The Boston Bruins had 57 wins in 1970-71.

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NHL teams to win 50 or more games in a season

	TEAM	W	SEASON	GP	L	T	PTS	PTS%	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Bruins	57	1970-71	78	14	7	121	.776	399	207	192			40.59	12.6	31.26	.915
2	Bruins	54	1971-72	78	13	11	119	.763	330	204	126			33.76	12.5	29.12	.910
3	Canadiens	52	1972-73	78	10	16	120	.769	329	184	145			32.01	13.2	29.92	.921
4	Bruins	51	1972-73	78	22	5	107	.686	330	235	95			34.32	12.3	28.96	.896
5	Bruins	52	1973-74	78	17	9	113	.724	349	221	128			33.96	13.2	29.31	.903
6	Flyers	50	1973-74	78	16	12	112	.718	273	164	109			33.88	10.3	28.36	.926
7	Flyers	51	1974-75	80	18	11	113	.706	293	181	112			33.70	10.9	25.25	.910
8	Canadiens	58	1975-76	80	11	11	127	.794	337	174	163			34.16	12.3	27.38	.921
9	Flyers	51	1975-76	80	13	16	118	.738	348	209	139			37.46	11.6	27.78	.906
10	Canadiens	60	1976-77	80	8	12	132	.825	387	171	216			35.19	13.7	25.63	.917
11	Canadiens	59	1977-78	80	10	11	129	.806	359	183	176	31.9	81.0	32.76	13.7	25.94	.912
12	Bruins	51	1977-78	80	18	11	113	.706	333	218	115	20.2	82.1	30.31	13.7	22.49	.879
13	Canadiens	52	1978-79	80	17	11	115	.719	337	204	133	28.3	83.6	32.16	13.1	25.41	.900
14	Islanders	51	1978-79	80	15	14	116	.725	358	214	144	31.2	80.2	28.76	15.6	28.86	.907
15	Islanders	54	1981-82	80	16	10	118	.738	385	250	135	27.8	79.9	30.86	15.6	30.08	.896
16	Bruins	50	1982-83	80	20	10	110	.688	327	228	99	22.8	80.4	30.85	13.2	24.83	.885
17	Islanders	50	1983-84	80	26	4	104	.650	357	269	88	22.5	81.5	30.28	14.7	33.39	.899
18	Oilers	57	1983-84	80	18	5	119	.744	446	314	132	25.5	79.7	32.64	17.1	33.01	.881
19	Flyers	53	1984-85	80	20	7	113	.706	348	241	107	22.3	79.8	33.70	12.9	29.83	.899
20	Flyers	53	1985-86	80	23	4	110	.688	335	241	94	23.6	82.8	34.13	12.3	28.89	.896
21	Capitals	50	1985-86	80	23	7	107	.669	315	272	43	22.8	81.0	30.30	13.0	27.70	.877
22	Oilers	56	1985-86	80	17	7	119	.744	426	310	116	26.3	81.1	33.06	16.1	34.73	.888
23	Oilers	50	1986-87	80	24	6	106	.663	372	284	88	22.4	80.0	29.46	15.8	29.63	.880
24	Canadiens	53	1988-89	80	18	9	115	.719	315	218	97	21.0	82.2	30.85	12.8	26.54	.897
25	Flames	54	1988-89	80	17	9	117	.731	354	226	128	25.2	82.8	34.64	12.8	25.74	.890