The Colorado Rockies and the Winnipeg Jets were tied for the worst record in 1979-80, with a record of 19-48-13.

	TEAM	REC	SEASON	PTS	GP	W	L	T	PTS%	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Rockies	19-48-13	1979-80	51	80	19	48	13	.319	234	308	-74	18.0	77.3	29.39	10.0	28.63	.866
2	Jets	20-49-11	1979-80	51	80	20	49	11	.319	214	314	-100	18.8	77.1	28.31	9.4	31.69	.876
3	Nordiques	25-44-11	1979-80	61	80	25	44	11	.381	248	313	-65	20.8	73.5	27.30	11.4	32.55	.880
4	Red Wings	26-43-11	1979-80	63	80	26	43	11	.394	268	306	-38	22.4	76.3	29.86	11.2	28.46	.866
5	Capitals	27-40-13	1979-80	67	80	27	40	13	.419	261	293	-32	18.2	73.7	28.44	11.5	29.55	.876
6	Oilers	28-39-13	1979-80	69	80	28	39	13	.431	301	322	-21	22.3	76.4	28.36	13.3	30.78	.869
7	Canucks	27-37-16	1979-80	70	80	27	37	16	.438	256	281	-25	17.3	75.8	29.09	11.0	29.21	.880
8	Penguins	30-37-13	1979-80	73	80	30	37	13	.456	251	303	-52	19.8	74.0	30.69	10.2	29.89	.873
9	Whalers	27-34-19	1979-80	73	80	27	34	19	.456	303	312	-9	19.5	74.5	27.43	13.8	29.59	.868
10	Kings	30-36-14	1979-80	74	80	30	36	14	.463	290	313	-23	26.8	68.2	28.96	12.5	30.70	.873
11	Maple Leafs	35-40-5	1979-80	75	80	35	40	5	.469	304	327	-23	24.7	79.1	32.42	11.7	33.28	.877
12	Blues	34-34-12	1979-80	80	80	34	34	12	.500	266	278	-12	18.1	84.5	27.11	12.3	30.59	.886
13	Flames	35-32-13	1979-80	83	80	35	32	13	.519	282	269	13	23.6	81.0	28.15	12.5	30.55	.890
14	Rangers	38-32-10	1979-80	86	80	38	32	10	.538	308	284	24	25.7	82.2	29.79	12.9	28.69	.876
15	Black Hawks	34-27-19	1979-80	87	80	34	27	19	.544	241	250	-9	23.6	80.8	30.23	10.0	31.13	.900
16	North Stars	36-28-16	1979-80	88	80	36	28	16	.550	311	253	58	23.8	81.9	31.39	12.4	28.63	.890
17	Islanders	39-28-13	1979-80	91	80	39	28	13	.569	281	247	34	23.4	77.6	27.71	12.7	29.95	.897
18	Bruins	46-21-13	1979-80	105	80	46	21	13	.656	310	234	76	24.6	82.9	27.94	13.9	24.13	.879
19	Canadiens	47-20-13	1979-80	107	80	47	20	13	.669	328	240	88	29.1	81.4	31.64	13.0	27.69	.892
20	Sabres	47-17-16	1979-80	110	80	47	17	16	.688	318	201	117	24.4	82.9	29.33	13.6	23.99	.895
21	Flyers	48-12-20	1979-80	116	80	48	12	20	.725	327	254	73	16.2	78.8	33.81	12.1	27.70	.885