The Washington Capitals had the highest goal differential by a team in 2009-10, with a differential of 86 goals.

	TEAM	DIFF	SEASON	GP	W	L	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	Blackhawks	59	2009-10	82	52	22	8	112	.683	9	6	262	203	17.7	85.3	34.12	9.4	25.10	.901
3	Canucks	50	2009-10	82	49	28	5	103	.628	4	4	268	218	20.9	81.6	30.90	10.6	29.50	.910
4	Sharks	48	2009-10	82	51	20	11	113	.689	7	6	257	209	21.0	85.0	31.73	9.9	31.35	.919
5	Sabres	30	2009-10	82	45	27	10	100	.610	4	6	231	201	17.6	86.6	31.56	8.9	31.38	.922
6	Devils	30	2009-10	82	48	27	7	103	.628	6	5	216	186	18.7	82.8	29.99	8.8	26.99	.916
7	Kings	20	2009-10	82	46	27	9	101	.616	10	8	231	211	20.8	80.3	29.13	9.7	27.56	.907
8	Red Wings	16	2009-10	82	44	24	14	102	.622	6	9	223	207	19.2	83.9	33.38	8.1	29.43	.914
9	Coyotes	15	2009-10	82	50	25	7	107	.652	14	6	211	196	14.6	84.5	30.51	8.4	29.60	.919
10	Penguins	14	2009-10	82	47	28	7	101	.616	8	2	249	235	17.2	84.1	32.78	9.3	28.66	.900
11	Flyers	10	2009-10	82	41	35	6	88	.537	4	3	232	222	21.5	83.0	31.57	9.0	28.61	.905
12	Avalanche	9	2009-10	82	43	30	9	95	.579	7	5	237	228	18.1	80.2	27.89	10.4	32.06	.913
13	Bruins	5	2009-10	82	39	30	13	91	.555	10	9	196	191	16.6	86.4	31.70	7.5	29.82	.922
14	Rangers	5	2009-10	82	38	33	11	87	.530	3	4	219	214	18.3	84.3	29.57	9.0	29.88	.913
15	Blues	0	2009-10	82	40	32	10	90	.549	7	5	218	218	16.9	86.8	29.82	8.9	30.16	.912
16	Flames	-2	2009-10	82	40	32	10	90	.549	3	7	201	203	16.0	82.3	28.66	8.6	28.93	.914
17	Predators	-4	2009-10	82	47	29	6	100	.610	8	4	217	221	16.4	77.1	30.59	8.7	29.22	.908
18	Canadiens	-8	2009-10	82	39	33	10	88	.537	7	5	210	218	21.8	83.0	28.61	9.0	32.12	.917
19	Ducks	-10	2009-10	82	39	32	11	89	.543	5	8	233	243	21.0	79.3	30.15	9.4	33.38	.911
20	Senators	-13	2009-10	82	44	32	6	94	.573	5	5	220	233	16.9	84.3	29.71	9.0	28.54	.900
21	Stars	-14	2009-10	82	37	31	14	88	.537	7	10	230	244	18.6	77.4	30.78	9.1	31.21	.905
22	Thrashers	-20	2009-10	82	35	34	13	83	.506	4	6	230	250	16.1	82.2	29.38	9.5	33.12	.908
23	Hurricanes	-25	2009-10	82	35	37	10	80	.488	4	5	226	251	16.9	80.6	29.29	9.4	31.39	.902
24	Wild	-25	2009-10	82	38	36	8	84	.512	5	7	214	239	19.1	82.7	27.63	9.4	29.45	.901
25	Panthers	-32	2009-10	82	32	37	13	77	.470	6	10	202	234	14.2	79.4	28.43	8.7	34.15	.916