nhl team goal differential leaders since december 9th

Since December 9, 2025, the Buffalo Sabres have the highest goal differential by a team, with a differential of 57 goals.

	TEAM	DIFF	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Sabres	57	54	39	10	5	83	.769	3	1	201	144	20.2	79.2	27.67	13.5	28.59	.907
2	Avalanche	49	53	34	14	5	73	.689	4	3	183	134	17.8	83.3	33.58	10.3	25.83	.902
3	Hurricanes	43	54	36	13	5	77	.713	4	3	198	155	30.1	81.3	31.59	11.6	23.72	.879
4	Lightning	42	54	34	16	4	72	.667	4	2	198	156	23.4	80.4	28.50	12.9	26.43	.891
5	Senators	38	54	31	16	7	69	.639	0	1	191	153	24.7	79.0	30.06	11.8	23.91	.881
6	Canadiens	35	54	33	14	7	73	.676	2	3	189	154	22.0	78.6	26.81	13.1	28.13	.899
7	Wild	34	53	31	15	7	69	.651	1	4	190	156	26.8	79.2	29.87	12.0	28.92	.898
8	Mammoth	25	51	29	19	3	61	.598	0	0	175	150	22.9	75.9	27.27	12.6	27.06	.891
9	Stars	24	52	30	15	7	67	.644	3	2	171	147	26.8	79.2	24.96	13.2	25.33	.888
10	Bruins	21	52	28	14	10	66	.635	2	3	174	153	22.4	72.7	27.13	12.3	29.02	.899
11	Oilers	21	53	28	19	6	62	.585	0	2	186	165	29.3	76.2	30.45	11.5	26.83	.884
12	Penguins	20	55	27	18	10	64	.582	3	6	205	185	20.5	79.6	29.22	12.8	26.80	.874
13	Golden Knights	16	54	25	20	9	59	.546	0	6	179	163	24.2	81.2	28.70	11.5	24.11	.875
14	Blue Jackets	7	53	27	20	6	60	.566	3	1	160	153	19.2	78.2	28.68	10.5	27.43	.895
15	Flyers	2	55	28	18	9	65	.591	5	4	164	162	14.5	75.5	25.58	11.7	25.05	.882
16	Predators	2	54	28	20	6	62	.574	4	2	169	167	27.5	82.1	27.98	11.2	30.44	.898
17	Blues	1	52	26	21	5	57	.548	1	2	153	152	16.8	76.4	25.35	11.6	27.69	.894
18	Red Wings	-4	53	26	20	7	59	.557	0	2	150	154	21.4	76.5	27.13	10.4	28.17	.897
19	Capitals	-8	52	25	21	6	56	.538	2	3	158	166	19.0	83.0	27.15	11.2	29.04	.890
20	Islanders	-11	52	27	23	2	56	.538	3	2	143	154	18.1	79.1	27.65	9.9	27.69	.893
21	Rangers	-15	51	19	27	5	43	.422	2	1	153	168	27.4	79.8	24.47	12.3	28.80	.886
22	Devils	-20	53	26	25	2	54	.509	2	1	144	164	21.2	78.3	29.72	9.1	26.96	.885
23	Kraken	-23	56	23	28	5	51	.455	2	3	158	181	20.8	75.9	25.96	10.9	30.36	.894
24	Kings	-25	53	21	19	13	55	.519	4	4	141	166	19.1	70.9	27.70	9.6	27.79	.887
25	Panthers	-26	54	26	26	2	54	.500	4	1	159	185	20.0	81.2	27.24	10.8	27.06	.873

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Team Leaders

4

Tuch

6

Thompson

+/-

+5

Krebs

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.45

5th

GA/GP

2.93

10th

PP%

19.5

20th

PK%

81.9

4th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	50	23	9	109	47
Canadiens	48	24	10	106	27
Lightning	50	26	6	106	59
Bruins	45	27	10	100	22
Senators	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs	32	36	14	78	-46

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 5/12	BUF	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Thu 5/14	MTL	@	BUF	7:00 PM
Sat 5/16	BUF	@	MTL	1:00 PM
Mon 5/18	MTL	@	BUF	1:00 PM

Last Game

Sabres

1 - 2

Final

Canadiens

2 - 1

Sun 10 May 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs Goals Leaders

7

Boldy

7

Stankoven

7

Howden

Playoffs Assists Leaders

12

Eichel

10

Hughes

10

Kaprizov

Playoffs Points Leaders

16

Marner

14

Hughes

14

Kaprizov

Playoffs Hits Leaders

54

Barbashev

50

Foligno

48

Kolesar

Playoffs Blocks Leaders

29

Matheson

29

Theodore

26

York

Playoffs Wins Leaders

8

Andersen

6

Dobes

6

Dostal

Playoffs Goals Against Leaders

1.12

Andersen

1.52

Silovs

1.95

Blackwood

Playoffs Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Korpisalo

.950

Andersen

.939

Silovs

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs Goals Rankings

4.13

3.80

3.60

Playoffs Goals Against Rankings

1.25

2.20

2.29

Playoffs Power Play Rankings

40.0

32.3

28.6

Playoffs Penalty Kill Rankings

95.8

95.0

90.9

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

54-38

48-34

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

38-52

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12