What is the best win loss record in NHL history?

The 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens are considered the best team in modern NHL history. They played 80 games that season and only lost eight of them while outscoring opponents 387-171.

Who is the winningest team in NHL history?

the Montreal Canadiens
Kings of the Stanley Cup Having lifted the trophy a total of 24 times, the Montreal Canadiens are the team with more Stanley Cup titles than any other franchise.

Who has the best season in NHL history?

1. Wayne Gretzky 1985-86. The greatest statistical season ever was capped with the second of five Stanley Cups that the Edmonton Oilers would win in the 1980s. Gretzky would have won the scoring title by 22 points with his assists alone.

Has any NHL team gone 16 0 in the playoffs?

The regular-season Montreal Canadiens’ momentum did not stop as they played eight games, the minimum number to win the Stanley Cup. Montreal, in the process, became the last Cup winners in NHL history to go perfect in the playoffs to date.

Who has their name on the Stanley Cup the most?

Henri Richard
Henri Richard of the Canadiens, with his name engraved eleven times, played on more Stanley Cup champions than any other player.

Has there ever been a perfect NHL season?

How many NHL teams have gone undefeated in the regular season? There has never been a NHL team with an undefeated regular season. The closest anybody has come is the 1930 Boston Bruins, who had 5 losses.

Has the Stanley Cup ever been swept?

The Red Wings won the series for the second year in a row, four games to none, to capture their ninth Stanley Cup in team history. This was the fourth consecutive Stanley Cup Finals that concluded with a sweep, as well as the last time it has ever happened.

Has any team ever swept the Stanley Cup finals?

Semifinals. Bobby Hull of the Chicago Black Hawks had led the league in scoring, but the well-oiled machine called the Montreal Canadiens managed to hold him to only six goals as the Canadiens swept the Black Hawks in four.