which nhl team had lost the most games in 2017

The Colorado Avalanche lost the most games by a team in 2016-17, with 56 losses.

	TEAM	L	SEASON	GP	W	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Avalanche	56	2016-17	82	22	4	48	.293	1	2	165	276	-111	12.6	76.6	28.09	7.2	31.74	.894
2	Canucks	43	2016-17	82	30	9	69	.421	4	2	178	241	-63	14.1	76.7	27.72	7.8	31.77	.907
3	Coyotes	42	2016-17	82	30	10	70	.427	6	2	191	258	-67	16.2	77.3	27.82	8.4	34.11	.908
4	Devils	40	2016-17	82	28	14	70	.427	3	3	180	241	-61	17.5	79.6	27.79	7.9	31.37	.906
5	Stars	37	2016-17	82	34	11	79	.482	1	2	222	260	-38	17.9	73.9	30.55	8.9	29.74	.893
6	Sabres	37	2016-17	82	33	12	78	.476	2	6	199	231	-32	24.5	77.6	30.38	8.0	34.30	.918
7	Red Wings	36	2016-17	82	33	13	79	.482	9	0	198	244	-46	15.1	80.9	28.48	8.5	30.57	.903
8	Panthers	36	2016-17	82	35	11	81	.494	5	6	205	231	-26	17.0	85.3	32.24	7.8	31.65	.911
9	Kings	35	2016-17	82	39	8	86	.524	2	4	199	201	-2	19.1	84.6	31.13	7.8	25.85	.905
10	Jets	35	2016-17	82	40	7	87	.530	3	1	246	255	-9	18.2	77.5	29.85	10.0	31.05	.900
11	Flyers	33	2016-17	82	39	10	88	.537	7	5	212	231	-19	19.5	79.8	31.52	8.2	28.46	.901
12	Flames	33	2016-17	82	45	4	94	.573	4	2	222	219	3	20.2	81.6	29.12	9.3	28.71	.907
13	Bruins	31	2016-17	82	44	7	95	.579	2	3	232	209	23	21.7	85.7	33.18	8.5	26.76	.905
14	Hurricanes	31	2016-17	82	36	15	87	.530	3	6	212	230	-18	17.7	84.2	30.40	8.5	28.29	.901
15	Lightning	30	2016-17	82	42	10	94	.573	4	3	230	224	6	22.8	81.4	29.90	9.4	30.39	.910
16	Blues	29	2016-17	82	46	7	99	.604	2	2	233	216	17	21.3	84.8	28.41	10.0	28.38	.907
17	Islanders	29	2016-17	82	41	12	94	.573	2	4	239	238	1	15.0	81.9	30.24	9.6	31.90	.909
18	Sharks	29	2016-17	82	46	7	99	.604	2	1	219	200	19	16.7	80.7	29.91	8.9	27.67	.912
19	Predators	29	2016-17	82	41	12	94	.573	2	4	238	220	18	18.9	80.9	31.18	9.3	30.15	.911
20	Rangers	28	2016-17	82	48	6	102	.622	3	4	253	216	37	20.2	79.8	29.73	10.4	30.06	.912
21	Senators	28	2016-17	82	44	10	98	.598	6	4	206	210	-4	17.0	79.7	30.04	8.4	30.09	.915
22	Maple Leafs	27	2016-17	82	40	15	95	.579	1	8	250	234	16	23.8	82.5	31.91	9.6	32.60	.912
23	Canadiens	26	2016-17	82	47	9	103	.628	3	2	223	198	25	19.7	81.1	29.99	9.1	29.62	.918
24	Oilers	26	2016-17	82	47	9	103	.628	4	5	243	207	36	22.9	80.7	31.06	9.5	29.46	.914
25	Wild	25	2016-17	82	49	8	106	.646	3	2	263	206	57	21.0	82.9	30.82	10.4	30.06	.916