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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
PK xGA against xGA − GA32 clubs
Dallas Stars have the best combined rank: 7th in goaltending above chances per game (+0.59) and 3rd in penalty-kill expected goals against per game (0.67). 5 of 32 clubs are better than the middle on both. The two barely move together (r = 0.18).
Both measures, rankedordered by the average of the two ranks
| # | Team | xGA − GA | PK xGA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Stars | +0.59#7 | 0.67#3 |
| 2 |  Jets | +0.75#5 | 0.69#8 |
| 3 |  Rangers | +1.08#4 | 0.70#13 |
| 4 |  Senators | +0.52#10 | 0.69#10 |
| 5 |  Kraken | +0.46#11 | 0.69#9 |
| 6 |  Golden Knights | −0.38#20 | 0.63#1 |
| 7 |  Wild | +1.09#2 | 0.70#21 |
| 8 |  Mammoth | +0.66#6 | 0.70#18 |
| 9 |  Avalanche | −0.52#22 | 0.67#2 |
| 10 |  Blackhawks | −0.48#21 | 0.68#5 |
| 11 |  Islanders | +1.46#1 | 0.74#26 |
| 12 |  Hurricanes | −0.55#23 | 0.67#4 |
| 13 |  Lightning | +0.36#12 | 0.70#17 |
| 14 |  Penguins | −0.61#24 | 0.68#6 |
| 15 |  Blues | −0.11#17 | 0.70#15 |
| 16 |  Capitals | +1.08#3 | 0.76#31 |
| 17 |  Red Wings | −0.01#15 | 0.70#19 |
| 18 |  Maple Leafs | +0.56#8 | 0.74#27 |
| 19 |  Predators | +0.14#13 | 0.72#22 |
| 20 |  Sabres | −1.39#28 | 0.69#7 |
| 21 |  Flyers | −0.02#16 | 0.70#20 |
| 22 |  Devils | −1.27#27 | 0.69#11 |
| 23 |  Panthers | +0.53#9 | 0.75#30 |
| 24 |  Bruins | +0.10#14 | 0.74#28 |
| 25 |  Ducks | −0.30#19 | 0.74#25 |
| 26 |  Oilers | −1.55#30 | 0.70#14 |
| 27 |  Kings | −2.57#32 | 0.69#12 |
| 28 |  Flames | −1.98#31 | 0.70#16 |
| 29 |  Blue Jackets | −0.79#25 | 0.73#24 |
| 30 |  Canucks | −1.26#26 | 0.73#23 |
| 31 |  Sharks | −0.12#18 | 0.76#32 |
| 32 |  Canadiens | −1.52#29 | 0.74#29 |
What the two axes are
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.
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 →