nhl team highest winning percentage with a minimum 70 games in a season

The Montreal Canadiens have the best winning percentage by a team with 70+ games played in a season, winning 82.5 percent of the time in 1976-77.

	TEAM	W%	GP	SEASON	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Canadiens	.825	80	1976-77	60	8	12		132	.825			387	171	216			35.19	13.7	25.63	.917
2	Canadiens	.806	80	1977-78	59	10	11		129	.806			359	183	176	31.9	81.0	32.76	13.7	25.94	.912
3	Red Wings	.799	82	1995-96	62	13	7		131	.799			325	181	144	21.3	88.3	32.29	12.3	24.17	.909
4	Canadiens	.794	80	1975-76	58	11	11		127	.794			337	174	163			34.16	12.3	27.38	.921
5	Bruins	.793	82	2022-23	65	12		5	135	.823	4	3	301	174	127	22.2	87.3	32.98	11.1	29.84	.929
6	Bruins	.776	78	1970-71	57	14	7		121	.776			399	207	192			40.59	12.6	31.26	.915
7	Canadiens	.769	78	1972-73	52	10	16		120	.769			329	184	145			32.01	13.2	29.92	.921
8	Bruins	.763	78	1971-72	54	13	11		119	.763			330	204	126			33.76	12.5	29.12	.910
9	Lightning	.756	82	2018-19	62	16		4	128	.780	6	1	319	221	98	28.2	85.0	31.95	12.2	32.11	.916
10	Oilers	.744	80	1985-86	56	17	7		119	.744			426	310	116	26.3	81.1	33.06	16.1	34.73	.888
11	Oilers	.744	80	1983-84	57	18	5		119	.744			446	314	132	25.5	79.7	32.64	17.1	33.01	.881
12	Islanders	.738	80	1981-82	54	16	10		118	.738			385	250	135	27.8	79.9	30.86	15.6	30.08	.896
13	Flyers	.738	80	1975-76	51	13	16		118	.738			348	209	139			37.46	11.6	27.78	.906
14	Flames	.731	80	1988-89	54	17	9		117	.731			354	226	128	25.2	82.8	34.64	12.8	25.74	.890
15	Flyers	.725	80	1979-80	48	12	20		116	.725			327	254	73	16.2	78.8	33.81	12.1	27.70	.885
16	Islanders	.725	80	1978-79	51	15	14		116	.725			358	214	144	31.2	80.2	28.76	15.6	28.86	.907
17	Bruins	.724	78	1973-74	52	17	9		113	.724			349	221	128			33.96	13.2	29.31	.903
18	Red Wings	.721	70	1950-51	44	13	13		101	.721			236	139	97
19	Canadiens	.719	80	1988-89	53	18	9		115	.719			315	218	97	21.0	82.2	30.85	12.8	26.54	.897
20	Canadiens	.719	80	1978-79	52	17	11		115	.719			337	204	133	28.3	83.6	32.16	13.1	25.41	.900
21	Flyers	.718	78	1973-74	50	16	12		112	.718			273	164	109			33.88	10.3	28.36	.926
22	Canadiens	.714	70	1955-56	45	15	10		100	.714			222	131	91			31.90	9.9	26.57	.930
23	Red Wings	.714	70	1951-52	44	14	12		100	.714			215	133	82
24	Penguins	.708	84	1992-93	56	21	7		119	.708			367	268	99	23.9	83.2	32.44	13.5	30.73	.896
25	Panthers	.707	82	2021-22	58	18		6	122	.744	3	4	337	242	95	24.4	79.5	37.34	11.0	30.67	.904

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Team Leaders

17

Caufield

29

Suzuki

+/-

+12

Suzuki

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.18

10th

GA/GP

3.41

29th

PP%

25.5

6th

PK%

77.3

25th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Red Wings	19	13	3	41	-7
Canadiens	18	12	4	40	-8
Bruins	20	15	0	40	5
Lightning	18	13	3	39	17
Panthers	18	13	2	38	3
Senators	16	13	4	36	1
Maple Leafs	15	13	5	35	-3
Sabres	15	14	4	34	-9

Schedule

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

Last Game

Blackhawks

13 - 15 - 6

Final

Canadiens

18 - 12 - 4

Thu 18 Dec 2025

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

28

MacKinnon

24

Geekie

22

Kaprizov

Assists Leaders

37

McDavid

35

Celebrini

32

Rantanen

Points Leaders

58

McDavid

58

MacKinnon

53

Celebrini

Hits Leaders

170

Trenin

146

Sherwood

123

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

86

McCabe

85

Parayko

85

McNabb

Wins Leaders

15

Oettinger

15

Vejmelka

14

Shesterkin

Goals Against Leaders

1.96

Wallstedt

2.00

Thompson

2.05

Bussi

Save Percentage Leaders

.936

Wallstedt

.925

Thompson

.923

DeSmith

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

4.03

3.44

3.40

Goals Against Rankings

2.21

2.47

2.50

Power Play Rankings

32.1

31.9

30.4

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.4

85.3

85.2

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

25-10

24-10

24-11

22-11

21-12

22-13

Worst Record ATS

8-24

10-23

12-21

13-21

13-20

14-21

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	24	2	7	55	56
Stars	23	7	5	51	27
Wild	21	9	5	47	20
Mammoth	17	16	3	37	5
Blues	13	15	8	34	-37
Jets	15	16	2	32	-2
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	12	2	42	9
Oilers	17	12	6	40	0
Kings	15	10	9	39	-2
Sharks	17	15	3	37	-13
Flames	14	17	4	32	-14
Kraken	12	14	6	30	-23
Canucks	13	17	3	29	-20

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Red Wings	19	13	3	41	-7
Canadiens	18	12	4	40	-8
Bruins	20	15	0	40	5
Lightning	18	13	3	39	17
Panthers	18	13	2	38	3
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	2	46	21
Capitals	19	11	4	42	22
Islanders	19	12	3	41	6
Flyers	17	10	6	40	5
Devils	19	14	1	39	-5
Rangers	17	15	4	38	-5
Penguins	14	10	9	37	-3
Blue Jackets	14	14	6	34	-18

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 11/21	NYR	@	UTA	2-3
Fri 11/21	VGK	@	ANA	3-4
Fri 11/21	DAL	@	CGY	2-3
Sat 11/22	CAR	@	BUF	1-4
Sat 11/22	MIN	@	WPG	3-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 12/19	CAR	@	FLA	7:00 PM
Fri 12/19	VAN	@	NYI	7:00 PM
Fri 12/19	WPG	@	COL	9:00 PM
Fri 12/19	NJD	@	UTA	9:00 PM
Fri 12/19	DAL	@	ANA	10:00 PM

The Montreal Canadiens have the best winning percentage by a team with 70+ games played in a season, winning 82.5 percent of the time in 1976-77.

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