The Nashville Predators had the fewest penalty minutes by a team in 2011-12, with 689 minutes in the box.

	TEAM	PIM	SEASON	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Predators	689	2011-12	82	48	26	8	104	.634	5	5	232	205	27	21.6	83.6	27.57	10.3	30.77	.919
2	Red Wings	699	2011-12	82	48	28	6	102	.622	9	3	239	200	39	16.1	81.8	32.17	9.1	26.98	.910
3	Coyotes	757	2011-12	82	42	27	13	97	.591	6	10	210	194	16	13.5	85.5	29.62	8.6	31.62	.925
4	Islanders	763	2011-12	82	34	37	11	79	.482	7	4	196	251	-55	18.5	80.5	29.39	8.1	30.11	.898
5	Hurricanes	763	2011-12	82	33	33	16	82	.500	1	6	212	237	-25	16.7	80.6	30.45	8.5	32.35	.911
6	Capitals	767	2011-12	82	42	32	8	92	.561	4	4	218	226	-8	16.7	81.6	27.99	9.5	30.18	.909
7	Sharks	785	2011-12	82	43	29	10	96	.585	9	5	219	205	14	21.1	76.9	33.82	7.9	28.56	.912
8	Panthers	792	2011-12	82	38	26	18	94	.573	6	11	197	216	-19	18.5	79.5	29.67	8.1	30.55	.914
9	Maple Leafs	824	2011-12	82	35	37	10	80	.488	4	5	227	259	-32	18.4	77.3	28.32	9.8	30.83	.898
10	Blackhawks	848	2011-12	82	45	26	11	101	.616	7	7	241	231	10	15.2	78.1	31.50	9.3	28.57	.901
11	Lightning	865	2011-12	82	38	36	8	84	.512	3	3	232	278	-46	15.2	79.2	27.16	10.4	30.50	.889
12	Penguins	880	2011-12	82	51	25	6	108	.659	9	3	273	218	55	19.7	87.8	33.89	9.8	27.40	.903
13	Flames	885	2011-12	82	37	29	16	90	.549	3	9	199	217	-18	17.7	84.3	27.54	8.8	30.83	.914
14	Avalanche	902	2011-12	82	41	35	6	88	.537	9	2	199	218	-19	18.4	83.0	31.50	7.7	29.59	.910
15	Sabres	904	2011-12	82	39	32	11	89	.543	7	7	211	223	-12	17.1	81.7	29.23	8.8	31.35	.913
16	Jets	905	2011-12	82	37	35	10	84	.512	4	4	221	242	-21	17.9	80.1	30.13	8.9	30.12	.902
17	Kings	923	2011-12	82	40	27	15	95	.579	6	9	188	170	18	17.0	87.0	30.60	7.5	27.41	.924
18	Oilers	942	2011-12	82	32	40	10	74	.451	5	7	207	232	-25	20.6	82.4	26.66	9.5	30.71	.908
19	Devils	944	2011-12	82	48	28	6	102	.622	12	4	216	205	11	17.2	89.6	27.48	9.6	26.82	.907
20	Canadiens	954	2011-12	82	31	35	16	78	.476	5	12	207	214	-7	14.3	88.6	28.54	8.8	29.66	.912
21	Ducks	980	2011-12	82	34	36	12	80	.488	3	7	201	224	-23	16.6	82.0	27.94	8.8	28.87	.905
22	Wild	994	2011-12	82	35	36	11	81	.494	11	9	166	217	-51	15.1	82.1	26.51	7.6	31.35	.916
23	Stars	1,032	2011-12	82	42	35	5	89	.543	7	4	204	218	-14	13.5	82.8	28.23	8.8	30.82	.914
24	Blue Jackets	1,037	2011-12	82	29	46	7	65	.396	4	5	198	257	-59	15.5	76.6	29.93	8.1	30.94	.899
25	Canucks	1,049	2011-12	82	51	22	9	111	.677	8	7	241	191	50	19.8	86.0	31.50	9.3	30.80	.924