nhl best penalty kill percentage january 2026

The Chicago Blackhawks had the highest penalty-kill percentage by a team in January 2026, at 91.9 percent.

	TEAM	PK%	MONTH	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Blackhawks	91.9	January 2026	16	7	7	2	16	.500	2	2	38	49	-11	17.8	24.63	9.6	28.75	.893
2	Flames	90.9	January 2026	14	4	8	2	10	.357	0	0	28	45	-17	17.9	28.29	7.1	29.93	.893
3	Penguins	88.1	January 2026	15	11	2	2	24	.800	0	2	59	34	25	18.4	30.87	12.7	25.00	.909
4	Devils	85.3	January 2026	15	7	8	0	14	.467	0	0	36	49	-13	21.4	29.13	8.2	25.87	.874
5	Hurricanes	84.8	January 2026	15	9	3	3	21	.700	0	1	58	42	16	30.6	30.53	12.7	24.87	.887
6	Ducks	84.4	January 2026	14	7	7	0	14	.500	2	0	38	49	-11	20.6	28.14	9.6	29.86	.883
7	Capitals	83.9	January 2026	16	6	8	2	14	.438	1	1	48	55	-7	17.6	29.19	10.3	30.19	.886
8	Lightning	83.3	January 2026	13	11	1	1	23	.885	2	1	51	26	25	35.3	28.23	13.9	23.77	.916
9	Panthers	83.0	January 2026	15	7	8	0	14	.467	1	0	38	52	-14	17.3	27.60	9.2	23.53	.853
10	Golden Knights	81.8	January 2026	16	8	5	3	19	.594	0	1	60	52	8	27.5	27.69	13.5	23.63	.862
11	Maple Leafs	81.6	January 2026	16	7	6	3	17	.531	1	0	50	61	-11	22.6	27.94	11.2	32.38	.882
12	Predators	80.6	January 2026	15	7	6	2	16	.533	1	0	42	54	-12	25.0	29.87	9.4	31.00	.884
13	Wild	80.4	January 2026	15	8	4	3	19	.633	1	1	56	52	4	31.4	30.33	12.3	31.40	.890
14	Blue Jackets	80.0	January 2026	15	10	4	1	21	.700	1	0	53	46	7	25.0	29.73	11.9	30.33	.899
15	Islanders	80.0	January 2026	15	8	6	1	17	.567	0	1	46	42	4	17.1	26.53	11.6	26.87	.896
16	Jets	78.9	January 2026	16	7	6	3	17	.531	0	1	48	49	-1	17.1	24.13	12.4	28.69	.893
17	Avalanche	78.8	January 2026	14	6	6	2	14	.500	0	1	49	45	4	14.3	33.00	10.6	26.71	.880
18	Oilers	77.8	January 2026	15	8	5	2	18	.600	0	1	56	46	10	25.0	32.73	11.4	26.13	.883
19	Rangers	77.8	January 2026	14	3	10	1	7	.250	0	0	42	62	-20	31.6	24.93	12.0	29.00	.847
20	Red Wings	76.9	January 2026	15	8	4	3	19	.633	0	1	44	40	4	18.9	26.20	11.2	28.80	.907
21	Sabres	76.3	January 2026	15	10	4	1	21	.700	0	0	61	43	18	22.0	25.67	15.8	31.20	.908
22	Sharks	76.3	January 2026	13	7	5	1	15	.577	0	0	42	44	-2	27.1	26.69	12.1	28.62	.882
23	Senators	75.9	January 2026	16	8	6	2	18	.563	0	0	58	53	5	18.5	29.88	12.1	23.56	.859
24	Canadiens	75.5	January 2026	16	10	5	1	21	.656	0	0	61	51	10	20.8	27.75	13.7	27.19	.883
25	Kings	74.4	January 2026	15	7	4	4	18	.600	3	1	39	47	-8	20.0	26.80	9.7	27.53	.886

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More Blackhawks Stats

Team Leaders

32

Bertuzzi

45

Bedard

+/-

+2

Mikheyev

Team Rankings

G/GP

2.56

30th

GA/GP

3.29

27th

PP%

16.9

29th

PK%

83.7

2nd

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	55	16	11	121	99
Stars	50	20	12	112	53
Wild	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth	43	33	6	92	28
Blues	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks	29	39	14	72	-62

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 9/29	CHI	@	VGK	10:30 PM
Thu 10/1	CHI	@	UTA	9:00 PM
Sat 10/3	CHI	@	BUF	7:00 PM
Tue 10/6	STL	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Thu 10/8	CHI	@	NYI	7:30 PM

Last Game

Sharks

38 - 35 - 8

Final

Blackhawks

29 - 39 - 14

Wed 15 Apr 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

53

MacKinnon

51

Caufield

48

McDavid

Assists Leaders

90

McDavid

86

Kucherov

74

Bouchard

Points Leaders

138

McDavid

130

Kucherov

127

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

413

Trenin

339

Sherwood

302

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

190

McCabe

188

Dobson

185

Clarke

Wins Leaders

39

Vasilevskiy

38

Vejmelka

35

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.02

Wedgewood

2.31

Vasilevskiy

2.42

Vladar

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Wedgewood

.915

Wallstedt

.912

Thompson

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.63

3.55

3.54

Goals Against Rankings

2.40

2.71

2.79

Power Play Rankings

30.6

28.6

25.2

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.6

83.7

82.6

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

59-42

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

43-58

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12