most wins through the first 20 games of a season

The Montreal Canadiens had the most wins by a team in a season in their first 20 games, with 13 wins in 1917-18.

		TEAM	W	SEASON	GP	L	T	PTS	PTS%	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1		Canadiens	13	1917-18	20	7	0	26	.650	112	76	36
2		Rangers	12	1926-27	20	6	2	26	.650	41	32	9
3		Arenas	12	1917-18	20	8	0	24	.600	101	97	4
4		Black Hawks	9	1926-27	20	10	1	19	.475	59	53	6
5		Cougars	8	1926-27	20	11	1	17	.425	35	42	-7
6		Bruins	2	1924-25	20	18	0	4	.100	36	92	-56

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G

17

Caufield

Cole Caufield

A

29

Suzuki

Nick Suzuki

+/-

+12

Suzuki

Nick Suzuki

G/GP

3.18

9th

GA/GP

3.41

28th

PP%

25.5

5th

PK%

77.3

25th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Red Wings	20	13	3	43	-4
Canadiens	18	12	4	40	-8
Bruins	20	15	0	40	5
Panthers	19	13	2	40	4
Lightning	18	13	3	39	17
Senators	16	13	4	36	1
Maple Leafs	15	13	5	35	-3
Sabres	15	14	4	34	-9

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 12/20	PIT	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Sun 12/21	MTL	@	PIT	7:00 PM
Tue 12/23	MTL	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Sun 12/28	MTL	@	TBL	5:00 PM
Tue 12/30	MTL	@	FLA	7:00 PM

CHI

13 - 15 - 6

1

Final

4

MTL

18 - 12 - 4

Thu 18 Dec 2025

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

28

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

24

Geekie

Morgan Geekie

22

McDavid

Connor McDavid

Assists Leaders

37

McDavid

Connor McDavid

35

Celebrini

Macklin Celebrini

34

Rantanen

Mikko Rantanen

59

McDavid

Connor McDavid

59

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

53

Celebrini

Macklin Celebrini

179

Trenin

Yakov Trenin

148

Sherwood

Kiefer Sherwood

127

Cuylle

Will Cuylle

86

McCabe

Jake McCabe

85

Lindell

Esa Lindell

85

Parayko

Colton Parayko

15

Shesterkin

Igor Shesterkin

15

Bobrovsky

Sergei Bobrovsky

15

Oettinger

Jake Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

1.96

Wallstedt

Jesper Wallstedt

2.09

Thompson

Logan Thompson

2.10

Wedgewood

Scott Wedgewood

Save Percentage Leaders

.936

Wallstedt

Jesper Wallstedt

.924

Thompson

Logan Thompson

.920

Blackwood

Mackenzie Blackwood

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

4.00

3.47

3.43

Goals Against Rankings

2.21

2.50

2.50

Power Play Rankings

32.3

32.1

30.4

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.4

85.2

84.5

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

25-10

24-11

24-11

23-11

21-12

22-13

Worst Record ATS

8-24

11-23

12-21

13-21

14-21

15-22

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	25	2	7	57	57
Stars	24	7	5	53	32
Wild	22	9	5	49	23
Mammoth	17	17	3	37	4
Blues	13	15	8	34	-37
Jets	15	17	2	32	-3
Blackhawks	13	15	6	32	-11
Predators	13	16	4	30	-22
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	16	6	10	42	5
Ducks	20	13	2	42	4
Oilers	17	13	6	40	-3
Kings	15	10	9	39	-2
Sharks	17	15	3	37	-13
Flames	14	17	4	32	-14
Canucks	14	17	3	31	-17
Kraken	12	14	6	30	-23

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Red Wings	20	13	3	43	-4
Panthers	19	13	2	40	4
Canadiens	18	12	4	40	-8
Bruins	20	15	0	40	5
Lightning	18	13	3	39	17
Senators	16	13	4	36	1
Maple Leafs	15	13	5	35	-3
Sabres	15	14	4	34	-9
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	22	9	3	47	20
Capitals	19	12	4	42	19
Flyers	17	10	7	41	4
Devils	20	14	1	41	-4
Islanders	19	13	3	41	3
Rangers	18	15	4	40	-4
Penguins	14	10	9	37	-3
Blue Jackets	14	14	6	34	-18

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 11/23	CBJ	@	WSH	1-5
Sun 11/23	STL	@	NYR	2-3
Sun 11/23	PHI	@	TBL	0-3
Sun 11/23	DET	@	NJD	3-4
Sun 11/23	FLA	@	NSH	8-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 12/20	TOR	@	NSH	7:00 PM
Sat 12/20	VAN	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Sat 12/20	CAR	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Sat 12/20	PIT	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Sat 12/20	VGK	@	CGY	10:00 PM