The Montreal Canadiens had a goal differential of -5 goals in December 2023.

TEAM	MONTH	DIFF	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	PTS%	G	GA	PP%	PK%	S/GP	SA/GP
Montreal Canadiens	December 2023	-5	13	5	5	0	3	13	.500	37	42	21.4	69.4	29.46	31.15
Toronto Maple Leafs	December 2023	3	13	5	4	0	4	14	.538	51	48	27.8	75.0	33.69	31.23
Boston Bruins	December 2023	3	13	7	3	0	3	17	.654	39	36	38.2	81.3	28.85	32.77
New York Rangers	December 2023	8	14	9	5	0	0	18	.643	51	43	33.3	83.3	31.93	30.50
Chicago Blackhawks	December 2023	-25	15	4	9	0	2	10	.333	33	58	18.2	71.7	25.00	33.40
Detroit Red Wings	December 2023	-14	15	5	9	0	1	11	.367	50	64	18.2	83.0	29.60	34.27
Los Angeles Kings	December 2023	8	13	7	4	0	2	16	.615	38	30	17.9	81.6	36.38	26.15
Dallas Stars	December 2023	10	14	9	4	0	1	19	.679	56	46	25.6	80.5	31.86	28.29
Philadelphia Flyers	December 2023	7	13	8	2	0	3	19	.731	39	32	8.1	89.5	31.92	30.38
Pittsburgh Penguins	December 2023	1	13	7	3	0	3	17	.654	36	35	15.1	79.1	31.92	29.85
St. Louis Blues	December 2023	-11	14	6	8	0	0	12	.429	38	49	12.8	78.0	32.29	30.29
Buffalo Sabres	December 2023	-11	15	5	8	0	2	12	.400	43	54	9.3	66.7	33.47	29.00
Vancouver Canucks	December 2023	13	12	8	2	0	2	18	.750	44	31	12.5	80.6	25.58	28.67
Calgary Flames	December 2023	-2	13	5	6	0	2	12	.462	39	41	14.0	85.4	31.00	30.62
New York Islanders	December 2023	2	14	8	3	0	3	19	.679	49	47	23.7	76.3	31.36	35.36
New Jersey Devils	December 2023	-3	14	8	5	0	1	17	.607	45	48	19.4	83.3	30.86	28.36
Washington Capitals	December 2023	-11	14	5	5	0	4	14	.500	29	40	16.2	83.7	27.79	31.21
Edmonton Oilers	December 2023	17	12	9	3	0	0	18	.750	48	31	21.2	81.8	35.08	27.92
Carolina Hurricanes	December 2023	7	15	7	5	0	3	17	.567	49	42	36.7	93.8	32.47	27.27
Colorado Avalanche	December 2023	4	15	8	5	0	2	18	.600	51	47	28.6	76.2	31.33	29.53
Arizona Coyotes	December 2023	6	13	8	5	0	0	16	.615	38	32	20.0	79.3	26.92	28.77
San Jose Sharks	December 2023	-20	14	4	9	0	1	9	.321	39	59	21.9	76.1	26.43	33.64
Ottawa Senators	December 2023	-2	15	6	9	0	0	12	.400	51	53	15.7	69.2	32.40	32.40
Tampa Bay Lightning	December 2023	-4	14	8	6	0	0	16	.571	42	46	21.4	70.3	28.93	30.43
Anaheim Ducks	December 2023	-12	13	4	9	0	0	8	.308	29	41	20.5	82.5	29.23	32.85