NHL Goal Differential Leaders

NHL Goal Differential Leaders

When talking about the 2024-25 season, the Winnipeg Jets sit in first place in goal differential with 36. In 2nd are the Washington Capitals, owning a goal difference total of 35. Earning a total of 35, the Tampa Bay Lightning are sitting in the 3rd spot. With the fourth and fifth spot are the Carolina Hurricanes (26) and the New Jersey Devils (25).

2024-25 NHL Goal Differential Leaders

GDif Rank Team GDif
1st Winnipeg Jets 36
2nd Washington Capitals 35
3rd Tampa Bay Lightning 35
4th Carolina Hurricanes 26
5th New Jersey Devils 25
6th Los Angeles Kings 20
7th Dallas Stars 20
8th Vegas Golden Knights 18
9th Minnesota Wild 14
10th Toronto Maple Leafs 13
11th Florida Panthers 13
12th Edmonton Oilers 13
13th Ottawa Senators 9
14th Utah Hockey Club 5
15th Vancouver Canucks 1
16th New York Rangers -1
17th Colorado Avalanche -5
18th Seattle Kraken -5
19th Columbus Blue Jackets -11
20th Calgary Flames -15
21st Detroit Red Wings -15
22nd Buffalo Sabres -17
23rd New York Islanders -18
24th Anaheim Ducks -18
25th Boston Bruins -19
26th Chicago Blackhawks -19
27th St. Louis Blues -20
28th Philadelphia Flyers -20
29th Pittsburgh Penguins -21
30th San Jose Sharks -26
31st Montreal Canadiens -26
32nd Nashville Predators -27

2022 NHL Goal Differential Leaders

GDif Rank Team GDif
1st Florida Panthers 95
2nd Calgary Flames 85
3rd Carolina Hurricanes 77
4th Colorado Avalanche 76
5th St. Louis Blues 70
6th Toronto Maple Leafs 60
7th Tampa Bay Lightning 57
8th Minnesota Wild 56
9th Pittsburgh Penguins 47
10th New York Rangers 46
11th Boston Bruins 35
12th Edmonton Oilers 34
13th Washington Capitals 28
14th Vegas Golden Knights 18
15th Vancouver Canucks 15
16th Nashville Predators 12
17th Los Angeles Kings 3
18th New York Islanders -2
19th Winnipeg Jets -3
20th Dallas Stars -11
21st Anaheim Ducks -38
22nd Columbus Blue Jackets -39
23rd Ottawa Senators -40
24th San Jose Sharks -50
25th New Jersey Devils -57
26th Buffalo Sabres -58
27th Seattle Kraken -71
28th Chicago Blackhawks -76
29th Detroit Red Wings -83
30th Philadelphia Flyers -84
31st Montreal Canadiens -99
32nd Arizona Coyotes -103

2021 NHL Goal Differential Leaders

GDif Rank Team GDif
1st Vegas Golden Knights 68
2nd Colorado Avalanche 65
3rd Carolina Hurricanes 41
4th Toronto Maple Leafs 38
5th Pittsburgh Penguins 38
6th Florida Panthers 37
7th Tampa Bay Lightning 35
8th Boston Bruins 30
9th Edmonton Oilers 29
10th Washington Capitals 27
11th New York Islanders 27
12th Minnesota Wild 21
13th New York Rangers 21
14th Winnipeg Jets 18
15th Dallas Stars 8
16th St. Louis Blues 0
17th Nashville Predators -3
18th Calgary Flames -5
19th Montreal Canadiens -7
20th Arizona Coyotes -24
21st Chicago Blackhawks -25
22nd Los Angeles Kings -27
23rd Ottawa Senators -34
24th Philadelphia Flyers -37
25th Vancouver Canucks -39
26th Detroit Red Wings -43
27th New Jersey Devils -44
28th San Jose Sharks -50
29th Columbus Blue Jackets -50
30th Anaheim Ducks -53
31st Buffalo Sabres -62

2020 NHL Goal Differential Leaders

GDif Rank Team GDif
1st Boston Bruins 60
2nd Tampa Bay Lightning 49
3rd Colorado Avalanche 46
4th Philadelphia Flyers 36
5th St. Louis Blues 33
6th Pittsburgh Penguins 25
7th Washington Capitals 24
8th Carolina Hurricanes 24
9th Vegas Golden Knights 15
10th Toronto Maple Leafs 15
11th New York Rangers 13
12th Winnipeg Jets 12
13th Vancouver Canucks 10
14th Edmonton Oilers 8
15th Arizona Coyotes 7
16th Dallas Stars 4
17th Florida Panthers 4
18th Minnesota Wild 1
19th New York Islanders -1
20th Nashville Predators -2
21st Columbus Blue Jackets -3
22nd Chicago Blackhawks -6
23rd Calgary Flames -10
24th Montreal Canadiens -12
25th Buffalo Sabres -22
26th Los Angeles Kings -32
27th New Jersey Devils -39
28th Anaheim Ducks -43
29th San Jose Sharks -45
30th Ottawa Senators -48
31st Detroit Red Wings -123

2019 NHL Goal Differential Leaders

GDif Rank Team GDif
1st Tampa Bay Lightning 98
2nd Calgary Flames 66
3rd Boston Bruins 45
4th Toronto Maple Leafs 37
5th Pittsburgh Penguins 33
6th New York Islanders 32
7th San Jose Sharks 31
8th Winnipeg Jets 27
9th Washington Capitals 26
10th Columbus Blue Jackets 25
11th Nashville Predators 24
12th St. Louis Blues 24
13th Carolina Hurricanes 22
14th Vegas Golden Knights 18
15th Colorado Avalanche 14
16th Montreal Canadiens 10
17th Dallas Stars 9
18th Florida Panthers -9
19th Arizona Coyotes -11
20th Minnesota Wild -23
21st Chicago Blackhawks -24
22nd Vancouver Canucks -29
23rd Philadelphia Flyers -39
24th Edmonton Oilers -42
25th New York Rangers -46
26th Buffalo Sabres -47
27th Detroit Red Wings -48
28th Anaheim Ducks -52
29th New Jersey Devils -52
30th Ottawa Senators -59
31st Los Angeles Kings -60

2018 NHL Goal Differential Leaders

GDif Rank Team GDif
1st Nashville Predators 57
2nd Winnipeg Jets 57
3rd Tampa Bay Lightning 56
4th Boston Bruins 56
5th Vegas Golden Knights 43
6th Toronto Maple Leafs 40
7th Los Angeles Kings 35
8th Anaheim Ducks 22
9th Pittsburgh Penguins 22
10th Minnesota Wild 21
11th San Jose Sharks 21
12th Colorado Avalanche 19
13th Washington Capitals 18
14th Philadelphia Flyers 13
15th Columbus Blue Jackets 10
16th Dallas Stars 9
17th New Jersey Devils 3
18th Florida Panthers 2
19th St. Louis Blues 1
20th Chicago Blackhawks -26
21st Calgary Flames -27
22nd Carolina Hurricanes -28
23rd New York Islanders -32
24th Edmonton Oilers -33
25th New York Rangers -35
26th Vancouver Canucks -41
27th Detroit Red Wings -42
28th Arizona Coyotes -45
29th Montreal Canadiens -51
30th Ottawa Senators -65
31st Buffalo Sabres -80

2017 NHL Goal Differential Leaders

GDif Rank Team GDif
1st Washington Capitals 84
2nd Minnesota Wild 57
3rd Columbus Blue Jackets 54
4th Pittsburgh Penguins 49
5th New York Rangers 37
6th Edmonton Oilers 36
7th Chicago Blackhawks 28
8th Montreal Canadiens 25
9th Anaheim Ducks 23
10th Boston Bruins 23
11th San Jose Sharks 19
12th Nashville Predators 18
13th St. Louis Blues 17
14th Toronto Maple Leafs 16
15th Tampa Bay Lightning 6
16th Calgary Flames 3
17th New York Islanders 1
18th Los Angeles Kings -2
19th Ottawa Senators -4
20th Winnipeg Jets -9
21st Carolina Hurricanes -18
22nd Philadelphia Flyers -19
23rd Florida Panthers -26
24th Buffalo Sabres -32
25th Dallas Stars -38
26th Detroit Red Wings -46
27th New Jersey Devils -61
28th Vancouver Canucks -63
29th Arizona Coyotes -67
30th Colorado Avalanche -111

2016 NHL Goal Differential Leaders

GDif Rank Team GDif
1st Washington Capitals 57
2nd Pittsburgh Penguins 42
3rd Dallas Stars 37
4th Florida Panthers 32
5th Los Angeles Kings 31
6th San Jose Sharks 30
7th Chicago Blackhawks 27
8th Anaheim Ducks 27
9th Tampa Bay Lightning 26
10th St. Louis Blues 22
11th New York Rangers 18
12th New York Islanders 16
13th Nashville Predators 11
14th Minnesota Wild 9
15th Boston Bruins 8
16th Philadelphia Flyers 1
17th Detroit Red Wings -10
18th Ottawa Senators -11
19th Buffalo Sabres -16
20th Montreal Canadiens -17
21st New Jersey Devils -20
22nd Winnipeg Jets -24
23rd Carolina Hurricanes -25
24th Colorado Avalanche -28
25th Calgary Flames -28
26th Columbus Blue Jackets -35
27th Arizona Coyotes -36
28th Edmonton Oilers -43
29th Toronto Maple Leafs -48
30th Vancouver Canucks -53

2015 NHL Goal Differential Leaders

GDif Rank Team GDif
1st New York Rangers 61
2nd Tampa Bay Lightning 53
3rd St. Louis Blues 42
4th Washington Capitals 38
5th Chicago Blackhawks 34
6th Montreal Canadiens 30
7th Minnesota Wild 29
8th Nashville Predators 24
9th Ottawa Senators 24
10th Calgary Flames 24
11th New York Islanders 21
12th Los Angeles Kings 21
13th Detroit Red Wings 20
14th Winnipeg Jets 19
15th Vancouver Canucks 16
16th Pittsburgh Penguins 13
17th Boston Bruins 8
18th Anaheim Ducks 7
19th Dallas Stars 0
20th San Jose Sharks -2
21st Philadelphia Flyers -11
22nd Colorado Avalanche -14
23rd Florida Panthers -15
24th Columbus Blue Jackets -21
25th New Jersey Devils -33
26th Carolina Hurricanes -36
27th Toronto Maple Leafs -51
28th Edmonton Oilers -83
29th Arizona Coyotes -102
30th Buffalo Sabres -116

2014 NHL Goal Differential Leaders

GDif Rank Team GDif
1st Boston Bruins 87
2nd Anaheim Ducks 60
3rd St. Louis Blues 51
4th Chicago Blackhawks 49
5th San Jose Sharks 46
6th Pittsburgh Penguins 38
7th Los Angeles Kings 30
8th Colorado Avalanche 29
9th New York Rangers 24
10th Tampa Bay Lightning 23
11th Columbus Blue Jackets 12
12th Montreal Canadiens 8
13th Dallas Stars 8
14th Philadelphia Flyers 6
15th New Jersey Devils 2
16th Minnesota Wild 1
17th Detroit Red Wings -4
18th Washington Capitals -4
19th Winnipeg Jets -12
20th Arizona Coyotes -14
21st Nashville Predators -19
22nd Carolina Hurricanes -21
23rd Vancouver Canucks -25
24th Ottawa Senators -29
25th Toronto Maple Leafs -30
26th Calgary Flames -36
27th New York Islanders -45
28th Edmonton Oilers -68
29th Florida Panthers -74
30th Buffalo Sabres -93