The Colorado Avalanche have the highest goal differential by a team this season, with a differential of 53 goals.

Interpreted as:

NHL teams goal differential leader this regular season

	TEAM	DIFF	SEASON	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Avalanche	53	2025-26	26	19	1	6	44	.846	0	3	106	53	16.1	87.0	33.77	12.1	26.23	.922
2	Capitals	29	2025-26	28	17	9	2	36	.643	0	2	98	69	17.3	72.9	29.68	11.8	25.71	.904
3	Stars	24	2025-26	28	18	5	5	41	.732	2	2	96	72	31.5	80.9	26.07	13.2	27.96	.908
4	Lightning	18	2025-26	26	16	8	2	34	.654	0	0	85	67	16.3	89.2	26.69	12.2	27.38	.906
5	Hurricanes	16	2025-26	25	16	7	2	34	.680	1	1	85	69	13.7	79.7	33.24	10.2	24.48	.887
6	Penguins	11	2025-26	25	13	7	5	31	.620	0	3	79	68	33.3	84.9	27.04	11.7	28.32	.904
7	Blackhawks	8	2025-26	26	11	9	6	28	.538	0	2	83	75	22.8	84.4	25.35	12.6	30.23	.905
8	Wild	4	2025-26	27	15	7	5	35	.648	3	1	75	71	23.7	80.0	27.96	9.9	30.59	.914
9	Mammoth	4	2025-26	28	13	12	3	29	.518	0	0	87	83	14.1	81.3	29.04	10.7	24.36	.878
10	Ducks	3	2025-26	27	16	10	1	33	.611	2	0	94	91	18.7	75.0	30.07	11.6	29.33	.885
11	Islanders	2	2025-26	27	14	10	3	31	.574	1	3	77	75	13.3	82.3	29.26	9.7	27.19	.898
12	Golden Knights	2	2025-26	26	12	6	8	32	.615	1	2	79	77	23.5	81.2	29.85	10.2	25.00	.882
13	Rangers	1	2025-26	28	14	12	2	30	.536	1	0	74	73	19.7	81.3	26.50	10.0	28.50	.909
14	Jets	1	2025-26	26	13	12	1	27	.519	1	1	78	77	21.8	83.0	26.62	11.3	29.31	.899
15	Kings	0	2025-26	26	12	7	7	31	.596	1	5	68	68	13.8	80.5	28.58	9.2	26.00	.899
16	Flyers	0	2025-26	26	15	8	3	33	.635	5	0	74	74	18.7	82.1	25.23	11.3	26.19	.891
17	Maple Leafs	-1	2025-26	26	12	11	3	27	.519	0	0	89	90	15.2	81.1	27.35	12.5	31.23	.889
18	Devils	-1	2025-26	27	16	10	1	33	.611	2	0	81	82	24.3	82.9	29.52	10.2	28.48	.893
19	Kraken	-4	2025-26	24	11	7	6	28	.583	0	3	59	63	16.7	69.2	24.38	10.1	27.46	.904
20	Senators	-5	2025-26	26	13	9	4	30	.577	3	0	81	86	21.3	68.4	26.15	11.9	25.46	.870
21	Panthers	-5	2025-26	25	12	12	1	25	.500	1	1	75	80	19.1	79.3	29.00	10.3	26.20	.878
22	Canadiens	-6	2025-26	26	14	9	3	31	.596	1	2	86	92	26.4	77.4	24.92	13.3	27.81	.873
23	Bruins	-6	2025-26	28	15	13	0	30	.536	2	0	85	91	24.7	82.6	27.11	11.2	30.68	.894
24	Blue Jackets	-9	2025-26	26	12	9	5	29	.558	3	1	75	84	16.4	74.2	30.35	9.5	30.88	.895
25	Sabres	-11	2025-26	27	11	12	4	26	.481	2	0	81	92	17.3	87.0	28.78	10.4	30.26	.887