least penalty minutes by a team in a season 1981

The Winnipeg Jets had the fewest penalty minutes by a team in 1980-81, with 1,189 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	Jets	1,189	1980-81	80	9	57	14	32	.200	246	400	-154	17.3	74.2	28.28	10.9	34.90	.857
2	Sabres	1,194	1980-81	80	39	20	21	99	.619	327	250	77	23.9	83.2	31.00	13.2	27.94	.888
3	Canadiens	1,398	1980-81	80	45	22	13	103	.644	332	232	100	24.1	81.7	33.86	12.3	26.44	.890
4	Rockies	1,426	1980-81	80	22	45	13	57	.356	258	344	-86	21.1	75.3	29.59	10.9	29.30	.853
5	Islanders	1,442	1980-81	80	48	18	14	110	.688	355	260	95	29.3	79.3	30.21	14.7	30.23	.892
6	Flames	1,458	1980-81	80	39	27	14	92	.575	329	298	31	27.1	80.6	27.13	15.2	33.16	.888
7	Nordiques	1,524	1980-81	80	30	32	18	78	.488	314	318	-4	23.8	76.3	28.63	13.7	30.31	.869
8	Oilers	1,544	1980-81	80	29	35	16	74	.463	328	327	1	22.2	75.4	29.84	13.7	29.51	.861
9	Whalers	1,592	1980-81	80	21	41	18	60	.375	292	372	-80	18.7	75.6	28.75	12.7	35.39	.869
10	North Stars	1,624	1980-81	80	35	28	17	87	.544	291	263	28	21.6	78.9	32.23	11.3	29.88	.890
11	Kings	1,627	1980-81	80	43	24	13	99	.619	337	290	47	24.6	77.4	27.85	15.1	30.68	.882
12	Black Hawks	1,660	1980-81	80	31	33	16	78	.488	304	315	-11	22.3	75.1	32.06	11.9	33.84	.884
13	Blues	1,665	1980-81	80	45	18	17	107	.669	352	281	71	24.2	82.0	30.39	14.5	31.75	.889
14	Red Wings	1,687	1980-81	80	19	43	18	56	.350	252	339	-87	19.0	74.1	30.85	10.2	29.95	.859
15	Penguins	1,807	1980-81	80	30	37	13	73	.456	302	345	-43	23.1	73.4	32.59	11.6	30.65	.859
16	Maple Leafs	1,830	1980-81	80	28	37	15	71	.444	322	367	-45	25.3	77.4	34.31	11.7	33.55	.863
17	Bruins	1,836	1980-81	80	37	30	13	87	.544	316	272	44	25.4	76.8	29.00	13.6	24.84	.863
18	Capitals	1,872	1980-81	80	26	36	18	70	.438	286	317	-31	18.8	73.9	29.31	12.2	31.61	.875
19	Canucks	1,892	1980-81	80	28	32	20	76	.475	289	301	-12	20.6	76.0	31.08	11.6	30.09	.875
20	Rangers	1,981	1980-81	80	30	36	14	74	.463	312	317	-5	17.8	78.7	30.74	12.7	27.78	.857
21	Flyers	2,621	1980-81	80	41	24	15	97	.606	313	249	64	27.0	80.2	33.09	11.8	28.99	.893

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Goals Leaders

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Kaprizov

12

Draisaitl

10

Lehkonen

Assists Leaders

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McDavid

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Fox

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Tkachuk

Points Leaders

34

McDavid

24

Draisaitl

23

Kaprizov

Hits Leaders

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Sherwood

64

Trenin

59

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

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Weegar

36

Seider

36

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Wins Leaders

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Wallstedt

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Kochetkov

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Goals Against Leaders

1.33

Ullmark

1.40

Tarasov

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Oettinger

Save Percentage Leaders

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Fowler

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NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

4.25

4.08

3.79

Goals Against Rankings

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2.15

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Power Play Rankings

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Penalty Kill Rankings

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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	5	2	16	6
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	4	0	16	8
Rangers	7	6	1	15	2
Islanders	6	4	2	14	4
Capitals	6	4	0	12	2
Penguins	5	6	1	11	0
Blue Jackets	5	5	0	10	-7
Flyers	3	7	4	10	-19

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	6	5	1	13	9
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
Golden Knights	9	4	1	19	12
Oilers	8	2	2	18	9
Kraken	7	4	1	15	3
Sharks	6	6	1	13	-8
Ducks	5	6	1	11	-6
Flames	5	6	0	10	-13
Kings	3	6	2	8	-9
Canucks	3	10	1	7	-22