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Does a club that out-shoots its opponents also out-score them? Who creates chances and gives few back? Put any two team measures on the axes; better is always up and to the right.
2026-27 seasonour ratings are for 2026-27
PK xGA against FO%32 clubs
Vegas Golden Knights are near the top of both: 3rd in faceoff % (57.0%) and 1st in penalty-kill expected goals against per game (0.64). 10 of 32 clubs are better than the middle on both. The two barely move together (r = -0.09).
Both measures, rankedordered by the average of the two ranks
| # | Team | FO% | PK xGA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 57.0%#3 | 0.64#1 | |
| 2 | 58.2%#1 | 0.68#8 | |
| 3 | 54.5%#7 | 0.68#5 | |
| 4 | 56.9%#4 | 0.69#13 | |
| 5 | 51.7%#12 | 0.68#6 | |
| 6 | 51.4%#14 | 0.67#4 | |
| 7 | 56.9%#5 | 0.69#14 | |
| 8 | 53.0%#10 | 0.69#12 | |
| 9 | 53.5%#8 | 0.70#16 | |
| 10 | 52.6%#11 | 0.70#15 | |
| 11 | 46.9%#25 | 0.66#2 | |
| 12 | 53.0%#9 | 0.70#21 | |
| 13 | 57.9%#2 | 0.75#30 | |
| 14 | 55.9%#6 | 0.73#26 | |
| 15 | 48.3%#22 | 0.68#11 | |
| 16 | 47.0%#24 | 0.68#9 | |
| 17 | 39.9%#32 | 0.67#3 | |
| 18 | 51.7%#13 | 0.72#23 | |
| 19 | 46.8%#26 | 0.68#10 | |
| 20 | 49.5%#18 | 0.70#19 | |
| 21 | 49.2%#19 | 0.70#18 | |
| 22 | 41.3%#30 | 0.68#7 | |
| 23 | 48.4%#21 | 0.70#17 | |
| 24 | 49.6%#17 | 0.71#22 | |
| 25 | 50.0%#16 | 0.74#28 | |
| 26 | 48.5%#20 | 0.72#24 | |
| 27 | 50.0%#15 | 0.75#31 | |
| 28 | 47.0%#23 | 0.74#27 | |
| 29 | 41.1%#31 | 0.70#20 | |
| 30 | 42.9%#29 | 0.73#25 | |
| 31 | 46.4%#27 | 0.75#29 | |
| 32 | 44.9%#28 | 0.76#32 |
What the two axes are
Faceoff %. Share of faceoffs won, all zones and situations.
Penalty-kill expected goals against per game. Expected goals allowed while shorthanded, per game. Discipline and the kill together.
A lower-is-better measure is drawn with its axis flipped, so the best clubs are always up and to the right. The dashed lines are the league median; r is how closely the two measures move together across the 32 clubs. Methodology →
