most goals for by a team in a single season prior to 1971-72

Before 1971-72, the Boston Bruins recorded the most goals by a team in a season, with 399 scored in 1970-71.

	TEAM	G	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GA	DIFF	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Bruins	399	1970-71	78	57	14	7	121	.776	207	192	40.59	12.6	31.26	.915
2	Bruins	303	1968-69	76	42	18	16	100	.658	221	82	34.11	11.7	31.14	.907
3	Canadiens	291	1970-71	78	42	23	13	97	.622	216	75	32.83	11.4	31.97	.913
4	Black Hawks	280	1968-69	76	34	33	9	77	.507	246	34	33.88	10.9	33.97	.905
5	Black Hawks	277	1970-71	78	49	20	9	107	.686	184	93	31.00	11.5	28.78	.918
6	Bruins	277	1969-70	76	40	17	19	99	.651	216	61	37.80	9.6	32.74	.913
7	Canadiens	271	1968-69	76	46	19	11	103	.678	202	69	35.89	9.9	29.62	.910
8	Black Hawks	264	1966-67	70	41	17	12	94	.671	170	94	31.51	12.0	31.30	.922
9	Rangers	259	1970-71	78	49	18	11	109	.699	177	82	35.83	9.3	28.01	.919
10	Bruins	259	1967-68	74	37	27	10	84	.568	216	43	33.34	10.5	29.49	.901
11	Canadiens	259	1961-62	70	42	14	14	98	.700	166	93	34.11	10.8	30.86	.923
12	Canadiens	258	1958-59	70	39	18	13	91	.650	158	100	34.29	10.8	28.74	.921
13	Canadiens	255	1959-60	70	40	18	12	92	.657	178	77	35.57	10.2	29.76	.915
14	Canadiens	254	1960-61	70	41	19	10	92	.657	188	66	35.26	10.3	29.23	.908
15	Black Hawks	250	1969-70	76	45	22	9	99	.651	170	80	32.24	10.2	31.92	.930
16	Canadiens	250	1957-58	70	43	17	10	96	.686	158	92	34.60	10.3	27.57	.918
17	Maple Leafs	248	1970-71	78	37	33	8	82	.526	211	37	32.77	9.7	32.99	.918
18	Rangers	246	1969-70	76	38	22	16	92	.605	189	57	35.97	9.0	28.08	.911
19	Red Wings	246	1969-70	76	40	21	15	95	.625	199	47	33.76	9.6	31.57	.917
20	Red Wings	245	1967-68	74	27	35	12	66	.446	257	-12	33.19	10.0	30.34	.886
21	Canadiens	244	1969-70	76	38	22	16	92	.605	201	43	34.08	9.4	31.26	.915
22	Black Hawks	240	1965-66	70	37	25	8	82	.586	187	53	29.79	11.5	31.34	.915
23	Kings	239	1970-71	78	25	40	13	63	.404	303	-64	31.72	9.7	34.40	.887
24	Red Wings	239	1968-69	76	33	31	12	78	.513	221	18	32.80	9.6	30.74	.905
25	Canadiens	239	1965-66	70	41	21	8	90	.643	173	66	33.70	10.1	28.00	.912