which nhl team plays the most games in december

The Montreal Canadiens have the most games by a team in the month of December, with 1,228 games.

Interpreted as:

Which NHL team plays the most regular-season games in december?

	TEAM	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Canadiens	1,228	590	434	170	34	1,384	.564	11	8	3,773	3,300	473	19.3	81.0	30.81	10.4	29.11	.905
2	Maple Leafs	1,226	569	495	133	29	1,300	.530	14	8	3,894	3,694	200	19.3	78.4	31.07	10.6	31.56	.899
3	Red Wings	1,223	542	485	164	32	1,280	.523	11	14	3,674	3,621	53	20.1	81.6	30.99	10.1	29.20	.893
4	Bruins	1,217	562	469	146	40	1,310	.538	6	15	3,836	3,625	211	19.8	82.5	31.57	10.4	29.08	.895
5	Rangers	1,214	548	467	166	33	1,295	.533	14	14	3,696	3,620	76	21.3	80.2	30.69	10.5	30.86	.899
6	Blackhawks	1,188	522	498	141	27	1,212	.510	12	12	3,509	3,458	51	19.3	80.5	29.91	10.4	30.29	.903
7	Blues	731	319	307	73	32	743	.508	8	14	2,205	2,305	-100	19.2	80.9	29.53	10.2	29.37	.893
8	Penguins	722	336	284	76	26	774	.536	14	9	2,384	2,316	68	21.6	81.6	30.34	10.9	31.28	.897
9	Stars	721	330	287	79	25	764	.530	17	10	2,199	2,208	-9	19.9	82.4	29.81	10.2	29.93	.898
10	Flyers	712	365	230	82	35	847	.595	11	20	2,330	2,029	301	19.6	81.2	30.73	10.6	29.26	.903
11	Kings	712	304	309	66	33	707	.496	16	13	2,222	2,292	-70	18.9	79.6	30.72	10.2	30.10	.893
12	Sabres	676	306	266	69	35	716	.530	12	13	2,102	2,067	35	17.6	81.7	29.76	10.4	30.19	.899
13	Canucks	649	274	287	62	26	636	.490	12	12	1,990	2,124	-134	18.1	80.2	28.55	10.7	29.81	.890
14	Flames	648	305	251	58	34	702	.542	9	16	2,062	1,968	94	19.0	81.8	29.80	10.7	29.08	.896
15	Islanders	643	287	272	54	30	658	.512	14	15	2,051	2,037	14	19.2	78.9	29.09	11.0	30.89	.897
16	Devils	640	266	288	55	31	618	.483	14	15	1,882	2,089	-207	18.1	81.7	29.67	9.9	28.94	.887
17	Capitals	615	294	238	53	30	671	.546	12	17	1,965	1,944	21	18.9	81.8	29.76	10.7	29.62	.893
18	Coyotes	565	221	257	57	30	529	.468	13	13	1,681	1,928	-247	19.1	80.3	29.93	9.9	31.00	.890
19	Avalanche	556	263	215	49	29	604	.543	13	10	1,789	1,768	21	20.6	81.1	29.44	10.9	29.83	.893
20	Oilers	554	248	228	42	36	574	.518	14	12	1,857	1,831	26	19.2	80.3	29.57	11.3	30.50	.892
21	Hurricanes	551	237	242	37	35	546	.495	7	12	1,652	1,801	-149	18.7	80.6	29.50	10.2	29.18	.888
22	Senators	390	168	172	16	34	386	.495	8	12	1,088	1,182	-94	17.2	80.3	29.69	9.4	29.70	.898
23	Sharks	379	174	154	21	30	399	.526	14	12	1,048	1,122	-74	18.6	82.6	29.50	9.4	29.04	.898
24	Lightning	378	176	155	22	25	399	.528	15	11	1,059	1,102	-43	17.9	81.8	29.87	9.4	29.24	.900
25	Panthers	364	170	134	22	38	400	.549	16	16	1,019	1,025	-6	17.7	82.8	30.18	9.3	31.00	.909