Changes from the 1997–98 season edit The Northwest Division is formed as a result of NHL realignment The Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks come from the Pacific Division Calgary Flames Colorado Avalanche Edmonton Oilers Minnesota Wild Vancouver Canucks Changes from the 1999–2000 season edit The Minnesota Wild are added as an expansion team After the 2012–13 season edit The Northwest Division was dissolved as the league realigned into two conferences with two divisions each. The division's Canadian teams (the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, and Vancouver Canucks) returned to the Pacific Division, while the division's American teams (the Colorado Avalanche and Minnesota Wild) joined the Central Division .
1999 – Colorado Avalanche (44–28–10, 98 pts) 2000 – Colorado Avalanche (42–28–11–1, 96 pts) 2001 – Colorado Avalanche (52–16–10–4, 118 pts) 2002 – Colorado Avalanche (45–28–8–1, 99 pts) 2003 – Colorado Avalanche (42–19–13–8, 105 pts) 2004 – Vancouver Canucks (43–24–10–5, 101 pts) 2005 – no season (NHL lockout ) 2006 – Calgary Flames (46–25–11, 103 pts) 2007 – Vancouver Canucks (49–26–7, 105 pts) 2008 – Minnesota Wild (44–28–10, 98 pts) 2009 – Vancouver Canucks (45–27–10, 100 pts) 2010 – Vancouver Canucks (49–28–5, 103 pts) 2011 – Vancouver Canucks (54–19–9, 117 pts) 2012 – Vancouver Canucks (51–22–9, 111 pts) 2013 – Vancouver Canucks (26–15–7, 59 pts) Season 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 1998–99 (2) Colorado (98)(8) Edmonton (78)Calgary (72) Vancouver (58) 1999–2000 (3) Colorado (96)(7) Edmonton (88)Vancouver (83) Calgary (77) 2000–01 (1) Colorado (118)‡ (6) Edmonton (93)(8) Vancouver (90)Calgary (73) Minnesota (68) 2001–02 (2) Colorado (99)(8) Vancouver (94)Edmonton (92) Calgary (79) Minnesota (73) 2002–03 (3) Colorado (105)(4) Vancouver (104)(6) Minnesota (95)(8) Edmonton (92)Calgary (75) 2003–04 (3) Vancouver (101)(4) Colorado (100)(6) Calgary (94)Edmonton (89) Minnesota (83) 2004–05 No season due to 2004–05 NHL lockout 2005–06 (3) Calgary (103)(7) Colorado (95)(8) Edmonton (95)Vancouver (92) Minnesota (84) 2006–07 (3) Vancouver (105)(7) Minnesota (104)(8) Calgary (96)Colorado (95) Edmonton (71) 2007–08 (3) Minnesota (98)(6) Colorado (95)(7) Calgary (94)Edmonton (88) Vancouver (88) 2008–09 (3) Vancouver (100)(5) Calgary (98)Minnesota (89) Edmonton (85) Colorado (69) 2009–10 (3) Vancouver (103)(8) Colorado (95)Calgary (90) Minnesota (84) Edmonton (62) 2010–11 (1) Vancouver (117)‡ Calgary (94) Minnesota (86) Colorado (68) Edmonton (62) 2011–12 (1) Vancouver (111)‡ Calgary (90) Colorado (88) Minnesota (81) Edmonton (74) 2012–13 [a] (3) Vancouver (59)(8) Minnesota (55)Edmonton (45) Calgary (42) Colorado (39)
Notes a The 2012–13 NHL season was shortened to 48 games due to the lockout .Stanley Cup winners produced edit Presidents' Trophy winners produced edit Northwest Division titles won by team edit