which stanley cup winner had the best playoff penalty kill

The Edmonton Oilers have killed the most penalties by a team in the Stanley Cup Finals, with 160 kills.

Interpreted as:

Which last stanley cup winner had the best playoff penalty kill?

	TEAM	PK	SERIES	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Oilers	160	Stanley Cup Finals	51	28	22	1	0	57	.559	0	0	167	146	21	19.1	81.6	29.94	10.9	26.37	.891
2	Penguins	115	Stanley Cup Finals	35	22	13	0	0	44	.629	0	0	101	85	16	19.2	87.1	27.83	10.4	30.03	.919
3	Bruins	115	Stanley Cup Finals	36	12	23	1	0	25	.347	0	0	93	102	-9	17.2	85.2	28.64	9.0	30.36	.907
4	Canadiens	106	Stanley Cup Finals	32	19	13	0	0	38	.594	0	0	91	85	6	15.0	83.5	29.47	9.7	27.16	.902
5	Red Wings	96	Stanley Cup Finals	30	19	11	0	0	38	.633	0	0	84	60	24	16.8	82.8	31.33	8.9	25.47	.921
6	Stars	91	Stanley Cup Finals	29	11	18	0	0	22	.379	0	0	69	96	-27	11.8	79.1	29.28	8.1	31.21	.894
7	Devils	89	Stanley Cup Finals	30	17	13	0	0	34	.567	0	0	69	63	6	12.2	81.7	27.67	8.3	22.70	.907
8	Islanders	80	Stanley Cup Finals	24	17	7	0	0	34	.708	0	0	99	78	21	37.0	80.0	30.04	13.7	30.46	.893
9	Flames	76	Stanley Cup Finals	18	8	10	0	0	16	.444	0	0	46	44	2	22.7	84.4	26.83	9.5	26.28	.907
10	Lightning	69	Stanley Cup Finals	30	16	14	0	0	32	.533	0	0	73	70	3	19.0	81.2	28.07	8.7	28.27	.917
11	Flyers	67	Stanley Cup Finals	28	8	20	0	0	16	.286	0	0	85	110	-25	26.3	67.0	29.14	10.4	31.46	.875
12	Panthers	65	Stanley Cup Finals	22	9	13	0	0	18	.409	0	0	62	81	-19	13.3	79.3	30.55	9.2	31.36	.883
13	Hurricanes	62	Stanley Cup Finals	12	5	7	0	0	10	.417	0	0	26	30	-4	16.2	88.6	23.67	9.2	30.17	.917
14	Rangers	61	Stanley Cup Finals	17	6	11	0	0	12	.353	0	0	42	53	-11	15.2	87.1	29.24	8.5	33.41	.907
15	Avalanche	56	Stanley Cup Finals	17	12	5	0	0	24	.706	0	0	54	30	24	23.5	88.9	29.12	10.9	28.94	.939
16	Kings	56	Stanley Cup Finals	16	9	7	0	0	18	.563	0	0	43	33	10	18.8	88.9	31.31	8.6	28.50	.928
17	Blackhawks	55	Stanley Cup Finals	22	12	10	0	0	24	.545	0	0	65	62	3	11.6	78.6	31.82	9.3	29.68	.905
18	Ducks	39	Stanley Cup Finals	12	7	5	0	0	14	.583	0	0	28	30	-2	13.2	84.8	23.83	9.8	25.25	.901
19	Canucks	36	Stanley Cup Finals	18	6	12	0	0	12	.333	0	0	37	62	-25	13.2	65.5	31.72	6.5	33.61	.898
20	Golden Knights	25	Stanley Cup Finals	10	5	5	0	0	10	.500	0	0	40	32	8	27.3	83.3	30.80	13.0	29.10	.890
21	Capitals	24	Stanley Cup Finals	9	4	5	0	0	8	.444	0	0	27	27	0	21.2	80.0	26.11	11.5	35.44	.915
22	Sabres	23	Stanley Cup Finals	6	2	4	0	0	4	.333	0	0	9	13	-4	11.5	88.5	25.33	5.9	33.17	.935
23	Predators	20	Stanley Cup Finals	6	2	4	0	0	4	.333	0	0	13	19	-6	22.2	90.9	29.00	7.5	24.00	.868
24	Blues	17	Stanley Cup Finals	7	4	3	0	0	8	.571	0	0	18	22	-4	5.6	70.8	27.71	9.3	30.29	.896
25	Senators	17	Stanley Cup Finals	5	1	4	0	0	2	.200	0	0	11	16	-5	16.0	85.0	20.20	10.9	24.80	.871

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Sun 3/15	NSH	@	EDM	8:00 PM
Tue 3/17	SJS	@	EDM	9:00 PM
Thu 3/19	FLA	@	EDM	9:00 PM
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Avalanche	44	12	9	97	84
Stars	42	14	10	94	54
Wild	38	17	12	88	32
Mammoth	34	27	6	74	20
Predators	29	27	9	67	-28
Jets	27	28	10	64	-15
Blues	27	29	10	64	-44
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Ducks	36	27	3	75	-11
Oilers	32	26	9	73	4
Sharks	32	26	6	70	-22
Kraken	30	26	9	69	-12
Kings	27	24	15	69	-24
Flames	26	33	7	59	-42
Canucks	20	38	8	48	-75

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	41	20	6	88	35
Lightning	40	21	4	84	49
Canadiens	36	19	10	82	14
Bruins	37	23	6	80	12
Red Wings	36	23	8	80	-6
Senators	33	23	9	75	17
Panthers	33	29	3	69	-17
Maple Leafs	28	27	12	68	-25
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	42	18	6	90	42
Penguins	33	18	15	81	21
Islanders	38	24	5	81	6
Blue Jackets	34	21	11	79	4
Flyers	31	23	12	74	-14
Capitals	33	27	8	74	9
Devils	33	31	2	68	-25
Rangers	28	30	8	64	-16