The Buffalo Sabres had the lowest goal differential by a team in 2017-18, with a differential of -80 goals.

	TEAM	DIFF	SEASON	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Sabres	-80	2017-18	82	25	45	12	62	.378	1	2	198	278	18.9	77.9	31.18	7.7	32.70	.896
2	Senators	-65	2017-18	82	28	43	11	67	.409	2	7	219	284	16.5	76.2	30.67	8.7	33.07	.895
3	Canadiens	-51	2017-18	82	29	40	13	71	.433	2	6	207	258	21.2	74.1	32.77	7.7	32.32	.903
4	Coyotes	-45	2017-18	82	29	41	12	70	.427	2	5	206	251	16.9	79.6	29.88	8.4	32.22	.905
5	Red Wings	-42	2017-18	82	30	39	13	73	.445	5	1	212	254	17.6	77.6	30.37	8.5	31.87	.903
6	Canucks	-41	2017-18	82	31	40	11	73	.445	0	5	218	259	21.9	78.3	30.05	8.8	32.21	.902
7	Rangers	-35	2017-18	82	34	39	9	77	.470	3	5	228	263	21.2	81.5	30.95	9.0	35.34	.909
8	Oilers	-33	2017-18	82	36	40	6	78	.476	5	1	229	262	14.8	76.7	33.41	8.4	32.12	.901
9	Islanders	-32	2017-18	82	35	37	10	80	.488	3	3	261	293	23.2	73.2	31.37	10.1	35.59	.900
10	Hurricanes	-28	2017-18	82	36	35	11	83	.506	3	3	225	253	18.3	77.5	33.90	8.1	28.87	.893
11	Flames	-27	2017-18	82	37	35	10	84	.512	2	5	216	243	16.0	81.8	33.65	7.8	31.15	.905
12	Blackhawks	-26	2017-18	82	33	39	10	76	.463	1	2	228	254	16.0	79.1	34.06	8.2	32.89	.906
13	Blues	1	2017-18	82	44	32	6	94	.573	3	0	223	222	15.4	79.7	32.65	8.3	29.73	.909
14	Panthers	2	2017-18	82	44	30	8	96	.585	3	3	245	243	18.9	80.0	34.41	8.7	34.61	.914
15	Devils	3	2017-18	82	44	29	9	97	.591	5	4	243	240	21.4	81.8	31.70	9.3	31.90	.908
16	Stars	9	2017-18	82	42	32	8	92	.561	4	3	231	222	19.3	80.4	31.22	9.0	29.84	.909
17	Blue Jackets	10	2017-18	82	45	30	7	97	.591	6	4	236	226	17.2	76.3	33.67	8.5	31.30	.912
18	Flyers	13	2017-18	82	42	26	14	98	.598	2	7	249	236	20.7	75.8	32.09	9.5	29.85	.904
19	Capitals	18	2017-18	82	49	26	7	105	.640	3	1	256	238	22.5	80.3	29.01	10.8	31.87	.909
20	Avalanche	19	2017-18	82	43	30	9	95	.579	2	1	255	236	21.9	83.3	29.66	10.5	33.30	.914
21	Sharks	21	2017-18	82	45	27	10	100	.610	5	3	247	226	20.6	84.9	32.95	9.1	30.34	.909
22	Wild	21	2017-18	82	45	26	11	101	.616	3	3	250	229	20.4	81.2	30.20	10.1	31.33	.911
23	Penguins	22	2017-18	82	47	29	6	100	.610	2	2	270	248	26.1	80.0	34.43	9.6	31.13	.903
24	Ducks	22	2017-18	82	44	25	13	101	.616	4	7	231	209	17.8	83.3	30.18	9.3	33.12	.923
25	Kings	35	2017-18	82	45	29	8	98	.598	2	1	237	202	20.4	85.0	31.02	9.3	30.94	.920