most goals for by a team in an nhl season before 1982-83

Before 1982-83, the Edmonton Oilers had the most goals by a team in a season, with 417 scored in 1981-82.

	TEAM	G	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Oilers	417	1981-82	80	48	17	15	111	.694	295	122	25.6	81.7	33.63	15.5	31.73	.884
2	Bruins	399	1970-71	78	57	14	7	121	.776	207	192			40.59	12.6	31.26	.915
3	Canadiens	387	1976-77	80	60	8	12	132	.825	171	216			35.19	13.7	25.63	.917
4	Islanders	385	1981-82	80	54	16	10	118	.738	250	135	27.8	79.9	30.86	15.6	30.08	.896
5	Canadiens	374	1974-75	80	47	14	19	113	.706	225	149			31.91	14.6	28.44	.901
6	Canadiens	360	1981-82	80	46	17	17	109	.681	223	137	24.2	80.1	33.78	13.3	27.48	.899
7	Canadiens	359	1977-78	80	59	10	11	129	.806	183	176	31.9	81.0	32.76	13.7	25.94	.912
8	Islanders	358	1978-79	80	51	15	14	116	.725	214	144	31.2	80.2	28.76	15.6	28.86	.907
9	Nordiques	356	1981-82	80	33	31	16	82	.513	345	11	26.8	78.2	28.81	15.4	29.60	.854
10	Islanders	355	1980-81	80	48	18	14	110	.688	260	95	29.3	79.3	30.21	14.7	30.23	.892
11	Sabres	354	1974-75	80	49	16	15	113	.706	240	114			36.96	12.0	26.08	.885
12	Blues	352	1980-81	80	45	18	17	107	.669	281	71	24.2	82.0	30.39	14.5	31.75	.889
13	Bruins	349	1973-74	78	52	17	9	113	.724	221	128			33.96	13.2	29.31	.903
14	Flyers	348	1975-76	80	51	13	16	118	.738	209	139			37.46	11.6	27.78	.906
15	North Stars	346	1981-82	80	37	23	20	94	.588	288	58	24.5	81.9	33.01	13.1	32.91	.891
16	Bruins	345	1974-75	80	40	26	14	94	.588	245	100			34.91	12.4	27.90	.890
17	Penguins	339	1975-76	80	35	33	12	82	.513	303	36			33.67	12.6	32.03	.882
18	Sabres	339	1975-76	80	46	21	13	105	.656	240	99			33.96	12.5	26.25	.886
19	Kings	337	1980-81	80	43	24	13	99	.619	290	47	24.6	77.4	27.85	15.1	30.68	.882
20	Canadiens	337	1978-79	80	52	17	11	115	.719	204	133	28.3	83.6	32.16	13.1	25.41	.900
21	Canadiens	337	1975-76	80	58	11	11	127	.794	174	163			34.16	12.3	27.38	.921
22	Flames	334	1981-82	80	29	34	17	75	.469	345	-11	26.6	77.8	29.43	14.2	33.40	.871
23	Islanders	334	1977-78	80	48	17	15	111	.694	210	124	31.4	83.5	31.13	13.4	28.20	.907
24	Bruins	333	1977-78	80	51	18	11	113	.706	218	115	20.2	82.1	30.31	13.7	22.49	.879
25	Black Hawks	332	1981-82	80	30	38	12	72	.450	363	-31	25.5	75.4	32.08	12.9	33.23	.863