how is the nhl points by a team calculated

The Montreal Canadiens have received 70 points this season.

Interpreted as:

How is the NHL points by a team calculated this regular season?

		TEAM	PTS	SEASON	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1		Canadiens	70	2025-26	39	31	0	8	.897	2	4	158	99	59	24.6	79.5	26.41	15.3	28.26	.910
2		Maple Leafs	61	2025-26	35	26	0	9	.871	1	1	132	85	47	18.4	87.2	27.06	13.9	31.20	.922
3		Bruins	68	2025-26	36	32	0	4	.944	2	2	140	76	64	28.4	84.1	26.61	14.6	30.19	.930
4		Rangers	50	2025-26	28	22	0	6	.893	2	0	108	66	42	28.4	79.3	26.82	14.4	28.18	.916
5		Blackhawks	53	2025-26	31	22	0	9	.855	3	5	110	66	44	26.1	92.1	25.87	13.7	29.48	.928
6		Red Wings	72	2025-26	39	33	0	6	.923	2	3	147	88	59	27.0	81.0	27.85	13.5	27.69	.919
7		Kings	60	2025-26	37	23	0	14	.811	4	6	114	85	29	14.6	79.1	26.84	11.5	27.86	.918
8		Stars	75	2025-26	42	33	0	9	.893	4	3	160	97	63	31.0	82.6	26.10	14.6	27.38	.916
9		Flyers	58	2025-26	34	24	0	10	.853	5	3	124	83	41	20.2	84.5	26.38	13.8	25.74	.905
10		Penguins	67	2025-26	39	28	0	11	.859	1	7	157	91	66	31.7	88.5	29.10	13.8	28.10	.917
11		Blues	49	2025-26	29	20	0	9	.845	1	3	86	61	25	23.3	83.5	24.86	11.9	28.31	.926
12		Sabres	69	2025-26	37	32	0	5	.932	3	0	157	87	70	24.1	83.3	27.14	15.6	29.76	.921
13		Canucks	42	2025-26	24	18	0	6	.875	4	2	83	60	23	26.0	73.1	24.96	13.9	31.13	.920
14		Flames	50	2025-26	28	22	0	6	.893	2	2	93	51	42	18.4	85.1	28.93	11.5	28.21	.935
15		Islanders	65	2025-26	35	30	0	5	.929	4	5	121	62	59	20.4	86.0	26.97	12.8	29.20	.939
16		Devils	58	2025-26	30	28	0	2	.967	3	0	102	59	43	24.3	85.4	28.67	11.9	28.27	.930
17		Capitals	63	2025-26	35	28	0	7	.900	1	5	140	69	71	15.6	82.8	30.26	13.2	28.49	.931
18		Oilers	64	2025-26	36	28	0	8	.889	0	3	154	89	65	38.2	81.9	29.72	14.4	27.64	.911
19		Hurricanes	74	2025-26	40	34	0	6	.925	4	3	159	90	69	22.2	83.6	33.33	11.9	23.70	.905
20		Avalanche	81	2025-26	45	36	0	9	.900	1	5	188	88	100	17.5	85.5	34.60	12.1	26.76	.927
21		Sharks	58	2025-26	31	27	0	4	.935	2	1	127	82	45	25.7	83.2	26.19	15.6	31.68	.916
22		Senators	61	2025-26	34	27	0	7	.897	3	0	138	84	54	26.4	74.7	27.76	14.6	24.47	.899
23		Lightning	74	2025-26	39	35	0	4	.949	4	2	155	77	78	25.2	87.6	27.59	14.4	26.23	.925
24		Ducks	61	2025-26	32	29	0	3	.953	6	0	128	83	45	22.1	78.6	29.13	13.7	28.50	.909
25		Panthers	59	2025-26	31	28	0	3	.952	3	1	121	68	53	25.0	85.7	28.84	13.5	25.16	.913

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G

32

Caufield

Cole Caufield

A

48

Hutson

Lane Hutson

+/-

+25

Suzuki

Nick Suzuki

G/GP

3.43

4th

GA/GP

3.25

22nd

PP%

23.6

7th

PK%

76.9

27th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	35	14	4	74	53
Red Wings	33	18	6	72	2
Canadiens	31	17	8	70	8
Sabres	32	18	5	69	23
Bruins	32	20	4	68	14
Maple Leafs	26	21	9	61	-9
Senators	27	21	7	61	7
Panthers	28	24	3	59	-13

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 2/4	MTL	@	WPG	7:00 PM
Thu 2/26	NYI	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Sat 2/28	WSH	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Tue 3/3	MTL	@	SJS	10:00 PM
Fri 3/6	MTL	@	ANA	9:00 PM

MTL

31 - 17 - 8

3

Final

4

MIN

33 - 14 - 10

Mon 2 Feb 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

40

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

34

McDavid

Connor McDavid

32

Kaprizov

Kirill Kaprizov

Assists Leaders

61

McDavid

Connor McDavid

58

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

53

Celebrini

Macklin Celebrini

95

McDavid

Connor McDavid

91

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

86

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

282

Trenin

Yakov Trenin

210

Sherwood

Kiefer Sherwood

199

Klapka

Adam Klapka

138

Dobson

Noah Dobson

138

Parayko

Colton Parayko

130

McCabe

Jake McCabe

26

Vejmelka

Karel Vejmelka

25

Vasilevskiy

Andrei Vasilevskiy

22

Swayman

Jeremy Swayman

Goals Against Leaders

2.12

Vasilevskiy

Andrei Vasilevskiy

2.21

Bussi

Brandon Bussi

2.22

Cooley

Devin Cooley

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Cooley

Devin Cooley

.919

Grubauer

Philipp Grubauer

.918

Vasilevskiy

Andrei Vasilevskiy

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

3.83

3.49

3.45

Goals Against Rankings

2.43

2.53

2.71

Power Play Rankings

31.2

29.9

26.9

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.7

84.4

84.2

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

38-16

35-19

36-20

36-20

33-21

32-22

Worst Record ATS

18-37

19-36

19-36

20-35

20-34

22-34

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	36	9	9	81	72
Wild	33	14	10	76	26
Stars	33	14	9	75	32
Mammoth	29	23	4	62	23
Predators	26	23	6	58	-26
Blackhawks	22	25	9	53	-27
Jets	22	25	8	52	-11
Blues	20	27	9	49	-55
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	25	16	14	64	6
Oilers	28	20	8	64	8
Kraken	26	19	9	61	-3
Ducks	29	23	3	61	-12
Kings	23	17	14	60	-10
Sharks	27	23	4	58	-20
Flames	22	27	6	50	-28
Canucks	18	32	6	42	-58

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	35	14	4	74	53
Red Wings	33	18	6	72	2
Canadiens	31	17	8	70	8
Sabres	32	18	5	69	23
Bruins	32	20	4	68	14
Senators	27	21	7	61	7
Maple Leafs	26	21	9	61	-9
Panthers	28	24	3	59	-13
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	34	15	6	74	31
Penguins	28	15	11	67	21
Islanders	30	21	5	65	4
Capitals	28	22	7	63	12
Blue Jackets	27	20	7	61	-5
Flyers	24	20	10	58	-14
Devils	28	25	2	58	-24
Rangers	22	28	6	50	-27

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 1/7	BUF	@	NYR	5-2
Wed 1/7	VAN	@	DET	1-5
Wed 1/7	ANA	@	CAR	2-5
Wed 1/7	CGY	@	BOS	1-4
Wed 1/7	NYI	@	NSH	1-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 2/3	OTT	@	CAR	7:00 PM
Tue 2/3	WSH	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Tue 2/3	CBJ	@	NJD	7:00 PM
Tue 2/3	PIT	@	NYI	7:30 PM
Tue 2/3	BUF	@	TBL	7:30 PM