1916-17 next year 1917-18

The NHL existed as the NHA in 1916-17 and the Toronto Arenas players played for the Toronto Blueshirts. The NHA was reorganized in the summer of 1917 as the NHL and the Blueshirts players were given to a new Toronto franchise that was later nicknamed the Arenas.

Standings

First Half	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Montreal Canadiens	10	7	3	0	58	38
Ottawa Senators	10	7	3	0	56	41
Toronto 228th Battalion	10	6	4	0	70	57
Toronto Blueshirts	10	5	5	0	50	45
Montreal Wanderers	10	3	7	0	56	72
Quebec Bulldogs	10	2	8	0	43	80
Second Half	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Ottawa Senators	10	8	2	0	63	22
Quebec Bulldogs	10	8	2	0	54	46
Montreal Canadiens	10	3	7	0	31	42
Montreal Wanderers	10	2	8	0	38	65

Scores

All games played by the 228th or Blueshirts in the 2nd half were postponed, cancelled or did not count towards the league standings.

Day	Visitor	Score	Home	Score
December 27	Ottawa	7	228th	10
December 27	Wanderers	2	Quebec	6
December 27	Toronto	7	Canadiens	1
December 30	Canadiens	1	Ottawa	7
December 30	Quebec	5	Toronto	8
December 30	228th	10	Wanderers	4
January 3	Ottawa	10	Wanderers	5
January 3	Canadiens	4	Quebec	2
January 3	228th	4	Toronto	0
January 6	Toronto	2	Ottawa	3
January 6	Wanderers	4	Canadiens	9
January 6	Quebec	9	228th	16
January 10	Ottawa	4	Quebec	5
January 10	228th	1	Canadiens	6
January 10	Wanderers	4	Toronto	9
January 13	228th	1	Ottawa	1
January 13	Canadiens	6	Toronto	2
January 13	Quebec	3	Wanderers	12
January 17	Ottawa	3	Canadiens	2
January 17	Wanderers	10	228th	4
January 17	Toronto	5	Quebec	1
January 20	Wanderers	5	Ottawa	8
January 20	Toronto	6	228th	8
January 20	Quebec	6	Canadiens	10
January 24	Ottawa	5	Toronto	8
January 24	228th	12	Quebec	4
January 24	Canadiens	10	Wanderers	2
January 27	Quebec	2	Ottawa	7
January 27	Toronto	3	Wanderers	8
January 27	Canadiens	9	228th	4
Second half
January 31	228th	0	Ottawa	8
January 31 (3' OT)	Quebec	4	Wanderers	3
January 31	Canadiens	2	Toronto	6
February 3	Ottawa	2	Canadiens	1
February 3 (2' to play)	Toronto	3	Quebec	7
February 3 (postponed)	Wanderers		228th
February 7	Wanderers	5	Ottawa	8
February 7	Toronto	4	228th	3
February 7	Quebec	3	Canadiens	6
February 10	Ottawa	4	Toronto	1
February 10	Canadiens	6	Wanderers	3
February 12 (cancelled)	228th		Quebec
February 14	Canadiens	1	Ottawa	4
February 14	Quebec	7	Wanderers	3
February 17	Wanderers	3	Canadiens	4
February 17 (16' OT)	Ottawa	2	Quebec	3
February 21	Canadiens	1	Quebec	5
February 21	Ottawa	5	Wanderers	3
February 24	Quebec	7	Canadiens	6
February 24	Wanderers	6	Ottawa	11
February 28	Ottawa	3	Canadiens	1
February 28	Wanderers	6	Quebec	17
March 3	Quebec	1	Ottawa	16
March 3	Canadiens	3	Wanderers	6