🇨🇦 NHL — All-time franchises
Montreal Canadiens vs Toronto Maple Leafs vs Detroit Red Wings.
Quick answer
According to GOAT Rank's current model, Montreal Canadiens is the highest-ranked of 3 tracked teams in the NHL, with a Team GOAT Score of 95.9.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT Rank verdict
Montreal Canadiens, hockey's superpower
24 Stanley Cups and multiple dynasties place Montreal first; Toronto's 13 Cups all predate 1968, while Detroit's modern run (1997–2008) is the strongest recent record of the three.
- Cups
Canadiens 24 · Maple Leafs 13 · Red Wings 11.
- Modern era
Detroit: 25 consecutive playoff seasons and four Cups since 1997.
- Drought
Toronto have not won since 1967.
Result of the GOAT Rank weighted model (dominance, peak, longevity, honours, statistics), not an absolute fact. Title counts are dataset totals. Sources: NHL, Hockey Reference. Methodology
Twenty-four Stanley Cups — hockey's original superpower.
- Stanley Cups24
- Conference titles34
- Division titles32
Eleven Stanley Cups and 25 straight playoff seasons.
- Stanley Cups11
- Conference titles6
- Division titles30
Thirteen Stanley Cups, all before 1968 — hockey's great historic drought.
- Stanley Cups13
- Conference titles0
- Division titles11