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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 SA/GP32 clubs
Minnesota Wild are near the top of both: 3rd in shots against per game (20.0) and 3rd in penalty kill % (100.0%). 11 of 32 clubs are better than the middle on both. The two move together loosely (r = -0.32).
Both measures, rankedordered by the average of the two ranks
| # | Team | SA/GP | PK% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20.0#3 | 100.0%#3 | |
| 2 | 16.5#1 | 100.0%#10 | |
| 3 | 22.0#7 | 100.0%#6 | |
| 4 | 23.0#8 | 100.0%#5 | |
| 5 | 24.0#12 | 100.0%#2 | |
| 6 | 25.0#13 | 100.0%#4 | |
| 7 | 21.7#5 | 92.3%#13 | |
| 8 | 23.0#10 | 100.0%#11 | |
| 9 | 25.0#14 | 100.0%#7 | |
| 10 | 21.0#4 | 75.0%#19 | |
| 11 | 25.0#15 | 100.0%#8 | |
| 12 | 23.5#11 | 90.0%#14 | |
| 13 | 26.7#18 | 100.0%#9 | |
| 14 | 31.0#27 | 100.0%#1 | |
| 15 | 19.0#2 | 60.0%#30 | |
| 16 | 23.0#9 | 75.0%#23 | |
| 17 | 26.0#17 | 83.3%#16 | |
| 18 | 21.7#6 | 57.1%#31 | |
| 19 | 26.0#16 | 75.0%#21 | |
| 20 | 28.5#19 | 75.0%#18 | |
| 21 | 30.0#26 | 100.0%#12 | |
| 22 | 31.5#28 | 88.9%#15 | |
| 23 | 29.0#23 | 75.0%#22 | |
| 24 | 30.0#25 | 75.0%#20 | |
| 25 | 28.5#20 | 66.7%#26 | |
| 26 | 29.0#22 | 71.4%#24 | |
| 27 | 32.0#29 | 80.0%#17 | |
| 28 | 30.0#24 | 66.7%#25 | |
| 29 | 29.0#21 | 20.0%#32 | |
| 30 | 32.3#30 | 66.7%#27 | |
| 31 | 34.0#31 | 66.7%#29 | |
| 32 | 40.7#32 | 66.7%#28 |
What the two axes are
Shots against per game. Shots on goal allowed 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 →
