The Montreal Canadiens have the highest goal differential by a team in the playoffs, with a differential of 176 goals.

NHL team with best 5 on 5 or more scoring differential in playoffs

	TEAM	DIFF	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Canadiens	176	30	30	0	0	0	60	1.000	0	0	210	34	32.4	97.7	35.64	19.0	26.91	.958
2	Bruins	146	25	25	0	0	0	50	1.000	0	0	175	29	50.0	87.0	35.58	19.8	28.46	.959
3	Red Wings	144	25	25	0	0	0	50	1.000	0	0	167	23	35.0	89.5	33.20	19.6	24.40	.965
4	Oilers	137	22	22	0	0	0	44	1.000	0	0	177	40	40.3	77.6	35.09	22.9	28.77	.937
5	Rangers	91	16	16	0	0	0	32	1.000	0	0	113	22	32.2	94.0	31.44	22.5	27.63	.950
6	Maple Leafs	90	17	17	0	0	0	34	1.000	0	0	112	22	36.7	91.4	33.00	19.7	28.13	.956
7	Penguins	86	14	14	0	0	0	28	1.000	0	0	94	8	40.0	93.1	29.86	22.5	28.57	.980
8	Blues	78	15	15	0	0	0	30	1.000	0	0	94	16	26.6	88.9	33.07	19.0	24.33	.956
9	Islanders	73	13	13	0	0	0	26	1.000	0	0	91	18	50.0	84.8	34.31	20.4	26.62	.948
10	Avalanche	72	12	12	0	0	0	24	1.000	0	0	82	10	42.3	89.6	33.17	20.6	25.25	.967
11	Flyers	70	13	13	0	0	0	26	1.000	0	0	89	19	33.9	89.4	32.92	20.8	26.54	.945
12	Blackhawks	67	12	12	0	0	0	24	1.000	0	0	83	16	42.9	76.7	32.73	21.1	25.00	.945
13	Sabres	54	9	9	0	0	0	18	1.000	0	0	62	8	39.7	94.1	27.00	25.5	23.78	.963
14	Capitals	49	9	9	0	0	0	18	1.000	0	0	60	11	38.3	98.0	31.78	21.0	27.56	.956
15	Canucks	43	8	8	0	0	0	16	1.000	0	0	53	10	30.0	90.7	34.38	19.3	26.63	.953
16	Stars	38	7	7	0	0	0	14	1.000	0	0	46	8	36.6	90.0	36.00	18.3	27.71	.959
17	Hurricanes	37	7	7	0	0	0	14	1.000	0	0	45	8	46.2	90.9	34.29	18.8	25.86	.956
18	Flames	35	6	6	0	0	0	12	1.000	0	0	48	13	39.5	85.7	39.67	20.2	23.67	.908
19	Golden Knights	34	6	6	0	0	0	12	1.000	0	0	39	5	30.0	100.0	31.50	20.6	29.33	.972
20	Sharks	29	5	5	0	0	0	10	1.000	0	0	32	3	40.6	91.7	34.40	18.6	28.60	.979
21	Lightning	26	4	4	0	0	0	8	1.000	0	0	31	5	52.0	88.2	33.00	23.5	25.50	.951
22	Kings	23	4	4	0	0	0	8	1.000	0	0	33	10	26.1	78.6	31.25	26.4	26.75	.907
23	Devils	21	4	4	0	0	0	8	1.000	0	0	26	5	37.9	92.6	29.50	22.0	26.50	.953
24	Senators	15	3	3	0	0	0	6	1.000	0	0	17	2	32.1	83.3	30.67	18.5	31.67	.979
25	Metropolitans	12	2	2	0	0	0	4	1.000	0	0	14	2