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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
SA/GP against PK xGA32 clubs
Carolina Hurricanes have the best combined rank: 4th in penalty-kill expected goals against per game (0.67) and 5th in shots against per game (21.7). 10 of 32 clubs are better than the middle on both. The two move together loosely (r = 0.25).
Both measures, rankedordered by the average of the two ranks
| # | Team | PK xGA | SA/GP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.67#4 | 21.7#5 | |
| 2 | 0.64#1 | 23.0#10 | |
| 3 | 0.68#5 | 21.7#6 | |
| 4 | 0.68#6 | 22.0#7 | |
| 5 | 0.69#10 | 21.0#4 | |
| 6 | 0.66#2 | 25.0#13 | |
| 7 | 0.69#14 | 16.5#1 | |
| 8 | 0.70#17 | 19.0#2 | |
| 9 | 0.68#7 | 25.0#14 | |
| 10 | 0.69#9 | 24.0#12 | |
| 11 | 0.70#15 | 23.0#8 | |
| 12 | 0.71#21 | 20.0#3 | |
| 13 | 0.70#18 | 23.0#9 | |
| 14 | 0.67#3 | 32.3#30 | |
| 15 | 0.69#12 | 29.0#21 | |
| 16 | 0.68#8 | 30.0#26 | |
| 17 | 0.69#11 | 29.0#23 | |
| 18 | 0.70#19 | 25.0#15 | |
| 19 | 0.74#28 | 23.5#11 | |
| 20 | 0.69#13 | 31.0#27 | |
| 21 | 0.72#24 | 26.0#16 | |
| 22 | 0.71#20 | 30.0#25 | |
| 23 | 0.74#27 | 26.7#18 | |
| 24 | 0.73#26 | 28.5#20 | |
| 25 | 0.70#16 | 40.7#32 | |
| 26 | 0.75#29 | 28.5#19 | |
| 27 | 0.73#25 | 30.0#24 | |
| 28 | 0.75#32 | 26.0#17 | |
| 29 | 0.72#23 | 32.0#29 | |
| 30 | 0.72#22 | 34.0#31 | |
| 31 | 0.75#31 | 29.0#22 | |
| 32 | 0.75#30 | 31.5#28 |
What the two axes are
Penalty-kill expected goals against per game. Expected goals allowed while shorthanded, per game. Discipline and the kill together.
Shots against per game. Shots on goal allowed per game.
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 →
