highest penaltykill percentage in the nhl this year

The Colorado Avalanche have the highest penalty-kill percentage by a team this season, at 85.3 percent.

	TEAM	PK%	SEASON	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Avalanche	85.3	2025-26	38	29	2	7	65	.855	1	4	152	83	69	15.5	34.42	11.6	27.16	.920
2	Lightning	85.3	2025-26	38	22	13	3	47	.618	1	1	125	100	25	17.1	27.42	12.0	26.79	.902
3	Sabres	84.8	2025-26	38	20	14	4	44	.579	3	0	117	120	-3	19.1	28.55	10.8	29.16	.892
4	Blackhawks	84.0	2025-26	38	14	18	6	34	.447	1	2	105	122	-17	19.4	25.26	10.9	30.32	.894
5	Maple Leafs	83.7	2025-26	38	17	15	6	40	.526	0	1	124	128	-4	15.5	27.13	12.0	31.21	.892
6	Panthers	83.1	2025-26	38	21	15	2	44	.579	2	1	122	120	2	18.3	29.21	11.0	26.58	.881
7	Stars	82.9	2025-26	39	25	7	7	57	.731	3	3	136	102	34	30.6	25.26	13.8	28.03	.907
8	Islanders	82.7	2025-26	39	21	14	4	46	.590	3	4	108	104	4	15.4	28.36	9.8	28.62	.907
9	Flyers	82.5	2025-26	37	19	11	7	45	.608	5	3	107	103	4	16.3	25.73	11.2	25.54	.891
10	Mammoth	82.3	2025-26	40	18	19	3	39	.488	0	0	119	116	3	15.4	28.63	10.4	25.13	.885
11	Golden Knights	82.0	2025-26	37	17	9	11	45	.608	1	5	116	110	6	24.8	29.38	10.7	25.46	.883
12	Predators	81.8	2025-26	38	17	17	4	38	.500	2	0	107	127	-20	18.8	28.18	10.0	28.26	.882
13	Penguins	81.7	2025-26	37	16	12	9	41	.554	1	5	116	117	-1	29.7	28.46	11.0	28.24	.888
14	Flames	80.6	2025-26	39	17	18	4	38	.487	2	2	101	114	-13	13.6	29.41	8.8	28.56	.898
15	Rangers	80.5	2025-26	41	19	17	5	43	.524	2	0	104	110	-6	19.0	25.93	9.8	28.37	.905
16	Hurricanes	80.2	2025-26	38	24	11	3	51	.671	4	2	125	108	17	17.8	32.55	10.1	24.50	.884
17	Red Wings	80.0	2025-26	40	23	14	3	49	.613	2	2	123	127	-4	25.0	29.45	10.4	27.63	.885
18	Jets	80.0	2025-26	37	15	18	4	34	.459	1	1	106	113	-7	19.8	26.97	10.6	28.03	.891
19	Bruins	79.6	2025-26	40	20	18	2	42	.525	2	1	122	131	-9	24.6	27.03	11.3	29.85	.890
20	Oilers	79.3	2025-26	40	20	14	6	46	.575	0	2	135	130	5	34.9	28.48	11.9	27.40	.881
21	Sharks	78.4	2025-26	39	19	17	3	41	.526	1	1	119	135	-16	17.9	25.00	12.2	31.56	.890
22	Kings	78.3	2025-26	38	16	13	9	41	.539	1	5	98	97	1	14.4	28.16	9.2	26.95	.905
23	Canadiens	77.9	2025-26	38	20	12	6	46	.605	2	4	125	125	0	25.0	25.63	12.8	27.16	.879
24	Wild	77.6	2025-26	40	24	10	6	54	.675	3	1	123	103	20	22.7	28.33	10.9	29.60	.913
25	Blues	77.5	2025-26	40	15	17	8	38	.475	0	2	100	135	-35	18.4	25.15	9.9	27.95	.879

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More Avalanche Stats

Team Leaders

32

MacKinnon

34

MacKinnon

+/-

+48

MacKinnon

Team Rankings

G/GP

4.00

1st

GA/GP

2.18

1st

PP%

15.5

26th

PK%

85.3

1st

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	29	2	7	65	66
Stars	25	7	7	57	34
Wild	24	10	6	54	22
Mammoth	18	19	3	39	3
Blues	15	17	8	38	-37
Predators	17	17	4	38	-18
Blackhawks	14	18	6	34	-18
Jets	15	18	4	34	-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 12/31	STL	@	COL	9:00 PM
Sat 1/3	COL	@	CAR	7:00 PM
Sun 1/4	COL	@	FLA	5:00 PM
Tue 1/6	COL	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Thu 1/8	OTT	@	COL	9:00 PM

Last Game

Kings

16 - 13 - 9

Final

Avalanche

29 - 2 - 7

Mon 29 Dec 2025

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

32

MacKinnon

25

Boldy

25

Geekie

Assists Leaders

45

McDavid

39

Celebrini

39

Rantanen

Points Leaders

69

McDavid

66

MacKinnon

60

Celebrini

Hits Leaders

197

Trenin

174

Sherwood

138

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

97

McNabb

94

McCabe

93

Parayko

Wins Leaders

17

Bobrovsky

17

Wedgewood

16

Shesterkin

Goals Against Leaders

2.08

Bussi

2.13

Wedgewood

2.15

Blackwood

Save Percentage Leaders

.931

Wallstedt

.924

Blackwood

.919

Wedgewood

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

4.00

3.49

3.38

Goals Against Rankings

2.18

2.55

2.58

Power Play Rankings

34.9

30.6

29.7

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.3

84.8

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

25-12

26-13

25-13

26-14

24-15

Worst Record ATS

11-26

13-25

14-24

15-23

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	29	2	7	65	66
Stars	25	7	7	57	34
Wild	24	10	6	54	22
Mammoth	18	19	3	39	3
Predators	17	17	4	38	-18
Blues	15	17	8	38	-37
Jets	15	18	4	34	-7
Blackhawks	14	18	6	34	-18
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	20	14	6	46	3
Golden Knights	17	9	11	45	2
Ducks	21	16	2	44	-3
Kings	16	13	9	41	-3
Sharks	19	17	3	41	-16
Kraken	16	14	7	39	-16
Flames	17	18	4	38	-13
Canucks	16	19	3	35	-21

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Red Wings	23	14	3	49	-4
Lightning	22	13	3	47	25
Canadiens	20	12	6	46	-2
Panthers	21	15	2	44	3
Sabres	20	14	4	44	0
Bruins	20	18	2	42	-8
Senators	18	15	5	41	1
Maple Leafs	17	15	6	40	-5
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	24	11	3	51	19
Islanders	21	14	4	46	3
Flyers	19	11	7	45	6
Capitals	20	14	5	45	13
Rangers	19	17	5	43	-4
Devils	20	16	2	42	-8
Penguins	16	12	9	41	-5
Blue Jackets	17	15	6	40	-12