The Ottawa Senators had the highest goal differential by a team in 2003-04, with a differential of 73 goals.

	TEAM	DIFF	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	PTS%	G	GA	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Senators	73	2003-04	82	43	23	10	6	102	.622	262	189	21.6	83.6	29.52	10.8	24.88	.907
2	Red Wings	66	2003-04	82	48	21	11	2	109	.665	255	189	20.1	86.8	30.29	10.3	26.23	.912
3	Lightning	53	2003-04	82	46	22	8	6	106	.646	245	192	16.2	84.9	30.00	10.0	25.43	.908
4	Devils	49	2003-04	82	43	25	12	2	100	.610	213	164	16.3	85.3	29.67	8.8	24.40	.918
5	Flyers	43	2003-04	82	40	21	15	6	101	.616	229	186	20.7	83.3	29.40	9.5	25.51	.911
6	Canucks	41	2003-04	82	43	24	10	5	101	.616	235	194	15.0	86.0	29.01	9.9	26.62	.911
7	Maple Leafs	38	2003-04	82	45	24	10	3	103	.628	242	204	20.1	83.4	27.48	10.7	26.43	.906
8	Avalanche	38	2003-04	82	40	22	13	7	100	.610	236	198	20.4	83.8	29.40	9.8	28.35	.915
9	Sharks	36	2003-04	82	43	21	12	6	104	.634	219	183	16.6	85.3	28.05	9.5	28.94	.923
10	Islanders	27	2003-04	82	38	29	11	4	91	.555	237	210	16.7	85.5	28.55	10.1	27.37	.906
11	Flames	24	2003-04	82	42	30	7	3	94	.573	200	176	15.1	84.7	27.41	8.9	25.49	.916
12	Bruins	21	2003-04	82	41	19	15	7	104	.634	209	188	16.0	83.6	30.49	8.4	27.80	.918
13	Stars	19	2003-04	82	41	26	13	2	97	.591	194	175	15.9	85.9	26.78	8.8	23.20	.908
14	Canadiens	16	2003-04	82	41	30	7	4	93	.567	208	192	17.2	82.5	27.68	9.2	28.59	.918
15	Oilers	13	2003-04	82	36	29	12	5	89	.543	221	208	13.0	81.1	28.44	9.5	26.52	.904
16	Wild	5	2003-04	82	30	29	20	3	83	.506	188	183	13.6	84.5	24.17	9.5	29.06	.923
17	Sabres	-1	2003-04	82	37	34	7	4	85	.518	220	221	15.8	84.8	28.06	9.6	28.54	.906
18	Predators	-1	2003-04	82	38	29	11	4	91	.555	216	217	16.9	81.8	27.16	9.7	28.48	.907
19	Blues	-7	2003-04	82	39	30	11	2	91	.555	191	198	17.9	84.6	27.11	8.6	25.65	.906
20	Kings	-12	2003-04	82	28	29	16	9	81	.494	205	217	14.0	80.7	28.65	8.7	26.99	.902
21	Mighty Ducks	-29	2003-04	82	29	35	10	8	76	.463	184	213	18.1	84.7	29.73	7.5	29.79	.913
22	Thrashers	-29	2003-04	82	33	37	8	4	78	.476	214	243	14.7	85.2	26.11	10.0	29.40	.899
23	Panthers	-33	2003-04	82	28	35	15	4	75	.457	188	221	16.8	86.4	27.72	8.3	34.49	.922
24	Hurricanes	-37	2003-04	82	28	34	14	6	76	.463	172	209	10.7	81.6	29.20	7.2	26.22	.903
25	Rangers	-44	2003-04	82	27	40	7	8	69	.421	206	250	14.3	79.4	29.46	8.5	29.22	.896