NHL Team Explorer
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
xGA − GA against PP%32 clubs
Utah Mammoth have the best combined rank: 1st in power play % (66.7%) and 7th in goaltending above chances per game (+1.04). 7 of 32 clubs are better than the middle on both. The two barely move together (r = 0.08).
Both measures, rankedordered by the average of the two ranks
| # | Team | PP% | xGA − GA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mammoth | 66.7%#1 | +1.04#7 |
| 2 |  Ducks | 50.0%#2 | +0.80#8 |
| 3 |  Wild | 42.9%#5 | +1.07#6 |
| 4 |  Jets | 50.0%#3 | +0.67#10 |
| 5 |  Kraken | 28.6%#11 | +1.38#2 |
| 6 |  Capitals | 25.0%#15 | +1.20#4 |
| 7 |  Rangers | 18.2%#18 | +1.28#3 |
| 8 |  Predators | 28.6%#10 | +0.47#12 |
| 9 |  Islanders | 14.3%#21 | +2.09#1 |
| 10 |  Avalanche | 44.4%#4 | −0.20#21 |
| 11 |  Maple Leafs | 18.2%#19 | +0.78#9 |
| 12 |  Blue Jackets | 40.0%#6 | −0.79#24 |
| 13 |  Penguins | 40.0%#8 | −0.44#22 |
| 14 |  Sharks | 25.0%#14 | −0.12#20 |
| 15 |  Senators | 0.0%#29 | +1.18#5 |
| 16 |  Golden Knights | 27.3%#12 | −0.67#23 |
| 17 |  Red Wings | 14.3%#20 | +0.33#15 |
| 18 |  Panthers | 5.9%#22 | +0.40#13 |
| 19 |  Hurricanes | 18.8%#17 | −0.11#19 |
| 20 |  Flames | 40.0%#7 | −1.98#30 |
| 21 |  Stars | 0.0%#26 | +0.59#11 |
| 22 |  Bruins | 0.0%#23 | +0.10#16 |
| 23 |  Kings | 28.6%#9 | −4.07#32 |
| 24 |  Canucks | 23.1%#16 | −1.26#26 |
| 25 |  Oilers | 25.0%#13 | −2.43#31 |
| 26 |  Lightning | 0.0%#32 | +0.36#14 |
| 27 |  Flyers | 0.0%#30 | −0.02#18 |
| 28 |  Blues | 0.0%#31 | +0.06#17 |
| 29 |  Blackhawks | 0.0%#25 | −0.92#25 |
| 30 |  Sabres | 0.0%#24 | −1.91#29 |
| 31 |  Canadiens | 0.0%#27 | −1.38#27 |
| 32 |  Devils | 0.0%#28 | −1.46#28 |
What the two axes are
Power play %. Power-play goals per power-play opportunity. It says nothing about how many power plays a club draws.
Goaltending above chances per game. Expected goals against minus goals allowed, per game this season, empty net left out: what the goalies have saved beyond an average goalie on the same shots. Unlike the rating beside it, this is what happened, not pulled toward average.
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 →