what team had the worst penalty kill in one year

The New Jersey Devils, the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Nashville Predators are tied for the fewest penalty kill in a season, killing 105 penalties.

	TEAM	PK	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Devils	105	2020-21	56	19	30		7	45	.402	0	5	145	189	-44	14.2	70.9	28.79	9.0	31.02	.891
2	Blue Jackets	105	2020-21	56	18	26		12	48	.429	3	3	134	184	-50	15.4	78.9	29.02	8.2	32.41	.899
3	Predators	105	2012-13	48	16	23		9	41	.427	2	6	109	133	-24	17.1	75.5	25.92	8.8	27.81	.900
4	Sabres	108	2020-21	56	15	34		7	37	.330	4	3	134	196	-62	21.0	77.7	28.43	8.4	33.73	.896
5	Wild	109	2012-13	48	26	19		3	55	.573	4	2	118	125	-7	17.9	80.7	28.79	8.5	27.06	.904
6	Jets	110	2012-13	48	24	21		3	51	.531	2	3	126	141	-15	13.8	79.7	28.94	9.1	29.67	.901
7	Panthers	112	2012-13	48	15	27		6	36	.375	3	1	109	170	-61	20.4	74.2	29.17	7.8	31.33	.887
8	Maple Leafs	113	2020-21	56	35	14		7	77	.688	1	0	186	148	38	20.0	78.5	31.27	10.6	27.82	.905
9	Islanders	113	2020-21	56	32	17		7	71	.634	4	3	152	125	27	18.8	83.7	28.98	9.4	28.39	.921
10	Islanders	114	2012-13	48	24	17		7	55	.573	4	3	135	136	-1	19.9	80.3	30.94	9.1	28.17	.899
11	Blackhawks	116	2020-21	56	24	25		7	55	.491	2	2	159	184	-25	21.7	76.8	29.20	9.7	33.71	.903
12	Blue Jackets	119	2012-13	48	24	17		7	55	.573	5	4	115	115	0	14.2	82.6	26.73	9.0	29.92	.920
13	Penguins	120	2020-21	56	37	16		3	77	.688	3	1	193	155	38	23.7	77.4	30.07	11.5	29.98	.908
14	Jets	120	2020-21	56	30	23		3	63	.563	0	2	170	152	18	23.0	80.5	29.66	10.2	30.59	.911
15	Rangers	120	2012-13	48	26	18		4	56	.583	4	4	126	108	18	15.7	81.1	30.90	8.5	28.19	.920
16	Stars	121	2020-21	56	23	19		14	60	.536	2	6	156	148	8	23.6	79.1	30.34	9.2	27.11	.903
17	Devils	121	1994-95	48	22	18	8		52	.542			136	121	15	13.4	81.2	30.08	9.4	25.38	.901
18	Red Wings	122	2020-21	56	19	27		10	48	.429	2	3	125	168	-43	11.4	78.7	27.29	8.2	31.89	.906
19	Flyers	122	2020-21	56	25	23		8	58	.518	3	4	160	197	-37	19.2	73.1	30.21	9.5	29.21	.880
20	Kraken	123	2025-26	63	29	25		9	67	.532	1	4	178	186	-8	21.3	72.8	25.48	11.1	29.46	.900
21	Blackhawks	123	2012-13	48	36	7		5	77	.802	6	5	149	97	52	16.7	87.2	31.13	10.0	26.21	.923
22	Flames	123	2012-13	48	19	25		4	42	.438	0	3	128	157	-29	20.0	81.5	26.94	9.9	29.42	.889
23	Golden Knights	125	2020-21	56	40	14		2	82	.732	1	2	190	122	68	17.8	86.8	32.66	10.4	27.27	.920
24	Hurricanes	125	2012-13	48	19	25		4	42	.438	1	1	127	159	-32	14.5	77.6	32.19	8.2	32.21	.897
25	Sharks	125	2012-13	48	25	16		7	57	.594	8	4	116	112	4	20.1	85.0	31.79	7.6	28.96	.919

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Team Leaders

21

Hischier

34

Bratt

+/-

+2

Nemec

Team Rankings

G/GP

2.53

30th

GA/GP

3.00

13th

PP%

20.9

15th

PK%

80.2

13th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	41	17	6	88	42
Penguins	32	17	15	79	24
Islanders	37	23	5	79	6
Blue Jackets	33	21	10	76	4
Flyers	30	23	11	71	-14
Capitals	32	27	7	71	9
Devils	32	30	2	66	-26
Rangers	26	30	8	60	-21

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 3/14	LAK	@	NJD	7:00 PM
Mon 3/16	BOS	@	NJD	7:00 PM
Wed 3/18	NJD	@	NYR	7:00 PM
Fri 3/20	NJD	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Tue 3/24	NJD	@	DAL	8:00 PM

Last Game

Red Wings

36 - 21 - 7

Final

Devils

32 - 30 - 2

Sun 8 Mar 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

43

MacKinnon

37

Kaprizov

37

Caufield

Assists Leaders

74

McDavid

70

Kucherov

61

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

110

McDavid

104

MacKinnon

104

Kucherov

Hits Leaders

326

Trenin

254

Sherwood

241

Klapka

Blocks Leaders

150

Dobson

149

Weegar

147

Lindell

Wins Leaders

30

Vejmelka

29

Vasilevskiy

26

Dostal

Goals Against Leaders

2.19

Wedgewood

2.28

DeSmith

2.32

Vasilevskiy

Save Percentage Leaders

.917

Cooley

.916

Wedgewood

.913

Sorokin

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.78

3.55

3.53

Goals Against Rankings

2.44

2.66

2.78

Power Play Rankings

33.1

29.7

25.4

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.6

84.3

83.0

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

41-22

39-23

40-24

39-25

39-26

Worst Record ATS

21-43

22-42

24-40

25-40

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	43	11	9	95	82
Stars	40	14	10	90	48
Wild	38	16	11	87	35
Mammoth	34	26	5	73	22
Predators	29	27	8	66	-27
Jets	26	27	10	62	-14
Blues	25	29	10	60	-47
Blackhawks	24	29	11	59	-35
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Ducks	36	25	3	75	-7
Oilers	32	25	8	72	10
Golden Knights	29	22	14	72	3
Kraken	29	25	9	67	-11
Kings	26	23	15	67	-23
Sharks	30	26	6	66	-26
Flames	25	32	7	57	-42
Canucks	19	37	8	46	-73

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	40	19	6	86	35
Lightning	39	20	4	82	48
Canadiens	36	18	10	82	16
Red Wings	36	22	7	79	-2
Bruins	36	22	6	78	13
Senators	32	23	9	73	15
Panthers	32	29	3	67	-18
Maple Leafs	27	27	11	65	-26
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	41	17	6	88	42
Penguins	32	17	15	79	24
Islanders	37	23	5	79	6
Blue Jackets	33	21	10	76	4
Flyers	30	23	11	71	-14
Capitals	32	27	7	71	9
Devils	32	30	2	66	-26
Rangers	26	30	8	60	-21