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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 SH%32 clubs
Edmonton Oilers have the best combined rank: 5th in shooting % (18.3%) and 1st in power-play expected goals per game (0.77). 7 of 32 clubs are better than the middle on both. The two barely move together (r = -0.07).
Both measures, rankedordered by the average of the two ranks
| # | Team | SH% | PP xGF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18.3%#5 | 0.77#1 | |
| 2 | 21.5%#2 | 0.72#9 | |
| 3 | 20.0%#3 | 0.71#12 | |
| 4 | 19.1%#4 | 0.71#13 | |
| 5 | 11.9%#14 | 0.74#5 | |
| 6 | 16.3%#7 | 0.70#15 | |
| 7 | 11.7%#16 | 0.72#8 | |
| 8 | 8.7%#23 | 0.76#2 | |
| 9 | 10.3%#17 | 0.72#10 | |
| 10 | 23.9%#1 | 0.68#27 | |
| 11 | 15.8%#9 | 0.70#19 | |
| 12 | 13.0%#11 | 0.70#18 | |
| 13 | 12.5%#12 | 0.70#17 | |
| 14 | 15.9%#8 | 0.69#22 | |
| 15 | 7.4%#24 | 0.73#6 | |
| 16 | 5.7%#28 | 0.75#3 | |
| 17 | 17.1%#6 | 0.65#29 | |
| 18 | 9.1%#21 | 0.70#14 | |
| 19 | 1.8%#31 | 0.75#4 | |
| 20 | 13.5%#10 | 0.67#28 | |
| 21 | 12.1%#13 | 0.69#25 | |
| 22 | 11.9%#15 | 0.69#24 | |
| 23 | 0.0%#32 | 0.73#7 | |
| 24 | 7.2%#25 | 0.70#16 | |
| 25 | 3.7%#30 | 0.71#11 | |
| 26 | 10.0%#19 | 0.69#23 | |
| 27 | 10.0%#20 | 0.68#26 | |
| 28 | 6.5%#26 | 0.69#21 | |
| 29 | 6.5%#27 | 0.69#20 | |
| 30 | 10.0%#18 | 0.63#30 | |
| 31 | 8.9%#22 | 0.63#32 | |
| 32 | 4.1%#29 | 0.63#31 |
What the two axes are
Shooting %. Goals per shot on goal. Over one season much of the gap between clubs is luck, not finishing skill.
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 →
