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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 xGF against PK xGA32 clubs
Vegas Golden Knights have the best combined rank: 1st in penalty-kill expected goals against per game (0.64) and 5th in power-play expected goals per game (0.74). 10 of 32 clubs are better than the middle on both. The two move together loosely (r = -0.23).
Both measures, rankedordered by the average of the two ranks
| # | Team | PK xGA | PP xGF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.64#1 | 0.74#5 | |
| 2 | 0.67#4 | 0.75#3 | |
| 3 | 0.68#6 | 0.77#1 | |
| 4 | 0.68#5 | 0.75#4 | |
| 5 | 0.66#2 | 0.71#11 | |
| 6 | 0.68#10 | 0.72#9 | |
| 7 | 0.69#12 | 0.73#7 | |
| 8 | 0.68#7 | 0.71#13 | |
| 9 | 0.69#13 | 0.72#10 | |
| 10 | 0.68#11 | 0.70#14 | |
| 11 | 0.70#19 | 0.73#6 | |
| 12 | 0.71#22 | 0.72#8 | |
| 13 | 0.74#28 | 0.76#2 | |
| 14 | 0.68#8 | 0.69#25 | |
| 15 | 0.67#3 | 0.63#32 | |
| 16 | 0.70#17 | 0.70#18 | |
| 17 | 0.69#14 | 0.69#22 | |
| 18 | 0.70#16 | 0.69#20 | |
| 19 | 0.68#9 | 0.67#28 | |
| 20 | 0.73#25 | 0.71#12 | |
| 21 | 0.70#15 | 0.69#23 | |
| 22 | 0.70#21 | 0.69#21 | |
| 23 | 0.74#27 | 0.70#16 | |
| 24 | 0.70#18 | 0.68#27 | |
| 25 | 0.75#30 | 0.70#15 | |
| 26 | 0.75#29 | 0.70#17 | |
| 27 | 0.72#24 | 0.69#24 | |
| 28 | 0.70#20 | 0.63#30 | |
| 29 | 0.76#32 | 0.70#19 | |
| 30 | 0.72#23 | 0.63#31 | |
| 31 | 0.73#26 | 0.65#29 | |
| 32 | 0.75#31 | 0.68#26 |
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 expected goals per game. Expected goals on the power play per game. It rewards drawing penalties as well as a dangerous power play.
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 →
