which teams take most penalties per game in nhl

The Tampa Bay Lightning have the most penalties per game by a team this season, with 5.19 per game.

Interpreted as:

Which teams take most penalties per game in NHL this regular season?

	TEAM	PEN/GP	SEASON	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Lightning	5.19	2025-26	63	39	20	4	82	.651	4	2	221	175	46	21.8	81.4	28.27	12.4	27.10	.897
2	Panthers	4.84	2025-26	64	32	29	3	67	.523	4	1	191	212	-21	19.5	82.2	28.98	10.3	26.31	.874
3	Bruins	4.83	2025-26	64	36	22	6	78	.609	2	3	212	198	14	24.9	77.4	27.08	12.2	29.88	.896
4	Canadiens	4.25	2025-26	64	36	18	10	82	.641	2	5	226	207	19	25.1	76.7	26.39	13.4	27.59	.883
5	Flames	4.09	2025-26	64	25	32	7	57	.445	2	3	156	197	-41	16.0	81.4	28.58	8.5	29.48	.896
6	Flyers	4.03	2025-26	64	30	23	11	71	.555	7	3	180	198	-18	15.8	78.2	25.22	11.2	25.69	.880
7	Senators	4.02	2025-26	64	32	23	9	73	.570	3	0	213	201	12	23.1	73.3	28.83	11.5	24.31	.871
8	Mammoth	3.86	2025-26	65	34	26	5	73	.562	0	0	203	181	22	16.7	78.6	27.57	11.3	25.97	.893
9	Capitals	3.85	2025-26	66	32	27	7	71	.538	1	5	207	194	13	16.7	78.8	28.89	10.9	27.97	.895
10	Ducks	3.83	2025-26	64	36	25	3	75	.586	8	0	207	222	-15	17.9	77.5	30.25	10.7	28.97	.880
11	Sabres	3.78	2025-26	65	40	19	6	86	.662	3	0	228	196	32	20.8	82.5	28.06	12.5	29.86	.899
12	Predators	3.77	2025-26	64	29	27	8	66	.516	3	0	188	218	-30	22.9	80.6	28.42	10.3	29.28	.884
13	Sharks	3.76	2025-26	62	30	26	6	66	.532	2	1	190	217	-27	20.0	79.1	25.92	11.8	30.26	.884
14	Blackhawks	3.72	2025-26	64	24	29	11	59	.461	3	5	169	202	-33	19.4	85.6	24.44	10.8	29.27	.892
15	Kings	3.63	2025-26	64	26	23	15	67	.523	4	6	165	186	-21	16.3	75.7	27.58	9.3	27.50	.894
16	Canucks	3.59	2025-26	64	19	37	8	46	.359	4	2	161	236	-75	18.2	70.9	26.28	9.6	29.86	.877
17	Hurricanes	3.55	2025-26	64	41	17	6	88	.688	5	3	224	184	40	22.4	79.4	32.22	10.9	24.25	.881
18	Stars	3.53	2025-26	64	40	14	10	90	.703	4	4	218	170	48	29.7	80.5	25.84	13.2	26.38	.899
19	Penguins	3.48	2025-26	64	32	17	15	79	.617	1	10	216	183	33	25.1	84.3	29.28	11.5	27.31	.895
20	Oilers	3.46	2025-26	65	32	25	8	72	.554	0	3	231	218	13	33.1	77.2	29.62	12.0	27.11	.876
21	Blue Jackets	3.45	2025-26	64	33	21	10	76	.594	5	1	204	204	0	20.5	78.0	29.95	10.6	29.77	.893
22	Jets	3.40	2025-26	63	26	27	10	62	.492	1	2	178	191	-13	18.2	79.0	26.54	10.6	28.10	.892
23	Rangers	3.39	2025-26	64	26	30	8	60	.469	3	0	176	200	-24	23.8	78.1	25.53	10.8	28.91	.892
24	Avalanche	3.37	2025-26	63	43	11	9	95	.754	3	5	238	154	84	16.0	82.4	34.05	11.1	26.63	.908
25	Blues	3.34	2025-26	64	25	29	10	60	.469	1	3	168	213	-45	17.1	74.3	25.16	10.4	27.95	.881

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More Lightning Stats

Team Leaders

34

Kucherov

70

Kucherov

+/-

+41

Moser

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.51

4th

GA/GP

2.78

3rd

PP%

21.8

13th

PK%

81.4

9th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	40	19	6	86	35
Canadiens	36	18	10	82	16
Lightning	39	20	4	82	48
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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 3/12	DET	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Sat 3/14	CAR	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Tue 3/17	TBL	@	SEA	10:00 PM
Thu 3/19	TBL	@	VAN	10:00 PM
Sat 3/21	TBL	@	EDM	10:00 PM

Last Game

Blue Jackets

33 - 21 - 10

Final

Lightning

39 - 20 - 4

Tue 10 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