Presidents' Trophy

The Presidents' Trophy (French: Trophée des présidents) is an award presented by the National Hockey League (NHL) to the team that finishes with the best record (i.e., most points) during the regular season. The Presidents' Trophy has been awarded 40 times to 19 different teams since its inception during the 1985–86 NHL season., with four active other teams having the best record before then, as well as two which no longer exist.

The trophy winner is the top-seeded team in the postseason which guarantees home-ice advantage in all rounds of the Stanley Cup playoffs for as far as they can advance. Winning the award does not assure playoff success, as only eight winners have gone on to win the Stanley Cup; three Presidents' Trophy winners have been defeated in the Stanley Cup Final. Nonetheless, the team winning the trophy has won the Cup more than any other playoff seed. The most recent team to win both the trophy and the Stanley Cup in the same season is the 2012–13 Chicago Blackhawks; the only team to accomplish this feat more than once is the Detroit Red Wings (2002 and 2008).