highest nhl penalty kill percentage playoffs 2023

The Colorado Avalanche had the best penalty-kill percentage by a team in the 2023 playoffs, at 85.7 percent.

	TEAM	PK%	SEASON	GP	W	L	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Avalanche	85.7	2022-23	7	3	4	19	18	1	11.1	33.29	8.2	30.00	.914
2	Hurricanes	84.1	2022-23	15	8	7	46	38	8	17.6	36.00	8.5	28.87	.912
3	Rangers	83.3	2022-23	7	3	4	17	17	0	17.9	27.86	8.7	29.43	.917
4	Kraken	82.9	2022-23	14	7	7	44	45	-1	14.3	29.14	10.8	30.57	.895
5	Devils	82.5	2022-23	12	5	7	30	41	-11	16.7	28.17	8.9	29.25	.883
6	Stars	82.0	2022-23	19	10	9	59	61	-2	30.8	30.63	10.1	29.26	.890
7	Jets	81.3	2022-23	5	1	4	14	19	-5	41.7	30.80	9.1	31.80	.881
8	Islanders	80.0	2022-23	6	2	4	15	16	-1	5.6	29.00	8.6	35.00	.924
9	Oilers	75.6	2022-23	12	6	6	44	42	2	46.2	34.25	10.7	31.50	.889
10	Bruins	75.0	2022-23	7	3	4	27	26	1	40.7	35.57	10.8	32.29	.885
11	Maple Leafs	73.3	2022-23	11	5	6	33	35	-2	25.0	32.55	9.2	31.82	.900
12	Golden Knights	71.7	2022-23	22	16	6	88	57	31	21.9	30.09	13.3	32.05	.919
13	Lightning	71.4	2022-23	6	2	4	21	23	-2	23.8	32.67	10.7	30.67	.875
14	Panthers	70.4	2022-23	21	13	8	62	69	-7	21.1	31.52	9.4	35.67	.908
15	Wild	62.5	2022-23	6	2	4	14	21	-7	18.2	30.67	7.6	31.67	.889
16	Kings	43.8	2022-23	6	2	4	20	25	-5	33.3	33.50	10.0	35.33	.882

StatMuse has team, season-level data for penalty-kill percentage going back to the 1978 playoffs.

More Avalanche Stats

Team Leaders

40

MacKinnon

53

MacKinnon

+/-

+48

MacKinnon

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.84

1st

GA/GP

2.42

1st

PP%

15.1

32nd

PK%

84.7

2nd

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	37	9	9	83	74
Wild	34	14	10	78	27
Stars	34	14	9	77	33
Mammoth	30	23	4	64	26
Predators	26	24	7	59	-29
Blackhawks	22	26	9	53	-31
Jets	22	26	8	52	-15
Blues	20	28	9	49	-56

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 2/26	MIN	@	COL	9:00 PM
Sat 2/28	CHI	@	COL	6:00 PM
Mon 3/2	COL	@	LAK	10:30 PM
Tue 3/3	COL	@	ANA	10:00 PM
Fri 3/6	COL	@	DAL	8:00 PM

Last Game

Sharks

27 - 24 - 4

Final

Avalanche

37 - 9 - 9

Wed 4 Feb 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

40

MacKinnon

34

McDavid

32

Kaprizov

Assists Leaders

64

Kucherov

62

McDavid

53

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

96

McDavid

94

Kucherov

93

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

286

Trenin

214

Sherwood

202

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

140

Parayko

139

Dobson

136

McCabe

Wins Leaders

28

Vasilevskiy

27

Vejmelka

23

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.11

Vasilevskiy

2.16

Bussi

2.25

Blackwood

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Cooley

.920

Vasilevskiy

.916

Grubauer

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.84

3.55

3.46

Goals Against Rankings

2.42

2.50

2.71

Power Play Rankings

31.4

29.9

26.3

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.8

84.7

84.1

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

39-17

37-20

35-20

36-21

34-22

34-23

Worst Record ATS

19-39

19-38

20-37

20-36

21-36

22-36

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	37	9	9	83	74
Wild	34	14	10	78	27
Stars	34	14	9	77	33
Mammoth	30	23	4	64	26
Predators	26	24	7	59	-29
Blackhawks	22	26	9	53	-31
Jets	22	26	8	52	-15
Blues	20	28	9	49	-56
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	27	16	14	68	12
Oilers	28	22	8	64	4
Kraken	27	20	9	63	-3
Ducks	30	23	3	63	-10
Kings	23	19	14	60	-15
Sharks	27	24	4	58	-22
Flames	23	27	6	52	-27
Canucks	18	33	6	42	-61

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	37	14	4	78	59
Canadiens	32	17	8	72	12
Sabres	33	19	6	72	20
Red Wings	33	19	6	72	-1
Bruins	32	20	5	69	13
Senators	28	22	7	63	7
Maple Leafs	27	21	9	63	-6
Panthers	29	25	3	61	-17
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	36	15	6	78	34
Penguins	29	15	12	70	23
Islanders	32	21	5	69	7
Capitals	30	23	7	67	14
Blue Jackets	29	20	7	65	2
Flyers	25	21	11	61	-15
Devils	28	28	2	58	-30
Rangers	22	29	6	50	-29