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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

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Win rate against PK xGA32 clubs

Carolina Hurricanes have the best combined rank: 4th in penalty-kill expected goals against per game (0.67) and 6th in ability to win (.527). 9 of 32 clubs are better than the middle on both. The two barely move together (r = -0.05).

Across

32 NHL clubs · dashed lines mark the league medianr = -0.05(r² = 0.00)

Both measures, rankedordered by the average of the two ranks

#	Team	PK xGA	Win rate
1	Hurricanes	0.67#4	.527#6
2	Oilers	0.68#6	.527#5
3	Avalanche	0.68#10	.572#1
4	Golden Knights	0.64#1	.513#12
5	Senators	0.69#11	.527#4
6	Penguins	0.68#7	.521#10
7	Sabres	0.70#16	.534#3
8	Stars	0.68#5	.502#16
9	Mammoth	0.69#13	.524#8
10	Wild	0.71#22	.534#2
11	Lightning	0.70#18	.522#9
12	Devils	0.66#2	.474#27
13	Kings	0.68#8	.478#25
14	Jets	0.70#20	.504#13
15	Rangers	0.70#14	.489#20
16	Blues	0.70#19	.502#15
17	Blackhawks	0.67#3	.430#32
18	Kraken	0.68#9	.477#26
19	Canadiens	0.75#30	.526#7
20	Flyers	0.70#15	.484#23
21	Red Wings	0.69#12	.472#28
22	Capitals	0.75#29	.515#11
23	Ducks	0.73#25	.498#17
24	Predators	0.70#21	.487#22
25	Blue Jackets	0.73#26	.496#18
26	Islanders	0.72#24	.489#21
27	Bruins	0.75#31	.503#14
28	Panthers	0.74#28	.492#19
29	Canucks	0.70#17	.444#31
30	Flames	0.72#23	.458#30
31	Maple Leafs	0.74#27	.468#29
32	Sharks	0.76#32	.480#24

What the two axes are

Penalty-kill expected goals against per game. Expected goals allowed while shorthanded, per game. Discipline and the kill together.

Ability to win. Recent win rate with newer games weighted more and every overtime or shootout game counted as a tie.

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 →