what nhl team had most hit per game in 2018

The Montreal Canadiens made the most hits per game by a team in 2017-18, with 26.45 per game.

	TEAM	HIT/GP	SEASON	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Canadiens	26.45	2017-18	82	29	40	13	71	.433	2	6	207	258	-51	21.2	74.1	32.77	7.7	32.32	.903
2	Oilers	26.02	2017-18	82	36	40	6	78	.476	5	1	229	262	-33	14.8	76.7	33.41	8.4	32.12	.901
3	Kings	25.79	2017-18	82	45	29	8	98	.598	2	1	237	202	35	20.4	85.0	31.02	9.3	30.94	.920
4	Coyotes	24.38	2017-18	82	29	41	12	70	.427	2	5	206	251	-45	16.9	79.6	29.88	8.4	32.22	.905
5	Senators	23.98	2017-18	82	28	43	11	67	.409	2	7	219	284	-65	16.5	76.2	30.67	8.7	33.07	.895
6	Penguins	23.79	2017-18	82	47	29	6	100	.610	2	2	270	248	22	26.1	80.0	34.43	9.6	31.13	.903
7	Ducks	23.77	2017-18	82	44	25	13	101	.616	4	7	231	209	22	17.8	83.3	30.18	9.3	33.12	.923
8	Bruins	23.34	2017-18	82	50	20	12	112	.683	3	3	267	211	56	23.6	83.7	32.96	9.9	29.26	.912
9	Blues	23.09	2017-18	82	44	32	6	94	.573	3	0	223	222	1	15.4	79.7	32.65	8.3	29.73	.909
10	Stars	22.70	2017-18	82	42	32	8	92	.561	4	3	231	222	9	19.3	80.4	31.22	9.0	29.84	.909
11	Jets	22.33	2017-18	82	52	20	10	114	.695	4	2	273	216	57	23.4	81.8	32.23	10.3	31.87	.917
12	Islanders	22.15	2017-18	82	35	37	10	80	.488	3	3	261	293	-32	23.2	73.2	31.37	10.1	35.59	.900
13	Devils	22.15	2017-18	82	44	29	9	97	.591	5	4	243	240	3	21.4	81.8	31.70	9.3	31.90	.908
14	Capitals	21.76	2017-18	82	49	26	7	105	.640	3	1	256	238	18	22.5	80.3	29.01	10.8	31.87	.909
15	Sabres	21.55	2017-18	82	25	45	12	62	.378	1	2	198	278	-80	18.9	77.9	31.18	7.7	32.70	.896
16	Golden Knights	21.55	2017-18	82	51	24	7	109	.665	4	3	268	225	43	21.3	81.4	32.76	10.0	30.74	.911
17	Canucks	21.28	2017-18	82	31	40	11	73	.445	0	5	218	259	-41	21.9	78.3	30.05	8.8	32.21	.902
18	Blue Jackets	21.28	2017-18	82	45	30	7	97	.591	6	4	236	226	10	17.2	76.3	33.67	8.5	31.30	.912
19	Lightning	21.07	2017-18	82	54	23	5	113	.689	6	2	290	234	56	23.8	76.2	32.68	10.8	32.72	.913
20	Rangers	20.90	2017-18	82	34	39	9	77	.470	3	5	228	263	-35	21.2	81.5	30.95	9.0	35.34	.909
21	Flyers	20.37	2017-18	82	42	26	14	98	.598	2	7	249	236	13	20.7	75.8	32.09	9.5	29.85	.904
22	Predators	20.20	2017-18	82	53	18	11	117	.713	6	7	261	204	57	21.3	81.9	32.21	9.9	32.43	.923
23	Panthers	20.16	2017-18	82	44	30	8	96	.585	3	3	245	243	2	18.9	80.0	34.41	8.7	34.61	.914
24	Flames	19.99	2017-18	82	37	35	10	84	.512	2	5	216	243	-27	16.0	81.8	33.65	7.8	31.15	.905
25	Avalanche	19.91	2017-18	82	43	30	9	95	.579	2	1	255	236	19	21.9	83.3	29.66	10.5	33.30	.914