best nhl penalty kill percentages since january 24 2026

Since January 24, 2026, the Washington Capitals have the best penalty-kill percentage by a team, at 84.9 percent.

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	TEAM	PK%	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Capitals	84.9	30	18	9	3	39	.650	2	1	96	90	6	19.8	25.83	12.4	27.77	.892
2	Avalanche	84.8	33	21	10	2	44	.667	3	1	105	81	24	18.9	32.03	9.9	25.39	.903
3	Wild	84.5	30	17	10	3	37	.617	1	2	103	88	15	27.9	29.40	11.7	28.87	.898
4	Senators	83.3	32	21	7	4	46	.719	0	1	112	76	36	24.7	29.94	11.7	23.13	.897
5	Predators	83.3	32	14	12	6	34	.531	2	2	99	98	1	27.3	27.41	11.3	30.69	.900
6	Hurricanes	83.2	32	22	7	3	47	.734	1	1	119	91	28	29.7	31.41	11.8	23.53	.879
7	Golden Knights	83.1	33	15	13	5	35	.530	0	3	100	95	5	21.6	29.06	10.4	24.03	.880
8	Stars	81.8	30	21	6	3	45	.750	3	1	104	81	23	27.8	25.20	13.8	24.00	.888
9	Devils	81.0	31	15	15	1	31	.500	1	1	93	98	-5	22.8	29.77	10.1	26.16	.879
10	Rangers	80.6	31	13	15	3	29	.468	1	1	98	90	8	27.0	23.84	13.3	29.16	.900
11	Blues	80.5	31	18	9	4	40	.645	0	2	108	82	26	18.8	26.42	13.2	27.29	.903
12	Canadiens	80.0	32	21	8	3	45	.703	2	1	110	86	24	22.9	26.28	13.1	29.19	.908
13	Sabres	80.0	32	22	6	4	48	.750	2	1	119	85	34	20.2	28.97	12.8	28.00	.905
14	Panthers	79.8	34	15	18	1	31	.456	2	1	102	114	-12	20.8	26.47	11.3	27.44	.878
15	Lightning	79.6	33	18	13	2	38	.576	1	0	117	109	8	21.5	29.15	12.2	27.76	.881
16	Blackhawks	79.2	32	8	18	6	22	.344	0	1	75	120	-45	10.5	23.97	9.8	30.63	.878
17	Maple Leafs	78.6	32	8	19	5	21	.328	1	3	85	127	-42	28.0	25.22	10.5	33.38	.881
18	Islanders	78.4	32	16	16	0	32	.500	0	0	87	100	-13	17.6	28.78	9.4	26.75	.883
19	Penguins	78.3	32	16	11	5	37	.578	2	3	125	115	10	19.6	28.22	13.8	27.16	.868
20	Blue Jackets	76.5	32	17	10	5	39	.609	2	1	101	88	13	18.2	28.06	11.2	25.97	.894
21	Flyers	76.2	32	19	10	3	41	.641	5	1	91	84	7	15.4	24.84	11.4	25.19	.896
22	Flames	75.5	31	13	14	4	30	.484	2	1	81	106	-25	18.1	27.19	9.6	31.10	.890
23	Bruins	74.7	32	17	7	8	42	.656	2	2	103	89	14	18.2	26.63	12.1	29.31	.905
24	Jets	74.7	32	15	12	5	35	.547	1	2	82	105	-23	16.1	26.66	9.6	27.72	.882
25	Mammoth	74.5	32	17	13	2	36	.563	0	0	110	101	9	27.6	26.53	13.0	27.19	.884

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2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	0	1	1	-1
Rangers	1	0	0	-3
Flyers	0	0	0	0
Penguins	0	0	0	0
Islanders	0	0	0	0
Devils	0	0	0	0
Capitals	0	0	0	0
Blue Jackets	0	0	0	0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/2	WSH	@	CAR	7:00 PM
Sat 10/3	WSH	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/7	PIT	@	WSH	7:30 PM
Fri 10/9	NYR	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sun 10/11	SEA	@	WSH	5:00 PM

NHL 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

3

Bouchard

2

Nylander

2

Podkolzin

Assists Leaders

2

Bouchard

2

Hronek

2

McDavid

Points Leaders

5

Bouchard

3

Eichel

2

Hronek

Hits Leaders

8

Svechnikov

8

Zadorov

8

Gatcomb

Blocks Leaders

5

Pettersson

4

Murphy

3

Bouchard

Wins Leaders

1

Markstrom

1

Swayman

1

Dobes

Goals Against Leaders

0.00

Markstrom

0.00

Swayman

0.92

Bussi

Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Markstrom

1.000

Swayman

.950

Bussi

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

6.00

5.00

Goals Against Rankings

0.00

1.00

Power Play Rankings

50.0

33.3

25.0

Penalty Kill Rankings

100.0

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

1-0

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	1	0	0	2	3
Canadiens	1	0	0	2	1
Panthers	1	0	0	2	1
Sabres	0	0	0	0	0
Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
Senators	0	0	0	0	0
Lightning	0	0	0	0	0
Maple Leafs	0	1	0	0	-1
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	0	0	1	1	-1
Blue Jackets	0	0	0	0	0
Devils	0	0	0	0	0
Islanders	0	0	0	0	0
Flyers	0	0	0	0	0
Penguins	0	0	0	0	0
Capitals	0	0	0	0	0
Rangers	0	1	0	0	-3

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	0	0	0	0	0
Stars	0	0	0	0	0
Wild	0	0	0	0	0
Predators	0	0	0	0	0
Blues	0	0	0	0	0
Mammoth	0	0	0	0	0
Jets	0	0	0	0	0
Blackhawks	0	1	0	0	-3
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	1	0	0	2	3
Canucks	1	0	0	2	1
Oilers	0	0	1	1	-1
Ducks	0	0	0	0	0
Flames	0	0	0	0	0
Kings	0	0	0	0	0
Sharks	0	0	0	0	0
Kraken	0	0	0	0	0