what nhl team has the most points combined of their top 8 players

The Colorado Avalanche have received the most points by a team this season, with 51 points.

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What NHL team has the most points combined of their top 8 players this regular season?

	TEAM	PTS	SEASON	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Avalanche	51	2025-26	31	22	2	7	.823	0	4	124	68	56	15.9	86.4	34.52	11.6	26.84	.918
2	Stars	47	2025-26	32	21	6	5	.734	3	2	108	83	25	33.0	83.3	25.44	13.3	27.94	.907
3	Capitals	40	2025-26	31	18	9	4	.645	0	4	105	74	31	15.7	75.8	29.48	11.5	26.97	.911
4	Hurricanes	40	2025-26	30	19	9	2	.667	2	1	99	84	15	15.4	78.8	33.50	9.9	24.33	.885
5	Islanders	39	2025-26	32	18	11	3	.609	2	3	95	88	7	16.3	84.4	29.25	10.1	28.25	.903
6	Ducks	39	2025-26	31	19	11	1	.629	4	0	109	103	6	18.4	74.5	31.10	11.3	29.58	.888
7	Wild	39	2025-26	31	17	9	5	.629	3	1	87	82	5	21.5	79.5	28.16	10.0	29.68	.911
8	Golden Knights	39	2025-26	30	15	6	9	.650	1	3	92	85	7	24.5	81.6	29.63	10.3	24.80	.886
9	Bruins	38	2025-26	32	19	13	0	.594	2	0	105	99	6	26.1	82.2	26.97	12.2	30.72	.899
10	Lightning	38	2025-26	31	18	11	2	.613	0	0	102	80	22	17.9	85.9	27.65	11.9	27.45	.906
11	Red Wings	37	2025-26	32	17	12	3	.578	2	2	98	107	-9	23.0	79.1	29.88	10.3	27.72	.879
12	Kings	36	2025-26	30	14	8	8	.600	1	5	81	75	6	14.0	78.8	28.50	9.5	26.30	.905
13	Flyers	36	2025-26	29	16	9	4	.621	5	0	82	81	1	17.3	81.1	25.17	11.2	25.83	.892
14	Canadiens	35	2025-26	30	16	11	3	.583	2	2	95	105	-10	25.6	77.6	25.47	12.4	27.63	.873
15	Penguins	35	2025-26	29	14	8	7	.603	0	5	90	80	10	31.2	84.7	28.31	11.0	28.55	.903
16	Devils	35	2025-26	31	17	13	1	.565	2	0	90	100	-10	22.8	76.5	29.68	9.8	28.68	.888
17	Rangers	34	2025-26	32	15	13	4	.531	1	0	82	84	-2	18.1	80.9	26.31	9.7	28.75	.909
18	Oilers	34	2025-26	31	14	11	6	.548	0	2	103	105	-2	32.1	80.2	28.52	11.7	26.58	.873
19	Maple Leafs	33	2025-26	30	14	11	5	.550	0	1	99	95	4	14.5	82.1	27.10	12.2	31.33	.899
20	Sharks	33	2025-26	32	15	14	3	.516	1	1	89	104	-15	18.4	80.0	24.13	11.5	31.28	.896
21	Blackhawks	32	2025-26	30	13	11	6	.533	0	2	89	89	0	22.2	83.8	25.43	11.7	30.63	.903
22	Senators	32	2025-26	30	14	12	4	.533	3	0	93	99	-6	25.3	69.9	27.20	11.4	25.63	.871
23	Panthers	32	2025-26	30	15	13	2	.533	1	1	93	98	-5	18.3	81.6	29.57	10.5	26.93	.879
24	Blue Jackets	32	2025-26	31	13	12	6	.516	4	1	90	108	-18	20.0	71.8	30.39	9.6	31.48	.889
25	Mammoth	31	2025-26	32	14	15	3	.484	0	0	96	94	2	14.6	82.8	28.41	10.6	25.03	.883