The Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins were tied for the best record as underdogs this season, with a record of 27-8-8.

	TEAM	REC	SEASON	PTS	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Canadiens	27-8-8	2025-26	62	43	27	8	8	.721	2	4	159	130	29	25.4	78.5	24.86	14.9	29.84	.899
2	Stars	10-4-3	2025-26	23	17	10	4	3	.676	3	2	58	43	15	31.1	84.1	24.76	13.8	27.24	.907
3	Wild	20-10-4	2025-26	44	34	20	10	4	.647	3	2	113	95	18	27.4	79.8	27.68	12.0	30.47	.908
4	Lightning	7-4-0	2025-26	14	11	7	4	0	.636	0	0	41	32	9	24.1	80.0	25.64	14.5	28.09	.896
5	Sabres	24-13-4	2025-26	52	41	24	13	4	.634	1	1	138	121	17	21.7	85.5	27.61	12.2	30.07	.902
6	Panthers	21-13-1	2025-26	43	35	21	13	1	.614	1	1	109	105	4	20.8	81.2	25.54	12.2	27.69	.892
7	Islanders	28-19-3	2025-26	59	50	28	19	3	.590	2	3	143	140	3	14.7	81.9	25.34	11.3	29.18	.904
8	Bruins	27-19-8	2025-26	62	54	27	19	8	.574	4	2	167	172	-5	23.4	77.3	26.02	11.9	30.87	.897
9	Red Wings	21-15-5	2025-26	47	41	21	15	5	.573	1	1	119	123	-4	22.4	78.3	27.68	10.5	28.85	.896
10	Ducks	28-22-2	2025-26	58	52	28	22	2	.558	7	0	163	181	-18	16.1	81.1	29.08	10.8	29.75	.883
11	Flyers	27-21-11	2025-26	65	59	27	21	11	.551	7	4	173	183	-10	15.1	77.7	24.51	12.0	25.80	.880
12	Sharks	35-28-6	2025-26	76	69	35	28	6	.551	2	1	215	246	-31	22.0	76.5	25.36	12.3	29.96	.881
13	Capitals	13-11-5	2025-26	31	29	13	11	5	.534	2	2	89	96	-7	18.2	81.6	27.93	11.0	29.31	.887
14	Penguins	24-21-8	2025-26	56	53	24	21	8	.528	1	6	180	176	4	23.3	78.2	27.83	12.2	28.17	.882
15	Blues	27-24-7	2025-26	61	58	27	24	7	.526	1	1	154	168	-14	15.9	76.3	24.91	10.7	27.83	.896
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	Hurricanes	4-4-1	2025-26	9	9	4	4	1	.500	1	1	26	28	-2	18.5	80.6	27.44	10.5	30.00	.896
18	Senators	9-9-5	2025-26	23	23	9	9	5	.500	1	0	73	80	-7	25.4	66.7	27.30	11.6	26.22	.867
19	Predators	26-27-8	2025-26	60	61	26	27	8	.492	4	1	178	209	-31	23.9	81.7	27.95	10.4	30.15	.886
20	Devils	18-19-1	2025-26	37	38	18	19	1	.487	2	1	99	114	-15	10.0	74.7	27.68	9.4	29.21	.897
21	Golden Knights	7-8-2	2025-26	16	17	7	8	2	.471	0	1	54	54	0	25.5	81.8	27.59	11.5	25.29	.874
22	Blue Jackets	19-22-5	2025-26	43	46	19	22	5	.467	4	1	132	152	-20	21.2	75.8	29.48	9.7	29.46	.888
23	Kraken	28-33-10	2025-26	66	71	28	33	10	.465	2	5	192	232	-40	20.9	70.6	25.39	10.6	29.41	.889
24	Blackhawks	29-36-14	2025-26	72	79	29	36	14	.456	3	5	204	258	-54	17.2	84.2	24.63	10.5	30.19	.892
25	Oilers	6-8-4	2025-26	16	18	6	8	4	.444	0	2	55	73	-18	20.9	82.7	26.39	11.6	29.33	.862

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More Canadiens Stats

Team Leaders

6

Newhook

10

Hutson

+/-

+8

Texier

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.40

7th

GA/GP

3.06

16th

PP%

23.1

10th

PK%

78.2

18th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	50	23	9	109	47
Canadiens	48	24	10	106	27
Lightning	50	26	6	106	59
Bruins	45	27	10	100	22
Senators	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs	32	36	14	78	-46

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 5/16	BUF	@	MTL	8:00 PM
Mon 5/18	MTL	@	BUF	7:30 PM

Last Game

Canadiens

3 - 2

Final

Sabres

2 - 3

Thu 14 May 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs Goals Leaders

9

Dorofeyev

8

Howden

7

Boldy

Playoffs Assists Leaders

14

Eichel

11

Hughes

11

Kaprizov

Playoffs Points Leaders

18

Marner

15

Hughes

15

Eichel

Playoffs Hits Leaders

65

Barbashev

55

Foligno

54

Kolesar

Playoffs Blocks Leaders

35

Theodore

35

Matheson

30

Carrier

Playoffs Wins Leaders

8

Andersen

8

Hart

7

Dobes

Playoffs Goals Against Leaders

1.12

Andersen

1.52

Silovs

2.03

Ullmark

Playoffs Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Korpisalo

.950

Andersen

.939

Silovs

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs Goals Rankings

4.11

3.73

3.67

Playoffs Goals Against Rankings

1.25

2.29

2.33

Playoffs Power Play Rankings

40.0

31.6

28.6

Playoffs Penalty Kill Rankings

95.8

95.0

90.9

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

55-39

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

38-52

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