which nhl team has the best penalty kill percentage

The Colorado Avalanche have the highest penalty-kill percentage by a team this season, at 85.8 percent.

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Which NHL team has the best penalty kill percentage this regular season?

	TEAM	PK%	SEASON	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Avalanche	85.8	2025-26	45	33	4	8	74	.822	1	4	181	99	82	16.9	34.36	11.7	27.04	.919
2	Blackhawks	85.1	2025-26	47	19	21	7	45	.479	2	3	129	146	-17	22.2	25.23	10.9	29.72	.895
3	Maple Leafs	83.9	2025-26	47	23	16	8	54	.574	0	1	158	154	4	17.2	26.83	12.5	31.40	.896
4	Panthers	83.8	2025-26	45	24	18	3	51	.567	2	1	137	144	-7	18.8	29.20	10.4	26.07	.877
5	Lightning	83.7	2025-26	45	29	13	3	61	.678	2	1	158	115	43	20.1	27.33	12.8	26.44	.903
6	Sabres	83.3	2025-26	46	26	16	4	56	.609	3	0	150	143	7	19.4	27.96	11.7	29.46	.894
7	Penguins	83.2	2025-26	46	22	14	10	54	.587	1	6	146	134	12	29.4	28.85	11.0	27.76	.895
8	Flames	82.5	2025-26	47	20	23	4	44	.468	2	2	120	139	-19	15.6	29.28	8.7	29.04	.898
9	Islanders	81.7	2025-26	47	26	16	5	57	.606	4	5	135	125	10	15.8	27.68	10.4	28.51	.907
10	Golden Knights	81.5	2025-26	46	23	11	12	58	.630	1	5	152	138	14	27.3	28.96	11.4	24.72	.879
11	Mammoth	80.7	2025-26	48	24	20	4	52	.542	0	0	147	132	15	15.2	28.40	10.8	25.52	.892
12	Red Wings	79.8	2025-26	48	28	16	4	60	.625	2	2	147	146	1	24.3	28.08	10.9	28.21	.892
13	Stars	79.7	2025-26	48	27	12	9	63	.656	3	3	159	132	27	28.8	25.31	13.1	27.88	.901
14	Predators	79.7	2025-26	46	22	20	4	48	.522	3	0	126	151	-25	19.4	28.00	9.8	28.46	.885
15	Rangers	79.7	2025-26	48	20	22	6	46	.479	2	0	124	147	-23	22.4	25.79	10.0	28.54	.893
16	Oilers	79.7	2025-26	48	23	17	8	54	.563	0	3	159	155	4	33.3	29.21	11.3	27.10	.881
17	Canadiens	79.0	2025-26	48	26	15	7	59	.615	2	4	160	155	5	23.4	26.10	12.8	27.21	.881
18	Hurricanes	78.8	2025-26	47	28	15	4	60	.638	4	2	154	140	14	19.6	32.32	10.1	24.32	.878
19	Bruins	78.8	2025-26	48	27	19	2	56	.583	2	1	157	147	10	24.6	27.48	11.9	29.75	.897
20	Jets	78.3	2025-26	46	19	22	5	43	.467	1	1	140	143	-3	20.0	26.39	11.5	27.96	.889
21	Flyers	77.8	2025-26	46	22	16	8	52	.565	5	3	133	140	-7	15.0	26.09	11.1	25.33	.880
22	Capitals	77.8	2025-26	48	24	18	6	54	.563	0	5	155	133	22	15.8	29.31	11.0	28.08	.901
23	Ducks	77.6	2025-26	46	22	21	3	47	.511	4	0	149	169	-20	16.8	30.52	10.6	28.96	.873
24	Sharks	77.2	2025-26	46	24	19	3	51	.554	2	1	144	163	-19	20.5	25.35	12.3	30.80	.885
25	Blues	77.0	2025-26	47	18	21	8	44	.468	0	2	117	159	-42	17.1	24.79	10.0	28.26	.880

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More Avalanche Stats

Team Leaders

36

MacKinnon

45

MacKinnon

+/-

+49

MacKinnon

Team Rankings

G/GP

4.02

1st

GA/GP

2.20

1st

PP%

16.9

25th

PK%

85.8

1st

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	33	4	8	74	79
Stars	27	12	9	63	27
Wild	26	13	9	61	14
Mammoth	24	20	4	52	15
Predators	22	20	4	48	-22
Blackhawks	19	21	7	45	-18
Blues	18	21	8	44	-44
Jets	19	22	5	43	-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 1/16	NSH	@	COL	9:00 PM
Mon 1/19	WSH	@	COL	4:00 PM
Wed 1/21	ANA	@	COL	9:00 PM
Fri 1/23	PHI	@	COL	9:00 PM
Sun 1/25	COL	@	TOR	1:30 PM

Last Game

Maple Leafs

23 - 15 - 7

Final

Avalanche

33 - 4 - 8

Mon 12 Jan 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

36

MacKinnon

30

McDavid

27

Boldy

Assists Leaders

52

McDavid

47

Celebrini

45

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

82

McDavid

81

MacKinnon

71

Celebrini

Hits Leaders

231

Trenin

210

Sherwood

170

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

122

Dobson

116

Parayko

116

McCabe

Wins Leaders

22

Vejmelka

19

Swayman

19

Bobrovsky

Goals Against Leaders

2.07

Blackwood

2.19

Wedgewood

2.20

Cooley

Save Percentage Leaders

.924

Blackwood

.922

Grubauer

.921

Cooley

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

4.02

3.51

3.36

Goals Against Rankings

2.20

2.56

2.66

Power Play Rankings

33.3

29.4

28.8

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.8

85.1

83.9

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

33-13

31-15

32-16

31-16

28-18

Worst Record ATS

15-31

16-29

17-30

18-29

18-28

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	33	4	8	74	79
Stars	27	12	9	63	27
Wild	26	13	9	61	14
Mammoth	24	20	4	52	15
Predators	22	20	4	48	-22
Blackhawks	19	21	7	45	-18
Blues	18	21	8	44	-44
Jets	19	22	5	43	-3
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	23	11	12	58	10
Oilers	23	17	8	54	1
Kraken	21	16	9	51	-8
Sharks	24	19	3	51	-18
Kings	19	16	11	49	-9
Ducks	22	21	3	47	-16
Flames	20	23	4	44	-19
Canucks	16	26	5	37	-44

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	29	13	3	61	44
Red Wings	28	16	4	60	1
Canadiens	26	15	7	59	3
Sabres	26	16	4	56	10
Bruins	27	19	2	56	11
Maple Leafs	23	16	8	54	3
Panthers	24	18	3	51	-6
Senators	22	19	5	49	-2
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	28	15	4	60	16
Islanders	26	16	5	57	9
Penguins	22	14	10	54	7
Capitals	24	18	6	54	17
Flyers	22	16	8	52	-5
Devils	24	21	2	50	-19
Blue Jackets	21	19	7	49	-13
Rangers	20	22	6	46	-21