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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
PP% against PK xGA32 clubs
Vegas Golden Knights have the best combined rank: 1st in penalty-kill expected goals against per game (0.64) and 9th in power play % (33.3%). 8 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 | PK xGA | PP% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Golden Knights | 0.64#1 | 33.3%#9 |
| 2 |  Penguins | 0.68#7 | 50.0%#3 |
| 3 |  Avalanche | 0.68#10 | 44.4%#4 |
| 4 |  Mammoth | 0.69#13 | 71.4%#1 |
| 5 |  Kings | 0.68#8 | 28.6%#10 |
| 6 |  Oilers | 0.68#6 | 25.0%#14 |
| 7 |  Hurricanes | 0.67#4 | 18.8%#17 |
| 8 |  Kraken | 0.68#9 | 28.6%#13 |
| 9 |  Jets | 0.70#20 | 57.1%#2 |
| 10 |  Rangers | 0.70#14 | 28.6%#12 |
| 11 |  Wild | 0.71#22 | 42.9%#5 |
| 12 |  Blackhawks | 0.67#3 | 0.0%#25 |
| 13 |  Devils | 0.66#2 | 0.0%#28 |
| 14 |  Flames | 0.72#23 | 33.3%#7 |
| 15 |  Stars | 0.68#5 | 0.0%#26 |
| 16 |  Red Wings | 0.69#12 | 14.3%#19 |
| 17 |  Predators | 0.70#21 | 28.6%#11 |
| 18 |  Blue Jackets | 0.73#26 | 40.0%#6 |
| 19 |  Canucks | 0.70#17 | 20.0%#16 |
| 20 |  Senators | 0.69#11 | 0.0%#29 |
| 21 |  Sabres | 0.70#16 | 0.0%#24 |
| 22 |  Sharks | 0.76#32 | 33.3%#8 |
| 23 |  Islanders | 0.72#24 | 14.3%#20 |
| 24 |  Capitals | 0.75#29 | 25.0%#15 |
| 25 |  Flyers | 0.70#15 | 0.0%#30 |
| 26 |  Maple Leafs | 0.74#27 | 18.2%#18 |
| 27 |  Ducks | 0.73#25 | 0.0%#22 |
| 28 |  Panthers | 0.74#28 | 7.7%#21 |
| 29 |  Lightning | 0.70#18 | 0.0%#32 |
| 30 |  Blues | 0.70#19 | 0.0%#31 |
| 31 |  Bruins | 0.75#31 | 0.0%#23 |
| 32 |  Canadiens | 0.75#30 | 0.0%#27 |
What the two axes are
Penalty-kill expected goals against per game. Expected goals allowed while shorthanded, per game. Discipline and the kill together.
Power play %. Power-play goals per power-play opportunity. It says nothing about how many power plays a club draws.
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 →