2012 NHL Wins by Team

The Chicago Blackhawks and the Pittsburgh Penguins shared the lead of the NHL in wins in 2012, with 36. The average across 30 NHL teams is 24.0.

Led the NHL in 2012 Chicago Blackhawks 48 games

36 Wins Tied with Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Team	G	W
1	Chicago Blackhawks	48	36
1	Pittsburgh Penguins	48	36
3	Anaheim Ducks	48	30
4	Montréal Canadiens	48	29
4	St. Louis Blues	48	29
6	Boston Bruins	48	28
7	Los Angeles Kings	48	27
7	Washington Capitals	48	27
9	Minnesota Wild	48	26
9	New York Rangers	48	26
9	Toronto Maple Leafs	48	26
9	Vancouver Canucks	48	26
13	Ottawa Senators	48	25
13	San Jose Sharks	48	25
15	Columbus Blue Jackets	48	24
15	Detroit Red Wings	48	24
15	New York Islanders	48	24
15	Winnipeg Jets	48	24
	NHL average		24.0
19	Philadelphia Flyers	48	23
20	Dallas Stars	48	22
21	Buffalo Sabres	48	21
21	Phoenix Coyotes	48	21
23	Calgary Flames	48	19
23	Carolina Hurricanes	48	19
23	Edmonton Oilers	48	19
23	New Jersey Devils	48	19
27	Tampa Bay Lightning	48	18
28	Colorado Avalanche	48	16
28	Nashville Predators	48	16
30	Florida Panthers	48	15

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.