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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
xGA − GA against SV%32 clubs
Minnesota Wild are near the top of both: 1st in team save % (.933) and 2nd in goaltending above chances per game (+1.09). 14 of 32 clubs are better than the middle on both. The two move together closely (r = 0.93).
Both measures, rankedordered by the average of the two ranks
| # | Team | SV% | xGA − GA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wild | .933#1 | +1.09#2 |
| 2 |  Islanders | .920#4 | +1.46#1 |
| 3 |  Rangers | .932#2 | +1.08#4 |
| 4 |  Jets | .924#3 | +0.75#5 |
| 5 |  Capitals | .914#5 | +1.08#3 |
| 6 |  Mammoth | .910#6 | +0.66#6 |
| 7 |  Panthers | .908#7 | +0.53#9 |
| 8 |  Stars | .905#10 | +0.59#7 |
| 9 |  Senators | .905#9 | +0.52#10 |
| 10 |  Predators | .907#8 | +0.14#13 |
| 11 |  Maple Leafs | .895#13 | +0.56#8 |
| 12 |  Kraken | .902#11 | +0.46#11 |
| 13 |  Bruins | .901#12 | +0.10#14 |
| 14 |  Lightning | .885#18 | +0.36#12 |
| 15 |  Flyers | .892#16 | −0.02#16 |
| 16 |  Red Wings | .890#17 | −0.01#15 |
| 17 |  Golden Knights | .892#15 | −0.38#20 |
| 18 |  Avalanche | .895#14 | −0.52#22 |
| 19 |  Blues | .878#19 | −0.11#17 |
| 20 |  Ducks | .875#22 | −0.30#19 |
| 21 |  Sharks | .862#24 | −0.12#18 |
| 22 |  Penguins | .877#20 | −0.61#24 |
| 23 |  Blackhawks | .863#23 | −0.48#21 |
| 24 |  Blue Jackets | .877#21 | −0.79#25 |
| 25 |  Hurricanes | .859#25 | −0.55#23 |
| 26 |  Devils | .852#26 | −1.27#27 |
| 27 |  Canucks | .850#27 | −1.26#26 |
| 28 |  Canadiens | .846#28 | −1.52#29 |
| 29 |  Oilers | .833#29 | −1.55#30 |
| 30 |  Sabres | .810#32 | −1.39#28 |
| 31 |  Kings | .821#30 | −2.57#32 |
| 32 |  Flames | .812#31 | −1.98#31 |
What the two axes are
Team save %. One minus goals against over shots against, for the whole club. Empty-net goals count against it, so it reads a little lower than the goalies' own save percentages.
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 →