Between October 9, 2002 and October 17, 2002, 5 teams were tied for the most wins, with 3 wins. The first three are the Washington Capitals, the Minnesota Wild and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

the regular-season winningest NHL team from october 9, 2002 to october 17 2002

	TEAM	W	GP	L	T	OTL	PTS	PTS%	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Capitals	3	3	0	0	0	6	1.000	9	6	3	27.8	82.6	23.00	13.0	35.00	.943
2	Wild	3	4	0	1	0	7	.875	14	5	9	25.0	88.2	23.25	15.1	29.75	.958
3	Penguins	3	4	1	0	0	6	.750	14	12	2	17.2	75.0	30.25	11.6	30.50	.902
4	Kings	3	4	1	0	0	6	.750	12	9	3	12.0	92.6	31.00	9.7	30.00	.925
5	Stars	3	5	1	1	0	7	.700	14	8	6	25.0	85.7	26.60	10.5	27.20	.941
6	Canadiens	2	4	2	0	0	4	.500	10	15	-5	9.1	70.6	22.00	11.4	27.00	.861
7	Bruins	2	4	1	1	0	5	.625	12	12	0	15.8	79.2	28.25	10.6	24.50	.878
8	Maple Leafs	2	5	3	0	0	4	.400	20	15	5	31.3	76.5	28.20	14.2	29.60	.899
9	Blackhawks	2	3	1	0	0	4	.667	8	3	5	11.1	94.4	35.33	7.5	25.00	.960
10	Red Wings	2	4	2	0	0	4	.500	14	11	3	29.4	84.0	30.00	11.7	24.00	.885
11	Flyers	2	4	0	2	0	6	.750	16	11	5	20.7	82.8	31.50	12.7	26.75	.897
12	Blues	2	4	1	1	0	5	.625	14	8	6	18.5	70.0	29.00	12.1	23.50	.915
13	Sabres	2	4	1	1	0	5	.625	15	9	6	25.0	83.3	26.50	14.2	27.75	.919
14	Canucks	2	4	2	0	0	4	.500	13	12	1	22.7	100.0	26.75	12.1	26.50	.887
15	Devils	2	2	0	0	0	4	1.000	5	3	2	0.0	90.9	21.50	11.6	27.00	.944
16	Senators	2	3	1	0	0	4	.667	5	4	1	13.0	90.0	32.67	5.1	23.33	.943
17	Lightning	2	2	0	0	0	4	1.000	9	4	5	23.5	82.4	28.00	16.1	23.50	.915
18	Rangers	2	5	2	1	0	5	.500	14	19	-5	20.0	81.8	28.60	9.8	27.20	.860
19	Flames	1	4	2	1	0	3	.375	10	13	-3	17.9	80.0	25.75	9.7	28.00	.884
20	Islanders	1	4	2	1	0	3	.375	9	13	-4	10.7	76.0	28.75	7.8	22.25	.854
21	Oilers	1	4	2	1	0	3	.375	8	11	-3	14.3	86.7	25.25	7.9	26.75	.897
22	Sharks	1	3	2	0	0	2	.333	10	14	-4	15.4	68.8	27.33	12.2	24.67	.811
23	Mighty Ducks	1	4	3	0	0	2	.250	10	15	-5	16.7	73.7	28.50	8.8	30.75	.878
24	Panthers	1	4	2	0	1	3	.375	10	16	-6	28.6	81.8	26.75	9.3	33.75	.881
25	Blue Jackets	1	4	3	0	0	2	.250	7	15	-8	14.3	77.1	27.00	6.5	31.00	.879