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All 32 clubs on any two measures.

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

ChartsChances for vs againstGoals for vs againstShot share vs shooting %Power play vs penalty killChances allowed vs goaltending

PK xGA against PK%32 clubs

Vegas Golden Knights have the best combined rank: 9th in penalty kill % (100.0%) and 1st in penalty-kill expected goals against per game (0.64). 8 of 32 clubs are better than the middle on both. The two barely move together (r = -0.11).

Across

32 NHL clubs · dashed lines mark the league medianr = -0.11(r² = 0.01)

Both measures, rankedordered by the average of the two ranks

#	Team	PK%	PK xGA
1	Golden Knights	100.0%#9	0.64#1
2	Avalanche	100.0%#1	0.68#10
3	Penguins	100.0%#4	0.68#7
4	Kraken	100.0%#5	0.68#9
5	Hurricanes	92.3%#11	0.67#4
6	Rangers	100.0%#3	0.70#15
7	Devils	75.0%#18	0.66#2
8	Jets	100.0%#10	0.68#11
9	Mammoth	100.0%#8	0.69#14
10	Wild	100.0%#2	0.71#22
11	Blues	100.0%#6	0.70#20
12	Stars	71.4%#21	0.68#5
13	Blackhawks	66.7%#25	0.67#3
14	Red Wings	75.0%#17	0.69#12
15	Senators	75.0%#19	0.69#13
16	Maple Leafs	100.0%#7	0.74#27
17	Flames	90.0%#12	0.72#23
18	Predators	80.0%#16	0.70#21
19	Oilers	57.1%#31	0.68#6
20	Islanders	88.9%#14	0.72#24
21	Lightning	75.0%#20	0.70#19
22	Kings	28.6%#32	0.68#8
23	Panthers	90.0%#13	0.74#28
24	Flyers	66.7%#26	0.70#16
25	Capitals	88.9%#15	0.75#29
26	Canucks	63.6%#28	0.70#18
27	Sabres	60.0%#29	0.70#17
28	Ducks	66.7%#23	0.73#25
29	Blue Jackets	66.7%#24	0.73#26
30	Canadiens	71.4%#22	0.75#30
31	Sharks	66.7%#27	0.76#32
32	Bruins	57.1%#30	0.75#31

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.

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 →