what is the best point differential in nhl history

The Montreal Canadiens have 8,286 points all-time.

	TEAM	PTS	DIFF	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Canadiens	8,286	3,275	7,146	3,613	2,474	837	223	.580	85	84	22,744	19,469	19.4	81.6	30.89	10.7	29.30	.905
2	Bruins	7,929	2,146	6,987	3,456	2,514	791	226	.567	80	91	22,190	20,044	19.8	82.3	31.46	10.4	28.97	.898
3	Flyers	5,135	1,257	4,530	2,222	1,617	457	234	.567	71	105	14,617	13,360	19.2	81.3	31.06	10.4	29.15	.899
4	Flames	4,470	546	4,151	1,945	1,626	379	201	.538	63	80	13,366	12,820	19.8	80.9	30.22	10.7	29.24	.894
5	Red Wings	7,346	483	6,922	3,154	2,730	815	223	.531	85	85	21,105	20,622	20.0	80.7	31.03	10.1	29.20	.892
6	Sabres	4,547	402	4,305	1,968	1,726	409	202	.528	95	83	13,517	13,115	18.7	82.0	29.61	10.6	30.22	.899
7	Avalanche	3,901	387	3,594	1,733	1,426	261	174	.543	89	56	11,694	11,307	20.0	80.6	29.72	10.9	30.15	.896
8	Oilers	3,821	318	3,596	1,680	1,455	262	199	.531	82	78	11,972	11,654	19.5	80.5	29.53	11.3	30.40	.893
9	Golden Knights	824	292	650	378	204		68	.634	26	27	2,089	1,797	20.8	79.5	32.52	9.9	29.11	.905
10	Maple Leafs	7,426	166	7,144	3,216	2,935	783	211	.520	69	85	22,074	21,908	19.3	79.6	30.73	10.2	31.43	.898
11	Rangers	7,179	161	6,922	3,092	2,835	808	187	.519	93	77	21,106	20,945	20.1	81.3	30.81	10.3	30.62	.900
12	Blues	4,866	136	4,535	2,114	1,783	432	206	.536	88	81	13,892	13,756	19.4	81.8	29.59	10.4	29.05	.896
13	Islanders	4,283	104	4,149	1,860	1,726	347	216	.516	95	92	12,994	12,890	19.5	80.2	29.29	10.7	30.64	.899
14	Wild	2,171	93	1,928	961	718	55	194	.563	92	87	5,208	5,115	17.9	82.4	28.16	9.6	29.66	.911
15	Maroons	633	69	622	271	260	91		.509			1,474	1,405
16	Eagles	607	67	590	269	252	69		.514			1,544	1,477
17	Capitals	4,288	34	3,993	1,888	1,593	303	209	.537	81	90	12,579	12,545	19.8	81.3	29.29	10.8	29.53	.894
18	Mammoth	124	-2	116	54	46		16	.534	1	4	346	348	21.7	80.5	28.60	10.4	26.94	.889
19	Wanderers	2	-18	4	1	5	0		.250			17	35
20	Predators	2,313	-48	2,091	1,029	807	60	195	.553	91	74	5,709	5,757	17.1	82.0	29.24	9.3	30.06	.908
21	Kraken	347	-85	358	154	165		39	.485	8	15	1,035	1,120	18.6	76.1	28.57	10.1	28.33	.890
22	Stars	4,779	-87	4,533	2,059	1,813	459	202	.527	91	73	13,834	13,921	19.6	81.4	29.90	10.2	29.84	.897
23	Tigers	103	-147	150	51	98	1		.343			505	652
24	Penguins	4,739	-191	4,530	2,075	1,866	383	206	.523	90	76	14,915	15,106	20.7	80.0	30.54	10.8	31.22	.893
25	Panthers	2,586	-228	2,469	1,105	988	142	234	.524	86	105	6,832	7,060	17.1	81.6	30.39	9.1	31.05	.908