Historical NHL Regular Season Point Total Over/Unders Odds from Past Seasons

• This page archives NHL regular-season point total over/unders for past seasons, pairing each team’s projection with its finish from the prior year
• It spans the 2018-19 through 2023-24 seasons, including the COVID-shortened 2020-21 (56 games) and 2019-20 (roughly 70 games)
• Want the current NHL point totals instead? Head over to the live board.

Every offseason, sportsbooks hang a number on each team: the points they’re expected to finish the regular season with. This page keeps every past line in one place, next to what the team actually did, so you can see which projections held up and which missed badly.

This page collects past seasons’ totals with the prior year’s finish for context. Two seasons ran short: 2019-20 was paused at roughly 70 games per team, and 2020-21 was a 56-game schedule, so their numbers sit well below the usual 82-game range. Totals for 2022-23 aren’t archived here.

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2023-24 | 2021-22 | 2020-21 | 2019-20 | 2018-19

2023-24 NHL Point Totals

Carolina opened with the league’s highest total at 109.5 after reaching the Eastern Conference Final and bolstering its roster. Nine teams cleared a 100-point projection, while a rebuilding San Jose anchored the bottom at 66.5.

Odds as of October 9 at DraftKings Sportsbook.

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• Carolina opened with the highest total at 109.5 after reaching the Eastern Conference Final and adding Michael Bunting and Dmitry Orlov in the offseason.
• Nine teams carried a projection above 100: the Bruins, Hurricanes, Avalanche, Stars, Oilers, Devils, Rangers, Leafs, and Golden Knights.
• San Jose held the lowest projection at 66.5 after trading Erik Karlsson to Pittsburgh and entering a rebuild.
• Boston had the biggest gap between projection and prior finish. After a record 135-point season, the Bruins were pegged at just 101.5, largely a product of Patrice Bergeron’s retirement.

2021-22 NHL Point Totals

The league returned to an 82-game schedule. Colorado opened with the highest total at 111.5, with Tampa Bay and Vegas next at 107.5. The reference column shows each team’s 56-game total from the shortened 2020-21 season, so the prior-year points read unusually low, and expansion Seattle had no prior mark.

Odds as of October 8, 2021.

2020-21 NHL Point Totals

The 56-game schedule pushed every total down. Vegas and Tampa Bay shared the top mark at 74.5, while a rebuilding Detroit sat lowest at 42.5. The reference column uses 2019-20 points with games played, since that year was also cut short, at 68 to 71 games per team.

Odds as of January 13, 2021.

2019-20 NHL Point Totals

Tampa Bay opened atop the league again at 108.5 across both books, coming off a 128-point season, while Ottawa anchored the bottom in the high 60s. Below are the updated totals from October 1 and the opening numbers from July, with each team’s 2018-19 finish and a four-year average for context.

Updated 2019-20 Totals (Oct. 1)

Most-recent point totals collected on October 1, 2019.

Opening 2019-20 Totals (July)

Opening point totals collected in July 2019.

2018-19 NHL Point Totals

Expectations were sky-high for Tampa Bay, whose 106.5 open was the league’s highest, and it still proved far too low. The Lightning stormed to 128 points on a 62-16-4 record before getting swept in the first round. At the other end, the rebuilding Senators couldn’t reach even an NHL-low 69.5, finishing with 64.

Book 2 totals collected on October 1, 2018.