largest goal differential in an 43 games ever

The Montreal Canadiens have the highest goal differential by a team when playing 43+ games, with a differential of 3,279 goals.

Interpreted as:

largest goal differential in an 43 or more games ever

	TEAM	DIFF	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Canadiens	3,279	7,060	3,567	2,446	837	211	8,182	.579	82	79	22,475	19,196	19.4	81.6	30.97	10.7	29.32	.905
2	Bruins	2,174	6,902	3,419	2,473	791	219	7,848	.569	78	90	21,937	19,763	19.8	82.4	31.54	10.4	28.96	.898
3	Flyers	1,293	4,446	2,186	1,581	457	222	5,051	.568	63	102	14,383	13,090	19.3	81.3	31.16	10.4	29.21	.899
4	Flames	564	4,065	1,905	1,593	379	188	4,377	.538	59	77	13,139	12,575	19.8	80.9	30.23	10.7	29.26	.894
5	Red Wings	496	6,835	3,108	2,696	815	216	7,247	.530	81	83	20,840	20,344	19.9	80.8	31.07	10.1	29.23	.892
6	Sabres	430	4,219	1,929	1,686	409	195	4,462	.529	90	82	13,240	12,810	18.7	82.0	29.64	10.6	30.24	.900
7	Oilers	300	3,509	1,633	1,424	262	190	3,718	.530	82	75	11,687	11,387	19.4	80.6	29.50	11.3	30.48	.894
8	Avalanche	282	3,510	1,678	1,408	261	163	3,780	.538	86	49	11,393	11,111	20.0	80.6	29.66	10.9	30.24	.895
9	Golden Knights	241	565	330	183		52	712	.630	25	20	1,818	1,577	19.9	79.7	32.88	9.8	29.76	.906
10	Rangers	170	6,833	3,051	2,797	808	177	7,087	.519	91	77	20,849	20,679	20.1	81.3	30.87	10.3	30.65	.900
11	Blues	138	4,448	2,072	1,751	432	193	4,769	.536	85	77	13,632	13,494	19.4	81.9	29.66	10.3	29.09	.896
12	Maple Leafs	137	7,059	3,167	2,906	783	204	7,321	.519	68	82	21,787	21,650	19.2	79.7	30.78	10.2	31.45	.898
13	Islanders	119	4,064	1,817	1,692	347	208	4,189	.515	92	87	12,751	12,632	19.6	80.3	29.28	10.7	30.69	.899
14	Wild	117	1,841	916	684	55	186	2,073	.563	87	85	4,977	4,860	17.7	82.6	28.19	9.6	29.64	.911
15	Maroons	69	622	271	260	91		633	.509			1,474	1,405
16	Eagles	67	590	269	252	69		607	.514			1,544	1,477
17	Predators	7	2,006	993	764	60	189	2,235	.557	87	74	5,471	5,464	16.9	82.1	29.25	9.3	30.15	.910
18	Capitals	-15	3,906	1,838	1,567	303	198	4,177	.535	79	83	12,296	12,311	19.7	81.3	29.33	10.7	29.59	.893
19	Kraken	-52	276	121	126		29	271	.491	7	10	805	857	18.3	77.0	29.15	10.0	28.35	.890
20	Stars	-142	4,444	2,004	1,790	459	191	4,658	.524	87	69	13,538	13,680	19.5	81.4	29.97	10.2	29.85	.897
21	Tigers	-147	150	51	98	1		103	.343			505	652
22	Penguins	-183	4,447	2,039	1,836	383	189	4,650	.523	90	67	14,659	14,842	20.6	80.0	30.59	10.8	31.26	.893
23	Panthers	-239	2,384	1,059	953	142	230	2,490	.522	81	104	6,590	6,829	17.0	81.7	30.37	9.1	31.23	.908
24	Quakers	-251	256	71	158	27		169	.330			452	703
25	Lightning	-311	2,466	1,141	1,039	112	174	2,568	.521	76	68	7,100	7,411	18.2	81.7	29.29	9.8	29.65	.899