nhl teams most wins in a season before 1971

Before 1970-71, the Montreal Canadiens had the most wins by a team in a season, with 46 wins in 1968-69.

	TEAM	W	SEASON	GP	L	T	PTS	PTS%	G	GA	DIFF	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Canadiens	46	1968-69	76	19	11	103	.678	271	202	69	35.89	9.9	29.62	.910
2	Black Hawks	45	1969-70	76	22	9	99	.651	250	170	80	32.24	10.2	31.92	.930
3	Canadiens	45	1955-56	70	15	10	100	.714	222	131	91	31.90	9.9	26.57	.930
4	Red Wings	44	1951-52	70	14	12	100	.714	215	133	82
5	Red Wings	44	1950-51	70	13	13	101	.721	236	139	97
6	Canadiens	43	1957-58	70	17	10	96	.686	250	158	92	34.60	10.3	27.57	.918
7	Bruins	42	1968-69	76	18	16	100	.658	303	221	82	34.11	11.7	31.14	.907
8	Canadiens	42	1967-68	74	22	10	94	.635	236	167	69	31.41	10.2	27.00	.916
9	Canadiens	42	1961-62	70	14	14	98	.700	259	166	93	34.11	10.8	30.86	.923
10	Red Wings	42	1954-55	70	17	11	95	.679	204	134	70
11	Rangers	41	1968-69	76	26	9	91	.599	231	196	35	37.45	8.1	28.80	.910
12	Black Hawks	41	1966-67	70	17	12	94	.671	264	170	94	31.51	12.0	31.30	.922
13	Canadiens	41	1965-66	70	21	8	90	.643	239	173	66	33.70	10.1	28.00	.912
14	Canadiens	41	1960-61	70	19	10	92	.657	254	188	66	35.26	10.3	29.23	.908
15	Canadiens	41	1954-55	70	18	11	93	.664	228	157	71
16	Maple Leafs	41	1950-51	70	16	13	95	.679	212	138	74
17	Bruins	40	1969-70	76	17	19	99	.651	277	216	61	37.80	9.6	32.74	.913
18	Red Wings	40	1969-70	76	21	15	95	.625	246	199	47	33.76	9.6	31.57	.917
19	Red Wings	40	1964-65	70	23	7	87	.621	224	175	49	35.00	9.1	27.89	.910
20	Canadiens	40	1959-60	70	18	12	92	.657	255	178	77	35.57	10.2	29.76	.915
21	Rangers	39	1967-68	74	23	12	90	.608	226	183	43	33.31	9.2	28.74	.914
22	Maple Leafs	39	1960-61	70	19	12	90	.643	234	176	58	31.67	10.6	32.21	.922
23	Canadiens	39	1958-59	70	18	13	91	.650	258	158	100	34.29	10.8	28.74	.921
24	Canadiens	38	1969-70	76	22	16	92	.605	244	201	43	34.08	9.4	31.26	.915
25	Rangers	38	1969-70	76	22	16	92	.605	246	189	57	35.97	9.0	28.08	.911