2008 NHL Wins by Team

The Boston Bruins and the San Jose Sharks shared the lead of the NHL in wins in 2008, with 53. The average across 30 NHL teams is 41.0.

Led the NHL in 2008 Boston Bruins 82 games

53 Wins Tied with San Jose Sharks

#	Team	G	W
1	Boston Bruins	82	53
1	San Jose Sharks	82	53
3	Detroit Red Wings	82	51
3	New Jersey Devils	82	51
5	Washington Capitals	82	50
6	Calgary Flames	82	46
6	Chicago Blackhawks	82	46
8	Carolina Hurricanes	82	45
8	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	45
8	Vancouver Canucks	82	45
11	Philadelphia Flyers	82	44
12	New York Rangers	82	43
13	Anaheim Ducks	82	42
14	Buffalo Sabres	82	41
14	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	41
14	Florida Panthers	82	41
14	Montréal Canadiens	82	41
14	St. Louis Blues	82	41
	NHL average		41.0
19	Minnesota Wild	82	40
19	Nashville Predators	82	40
21	Edmonton Oilers	82	38
22	Dallas Stars	82	36
22	Ottawa Senators	82	36
22	Phoenix Coyotes	82	36
25	Atlanta Thrashers	82	35
26	Los Angeles Kings	82	34
26	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	34
28	Colorado Avalanche	82	32
29	New York Islanders	82	26
30	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	24

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as save percentage and goals against average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.