Historic Ranking Table Of All NHL Franchises

POINTS RUBRIC

16 pts. – Stanley Cup Winners
8 pts. – Reached Stanley Cup Finals
4 pts. – Reached Conference Finals
2 pts. – Reached Conference Semi-Finals
1 pts. – Reached Conference Quarter-Finals

The Most Successful NHL Franchises

Notes:

• franchises have been relocated and renamed often in the NHL, so this reflect current team names
• the study starts in the 1926-1927 season, the first where the NHL had sole control of the Stanley Cup

NHL Franchise	Total	2020’s	2010’s	2000’s	1990’s	1980’s	1970’s	1960’s	1950’s	1940’s	1930’s	1920’s
Montreal Canadiens	532	9	13	8	27	41	104	104	108	56	50	12
Detroit Red Wings	379	0	10	51	51	11	4	40	88	72	50	2
Toronto Maple Leafs	356	2	4	11	15	8	18	86	44	100	64	4
Boston Bruins	349	5	40	10	24	23	69	6	44	56	44	28
Chicago Black Hawks	278	1	56	5	22	23	37	56	8	20	48	2
New York Rangers	249	4	22	6	29	18	32	12	20	26	52	28
Philadelphia Flyers	146	2	15	18	16	35	56	4	0	0	0	0
Pittsburgh Penguins	141	2	46	31	45	5	12	0	0	0	0	0
Edmonton Oilers	128	5	2	11	29	81	0	0	0	0	0	0
New York Islanders	120	8	6	4	6	78	18	0	0	0	0	0
St. Louis Blues	111	4	27	10	16	18	20	16	0	0	0	0
Dallas Stars	105	9	5	19	34	23	11	4	0	0	0	0
Colorado Avalanche	98	20	5	31	27	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Jersey Devils	91	0	10	48	28	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tampa Bay Lightning	83	40	22	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Los Angeles Kings	75	1	32	4	14	9	9	6	0	0	0	0
Calgary Flames	69	3	4	12	6	38	6	0	0	0	0	0
Washington Capitals	68	3	29	6	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buffalo Sabres	60	0	2	7	21	13	17	0	0	0	0	0
Vancouver Canucks	58	2	13	9	16	14	4	0	0	0	0	0
Montreal Maroons	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	40	10
San Jose Sharks	49	0	27	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carolina Hurricanes	48	5	4	29	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anaheim Ducks	48	0	14	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ottawa Senators (new)	33	0	9	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nashville Predators	25	2	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arizona Coyotes	25	1	6	2	7	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ottawa Senators (original)	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18
Vegas Golden Knights	17	8	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minnesota Wild	16	2	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Florida Panthers	15	3	2	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New York Americans	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	2
Winnipeg Jets	9	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Columbus Blue Jackets	7	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
California Golden Seals	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2