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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
GA/GP against PK%32 clubs
Minnesota Wild are near the top of both: 2nd in penalty kill % (100.0%) and 2nd in goals against per game (1.00). 12 of 32 clubs are better than the middle on both. The two move together closely (r = -0.66).
Both measures, rankedordered by the average of the two ranks
| # | Team | PK% | GA/GP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100.0%#2 | 1.00#2 | |
| 2 | 100.0%#3 | 1.33#4 | |
| 3 | 100.0%#8 | 0.50#1 | |
| 4 | 100.0%#1 | 2.50#12 | |
| 5 | 100.0%#5 | 2.00#9 | |
| 6 | 100.0%#4 | 2.50#13 | |
| 7 | 88.9%#14 | 1.00#3 | |
| 8 | 100.0%#7 | 2.33#11 | |
| 9 | 90.0%#13 | 2.00#6 | |
| 10 | 75.0%#17 | 2.00#5 | |
| 11 | 80.0%#16 | 2.00#7 | |
| 12 | 100.0%#6 | 3.00#18 | |
| 13 | 92.3%#11 | 2.67#15 | |
| 14 | 75.0%#19 | 2.00#8 | |
| 15 | 100.0%#9 | 3.00#20 | |
| 16 | 88.9%#15 | 2.50#14 | |
| 17 | 100.0%#10 | 4.00#25 | |
| 18 | 71.4%#21 | 3.00#17 | |
| 19 | 75.0%#20 | 3.00#19 | |
| 20 | 66.7%#23 | 3.00#16 | |
| 21 | 57.1%#30 | 2.33#10 | |
| 22 | 90.0%#12 | 5.00#29 | |
| 23 | 75.0%#18 | 4.00#24 | |
| 24 | 71.4%#22 | 4.00#23 | |
| 25 | 66.7%#24 | 3.50#21 | |
| 26 | 66.7%#27 | 3.50#22 | |
| 27 | 66.7%#26 | 4.33#26 | |
| 28 | 66.7%#25 | 5.00#30 | |
| 29 | 60.0%#29 | 4.50#27 | |
| 30 | 63.6%#28 | 5.00#31 | |
| 31 | 57.1%#31 | 4.67#28 | |
| 32 | 28.6%#32 | 6.50#32 |
What the two axes are
Penalty kill %. Share of times shorthanded that ended without a goal against. It says nothing about how many penalties a club takes.
Goals against per game. Goals allowed per game, all situations, empty-net goals included.
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 →
