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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% against GD/GP32 clubs
Colorado Avalanche are near the top of both: 2nd in goal difference per game (+4.00) and 1st in penalty kill % (100.0%). 11 of 32 clubs are better than the middle on both. The two move together loosely (r = 0.50).
Both measures, rankedordered by the average of the two ranks
| # | Team | GD/GP | PK% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +4.00#2 | 100.0%#1 | |
| 2 | +4.00#3 | 100.0%#6 | |
| 3 | +2.00#6 | 100.0%#3 | |
| 4 | +4.50#1 | 100.0%#10 | |
| 5 | +4.00#4 | 100.0%#8 | |
| 6 | +1.00#8 | 100.0%#5 | |
| 7 | +1.50#7 | 100.0%#7 | |
| 8 | +1.00#11 | 100.0%#4 | |
| 9 | +2.00#5 | 75.0%#18 | |
| 10 | +1.00#14 | 100.0%#11 | |
| 11 | −0.33#19 | 100.0%#9 | |
| 12 | +1.00#13 | 83.3%#16 | |
| 13 | +0.50#15 | 88.9%#15 | |
| 14 | 0.00#17 | 90.0%#14 | |
| 15 | −4.00#30 | 100.0%#2 | |
| 16 | +1.00#9 | 66.7%#25 | |
| 17 | +1.00#12 | 75.0%#22 | |
| 18 | −1.00#21 | 92.3%#13 | |
| 19 | −1.00#25 | 100.0%#12 | |
| 20 | +1.00#10 | 57.1%#31 | |
| 21 | 0.00#16 | 66.7%#26 | |
| 22 | 0.00#18 | 71.4%#24 | |
| 23 | −1.00#23 | 75.0%#21 | |
| 24 | −2.00#26 | 75.0%#19 | |
| 25 | −1.00#24 | 75.0%#23 | |
| 26 | −2.00#27 | 75.0%#20 | |
| 27 | −0.50#20 | 66.7%#29 | |
| 28 | −5.00#32 | 80.0%#17 | |
| 29 | −1.00#22 | 60.0%#30 | |
| 30 | −3.00#28 | 66.7%#28 | |
| 31 | −3.33#29 | 66.7%#27 | |
| 32 | −4.00#31 | 20.0%#32 |
What the two axes are
Goal difference per game. Goals for minus goals against, per game.
Penalty kill %. Share of times shorthanded that ended without a goal against. It says nothing about how many penalties a club takes.
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 →
