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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 Win%32 clubs
Vegas Golden Knights have the best combined rank: 4th in win chance vs an average team (55.7%) and 1st in penalty-kill expected goals against per game (0.64). 11 of 32 clubs are better than the middle on both. The two move together loosely (r = -0.27).
Both measures, rankedordered by the average of the two ranks
| # | Team | Win% | PK xGA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 55.7%#4 | 0.64#1 | |
| 2 | 55.8%#3 | 0.67#4 | |
| 3 | 61.6%#1 | 0.68#10 | |
| 4 | 53.3%#8 | 0.68#6 | |
| 5 | 52.8%#9 | 0.68#5 | |
| 6 | 52.3%#11 | 0.68#7 | |
| 7 | 50.4%#16 | 0.66#2 | |
| 8 | 54.7%#5 | 0.69#14 | |
| 9 | 53.5%#7 | 0.69#13 | |
| 10 | 55.9%#2 | 0.70#19 | |
| 11 | 50.8%#13 | 0.68#8 | |
| 12 | 53.5%#6 | 0.70#17 | |
| 13 | 50.4%#14 | 0.70#15 | |
| 14 | 49.5%#20 | 0.68#11 | |
| 15 | 50.9%#12 | 0.71#22 | |
| 16 | 48.5%#23 | 0.69#12 | |
| 17 | 47.1%#26 | 0.68#9 | |
| 18 | 37.5%#32 | 0.67#3 | |
| 19 | 52.5%#10 | 0.75#29 | |
| 20 | 49.5%#19 | 0.70#20 | |
| 21 | 50.4%#15 | 0.74#28 | |
| 22 | 46.0%#27 | 0.70#16 | |
| 23 | 50.0%#18 | 0.73#26 | |
| 24 | 49.4%#21 | 0.73#25 | |
| 25 | 47.4%#25 | 0.70#21 | |
| 26 | 50.2%#17 | 0.75#31 | |
| 27 | 48.4%#24 | 0.72#24 | |
| 28 | 40.7%#31 | 0.70#18 | |
| 29 | 49.3%#22 | 0.75#30 | |
| 30 | 42.6%#30 | 0.72#23 | |
| 31 | 45.9%#28 | 0.74#27 | |
| 32 | 43.5%#29 | 0.76#32 |
What the two axes are
Win chance vs an average team. Our power rating: the chance of beating a league-average club on neutral ice. It is built from team results and cannot see a trade or an injury until games are played.
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 →
