Presidents' Trophy

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{{short description|Ice hockey award}}
{{redirect|President's Trophy}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2013}}
{{Infobox sports award
| name = Presidents' Trophy
| image = Presidents' Trophy.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| sport = [[Ice hockey]]
| competition =
| givenfor = [[National Hockey League]] team with the most points (best record) in the regular season
| sponsor =
| first = [[1985–86 NHL season|1986]]
| last =
| firstwinner = [[1985–86 Edmonton Oilers season|Edmonton Oilers]]
| mostwins = [[Detroit Red Wings]] (6)
| mostrecent = [[2024–25 Winnipeg Jets season|Winnipeg Jets]] (1)
| url =
}}
The '''Presidents' Trophy''' ({{langx|fr|Trophée des présidents}}) is an award presented by the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) to the team that finishes with the most points (i.e., best overall record) during the regular season. If two teams are tied for the most points, then the Trophy goes to the team with the most regulation wins (RW). The Presidents' Trophy has been awarded 37 times to 18 different teams since its inception during the [[1985–86 NHL season]].<ref name="Presidents' history"/>

As the team with the best regular season record, the Presidents' Trophy winner is normally guaranteed home-ice advantage throughout the entire [[Stanley Cup playoffs]].<ref group="nb" name="COVID-19"/> Winning the award does not assure playoff success, as there have been only eight instances where the Presidents' Trophy winner has gone on to win the [[Stanley Cup]] in the same season, while three Presidents' Trophy winners have been defeated in the [[Stanley Cup Final]]. However, the team with the Presidents' Trophy has won more than any other playoff seeds of 2-16. The most recent team to win both the Presidents' Trophy and the Stanley Cup in the same season is the [[2012–13 Chicago Blackhawks season|2012–13 Chicago Blackhawks]]. The only team to accomplish this feat more than once is the [[Detroit Red Wings]].

==History==
The Trophy was introduced at the start of the {{NHL Year|1985|app=season}} by the League's Board of Governors to recognize the best team in the regular season, informally known as the regular season championship. Prior to this, the team that finished in first place when the regular season concluded was allowed to hang a banner reading "NHL League Champions."<ref name="Sabres">{{cite web|url=http://sabres.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=437481|title=Presidents Trophy Buffalo Bound |access-date=October 10, 2009|publisher=NHL.com}}</ref>

A total of 18 teams have won the Presidents' Trophy. The [[Detroit Red Wings]] have won six Presidents' Trophies, the most of any team. The [[Boston Bruins]] and [[New York Rangers]] are tied for second with four. The [[Colorado Avalanche]] and [[Washington Capitals]] are tied for third with three. Five teams ([[Calgary Flames]], [[Chicago Blackhawks]], [[Dallas Stars]], [[Edmonton Oilers]], [[Vancouver Canucks]]) are tied for fourth most with two Presidents' Trophy wins apiece. Among these multiple winners, Calgary, Dallas, Detroit, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Washington have won it in consecutive seasons; only Detroit did it consecutively twice. Out of these teams, Edmonton, Calgary, and Dallas have captured a Stanley Cup, along with their second straight Presidents' Trophy.

If there are two or more teams tied for first in points in the League, then the NHL's standard [[Season structure of the NHL#Stanley Cup playoffs|tiebreaking procedure]] is applied, with the first tiebreaker being the team with the most regulation wins (that is, all games won except those won in overtime or in a shootout). During the shortened {{NHL Year|2020|app=season}}, both the [[Colorado Avalanche]] and [[Vegas Golden Knights]] finished tied for first with 82 points in 56 games, with Colorado winning the trophy since they had 35 regulation wins while Vegas had 30. From the {{NHL Year|2010}} through {{NHL Year|2018}} seasons, the first tiebreaker was most regulation and overtime wins. Before 2010, the first tiebreaker was the most wins, including both overtime and shootout wins. The most notable of the pre-2010–11 protocol is from the {{NHL Year|2006|app=season}}, where both the [[Buffalo Sabres]] and Detroit Red Wings finished tied first with 113 points, with the Sabres winning the Trophy since they had 53 wins, three more than Detroit, who had 50.

===Past trophies===
From 1937 to 1967, the same criterion now observed for winning the Presidents' Trophy was used to award the [[Prince of Wales Trophy]].<ref name="Wales">{{cite web|title=History of the Prince of Wales Trophy|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/silver_splashprinceofwales.htm|access-date=September 5, 2007|publisher=Legends of Hockey.net|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929154039/http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/silver_splashprinceofwales.htm|archive-date=September 29, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> With the modern era expansion in the {{NHL Year|1967|app=season}} and the creation of the [[West Division (NHL)|West Division]], the Wales Trophy was awarded to the team that finished in first place in the [[East Division (NHL)|East Division]] during the regular season.<ref name="Wales"/> However, no trophy was awarded to the team that finished with the best overall record in the entire League during this period, and no trophy at all was awarded based on the results of the regular season from the {{NHL Year|1981}} through {{NHL Year|1984}} seasons. A cash bonus of $350,000 was awarded to the winning team with the NHL's best regular season record during these years, to which the Presidents' Trophy was added in {{NHL Year|1985}}.<ref name="Presidents' history">{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=24945|title=Presidents' Trophy history|access-date=September 5, 2007|publisher=NHL.com}}</ref><ref name="Cash Bonus">{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=24945|title=Presidents' Trophy|access-date=September 15, 2007|publisher=NHL.com}}</ref> The cash bonus is split amongst the players on the active roster of the winning team.

Factoring all NHL seasons prior to the introduction of the Presidents' Trophy, the [[Montreal Canadiens]] have finished first overall 21 times, the most times in League history (although this was most recently accomplished in {{NHL Year|1977}}, before the Trophy was introduced; since its inception, the Canadiens have been Presidents' runners-up three times, in {{NHL Year|1987}}, {{NHL Year|1988}}, and {{NHL Year|2014}}). Detroit is second with 18 first-overall finishes.<ref name="Standings">{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/history/fstand10s.html |title=Final Standings |access-date=September 15, 2007 |publisher=NHL.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403053405/http://www.nhl.com/history/fstand10s.html |archive-date=April 3, 2009 }}</ref>

==Playoff implications==

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| quote = "It is the reality of the sport. If your particular strength happens to be that you're really good offensively, and you come up against a hot goaltender and a team that is stout defensively, it might not matter that you were good on a nightly basis scoring goals. And that one particular opponent: you'll have to beat them four times."
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| source = NHL broadcaster [[Darren Eliot]] explaining the lack of success of Presidents' Trophy winners winning the Stanley Cup.<ref name="SI_Eliot"/>
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The Presidents' Trophy winner is normally guaranteed home-ice advantage throughout the [[Stanley Cup playoffs]].<ref group="nb" name="COVID-19"/><ref name=StanleyCupFinals>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/newsprint.htm?id=425396|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20100108043551/http://www.nhl.com/ice/newsprint.htm?id=425396|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 8, 2010|title=Keenan knows Game 7 pressure|date=June 11, 2009|first=John|last=McGourty|work=NHL.com|access-date=October 22, 2010}}</ref> This does not necessarily correlate to success in the playoffs, however. The Trophy has been awarded 37 times, but only eight of the winners have gone on to win the Stanley Cup in their respective years, leading to a popular superstition that the Trophy may be [[Sports-related curses|cursed]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=417563|last=Rosen|first=Dan|date=April 12, 2009|publisher=NHL.com|access-date=April 29, 2010|title=A short-term celebration}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2009/04/20/the-count-the-myth-of-the-presidents-trophy-curse/ | title=The Count: The Myth of the President's Trophy Curse | first=Carl | last=Bialik | publisher=Wall Street Journal | date=April 20, 2009 | access-date=April 1, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/31/irritated-caps-look-answers/ | title='Irritated' Caps look for answers | work=Washington Times | date=March 31, 2010 | access-date=April 1, 2011 | quote=Then there's the so-called Presidents' Trophy curse: Only seven of 23 teams that have won that piece of hardware have gone on to win the Stanley Cup.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Nivison |first1=Austin |title=Presidents' Trophy curse: Bruins' collapse extends Stanley Cup drought for regular-season champions |url=https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/presidents-trophy-curse-bruins-collapse-extends-stanley-cup-drought-for-regular-season-champions/ |website=CBSSports.com |access-date=August 26, 2023 |date=April 30, 2023}}</ref> In addition, eight Presidents' Trophy winners have been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, with first-round upsets being common in the NHL compared to other major professional sports.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/sports/hockey/12slapshot.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper | work=The New York Times | first1=Jeff Z. | last1=Klein | first2=Stu | last2=Hackel | title=First-Round Upsets Common in N.H.L | date=April 12, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/expect-the-unexpected-in-nhl-playoffs/article11589152/?page=all | location=Toronto | work=The Globe and Mail | title=Expect the unexpected in NHL playoffs | date=April 27, 2013}}</ref> Since the salary cap era of the NHL from 2005–06 onwards the first-placed NHL team has had the lowest probability of winning the playoff championship, compared to the other three North American major professional sports leagues (NBA, MLB, and NFL).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shilton |first1=Kristen |title=Can the Bruins avoid the Presidents' Trophy curse? |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/36204790/can-bruins-avoid-presidents-trophy-curse-win-stanley-cup |website=ESPN.com |access-date=August 26, 2023 |date=April 17, 2023}}</ref>

NHL broadcaster [[Darren Eliot]] attributes the apparent lack of playoff success to the different style of competition compared to the regular season: instead of playing different teams every night, the goal is to advance through four [[Best-of-seven playoff|best-of-seven playoff series]].<ref name="SI_Eliot">{{cite video | title=Inside Report: Presidents' Trophy to curse Caps? | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/video/nhl/2010/04/07/040610.nhl_eliot_presidents_cup.SportsIllustrated/index.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409214344/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/video/nhl/2010/04/07/040610.nhl_eliot_presidents_cup.SportsIllustrated/index.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 9, 2010 | publisher=SI.com | people=[[Darren Eliot]] | date=April 7, 2010 | access-date=March 30, 2011 }}</ref> The Presidents' Trophy winner may have to go through other playoff clubs who might have a hotter goaltender, a better defensive team or other players that pose match-up problems. If the regular season champion's primary success was merely outscoring others, they may be out of luck facing goaltenders that can shut them out.<ref name="SI_Eliot"/> The lack of playoff experience may have been to blame in the examples of the [[1999–2000 St. Louis Blues season|1999–2000 St. Louis Blues]] and [[2008–09 San Jose Sharks season|2008–09 San Jose Sharks]], as neither team had advanced past the second round for five or more seasons. Teams have often given up pursuit of finishing first in the League in order to avoid injuries and rest key players for the postseason.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=nc-playoffs-preview-predictions-upsets-040812|title = NHL on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games}}</ref>

Ian Cooper, writing for the ''[[Toronto Star]]'', noted that "of 11 Presidents' Trophy winners to lose in the first two rounds, seven came from divisions that were among the league's weaker half ... If a team dominates a weak division, its shortcomings should become apparent once it faces stiffer competition from the rest of the conference".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2014/04/10/why_the_nhl_presidents_cup_curse_is_a_myth_department_of_hockey_analytics.html|title=Why the NHL Presidents' Trophy curse is a myth: Department of Hockey Analytics | author=Ian Cooper|work=Toronto Star|date=April 10, 2014|access-date=April 14, 2015}}</ref> Jonathan Weiss, writing for the Bleacher Report in 2010, also noted that of the teams between 1982 and 2009 that led the League in points during the regular season, 12 of them (45 per cent) reached the Cup Finals, while of the other 405 teams during that same time period, only 42 (10 per cent) advanced to the final round, concluding that "the team that leads the NHL in regular season points is four to five times more likely than any other team in the playoffs to make it into the Stanley Cup finals, and seven to eight times more likely to win the Cup".<ref name="Jonathan Weiss">{{cite web | url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/373490-the-curse-of-the-presidents-trophy-fact-or-fiction | title=The Curse of the Presidents' Trophy: Fact or Fiction? | author=Jonathan Weiss | publisher=[[Bleacher Report]] | date=April 4, 2010 | access-date=April 14, 2015}}</ref>

The 1995–96 Red Wings were considered a "cursed" team, as their record-setting season was cut short by the newly relocated [[1995–96 Colorado Avalanche season|Colorado Avalanche]] in the Conference Finals, sparking a [[Colorado Avalanche–Detroit Red Wings brawl|particularly vicious rivalry between the two teams]] in subsequent seasons. In the 1996–97 season, the Avalanche were the defending Cup champions and won the Presidents' Trophy but lost the Conference Finals which was a rematch against the Red Wings, the Red Wings went on to win the Cup. The Red Wings would go onto the defeat the Presidents' Trophy-winning Dallas Stars in 1998, en route to the Red Wings' second straight Cup win. Thereafter, in three of four seasons, the Presidents' Trophy winning team went on to win the Stanley Cup (Stars in 1999, Avalanche in 2001, and Red Wings in 2002).

Since the Blackhawks won the Presidents' Trophy and Stanley Cup in the lockout-shortened 2012–13 season, the "curse" has been more pronounced. The [[2018–19 Tampa Bay Lightning season|2018–19 Tampa Bay Lightning]] were swept in the first round by the Wild Card [[2018–19 Columbus Blue Jackets season|Columbus Blue Jackets]] after a dominant season in which they tied the [[1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season|1995–96 Detroit Red Wings]]' record for regular season wins, becoming the first Presidents' Trophy winner to suffer this fate. Adding to the ignominy was the Blue Jackets' previous lack of postseason success, as their sweep of the Lightning was their first playoff series victory in franchise history, with only four previous playoff qualifications. By contrast, the Lightning had made several deep playoff runs in the previous seasons (including a Cup Finals appearance in 2015). Over the next three years, the Lightning did not win the Presidents' Trophy but nevertheless won two consecutive Stanley Cups while reaching a third consecutive Stanley Cup Final. For the [[2022–23 Boston Bruins season|2022–23 Boston Bruins]]; after setting new records for single-season wins and points, they proceeded to lose in the first round in seven games to the [[2022–23 Florida Panthers season|Florida Panthers]] after having led the series three games to one. The Panthers were incidentally the previous season's Presidents' Trophy winners, where their 2021–22 season ended when they were swept in the second round by the Lightning (en route to the Lightning's third consecutive Finals appearance).<ref name="Jonathan Weiss"/>

Only four times in the history of the Presidents' Trophy has a team missed the playoffs the season after winning the award: the New York Rangers did it twice, who won the Trophy in the {{NHL Year|1991}} season and missed the playoffs in {{NHL Year|1992}} (and then rebounded to win both the Presidents' Trophy and Stanley Cup in {{NHL Year|1993}}), however, they did it again when they won the Trophy in the {{NHL Year|2023}} season and missed the playoffs in {{NHL Year|2024}}; the Buffalo Sabres, who won the Trophy in the {{NHL Year|2006}} season and missed the playoffs in {{NHL Year|2007}}, the [[Boston Bruins]], who won the Trophy in the {{NHL Year|2013}} season and missed the playoffs in {{NHL Year|2014}} despite having a winning record.

==Winners==
[[File:Ottawa Senators Presidents Trophy Banner.JPG|upright|[[Ottawa Senators]] Presidents' Trophy Banner from the 2002–03 season|thumb]]
{{legend|#ccfebb|* Team won the [[Stanley Cup]].|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|#ffcc66|^ Team lost in the [[Stanley Cup Final]].|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|#ffbbbb|# Team lost in the first round of the playoffs.<ref group="nb">The playoff format has changed over the years. See [[Stanley Cup playoffs]] for more information.</ref>|border = solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
'''Bold''' Team with the most points ever accumulated in a season during the trophy's existence.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Winner
!Points
!Margin
!{{tooltip|Win #|The total number of times that the franchise has won the Presidents' Trophy up to that point in their club history}}
!Playoff result
|-
|{{NHL Year|1985}}
|[[1985–86 Edmonton Oilers season|Edmonton Oilers]]
|119
|9
|1
|Lost division finals ([[1985–86 Calgary Flames season|CGY]])
|- style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1986}}
|[[1986–87 Edmonton Oilers season|Edmonton Oilers]]
|106
|6
|2
|Won [[1987 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]] ([[1986–87 Philadelphia Flyers season|PHI]])*
|-
|{{NHL Year|1987}}
|[[1987–88 Calgary Flames season|Calgary Flames]]
|105
|2
|1
|Lost division finals ([[1987–88 Edmonton Oilers season|EDM]])
|- style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1988}}
|[[1988–89 Calgary Flames season|Calgary Flames]]
|117
|2
|2
|Won [[1989 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]] ([[1988–89 Montreal Canadiens season|MTL]])*
|- style="background:#ffcc66;"
|{{NHL Year|1989}}
|[[1989–90 Boston Bruins season|Boston Bruins]]
|101
|2
|1
|Lost Stanley Cup Final ([[1989–90 Edmonton Oilers season|EDM]])^
|- style="background:#ffbbbb;"
|{{NHL Year|1990}}
|[[1990–91 Chicago Blackhawks season|Chicago Blackhawks]]
|106
|1
|1
|Lost division semifinals ([[1990–91 Minnesota North Stars season|MNS]])#
|-
|{{NHL Year|1991}}
|[[1991–92 New York Rangers season|New York Rangers]]
|105
|7
|1
|Lost division finals ([[1991–92 Pittsburgh Penguins season|PIT]])
|-
|{{NHL Year|1992}}
|[[1992–93 Pittsburgh Penguins season|Pittsburgh Penguins]]
|119
|10
|1
|Lost division finals ([[1992–93 New York Islanders season|NYI]])
|- style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1993}}
|[[1993–94 New York Rangers season|New York Rangers]]
|112
|6
|2
|Won [[1994 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]] ([[1993–94 Vancouver Canucks season|VAN]])*
|- style="background:#ffcc66;"
|{{NHL Year|1994}}
|[[1994–95 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit Red Wings]]
|<span style="display:none">0</span>70<ref group="nb" name="Lockout1">Only 48 games were played in the 1994–95 season due to a lockout. Detroit's 70 points in 48 games extrapolates to 122 points in 84 games, which was the standard season length at the time.</ref>
|5
|1
|Lost Stanley Cup Final ([[1994–95 New Jersey Devils season|NJD]])^
|-
|{{NHL Year|1995}}
|[[1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit Red Wings]]
|131
|27
|2
|Lost conference finals ([[1995–96 Colorado Avalanche season|COL]])
|-
|{{NHL Year|1996}}
|[[1996–97 Colorado Avalanche season|Colorado Avalanche]]
|107
|3
|1
|Lost conference finals ([[1996–97 Detroit Red Wings season|DET]])
|-
|{{NHL Year|1997}}
|[[1997–98 Dallas Stars season|Dallas Stars]]
|109
|2
|1
|Lost conference finals ([[1997–98 Detroit Red Wings season|DET]])
|- style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1998}}
|[[1998–99 Dallas Stars season|Dallas Stars]]
|114
|9
|2
|Won [[1999 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]] ([[1998–99 Buffalo Sabres season|BUF]])*
|- style="background:#ffbbbb;"
|{{NHL Year|1999}}
|[[1999–2000 St. Louis Blues season|St. Louis Blues]]
|114
|6
|1
|Lost conference quarterfinals ([[1999–2000 San Jose Sharks season|SJS]])#
|- style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|2000}}
|[[2000–01 Colorado Avalanche season|Colorado Avalanche]]
|118
|7
|2
|Won [[2001 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]] ([[2000–01 New Jersey Devils season|NJD]])*
|- style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|2001}}
|[[2001–02 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit Red Wings]]
|116
|15
|3
|Won [[2002 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]] ([[2001–02 Carolina Hurricanes season|CAR]])*
|-
|{{NHL Year|2002}}
|[[2002–03 Ottawa Senators season|Ottawa Senators]]
|113
|2
|1
|Lost conference finals ([[2002–03 New Jersey Devils season|NJD]])
|-
|{{NHL Year|2003}}
|[[2003–04 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit Red Wings]]
|109
|3
|4
|Lost conference semifinals ([[2003–04 Calgary Flames season|CGY]])
|-
|{{NHL Year|2004}}
| colspan="5" align="center" |''Season cancelled due to the [[2004–05 NHL lockout]]''
|- style="background:#ffbbbb;"
|{{NHL Year|2005}}
|[[2005–06 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit Red Wings]]
|124
|11
|5
|Lost conference quarterfinals ([[2005–06 Edmonton Oilers season|EDM]])#
|-
|{{NHL Year|2006}}
|[[2006–07 Buffalo Sabres season|Buffalo Sabres]]
|113
|0 (3 wins)
|1
|Lost conference finals ([[2006–07 Ottawa Senators season|OTT]])
|- style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|2007}}
| [[2007–08 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit Red Wings]]
|115
|7
|6
|Won [[2008 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]] ([[2007–08 Pittsburgh Penguins season|PIT]])*
|- style="background:#ffbbbb;"
|{{NHL Year|2008}}
|[[2008–09 San Jose Sharks season|San Jose Sharks]]
|117
|1
|1
|Lost conference quarterfinals ([[2008–09 Anaheim Ducks season|ANA]])#
|- style="background:#ffbbbb;"
|{{NHL Year|2009}}
|[[2009–10 Washington Capitals season|Washington Capitals]]
|121
|8
|1
|Lost conference quarterfinals ([[2009–10 Montreal Canadiens season|MTL]])#
|- style="background:#ffcc66;"
|{{NHL Year|2010}}
|[[2010–11 Vancouver Canucks season|Vancouver Canucks]]
|117
|10
|1
|Lost Stanley Cup Final ([[2010–11 Boston Bruins season|BOS]])^
|- style="background:#ffbbbb;"
|{{NHL Year|2011}}
|[[2011–12 Vancouver Canucks season|Vancouver Canucks]]
|111
|2
|2
|Lost conference quarterfinals ([[2011–12 Los Angeles Kings season|LAK]])#
|- style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|2012}}
|[[2012–13 Chicago Blackhawks season|Chicago Blackhawks]]
|77<ref group="nb" name="Lockout2">Only 48 games were played in the 2012–13 season due to a lockout. Chicago's 77 points in 48 games extrapolates to 132 points in an 82-game season; this number would have eclipsed Detroit's record by one, and would have tied the record-high of points held by the [[1976–77 Montreal Canadiens season|1976–77 Montreal Canadiens]] (the trophy did not exist at the time, also, Montreal accomplished the feat in only 80 games and without the benefit of current overtime rules that award one point to teams losing in overtime or shootouts).</ref>
|5
|2
|Won [[2013 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]] ([[2012–13 Boston Bruins season|BOS]])*
|-
|{{NHL Year|2013}}
|[[2013–14 Boston Bruins season|Boston Bruins]]
|117
|1
|2
|Lost second round ([[2013–14 Montreal Canadiens season|MTL]])
|-
|{{NHL Year|2014}}
|[[2014–15 New York Rangers season|New York Rangers]]
|113
|3
|3
|Lost conference finals ([[2014–15 Tampa Bay Lightning season|TBL]])
|-
|{{NHL Year|2015}}
|[[2015–16 Washington Capitals season|Washington Capitals]]
|120
|11
|2
|Lost second round ([[2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins season|PIT]])
|-
|{{NHL Year|2016}}
|[[2016–17 Washington Capitals season|Washington Capitals]]
|118
|7
|3
|Lost second round ([[2016–17 Pittsburgh Penguins season|PIT]])
|-
|{{NHL Year|2017}}
|[[2017–18 Nashville Predators season|Nashville Predators]]
|117
|3
|1
|Lost second round ([[2017–18 Winnipeg Jets season|WPG]])
|- style="background:#ffbbbb;"
|{{NHL Year|2018}}
|[[2018–19 Tampa Bay Lightning season|Tampa Bay Lightning]]
|128
|21
|1
|[[2019 Tampa Bay Lightning–Columbus Blue Jackets playoff series|Lost first round]] ([[2018–19 Columbus Blue Jackets season|CBJ]])#
|-
|{{NHL Year|2019}}
|[[2019–20 Boston Bruins season|Boston Bruins]]
|100<ref group="nb" name="COVID-19">Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in North America|COVID-19 pandemic]], the Bruins only played 70 games when the 2019–20 season regular season was curtailed. Under the special [[2020 Stanley Cup playoffs|2020 playoff format]] that was then conducted, with a round-robin tournament for the top four teams in each conference, the Bruins were not guaranteed home-ice advantage in all postseason rounds. Boston's 100 points in 70 games extrapolates to 117 points in an 82-game regular season.</ref>
|6
|3
|Lost second round ([[2019–20 Tampa Bay Lightning season|TBL]])
|-
|{{NHL Year|2020}}
|[[2020–21 Colorado Avalanche season|Colorado Avalanche]]
|82<ref group="nb" name="COVID-19-2">Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in North America|COVID-19 pandemic]], the 2020–21 NHL season was shortened to 56 games. Colorado's 82 points in 56 games extrapolates to 120 points in an 82-game season.</ref>
|0 (5 regulation wins)
|3
|Lost second round ([[2020–21 Vegas Golden Knights season|VGK]])
|-
|{{NHL Year|2021}}
|[[2021–22 Florida Panthers season|Florida Panthers]]
|122
|3
|1
|Lost second round ([[2021–22 Tampa Bay Lightning season|TBL]])
|- style="background:#ffbbbb;"
|'''{{NHL Year|2022}}'''
|'''[[2022–23 Boston Bruins season|Boston Bruins]]'''
|'''135'''
|'''22'''
|'''4'''
|'''Lost first round ([[2022–23 Florida Panthers season|FLA]])'''#
|-
|{{NHL Year|2023}}
|[[2023–24 New York Rangers season|New York Rangers]]
|114
|1
|4
|Lost conference finals ([[2023–24 Florida Panthers season|FLA]])
|-
|{{NHL Year|2024}}
|[[2024–25 Winnipeg Jets season|Winnipeg Jets]]
|116
|5
|1
|Lost second round ([[2024–25 Dallas Stars season|DAL]])
|}

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==Earlier best records==
For reference, the following are teams that finished with the best records in the NHL for each season between {{NHL Year|1917}} and {{NHL Year|1984}}.

===NHL vs. PCHA/WCHL/WHL Stanley Cup era (1917–1926)===
Prior to 1926–27, the [[Stanley Cup]] was then awarded as a "World Series" trophy between the champions of the NHL and a rival league (first the [[Pacific Coast Hockey Association]], then the [[Western Canada Hockey League]]). Instead, the NHL championship trophy during this era was the [[O'Brien Trophy (ice hockey)|O'Brien Trophy]].

From 1917–18 to {{NHL Year|1920}}, the NHL season was split, requiring separate standings, with a single playoff series between the winner of the first half of the season and the winner of the second half of the season.

{{legend|#CFECEC|* Team won the [[O'Brien Trophy (ice hockey)|O'Brien Trophy]] as the NHL playoff champion.|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|#efffbf|† Team won both the O'Brien Trophy and the [[Stanley Cup]].|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|#ffbbbb|^ Team lost in the NHL championship/final round.|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" 0border:
|-
!Year
!Winner
!Points<ref group="nb2">For the 1917–18 to 1920–21 seasons, this figure is the sum of the points accumulated during both halves of the season.</ref>
!Playoff result
|- style="background:#efffbf;"
|{{NHL Year|1917}}
|[[1917–18 Toronto Hockey Club season|Toronto Hockey Club]]
|26
|NHL champions, won [[1918 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]†
|- style="background:#ffbbbb;"
|{{NHL Year|1918}}
|[[1918–19 Ottawa Senators season|Ottawa Senators]]
|24
|Lost NHL championship ([[1918–19 Montreal Canadiens season|MTL]])^
|- style="background:#efffbf;"
|{{NHL Year|1919}}
|[[1919–20 Ottawa Senators season|Ottawa Senators]]
|38
|NHL champions, won [[1920 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]†
|- style="background:#ffbbbb;"
|{{NHL Year|1920}}
|[[1920–21 Toronto St. Patricks season|Toronto St. Patricks]]
|30
|Lost NHL championship ([[1920–21 Ottawa Senators season|SEN]])^
|- style="background:#ffbbbb;"
|{{NHL Year|1921}}
|[[1921–22 Ottawa Senators season|Ottawa Senators]]
|30
|Lost NHL championship ([[1921–22 Toronto St. Patricks season|TSP]])^
|- style="background:#efffbf;"
|{{NHL Year|1922}}
|[[1922–23 Ottawa Senators season|Ottawa Senators]]
|29
|NHL champions, won [[1923 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]†
|- style="background:#ffbbbb;"
|{{NHL Year|1923}}
|[[1923–24 Ottawa Senators season|Ottawa Senators]]
|32
|Lost NHL championship ([[1923–24 Montreal Canadiens season|MTL]])^
|-
|{{NHL Year|1924}}
|[[1924–25 Hamilton Tigers season|Hamilton Tigers]]
|39
|Suspended from playoffs<ref group="nb2">A labour dispute between the Hamilton Tigers' owner and its players forced the team to be suspended from the playoffs.</ref>
|- style="background:#ffbbbb;"
|{{NHL Year|1925}}
|[[1925–26 Ottawa Senators season|Ottawa Senators]]
|52
|Lost NHL final round ([[1925–26 Montreal Maroons season|MMR]])^
|}
<references group="nb2"/>

===NHL takes control of the Stanley Cup (since 1927)===
After the 1925–26 season, the NHL became the only league left competing for the Stanley Cup. The Stanley Cup thus became the ''de facto'' NHL championship trophy, though the league did not take formal control of the trophy until 1947.

The [[Prince of Wales Trophy]] was awarded from {{NHL Year|1938}} to {{NHL Year|1966}} for the entire league regular season. In the 59 season span from the 1926-27 season to the 1984-85 season, 37 regular season champions reached the Stanley Cup Final and 30 won the Finals.

{{legend|#CFECEC|* Team won the [[Stanley Cup]].|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|#ffbbbb|^ Team lost in the Stanley Cup Final.|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|#ccfebb|# Team lost in a preliminary round of the playoffs.|border = solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" 0border:
|-
!Year
!Winner
!Points<ref group="nb3">Notwithstanding seasons shortened by labour or other similar issues, the regular season consisted of 44 games from {{NHL Year|1926}} to {{NHL Year|1930}} seasons, 48 games from {{NHL Year|1931}} to {{NHL Year|1941}}, 50 games from {{NHL Year|1942}} to {{NHL Year|1945}}, 60 games from {{NHL Year|1946}} to {{NHL Year|1948}}, 70 games from {{NHL Year|1949}} to {{NHL Year|1966}}, 74 games from {{NHL Year|1967}} to {{NHL Year|1968}}, 76 games during the {{NHL Year|1969}} season, 78 games from {{NHL Year|1970}} to {{NHL Year|1973}}, and 80 games from {{NHL Year|1974}} to {{NHL Year|1991}}. The {{NHL Year|1992}} and {{NHL Year|1993}} seasons had 84 games, with two games played at neutral sites; neutral-site games were eliminated for the {{NHL Year|1995}} season.</ref>
!Playoff result
|-
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1926}}
|[[1926–27 Ottawa Senators season|Ottawa Senators]]
|64
|Won [[1927 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1927}}
|[[1927–28 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|59
|Lost semifinals ([[1927–28 Montreal Maroons season|MMR]])#
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1928}}
|[[1928–29 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|59
|Lost semifinals ([[1928–29 Boston Bruins season|BOS]])#
|-style="background:#ffbbbb;"
|{{NHL Year|1929}}
|[[1929–30 Boston Bruins season|Boston Bruins]]
|77
|Lost Stanley Cup Final ([[1929–30 Montreal Canadiens season|MTL]])^
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1930}}
|[[1930–31 Boston Bruins season|Boston Bruins]]
|62
|Lost semifinals ([[1930–31 Montreal Canadiens season|MTL]])#
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1931}}
|[[1931–32 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|57
|Lost semifinals ([[1931–32 New York Rangers season|NYR]])#
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1932}}
|[[1932–33 Boston Bruins season|Boston Bruins]]
|58
|Lost semifinals ([[1932–33 Toronto Maple Leafs season|TOR]])#
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1933}}
|[[1933–34 Toronto Maple Leafs season|Toronto Maple Leafs]]
|61
|Lost semifinals ([[1933–34 Detroit Red Wings season|DET]])#
|-style="background:#ffbbbb;"
|{{NHL Year|1934}}
|[[1934–35 Toronto Maple Leafs season|Toronto Maple Leafs]]
|64
|Lost Stanley Cup Final ([[1934–35 Montreal Maroons season|MMR]])^
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1935}}
|[[1935–36 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit Red Wings]]
|56
|Won [[1936 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1936}}
|[[1936–37 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit Red Wings]]
|59
|Won [[1937 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1937}}
|[[1937–38 Boston Bruins season|Boston Bruins]]
|67
|Lost semifinals ([[1937–38 Toronto Maple Leafs season|TOR]])#
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1938}}
|[[1938–39 Boston Bruins season|Boston Bruins]]
|74
|Won [[1939 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1939}}
|[[1939–40 Boston Bruins season|Boston Bruins]]
|67
|Lost semifinals ([[1939–40 New York Rangers season|NYR]])#
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1940}}
|[[1940–41 Boston Bruins season|Boston Bruins]]
|67
|Won [[1941 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1941}}
|[[1941–42 New York Rangers season|New York Rangers]]
|60
|Lost semifinals ([[1941–42 Toronto Maple Leafs season|TOR]])#
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1942}}
|[[1942–43 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit Red Wings]]
|61
|Won [[1943 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1943}}
|[[1943–44 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|83
|Won [[1944 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1944}}
|[[1944–45 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|80
|Lost semifinals ([[1944–45 Toronto Maple Leafs season|TOR]])#
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1945}}
|[[1945–46 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|61
|Won [[1946 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#ffbbbb;"
|{{NHL Year|1946}}
|[[1946–47 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|78
|Lost Stanley Cup Final ([[1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs season|TOR]])^
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1947}}
|[[1947–48 Toronto Maple Leafs season|Toronto Maple Leafs]]
|77
|Won [[1948 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#ffbbbb;"
|{{NHL Year|1948}}
|[[1948–49 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit Red Wings]]
|75
|Lost Stanley Cup Final ([[1948–49 Toronto Maple Leafs season|TOR]])^
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1949}}
|[[1949–50 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit Red Wings]]
|88
|Won [[1950 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1950}}
|[[1950–51 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit Red Wings]]
|101
|Lost semifinals ([[1950–51 Montreal Canadiens season|MTL]])#
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1951}}
|[[1951–52 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit Red Wings]]
|100
|Won [[1952 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1952}}
|[[1952–53 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit Red Wings]]
|90
|Lost semifinals ([[1952–53 Boston Bruins season|BOS]])#
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1953}}
|[[1953–54 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit Red Wings]]
|88
|Won [[1954 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1954}}
|[[1954–55 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit Red Wings]]
|95
|Won [[1955 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1955}}
|[[1955–56 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|100
|Won [[1956 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1956}}
|[[1956–57 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit Red Wings]]
|88
|Lost semifinals ([[1956–57 Boston Bruins season|BOS]])#
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1957}}
|[[1957–58 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|96
|Won [[1958 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1958}}
|[[1958–59 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|91
|Won [[1959 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1959}}
|[[1959–60 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|92
|Won [[1960 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1960}}
|[[1960–61 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|92
|Lost semifinals ([[1960–61 Chicago Black Hawks season|CHI]])#
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1961}}
|[[1961–62 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|98
|Lost semifinals ([[1961–62 Chicago Black Hawks season|CHI]])#
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1962}}
|[[1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs season|Toronto Maple Leafs]]
|82
|Won [[1963 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1963}}
|[[1963–64 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|85
|Lost semifinals ([[1963–64 Toronto Maple Leafs season|TOR]])#
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1964}}
|[[1964–65 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit Red Wings]]
|87
|Lost semifinals ([[1964–65 Chicago Black Hawks season|CHI]])#
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1965}}
|[[1965–66 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|90
|Won [[1966 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1966}}
|[[1966–67 Chicago Black Hawks season|Chicago Black Hawks]]
|94
|Lost semifinals ([[1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs season|TOR]])#
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1967}}
|[[1967–68 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|94
|Won [[1968 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1968}}
|[[1968–69 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|103
|Won [[1969 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1969}}
|[[1969–70 Chicago Black Hawks season|Chicago Black Hawks]]
|99
|Lost semifinals ([[1969–70 Boston Bruins season|BOS]])#
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1970}}
|[[1970–71 Boston Bruins season|Boston Bruins]]
|121
|Lost quarterfinals ([[1970–71 Montreal Canadiens season|MTL]])#
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1971}}
|[[1971–72 Boston Bruins season|Boston Bruins]]
|119
|Won [[1972 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1972}}
|[[1972–73 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|120
|Won [[1973 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#ffbbbb;"
|{{NHL Year|1973}}
|[[1973–74 Boston Bruins season|Boston Bruins]]
|113
|Lost Stanley Cup Final ([[1973–74 Philadelphia Flyers season|PHI]])^
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1974}}
|[[1974–75 Philadelphia Flyers season|Philadelphia Flyers]]
|113
|Won [[1975 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1975}}
|[[1975–76 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|127
|Won [[1976 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1976}}
|[[1976–77 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|132
|Won [[1977 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1977}}
|[[1977–78 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]]
|129
|Won [[1978 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1978}}
|[[1978–79 New York Islanders season|New York Islanders]]
|116
|Lost semifinals ([[1978–79 New York Rangers season|NYR]])#
|-style="background:#ffbbbb;"
|{{NHL Year|1979}}
|[[1979–80 Philadelphia Flyers season|Philadelphia Flyers]]
|116
|Lost Stanley Cup Final ([[1979–80 New York Islanders season|NYI]])^
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1980}}
|[[1980–81 New York Islanders season|New York Islanders]]
|110
|Won [[1981 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1981}}
|[[1981–82 New York Islanders season|New York Islanders]]
|118
|Won [[1982 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#ccfebb;"
|{{NHL Year|1982}}
|[[1982–83 Boston Bruins season|Boston Bruins]]
|110
|Lost conference finals ([[1982–83 New York Islanders season|NYI]])#
|-style="background:#cfecec;"
|{{NHL Year|1983}}
|[[1983–84 Edmonton Oilers season|Edmonton Oilers]]
|119
|Won [[1984 Stanley Cup Final|Stanley Cup]]*
|-style="background:#ffbbbb;"
|{{NHL Year|1984}}
|[[1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season|Philadelphia Flyers]]
|113
|Lost Stanley Cup Final ([[1984–85 Edmonton Oilers season|EDM]])^
|}
<references group="nb3"/>

==Records==

===Presidents' Trophy winners===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Team
! {{tooltip|Win #|The total number of times that the franchise has won the Presidents' Trophy}}
! Year(s) won
|-
| [[Detroit Red Wings]]
| align=center | 6
| [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]], [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]], [[2001–02 NHL season|2001–02]], [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]], [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]], [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08]]
|-
| [[Boston Bruins]]
| align=center | 4
| [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]], [[2013–14 NHL season|2013–14]], [[2019–20 NHL season|2019–20]], [[2022–23 NHL season|2022–23]]
|-
| [[New York Rangers]]
| align=center | 4
| [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]], [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]], [[2014–15 NHL season|2014–15]], [[2023–24 NHL season|2023–24]]
|-
| [[Colorado Avalanche]]
| align=center | 3
| [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]], [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]], [[2020–21 NHL season|2020–21]]
|-
| [[Washington Capitals]]
| align=center | 3
| [[2009–10 NHL season|2009–10]], [[2015–16 NHL season|2015–16]], [[2016–17 NHL season|2016–17]]
|-
| [[Edmonton Oilers]]
| align=center | 2
| [[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86]], [[1986–87 NHL season|1986–87]]
|-
| [[Calgary Flames]]
| align=center | 2
| [[1987–88 NHL season|1987–88]], [[1988–89 NHL season|1988–89]]
|-
| [[Chicago Blackhawks]]
| align=center | 2
| [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]], [[2012–13 NHL season|2012–13]]
|-
| [[Dallas Stars]]
| align=center | 2
| [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]], [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]
|-
| [[Vancouver Canucks]]
| align=center | 2
| [[2010–11 NHL season|2010–11]], [[2011–12 NHL season|2011–12]]
|-
| [[Pittsburgh Penguins]]
| align=center | 1
| [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]
|-
| [[St. Louis Blues]]
| align=center | 1
| [[1999–2000 NHL season|1999–2000]]
|-
| [[Ottawa Senators]]
| align=center | 1
| [[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03]]
|-
| [[Buffalo Sabres]]
| align=center | 1
| [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]]
|-
| [[San Jose Sharks]]
| align=center | 1
| [[2008–09 NHL season|2008–09]]
|-
| [[Nashville Predators]]
| align=center | 1
| [[2017–18 NHL season|2017–18]]
|-
| [[Tampa Bay Lightning]]
| align=center | 1
| [[2018–19 NHL season|2018–19]]
|-
| [[Florida Panthers]]
| align=center | 1
| [[2021–22 NHL season|2021–22]]
|-
| [[Winnipeg Jets]]
| align=center | 1
| [[2024–25 NHL season|2024–25]]
|}

===Combined pre-trophy/trophy era best records===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Team
! Best record
! Year(s) won
|-
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| align=center | 21
| [[1927–28 NHL season|1927–28]], [[1928–29 NHL season|1928–29]], [[1931–32 NHL season|1931–32]], [[1943–44 NHL season|1943–44]], [[1944–45 NHL season|1944–45]], [[1945–46 NHL season|1945–46]], [[1946–47 NHL season|1946–47]], [[1955–56 NHL season|1955–56]], [[1957–58 NHL season|1957–58]], [[1958–59 NHL season|1958–59]], [[1959–60 NHL season|1959–60]], [[1960–61 NHL season|1960–61]], [[1961–62 NHL season|1961–62]], [[1963–64 NHL season|1963–64]], [[1965–66 NHL season|1965–66]], [[1967–68 NHL season|1967–68]], [[1968–69 NHL season|1968–69]], [[1972–73 NHL season|1972–73]], [[1975–76 NHL season|1975–76]], [[1976–77 NHL season|1976–77]], [[1977–78 NHL season|1977–78]]
|-
| [[Detroit Red Wings]]
| align=center | 18
| [[1935–36 NHL season|1935–36]], [[1936–37 NHL season|1936–37]], [[1942–43 NHL season|1942–43]], [[1948–49 NHL season|1948–49]], [[1949–50 NHL season|1949–50]], [[1950–51 NHL season|1950–51]], [[1951–52 NHL season|1951–52]], [[1952–53 NHL season|1952–53]], [[1953–54 NHL season|1953–54]], [[1954–55 NHL season|1954–55]], [[1956–57 NHL season|1956–57]], [[1964–65 NHL season|1964–65]], [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]], [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]], [[2001–02 NHL season|2001–02]], [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]], [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]], [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08]]
|-
| [[Boston Bruins]]
| align=center | 15
| [[1929–30 NHL season|1929–30]], [[1930–31 NHL season|1930–31]], [[1932–33 NHL season|1932–33]], [[1937–38 NHL season|1937–38]], [[1938–39 NHL season|1938–39]], [[1939–40 NHL season|1939–40]], [[1940–41 NHL season|1940–41]], [[1970–71 NHL season|1970–71]], [[1971–72 NHL season|1971–72]], [[1973–74 NHL season|1973–74]], [[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]], [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]], [[2013–14 NHL season|2013–14]], [[2019–20 NHL season|2019–20]], [[2022–23 NHL season|2022–23]]
|-
| ''[[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Senators (1883–1934)]]''
| align=center | 7
| [[1918–19 NHL season|1918–19]], [[1919–20 NHL season|1919–20]], [[1921–22 NHL season|1921–22]], [[1922–23 NHL season|1922–23]], [[1923–24 NHL season|1923–24]], [[1925–26 NHL season|1925–26]], [[1926–27 NHL season|1926–27]]
|-
| [[Toronto Maple Leafs|Toronto Hockey Club/St. Patricks/Maple Leafs]]
| align=center | 6
| [[1917–18 NHL season|1917–18]], [[1920–21 NHL season|1920–21]], [[1933–34 NHL season|1933–34]], [[1934–35 NHL season|1934–35]], [[1947–48 NHL season|1947–48]], [[1962–63 NHL season|1962–63]]
|-
| [[New York Rangers]]
| align=center | 5
| [[1941–42 NHL season|1941–42]], [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]], [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]], [[2014–15 NHL season|2014–15]], [[2023–24 NHL season|2023–24]]
|-
| [[Chicago Blackhawks]]
| align=center | 4
| [[1966–67 NHL season|1966–67]], [[1969–70 NHL season|1969–70]], [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]], [[2012–13 NHL season|2012–13]]
|-
| [[Philadelphia Flyers]]
| align=center | 3
| [[1974–75 NHL season|1974–75]], [[1979–80 NHL season|1979–80]], [[1984–85 NHL season|1984–85]]
|-
| [[New York Islanders]]
| align=center | 3
| [[1978–79 NHL season|1978–79]], [[1980–81 NHL season|1980–81]], [[1981–82 NHL season|1981–82]]
|-
| [[Edmonton Oilers]]
| align=center | 3
| [[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84]], [[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86]], [[1986–87 NHL season|1986–87]]
|-
| [[Colorado Avalanche]]
| align=center | 3
| [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]], [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]], [[2020–21 NHL season|2020–21]]
|-
| [[Washington Capitals]]
| align=center | 3
| [[2009–10 NHL season|2009–10]], [[2015–16 NHL season|2015–16]], [[2016–17 NHL season|2016–17]]
|-
| [[Calgary Flames]]
| align=center | 2
| [[1987–88 NHL season|1987–88]], [[1988–89 NHL season|1988–89]]
|-
| [[Dallas Stars]]
| align=center | 2
| [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]], [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]
|-
| [[Vancouver Canucks]]
| align=center | 2
| [[2010–11 NHL season|2010–11]], [[2011–12 NHL season|2011–12]]
|-
| ''[[Hamilton Tigers]]''
| align=center | 1
| [[1924–25 NHL season|1924–25]]
|-
| [[Pittsburgh Penguins]]
| align=center | 1
| [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]
|-
| [[St. Louis Blues]]
| align=center | 1
| [[1999–2000 NHL season|1999–2000]]
|-
| [[Ottawa Senators]]
| align=center | 1
| [[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03]]
|-
| [[Buffalo Sabres]]
| align=center | 1
| [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]]
|-
| [[San Jose Sharks]]
| align=center | 1
| [[2008–09 NHL season|2008–09]]
|-
| [[Nashville Predators]]
| align=center | 1
| [[2017–18 NHL season|2017–18]]
|-
| [[Tampa Bay Lightning]]
| align=center | 1
| [[2018–19 NHL season|2018–19]]
|-
| [[Florida Panthers]]
| align=center | 1
| [[2021–22 NHL season|2021–22]]
|-
| [[Winnipeg Jets]]
| align=center | 1
| [[2024–25 NHL season|2024–25]]
|}
* <small>Defunct teams in ''italics''.</small>

==See also==
* [[Continental Cup (KHL)|Continental Cup]], a [[Kontinental Hockey League]] (KHL) trophy having the same function as the Presidents' Trophy.
* [[CPL Shield]], a [[Canadian Premier League]] (CPL) trophy having the same function as the Presidents' Trophy.
* [[Maurice Podoloff Trophy]], a [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) trophy having the same function as the Presidents' Trophy.
* [[Supporters' Shield]], a [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS) trophy having the same function as the Presidents' Trophy.

==References==
{{refbegin}}
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* {{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=24945|title=Presidents' Trophy history|publisher=[[NHL]]|access-date=September 15, 2007}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/silver_splashpresidents.htm|title=Presidents' Trophy history|publisher=LegendsofHockey.net|access-date=September 15, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922115938/http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/silver_splashpresidents.htm|archive-date=September 22, 2007|df=mdy-all}}
* {{cite web |title=Stanley Cup |publisher=[[NHL]] |access-date=May 24, 2022|url=https://records.nhl.com/awards/stanley-cup/winners}}
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