The Colorado Rockies had the worst record by a team in 1981-82, with a record of 18-49-13.

	TEAM	REC	SEASON	PTS	GP	W	L	T	PTS%	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Rockies	18-49-13	1981-82	49	80	18	49	13	.306	241	362	-121	15.3	76.9	26.34	11.4	33.84	.866
2	Red Wings	21-47-12	1981-82	54	80	21	47	12	.338	270	351	-81	16.5	73.5	33.38	10.1	28.16	.844
3	Maple Leafs	20-44-16	1981-82	56	80	20	44	16	.350	298	380	-82	20.3	73.0	29.10	12.8	34.71	.863
4	Whalers	21-41-18	1981-82	60	80	21	41	18	.375	264	351	-87	23.1	72.1	31.10	10.6	34.06	.871
5	Kings	24-41-15	1981-82	63	80	24	41	15	.394	314	369	-55	21.2	71.7	32.01	12.3	30.59	.849
6	Capitals	26-41-13	1981-82	65	80	26	41	13	.406	319	338	-19	22.5	78.6	31.48	12.7	33.29	.873
7	Black Hawks	30-38-12	1981-82	72	80	30	38	12	.450	332	363	-31	25.5	75.4	32.08	12.9	33.23	.863
8	Blues	32-40-8	1981-82	72	80	32	40	8	.450	315	349	-34	22.5	76.2	30.79	12.8	32.23	.865
9	Penguins	31-36-13	1981-82	75	80	31	36	13	.469	310	337	-27	24.8	76.9	31.88	12.2	31.21	.865
10	Flames	29-34-17	1981-82	75	80	29	34	17	.469	334	345	-11	26.6	77.8	29.43	14.2	33.40	.871
11	Canucks	30-33-17	1981-82	77	80	30	33	17	.481	290	286	4	19.0	78.5	30.73	11.8	30.28	.882
12	Jets	33-33-14	1981-82	80	80	33	33	14	.500	319	332	-13	22.6	75.5	32.92	12.1	32.45	.872
13	Nordiques	33-31-16	1981-82	82	80	33	31	16	.513	356	345	11	26.8	78.2	28.81	15.4	29.60	.854
14	Flyers	38-31-11	1981-82	87	80	38	31	11	.544	325	313	12	26.5	73.3	34.01	11.9	29.99	.870
15	Rangers	39-27-14	1981-82	92	80	39	27	14	.575	316	306	10	22.2	76.3	28.56	13.8	29.45	.870
16	Sabres	39-26-15	1981-82	93	80	39	26	15	.581	307	273	34	21.6	79.3	29.28	13.1	29.00	.882
17	North Stars	37-23-20	1981-82	94	80	37	23	20	.588	346	288	58	24.5	81.9	33.01	13.1	32.91	.891
18	Bruins	43-27-10	1981-82	96	80	43	27	10	.600	323	285	38	22.3	81.6	30.21	13.4	25.70	.861
19	Canadiens	46-17-17	1981-82	109	80	46	17	17	.681	360	223	137	24.2	80.1	33.78	13.3	27.48	.899
20	Oilers	48-17-15	1981-82	111	80	48	17	15	.694	417	295	122	25.6	81.7	33.63	15.5	31.73	.884
21	Islanders	54-16-10	1981-82	118	80	54	16	10	.738	385	250	135	27.8	79.9	30.86	15.6	30.08	.896