largest goal differential by season salary cap era

The Washington Capitals had their highest goal differential in a season in 2009-10, with a differential of 86 goals.

		TEAM	DIFF	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1		Capitals	86	2009-10	82	54	15		13	121	.738	5	6	313	227	25.2	78.8	32.84	11.6	30.91	.910
2		Capitals	84	2016-17	82	55	19		8	118	.720	2	5	261	177	23.1	83.8	30.43	10.5	27.83	.922
3		Capitals	82	1984-85	80	46	25	9		101	.631			322	240	23.8	77.1	31.93	12.6	25.80	.884
4		Capitals	82	1983-84	80	48	27	5		101	.631			308	226	20.2	86.4	31.68	12.2	24.43	.884
5		Capitals	57	2024-25	82	51	22		9	111	.677	2	3	286	229	23.5	82.0	27.62	12.6	27.18	.897
6		Capitals	57	2015-16	82	56	18		8	120	.732	4	2	248	191	21.9	85.2	30.61	9.9	28.44	.918
7		Capitals	55	1991-92	80	45	27	8		98	.613			330	275	22.3	83.7	31.01	13.3	28.39	.879
8		Capitals	46	1988-89	80	41	29	10		92	.575			305	259	21.8	79.8	31.18	12.2	27.55	.882
9		Capitals	43	1985-86	80	50	23	7		107	.669			315	272	22.8	81.0	30.30	13.0	27.70	.877
10		Capitals	39	1992-93	84	43	34	7		93	.554			325	286	21.8	82.9	32.20	12.0	28.40	.880
11		Capitals	38	2014-15	82	45	26		11	101	.616	5	4	237	199	25.3	81.2	29.50	9.8	28.88	.916
12		Capitals	33	1999-00	82	44	24	12	2	102	.622			227	194	15.0	86.2	27.67	10.0	27.68	.915
13		Capitals	32	1987-88	80	38	33	9		85	.531			281	249	20.0	81.0	30.76	11.4	27.83	.888
14		Capitals	30	1995-96	82	39	32	11		89	.543			234	204	15.6	82.6	30.12	9.5	24.90	.900
15		Capitals	28	2021-22	82	44	26		12	100	.610	5	3	270	242	18.8	80.4	31.43	10.5	29.00	.898
16		Capitals	28	2010-11	82	48	23		11	107	.652	5	6	219	191	17.5	85.6	31.29	8.5	28.96	.920
17		Capitals	28	2008-09	82	50	24		8	108	.659	4	5	268	240	25.2	80.6	33.51	9.8	29.49	.901
18		Capitals	27	2020-21	56	36	15		5	77	.688	3	2	188	161	24.8	84.0	29.41	11.4	28.79	.900
19		Capitals	26	2018-19	82	48	26		8	104	.634	4	1	274	248	20.8	78.9	30.39	11.0	31.51	.904
20		Capitals	24	2019-20	69	41	20		8	90	.652	4	3	236	212	19.4	82.6	31.97	10.7	30.20	.898
21		Capitals	23	1982-83	80	39	25	16		94	.588			306	283	21.1	81.4	30.59	12.5	28.73	.877
22		Capitals	22	2000-01	82	41	27	10	4	96	.585			233	211	21.2	84.1	28.63	9.9	27.72	.907
23		Capitals	19	2025-26	42	21	15		6	48	.571	0	5	135	116	15.8	76.3	29.38	10.9	27.88	.901
24		Capitals	18	2017-18	82	49	26		7	105	.640	3	1	256	238	22.5	80.4	29.01	10.8	31.87	.909
25		Capitals	17	1997-98	82	40	30	12		92	.561			219	202	15.7	89.2	27.13	9.8	27.95	.912

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2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	24	14	3	51	11
Islanders	23	15	4	50	0
Flyers	21	12	7	49	8
Capitals	21	15	6	48	14
Penguins	19	12	9	47	3
Devils	22	17	2	46	-8
Rangers	20	18	5	45	-3
Blue Jackets	18	16	6	42	-9

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 1/5	ANA	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Wed 1/7	DAL	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Fri 1/9	WSH	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Sun 1/11	WSH	@	NSH	7:00 PM
Tue 1/13	MTL	@	WSH	7:00 PM

CHI

16 - 18 - 7

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Final

2

WSH

21 - 15 - 6

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Boldy

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McDavid

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Assists Leaders

47

McDavid

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Celebrini

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40

Rantanen

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74

MacKinnon

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72

McDavid

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Celebrini

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Trenin

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198

Sherwood

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Dach

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104

Parayko

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McCabe

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98

Faber

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18

Wedgewood

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17

Shesterkin

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17

Bobrovsky

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2.07

Blackwood

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2.17

Wedgewood

Scott Wedgewood

2.30

Wallstedt

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Save Percentage Leaders

.926

Wallstedt

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.924

Blackwood

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Grubauer

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NHL 2025-26 Rankings

4.08

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Goals Against Rankings

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Power Play Rankings

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Penalty Kill Rankings

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NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

27-12

28-13

27-13

27-14

27-15

25-16

Worst Record ATS

11-28

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15-25

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NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	31	2	7	69	73
Wild	25	10	8	58	23
Stars	25	9	7	57	30
Predators	19	18	4	42	-18
Blues	17	18	8	42	-39
Mammoth	19	20	3	41	5
Blackhawks	16	18	7	39	-17
Jets	15	21	4	34	-11
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	20	16	6	46	-4
Golden Knights	17	11	11	45	-1
Ducks	21	17	3	45	-7
Kraken	18	14	7	43	-12
Kings	17	14	9	43	-4
Sharks	20	18	3	43	-19
Flames	18	19	4	40	-10
Canucks	16	20	5	37	-26

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	25	13	3	53	32
Red Wings	24	15	4	52	-7
Canadiens	22	13	6	50	-1
Sabres	21	15	4	46	-1
Bruins	22	18	2	46	-3
Panthers	21	16	3	45	-2
Senators	20	15	5	45	4
Maple Leafs	19	15	7	45	-1
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	24	14	3	51	11
Islanders	23	15	4	50	0
Flyers	21	12	7	49	8
Capitals	21	15	6	48	14
Penguins	19	12	9	47	3
Devils	22	17	2	46	-8
Rangers	20	18	5	45	-3
Blue Jackets	18	16	6	42	-9

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 12/6	CBJ	@	WSH	0-2
Sat 12/6	VGK	@	NYR	3-2
Sat 12/6	STL	@	MTL	4-3
Sat 12/6	CHI	@	ANA	1-7
Sun 12/7	LAK	@	UTA	4-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 1/4	PIT	@	CBJ	3:00 PM
Sun 1/4	COL	@	FLA	5:00 PM
Sun 1/4	CAR	@	NJD	7:00 PM
Sun 1/4	VGK	@	CHI	7:00 PM
Mon 1/5	ANA	@	WSH	7:00 PM