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The '''Presidents' Trophy''' ({{lang-fr|Trophée des présidents}}) is an award presented by the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) to the team that finishes with the most points (i.e., best overall record) during the NHL regular season. If two teams are tied for the most points, then the Trophy goes to the team with the most regulation wins (RW). The Presidents' Trophy has been awarded 37 times to 18 different teams since its inception during the [[1985–86 NHL season]].<ref name="Presidents' history"/>

As the team with the best regular -season record, the Presidents' Trophy winner is normally guaranteed home-ice advantage throughout the entire [[Stanley Cup playoffs]].<ref group="nb" name="COVID-19"/> However, itwinning the award does not assure playoff success, as there arehave been only eight instances where the winner of the Presidents' Trophy winner has gone on to win the [[Stanley Cup]] in the same season, while three Presidents' Trophy winners have been defeated in the [[Stanley Cup Finals]]. The most recent team to win both the Presidents' Trophy and the Stanley Cup in the same season wereis the [[2012–13 Chicago Blackhawks season|2012–13 Chicago Blackhawks]]. The only team to accomplish this feat more than once is the [[Detroit Red Wings]].