best penalty kill percentage in nhl 1981-82

The Minnesota North Stars had the highest penalty-kill percentage by a team in 1981-82, at 81.9 percent.

	TEAM	PK%	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	North Stars	81.9	1981-82	80	37	23	20	94	.588	346	288	58	24.5	33.01	13.1	32.91	.891
2	Oilers	81.7	1981-82	80	48	17	15	111	.694	417	295	122	25.6	33.63	15.5	31.73	.884
3	Bruins	81.6	1981-82	80	43	27	10	96	.600	323	285	38	22.3	30.21	13.4	25.70	.861
4	Canadiens	80.1	1981-82	80	46	17	17	109	.681	360	223	137	24.2	33.78	13.3	27.48	.899
5	Islanders	79.9	1981-82	80	54	16	10	118	.738	385	250	135	27.8	30.86	15.6	30.08	.896
6	Sabres	79.3	1981-82	80	39	26	15	93	.581	307	273	34	21.6	29.28	13.1	29.00	.882
7	Capitals	78.6	1981-82	80	26	41	13	65	.406	319	338	-19	22.5	31.48	12.7	33.29	.873
8	Canucks	78.5	1981-82	80	30	33	17	77	.481	290	286	4	19.0	30.73	11.8	30.28	.882
9	Nordiques	78.2	1981-82	80	33	31	16	82	.513	356	345	11	26.8	28.81	15.4	29.60	.854
10	Flames	77.8	1981-82	80	29	34	17	75	.469	334	345	-11	26.6	29.43	14.2	33.40	.871
11	Penguins	76.9	1981-82	80	31	36	13	75	.469	310	337	-27	24.8	31.88	12.2	31.21	.865
12	Rockies	76.9	1981-82	80	18	49	13	49	.306	241	362	-121	15.3	26.34	11.4	33.84	.866
13	Rangers	76.3	1981-82	80	39	27	14	92	.575	316	306	10	22.2	28.56	13.8	29.45	.870
14	Blues	76.2	1981-82	80	32	40	8	72	.450	315	349	-34	22.5	30.79	12.8	32.23	.865
15	Jets	75.5	1981-82	80	33	33	14	80	.500	319	332	-13	22.6	32.92	12.1	32.45	.872
16	Black Hawks	75.4	1981-82	80	30	38	12	72	.450	332	363	-31	25.5	32.08	12.9	33.23	.863
17	Red Wings	73.5	1981-82	80	21	47	12	54	.338	270	351	-81	16.5	33.38	10.1	28.16	.844
18	Flyers	73.3	1981-82	80	38	31	11	87	.544	325	313	12	26.5	34.01	11.9	29.99	.870
19	Maple Leafs	73.0	1981-82	80	20	44	16	56	.350	298	380	-82	20.3	29.10	12.8	34.71	.863
20	Whalers	72.1	1981-82	80	21	41	18	60	.375	264	351	-87	23.1	31.10	10.6	34.06	.871
21	Kings	71.7	1981-82	80	24	41	15	63	.394	314	369	-55	21.2	32.01	12.3	30.59	.849

StatMuse has team, season-level data for penalty-kill percentage going back to the 1977-78 season.

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PK%

80.3

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Avalanche	55	16	11	121	99
Stars	50	20	12	112	53
Wild	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth	43	33	6	92	28
Blues	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks	29	39	14	72	-62

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Playoffs Goals Leaders

7

Boldy

7

MacKinnon

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Dorofeyev

Playoffs Assists Leaders

14

Eichel

11

Hughes

11

Kaprizov

Playoffs Points Leaders

16

Marner

15

Hughes

15

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Playoffs Hits Leaders

61

Barbashev

55

Foligno

51

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Playoffs Blocks Leaders

33

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Matheson

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Playoffs Wins Leaders

8

Andersen

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Wedgewood

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Playoffs Goals Against Leaders

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Andersen

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Silovs

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Playoffs Save Percentage Leaders

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Andersen

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Playoffs Goals Rankings

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3.55

Playoffs Goals Against Rankings

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Playoffs Power Play Rankings

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33.3

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Worst Record ATS

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NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12