	0	3	4	-1	0.0	100.0	24.00	12.5	24.00	.833
17	Golden Knights	1-1-1	2025-26	3	3	1	1	1	.500	0	0	9	9	0	15.4	87.5	25.67	11.7	26.00	.885
18	Capitals	3-3-1	2025-26	7	7	3	3	1	.500	0	1	23	20	3	18.2	75.0	31.43	10.5	24.14	.882
19	Kings	4-4-1	2025-26	9	9	4	4	1	.500	1	0	20	26	-6	26.9	78.8	26.56	8.4	26.67	.892
20	Flyers	4-5-3	2025-26	11	12	4	5	3	.458	2	0	30	40	-10	13.9	83.8	25.08	10.0	25.67	.870
21	Blues	4-5-2	2025-26	10	11	4	5	2	.455	0	0	28	35	-7	22.2	76.9	26.55	9.6	28.00	.886
22	Rangers	4-5-1	2025-26	9	10	4	5	1	.450	0	0	25	27	-2	20.8	73.1	26.20	9.5	28.90	.907
23	Mammoth	4-5-0	2025-26	8	9	4	5	0	.444	0	0	30	32	-2	27.3	81.0	29.78	11.2	27.33	.870
24	Sabres	5-7-2	2025-26	12	14	5	7	2	.429	0	0	42	49	-7	20.0	91.1	26.29	11.4	32.93	.894
25	Canucks	6-9-2	2025-26	14	17	6	9	2	.412	1	0	52	65	-13	28.1	65.5	25.06	12.2	31.12	.877