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A discrepancy occurred during the 2021–22 season caused teams to play a different number of games due to a mid-season suspension of play resulting from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadiens additionally lead all NHL franchises in wins (3,556), ties (837), and points (8,155). [1] The Blackhawks lead all NHL franchises in losses ...
The NHL was founded in 1917 as a successor to the National Hockey Association (NHA), starting out with four teams from the predecessor league, and eventually grew to thirty-two in its current state. The NHL has expanded and contracted numerous times throughout its history , including in 1979 when four teams were added from the World Hockey ...
The next most successful NHL franchise is the Toronto Maple Leafs with 13 Stanley Cup championships, most recently in 1967. The Detroit Red Wings, with 11 Stanley Cup championships, are the most successful American franchise. The same trophy is reused every year for each of its awards.
The history of the National Hockey League begins with the end of its predecessor league, the National Hockey Association (NHA), in 1917. After unsuccessfully attempting to resolve disputes with Eddie Livingstone, owner of the Toronto Blueshirts, executives of the three other NHA franchises suspended the NHA, and formed the National Hockey League (NHL), replacing the Livingstone team with a ...
Team Seasons GP W T L OT/SO GF GA Diff Pts Pt% 1 Montreal Canadiens 1: 106 7,033 3,556 837 2,432 208 22,398 19,097 +3,301 8,157 .580 2 Boston Bruins: 99 6,872
The 2018–19 season saw the Tampa Bay Lightning record one of the most successful regular seasons in NHL history; in their Presidents' Trophy-winning campaign, the team's 62 wins tied the 1995–96 Detroit Red Wings' then-NHL all-time record, [16] with Nikita Kucherov's 128 points then the most in a single season during the salary cap era. [17]
Most playoff goals scored by both teams in one game: 18, (Los Angeles Kings had 10 and the Edmonton Oilers 8) on April 7, 1982 Most playoff goals scored by both teams in one period: 9 , by the New York Rangers (6) and the Philadelphia Flyers (3) on April 24, 1979 and the Los Angeles Kings (5) and the Calgary Flames (4) on April 10, 1990
The WHA successfully challenged the NHL's reserve clause, which had bound players to their NHL teams even without a valid contract, allowing players in both leagues greater freedom of movement. Sixty-seven players jumped from the NHL to the WHA in the first year, led by star forward Bobby Hull , whose ten-year, $2.75 million contract was a ...