least penalty minutes by a team in a season 1978

The Montreal Canadiens had the fewest penalty minutes by a team in 1977-78, with 745 minutes in the box.

	TEAM	PIM	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Canadiens	745	1977-78	80	59	10	11	129	.806	359	183	176	31.9	81.0	32.76	13.7	25.94	.912
2	Sabres	800	1977-78	80	44	19	17	105	.656	288	215	73	22.2	85.8	30.99	11.6	27.86	.904
3	Rockies	816	1977-78	80	19	40	21	59	.369	257	305	-48	22.6	77.6	30.04	10.7	31.64	.879
4	Blues	848	1977-78	80	20	47	13	53	.331	195	304	-109	16.7	73.3	27.84	8.8	29.75	.872
5	Kings	905	1977-78	80	31	34	15	77	.481	243	245	-2	19.5	80.0	31.46	9.7	26.89	.886
6	Islanders	938	1977-78	80	48	17	15	111	.694	334	210	124	31.4	83.5	31.13	13.4	28.20	.907
7	Canucks	962	1977-78	80	20	43	17	57	.356	239	320	-81	22.5	71.5	25.65	11.6	30.78	.870
8	Flames	982	1977-78	80	34	27	19	87	.544	274	252	22	22.5	80.2	29.23	11.7	26.66	.882
9	Barons	1,010	1977-78	80	22	45	13	57	.356	230	325	-95	15.1	74.2	26.74	10.8	32.80	.876
10	Rangers	1,057	1977-78	80	30	37	13	73	.456	279	280	-1	28.8	80.2	28.14	12.4	31.38	.888
11	North Stars	1,092	1977-78	80	18	53	9	45	.281	218	325	-107	14.9	71.6	28.81	9.5	31.50	.871
12	Bruins	1,237	1977-78	80	51	18	11	113	.706	333	218	115	20.2	82.1	30.31	13.7	22.49	.879
13	Maple Leafs	1,258	1977-78	80	41	29	10	92	.575	271	237	34	21.3	81.4	29.68	11.4	30.38	.902
14	Penguins	1,300	1977-78	80	25	37	18	68	.425	254	321	-67	21.1	74.7	28.83	11.0	34.86	.885
15	Black Hawks	1,308	1977-78	80	32	29	19	83	.519	230	220	10	21.0	84.4	29.21	9.8	30.85	.911
16	Capitals	1,330	1977-78	80	17	49	14	48	.300	195	321	-126	12.5	71.4	24.95	9.8	31.25	.872
17	Red Wings	1,534	1977-78	80	32	34	14	78	.488	252	266	-14	20.8	78.1	28.41	11.1	28.39	.883
18	Flyers	1,666	1977-78	80	45	20	15	105	.656	296	200	96	23.6	80.6	32.94	11.2	25.50	.902

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More Canadiens Stats

Team Leaders

6

Caufield

7

Hutson

+/-

+6

Suzuki

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.00

17th

GA/GP

3.00

11th

PP%

11.4

29th

PK%

83.7

10th

2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	9	3	1	19	21
Canadiens	7	3	2	16	2
Maple Leafs	7	6	2	16	5
Senators	8	5	0	16	1
Panthers	7	4	2	16	2
Lightning	7	3	1	15	4
Red Wings	5	4	3	13	-4
Sabres	5	4	3	13	-8

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/29	MTL	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/31	PIT	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Tue 11/3	WPG	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Thu 11/5	UTA	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Sat 11/7	MTL	@	TOR	7:00 PM

Last Game

Canadiens

7 - 3 - 2

Final

Blues

5 - 6 - 1

Tue 27 Oct 2026

NHL 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

14

Kaprizov

12

Draisaitl

10

Matthews

Assists Leaders

28

McDavid

16

Fox

16

Tkachuk

Points Leaders

36

McDavid

24

Draisaitl

23

Matthews

Hits Leaders

73

Sherwood

64

Trenin

59

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

38

Weegar

36

Seider

36

Kleven

Wins Leaders

8

Wallstedt

8

Kochetkov

7

Swayman

Goals Against Leaders

1.33

Ullmark

1.40

Tarasov

1.43

Oettinger

Save Percentage Leaders

.945

Ullmark

.942

Fowler

.940

Tarasov

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

4.23

4.15

3.79

Goals Against Rankings

2.00

2.15

2.21

Power Play Rankings

35.7

34.8

31.7

Penalty Kill Rankings

92.9

92.3

90.5

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

11-2

9-4

9-5

8-5

7-5

Worst Record ATS

3-7

4-9

4-8

5-8

5-7

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	9	3	1	19	21
Canadiens	7	3	2	16	2
Senators	8	5	0	16	1
Panthers	7	4	2	16	2
Maple Leafs	7	6	2	16	5
Lightning	7	3	1	15	4
Sabres	5	4	3	13	-8
Red Wings	5	4	3	13	-4
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	10	2	2	22	19
Devils	8	5	0	16	5
Rangers	7	6	1	15	2
Capitals	7	4	0	14	5
Islanders	6	4	2	14	4
Penguins	5	6	1	11	0
Blue Jackets	5	5	0	10	-7
Flyers	3	8	4	10	-22

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Wild	9	3	2	20	13
Mammoth	8	5	0	16	4
Stars	7	4	1	15	8
Avalanche	7	5	1	15	12
Predators	4	3	5	13	-5
Blues	5	6	1	11	-2
Jets	4	5	3	11	-8
Blackhawks	4	8	0	8	-18
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	9	2	2	20	13
Golden Knights	9	4	1	19	12
Kraken	8	4	1	17	4
Sharks	6	6	1	13	-8
Ducks	5	6	1	11	-6
Flames	5	7	0	10	-17
Kings	3	6	2	8	-9
Canucks	3	10	1	7	-22