best team power play percentage in a season between 1980 and 204

The Montreal Canadiens had the best power-play percentage by a team in 1979-80, at 29.1 percent.

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Data note: Power-Play Percentage: team season data complete from 1977-78

	TEAM	PP%	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	G	GA	DIFF	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Canadiens	29.1	1979-80	80	47	20	13	107	.669	328	240	88	81.4	31.64	13.0	27.69	.892
2	Kings	26.8	1979-80	80	30	36	14	74	.463	290	313	-23	68.2	28.96	12.5	30.70	.873
3	Rangers	25.7	1979-80	80	38	32	10	86	.538	308	284	24	82.2	29.79	12.9	28.69	.876
4	Maple Leafs	24.7	1979-80	80	35	40	5	75	.469	304	327	-23	79.1	32.42	11.7	33.28	.877
5	Bruins	24.6	1979-80	80	46	21	13	105	.656	310	234	76	82.9	27.94	13.9	24.13	.879
6	Sabres	24.4	1979-80	80	47	17	16	110	.688	318	201	117	82.9	29.33	13.6	23.99	.895
7	North Stars	23.8	1979-80	80	36	28	16	88	.550	311	253	58	81.9	31.39	12.4	28.63	.890
8	Black Hawks	23.6	1979-80	80	34	27	19	87	.544	241	250	-9	80.8	30.23	10.0	31.13	.900
9	Flames	23.6	1979-80	80	35	32	13	83	.519	282	269	13	81.0	28.15	12.5	30.55	.890
10	Islanders	23.4	1979-80	80	39	28	13	91	.569	281	247	34	77.6	27.71	12.7	29.95	.897
11	Red Wings	22.4	1979-80	80	26	43	11	63	.394	268	306	-38	76.3	29.86	11.2	28.46	.866
12	Oilers	22.3	1979-80	80	28	39	13	69	.431	301	322	-21	76.4	28.36	13.3	30.78	.869
13	Nordiques	20.8	1979-80	80	25	44	11	61	.381	248	313	-65	73.5	27.30	11.4	32.55	.880
14	Penguins	19.8	1979-80	80	30	37	13	73	.456	251	303	-52	74.0	30.69	10.2	29.89	.873
15	Whalers	19.5	1979-80	80	27	34	19	73	.456	303	312	-9	74.5	27.43	13.8	29.59	.868
16	Jets	18.8	1979-80	80	20	49	11	51	.319	214	314	-100	77.1	28.31	9.4	31.69	.876
17	Capitals	18.2	1979-80	80	27	40	13	67	.419	261	293	-32	73.7	28.44	11.5	29.55	.876
18	Blues	18.1	1979-80	80	34	34	12	80	.500	266	278	-12	84.5	27.11	12.3	30.59	.886
19	Rockies	18.0	1979-80	80	19	48	13	51	.319	234	308	-74	77.3	29.39	10.0	28.63	.866
20	Canucks	17.3	1979-80	80	27	37	16	70	.438	256	281	-25	75.8	29.09	11.0	29.21	.880
21	Flyers	16.2	1979-80	80	48	12	20	116	.725	327	254	73	78.8	33.81	12.1	27.70	.885

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Team Leaders

8

Caufield

10

Hutson

+/-

+8

Hutson

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.29

13th

GA/GP

3.00

11th

PP%

9.5

32nd

PK%

81.8

12th

2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	11	4	1	23	20
Canadiens	9	3	2	20	6
Senators	9	6	1	19	1
Maple Leafs	8	6	2	18	7
Lightning	8	3	2	18	5
Panthers	8	5	2	18	3
Red Wings	7	5	3	17	0
Sabres	7	4	3	17	-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 11/3	WPG	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Thu 11/5	UTA	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Sat 11/7	MTL	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Tue 11/10	MIN	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Thu 11/12	MTL	@	BOS	7:00 PM

Last Game

Penguins

5 - 7 - 2

Final

Canadiens

9 - 3 - 2

Sat 31 Oct 2026

NHL 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

15

Kaprizov

12

Draisaitl

12

Lehkonen

Assists Leaders

30

McDavid

18

Bouchard

17

Tkachuk

Points Leaders

39

McDavid

28

Draisaitl

26

Bouchard

Hits Leaders

85

Sherwood

73

Pospisil

70

Trenin

Blocks Leaders

43

Kleven

40

Seider

40

Weegar

Wins Leaders

10

Kochetkov

9

Wallstedt

8

Swayman

Goals Against Leaders

1.33

Ullmark

1.49

Kochetkov

1.63

Oettinger

Save Percentage Leaders

.945

Ullmark

.932

Fowler

.929

Kochetkov

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

4.27

4.20

3.94

Goals Against Rankings

2.14

2.19

2.25

Power Play Rankings

34.6

34.0

32.7

Penalty Kill Rankings

93.6

91.1

89.1

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

12-4

10-5

9-5

10-6

Worst Record ATS

5-10

4-8

5-10

5-9

6-10

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	11	4	1	23	20
Canadiens	9	3	2	20	6
Senators	9	6	1	19	1
Lightning	8	3	2	18	5
Panthers	8	5	2	18	3
Maple Leafs	8	6	2	18	7
Sabres	7	4	3	17	-6
Red Wings	7	5	3	17	0
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	12	2	2	26	27
Devils	9	5	0	18	8
Capitals	8	5	0	16	2
Islanders	7	5	2	16	1
Rangers	7	7	1	15	-1
Penguins	5	7	2	12	-2
Flyers	4	8	4	12	-19
Blue Jackets	5	7	0	10	-10

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Wild	10	3	3	23	16
Avalanche	9	5	1	19	18
Mammoth	9	6	0	18	2
Stars	8	5	1	17	7
Blues	7	6	1	15	2
Predators	5	4	5	15	-5
Jets	4	8	3	11	-20
Blackhawks	4	10	1	9	-25
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	11	2	2	24	20
Golden Knights	9	5	2	20	8
Kraken	8	5	1	17	0
Sharks	7	8	1	15	-12
Flames	7	8	0	14	-15
Ducks	6	7	1	13	-4
Kings	4	7	2	10	-9
Canucks	3	12	1	7	-25