highest plus minus per year in nhl since 1999

Since 1998-99, Johnny Gaudreau has the highest plus/minus in a season, at +64 in 2021-22.

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highest plus minus by a player per year in NHL since 1999

	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	Johnny Gaudreau J. Gaudreau	+64	2021-22	CGY	82	40	75	115	26	6	19	0	0	9	2	262	15.3	1	1	100.0	10	9	50	81	18:34
2	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
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	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	+52	2002-03	COL	75	29	77	106	70	8	25	0	0	2	1	166	17.5	333	709	47.0	39	9	23	31	19:20
7	Milan Hejduk M. Hejduk	+52	2002-03	COL	82	50	48	98	32	18	17	0	0	4	2	244	20.5	19	43	44.2	16	7	21	13	19:50
8	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	+52	1999-00	STL	79	14	48	62	92	8	18	0	3	3	0	192	7.3	0	1	0.0	106	185	61	93	30:14
9	Jeff Schultz J. Schultz	+50	2009-10	WSH	73	3	20	23	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	7.0	0	0		66	129	13	42	19:52
10	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
11	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
12	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	+48	2025-26	COL	55	40	53	93	18	8	14	0	0	5	1	244	16.4	516	1,012	51.0	45	29	16	115	22:11
13	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
14	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	+48	1999-00	DET	81	3	31	34	103	0	4	0	2	0	0	135	2.2	0	0		120	86	47	113	25:16
15	Thomas Vanek T. Vanek	+47	2006-07	BUF	82	43	41	84	40	15	7	0	0	5	1	237	18.1	11	39	28.2	30	36	45	95	16:47
16	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
17	Matt Grzelcyk M. Grzelcyk	+46	2022-23	BOS	75	4	22	26	28	0	0	0	0	2	0	102	3.9	0	0		51	78	13	33	17:14
18	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
19	Patrik Elias P. Elias	+45	2000-01	NJD	82	40	56	96	51	8	21	3	0	6	3	220	18.2	64	155	41.3	85	20	61	86	18:44
20	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	+45	2000-01	COL	82	54	64	118	30	19	27	3	3	12	2	332	16.3	1,214	2,292	53.0	44	54	79	54	23:01
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	+42	2022-23	DAL	82	28	49	77	8	13	14	0	1	2	0	184	15.2	368	689	53.4	93	64	32	57	17:43

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Team Leaders

14

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29

Kadri

+/-

+13

Backlund

Team Rankings

G/GP

2.50

32nd

GA/GP

2.98

13th

PP%

16.4

27th

PK%

82.2

9th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	27	16	14	68	12
Oilers	28	22	8	64	4
Ducks	30	23	3	63	-10
Kraken	27	20	9	63	-3
Kings	23	19	14	60	-15
Sharks	27	24	4	58	-22
Flames	23	27	6	52	-27
Canucks	18	33	6	42	-61

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 2/26	CGY	@	SJS	10:00 PM
Sat 2/28	CGY	@	LAK	7:00 PM
Sun 3/1	CGY	@	ANA	8:00 PM
Tue 3/3	DAL	@	CGY	9:00 PM
Thu 3/5	OTT	@	CGY	9:00 PM

Last Game

Oilers

28 - 22 - 8

Final

Flames

23 - 27 - 6

Wed 4 Feb 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

40

MacKinnon

34

McDavid

32

Kaprizov

Assists Leaders

62

McDavid

62

Kucherov

53

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

96

McDavid

93

MacKinnon

91

Kucherov

Hits Leaders

286

Trenin

214

Sherwood

202

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

140

Parayko

139

Dobson

133

McCabe

Wins Leaders

27

Vejmelka

27

Vasilevskiy

23

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.11

Vasilevskiy

2.16

Bussi

2.25

Blackwood

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Cooley

.919

Vasilevskiy

.916

Grubauer

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.84

3.55

3.46

Goals Against Rankings

2.42

2.51

2.71

Power Play Rankings

31.4

29.9

26.3

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.8

84.7

84.0

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

39-17

37-20

35-20

36-21

34-22

Worst Record ATS

19-38

20-37

20-36

21-36

22-36

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	37	9	9	83	74
Wild	34	14	10	78	27
Stars	34	14	9	77	33
Mammoth	30	23	4	64	26
Predators	26	24	7	59	-29
Blackhawks	22	26	9	53	-31
Jets	22	26	8	52	-15
Blues	20	28	9	49	-56
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	27	16	14	68	12
Oilers	28	22	8	64	4
Kraken	27	20	9	63	-3
Ducks	30	23	3	63	-10
Kings	23	19	14	60	-15
Sharks	27	24	4	58	-22
Flames	23	27	6	52	-27
Canucks	18	33	6	42	-61

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	37	14	4	78	59
Canadiens	32	17	8	72	12
Red Wings	33	19	6	72	-1
Sabres	32	19	6	70	19
Bruins	32	20	5	69	13
Senators	28	22	7	63	7
Maple Leafs	27	21	9	63	-6
Panthers	29	25	3	61	-17
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	36	15	6	78	34
Penguins	29	15	12	70	23
Islanders	32	21	5	69	7
Blue Jackets	29	20	7	65	2
Capitals	29	23	7	65	12
Flyers	25	20	11	61	-13
Devils	28	27	2	58	-29
Rangers	22	29	6	50	-29