The Minnesota North Stars lost the most games by a team in 1977-78, with 53 losses.

	TEAM	L	SEASON	GP	W	T	PTS	PTS%	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	North Stars	53	1977-78	80	18	9	45	.281	218	325	-107	14.9	71.6	28.81	9.5	31.50	.871
2	Capitals	49	1977-78	80	17	14	48	.300	195	321	-126	12.5	71.4	24.95	9.8	31.25	.872
3	Blues	47	1977-78	80	20	13	53	.331	195	304	-109	16.7	73.3	27.84	8.8	29.75	.872
4	Barons	45	1977-78	80	22	13	57	.356	230	325	-95	15.1	74.2	26.74	10.8	32.80	.876
5	Canucks	43	1977-78	80	20	17	57	.356	239	320	-81	22.5	71.5	25.65	11.6	30.78	.870
6	Rockies	40	1977-78	80	19	21	59	.369	257	305	-48	22.6	77.6	30.04	10.7	31.64	.879
7	Rangers	37	1977-78	80	30	13	73	.456	279	280	-1	28.8	80.2	28.14	12.4	31.38	.888
8	Penguins	37	1977-78	80	25	18	68	.425	254	321	-67	21.1	74.7	28.83	11.0	34.86	.885
9	Red Wings	34	1977-78	80	32	14	78	.488	252	266	-14	20.8	78.1	28.41	11.1	28.39	.883
10	Kings	34	1977-78	80	31	15	77	.481	243	245	-2	19.5	80.0	31.46	9.7	26.89	.886
11	Maple Leafs	29	1977-78	80	41	10	92	.575	271	237	34	21.3	81.4	29.68	11.4	30.38	.902
12	Black Hawks	29	1977-78	80	32	19	83	.519	230	220	10	21.0	84.4	29.21	9.8	30.85	.911
13	Flames	27	1977-78	80	34	19	87	.544	274	252	22	22.5	80.2	29.23	11.7	26.66	.882
14	Flyers	20	1977-78	80	45	15	105	.656	296	200	96	23.6	80.6	32.94	11.2	25.50	.902
15	Sabres	19	1977-78	80	44	17	105	.656	288	215	73	22.2	85.8	30.99	11.6	27.86	.904
16	Bruins	18	1977-78	80	51	11	113	.706	333	218	115	20.2	82.1	30.31	13.7	22.49	.879
17	Islanders	17	1977-78	80	48	15	111	.694	334	210	124	31.4	83.5	31.13	13.4	28.20	.907
18	Canadiens	10	1977-78	80	59	11	129	.806	359	183	176	31.9	81.0	32.76	13.7	25.94	.912