The Nashville Predators and the Winnipeg Jets were tied for the highest goal differential in 2017-18, with a differential of 57 goals.

	TEAM	DIFF	SEASON	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Predators	57	2017-18	82	53	18	11	117	.713	6	7	261	204	21.3	81.9	32.21	9.9	32.43	.923
2	Jets	57	2017-18	82	52	20	10	114	.695	4	2	273	216	23.4	81.8	32.23	10.3	31.87	.917
3	Bruins	56	2017-18	82	50	20	12	112	.683	3	3	267	211	23.6	83.7	32.96	9.9	29.26	.912
4	Lightning	56	2017-18	82	54	23	5	113	.689	6	2	290	234	23.9	76.2	32.68	10.8	32.72	.913
5	Golden Knights	43	2017-18	82	51	24	7	109	.665	4	3	268	225	21.3	81.4	32.76	10.0	30.74	.911
6	Maple Leafs	40	2017-18	82	49	26	7	105	.640	7	2	270	230	25.1	81.3	32.20	10.2	33.85	.917
7	Kings	35	2017-18	82	45	29	8	98	.598	2	1	237	202	20.4	85.0	31.02	9.3	30.94	.920
8	Penguins	22	2017-18	82	47	29	6	100	.610	2	2	270	248	26.2	80.0	34.43	9.6	31.13	.903
9	Ducks	22	2017-18	82	44	25	13	101	.616	4	7	231	209	17.8	83.3	30.18	9.3	33.12	.923
10	Sharks	21	2017-18	82	45	27	10	100	.610	5	3	247	226	20.6	84.9	32.95	9.1	30.34	.909
11	Wild	21	2017-18	82	45	26	11	101	.616	3	3	250	229	20.4	81.2	30.20	10.1	31.33	.911
12	Avalanche	19	2017-18	82	43	30	9	95	.579	2	1	255	236	21.9	83.3	29.66	10.5	33.30	.914
13	Capitals	18	2017-18	82	49	26	7	105	.640	3	1	256	238	22.5	80.4	29.01	10.8	31.87	.909
14	Flyers	13	2017-18	82	42	26	14	98	.598	2	7	249	236	20.7	75.7	32.09	9.5	29.85	.904
15	Blue Jackets	10	2017-18	82	45	30	7	97	.591	6	4	236	226	17.2	76.2	33.67	8.5	31.30	.912
16	Stars	9	2017-18	82	42	32	8	92	.561	4	3	231	222	19.3	80.4	31.22	9.0	29.84	.909
17	Devils	3	2017-18	82	44	29	9	97	.591	5	4	243	240	21.4	81.7	31.70	9.3	31.90	.908
18	Panthers	2	2017-18	82	44	30	8	96	.585	3	3	245	243	18.9	80.0	34.41	8.7	34.61	.914
19	Blues	1	2017-18	82	44	32	6	94	.573	3	0	223	222	15.4	79.7	32.65	8.3	29.73	.909
20	Blackhawks	-26	2017-18	82	33	39	10	76	.463	1	2	228	254	16.0	79.1	34.06	8.2	32.89	.906
21	Flames	-27	2017-18	82	37	35	10	84	.512	2	5	216	243	16.0	81.8	33.65	7.8	31.15	.905
22	Hurricanes	-28	2017-18	82	36	35	11	83	.506	3	3	225	253	18.3	77.5	33.90	8.1	28.87	.893
23	Islanders	-32	2017-18	82	35	37	10	80	.488	3	3	261	293	23.2	73.2	31.37	10.1	35.59	.900
24	Oilers	-33	2017-18	82	36	40	6	78	.476	5	1	229	262	14.8	76.7	33.41	8.4	32.12	.901
25	Rangers	-35	2017-18	82	34	39	9	77	.470	3	5	228	263	21.2	81.5	30.95	9.0	35.34	.909