Before 1976-77, the Montreal Canadiens had the most wins by a team in a season, with 58 wins in 1975-76.

	TEAM	W	SEASON	GP	L	T	PTS	PTS%	G	GA	DIFF	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Canadiens	58	1975-76	80	11	11	127	.794	337	174	163	34.16	12.3	27.38	.921
2	Bruins	57	1970-71	78	14	7	121	.776	399	207	192	40.59	12.6	31.26	.915
3	Bruins	54	1971-72	78	13	11	119	.763	330	204	126	33.76	12.5	29.12	.910
4	Bruins	52	1973-74	78	17	9	113	.724	349	221	128	33.96	13.2	29.31	.903
5	Canadiens	52	1972-73	78	10	16	120	.769	329	184	145	32.01	13.2	29.92	.921
6	Flyers	51	1975-76	80	13	16	118	.738	348	209	139	37.46	11.6	27.78	.906
7	Flyers	51	1974-75	80	18	11	113	.706	293	181	112	33.70	10.9	25.25	.910
8	Bruins	51	1972-73	78	22	5	107	.686	330	235	95	34.32	12.3	28.96	.896
9	Flyers	50	1973-74	78	16	12	112	.718	273	164	109	33.88	10.3	28.36	.926
10	Sabres	49	1974-75	80	16	15	113	.706	354	240	114	36.96	12.0	26.08	.885
11	Rangers	49	1970-71	78	18	11	109	.699	259	177	82	35.83	9.3	28.01	.919
12	Black Hawks	49	1970-71	78	20	9	107	.686	277	184	93	31.00	11.5	28.78	.918
13	Bruins	48	1975-76	80	15	17	113	.706	313	237	76	33.09	11.8	26.39	.888
14	Rangers	48	1971-72	78	17	13	109	.699	317	192	125	36.04	11.3	25.86	.905
15	Canadiens	47	1974-75	80	14	19	113	.706	374	225	149	31.91	14.6	28.44	.901
16	Rangers	47	1972-73	78	23	8	102	.654	297	208	89	34.60	11.0	27.14	.902
17	Sabres	46	1975-76	80	21	13	105	.656	339	240	99	33.96	12.5	26.25	.886
18	Canadiens	46	1971-72	78	16	16	108	.692	307	205	102	33.63	11.7	32.10	.918
19	Black Hawks	46	1971-72	78	17	15	107	.686	256	166	90	29.35	11.2	27.15	.922
20	Canadiens	46	1968-69	76	19	11	103	.678	271	202	69	35.89	9.9	29.62	.910
21	Canadiens	45	1973-74	78	24	9	99	.635	293	240	53	30.19	12.4	29.77	.897
22	Black Hawks	45	1969-70	76	22	9	99	.651	250	170	80	32.24	10.2	31.92	.930
23	Canadiens	45	1955-56	70	15	10	100	.714	222	131	91	31.90	9.9	26.57	.930
24	Red Wings	44	1951-52	70	14	12	100	.714	215	133	82
25	Red Wings	44	1950-51	70	13	13	101	.721	236	139	97