NHL Team Penalty Minutes Per Game Leaders

In regard to the 2024-25 year, the Boston Bruins are ahead of the pack in penalty mins per game with 12.2. Holding 2nd place are the Philadelphia Flyers, with a penalty minutes per game of 12.1. Holding a rate of 11.8, the Tampa Bay Lightning rank in the third spot. With the 4th and 5th spot are the Montreal Canadiens (11.6) in addition to the Los Angeles Kings (11.2).

2024-25 NHL Team Penalty Minutes Per Game Leaders

PIM/G Rank Team PIM/G
1st Boston Bruins 12.2
2nd Philadelphia Flyers 12.1
3rd Tampa Bay Lightning 11.8
4th Montreal Canadiens 11.6
5th Los Angeles Kings 11.2
6th Utah Hockey Club 11.1
7th New York Rangers 10.9
8th Buffalo Sabres 10.6
9th Calgary Flames 10.4
10th Washington Capitals 10.1
11th San Jose Sharks 10.1
12th New Jersey Devils 9.9
13th Toronto Maple Leafs 9.9
14th Nashville Predators 9.9
15th Chicago Blackhawks 9.5
16th Colorado Avalanche 9.3
17th Carolina Hurricanes 9.2
18th Florida Panthers 8.9
19th Vancouver Canucks 8.9
20th Edmonton Oilers 8.5
21st Seattle Kraken 8.5
22nd St. Louis Blues 8.4
23rd Detroit Red Wings 8.3
24th Pittsburgh Penguins 7.8
25th Ottawa Senators 7.5
26th Dallas Stars 7.4
27th Anaheim Ducks 7.3
28th Columbus Blue Jackets 6.2
29th Winnipeg Jets 5.9
30th Minnesota Wild 5.5
31st New York Islanders 5.2
32nd Vegas Golden Knights 4.8

2022 NHL Team Penalty Minutes Per Game Leaders

PIM/G Rank Team PIM/G
1st Nashville Predators 12.6
2nd Tampa Bay Lightning 11.0
3rd Minnesota Wild 10.8
4th Arizona Coyotes 10.2
5th Montreal Canadiens 10.2
6th Florida Panthers 10.1
7th Ottawa Senators 10.0
8th Boston Bruins 9.9
9th Anaheim Ducks 9.3
10th Carolina Hurricanes 9.2
11th Calgary Flames 9.1
12th Colorado Avalanche 9.0
13th Philadelphia Flyers 9.0
14th New York Islanders 8.9
15th Detroit Red Wings 8.9
16th Winnipeg Jets 8.8
17th San Jose Sharks 8.8
18th Toronto Maple Leafs 8.6
19th Seattle Kraken 8.5
20th New York Rangers 8.2
21st Edmonton Oilers 8.1
22nd Buffalo Sabres 8.1
23rd New Jersey Devils 8.1
24th Vancouver Canucks 8.0
25th Chicago Blackhawks 7.9
26th Washington Capitals 7.7
27th Los Angeles Kings 7.7
28th Columbus Blue Jackets 7.7
29th Vegas Golden Knights 7.6
30th St. Louis Blues 7.5
31st Pittsburgh Penguins 6.9
32nd Dallas Stars 6.7

2021 NHL Team Penalty Minutes Per Game Leaders

PIM/G Rank Team PIM/G
1st Tampa Bay Lightning 10.7
2nd Florida Panthers 10.1
3rd New York Rangers 10.1
4th Vancouver Canucks 9.8
5th Boston Bruins 9.5
6th Washington Capitals 9.4
7th Nashville Predators 9.2
8th San Jose Sharks 9.2
9th Ottawa Senators 9.1
10th Colorado Avalanche 8.9
11th Minnesota Wild 8.9
12th Anaheim Ducks 8.9
13th Montreal Canadiens 8.3
14th St. Louis Blues 8.1
15th Philadelphia Flyers 8.0
16th Calgary Flames 8.0
17th Arizona Coyotes 8.0
18th Edmonton Oilers 7.8
19th Carolina Hurricanes 7.4
20th Vegas Golden Knights 7.3
21st Dallas Stars 7.3
22nd Detroit Red Wings 7.3
23rd Winnipeg Jets 7.2
24th Pittsburgh Penguins 7.1
25th Los Angeles Kings 7.1
26th Toronto Maple Leafs 7.0
27th Columbus Blue Jackets 7.0
28th New Jersey Devils 6.7
29th New York Islanders 6.6
30th Chicago Blackhawks 6.6
31st Buffalo Sabres 6.1

2020 NHL Team Penalty Minutes Per Game Leaders

PIM/G Rank Team PIM/G
1st New York Rangers 11.2
2nd Tampa Bay Lightning 10.3
3rd San Jose Sharks 10.3
4th Anaheim Ducks 10.2
5th Washington Capitals 10.1
6th Boston Bruins 9.7
7th New Jersey Devils 9.7
8th Ottawa Senators 9.6
9th Vancouver Canucks 9.3
10th Nashville Predators 9.0
11th Calgary Flames 8.8
12th Carolina Hurricanes 8.6
13th Colorado Avalanche 8.5
14th New York Islanders 8.5
15th Detroit Red Wings 8.4
16th Dallas Stars 8.2
17th Edmonton Oilers 8.1
18th Minnesota Wild 8.1
19th Vegas Golden Knights 8.0
20th Chicago Blackhawks 7.8
21st Montreal Canadiens 7.7
22nd Philadelphia Flyers 7.6
23rd Pittsburgh Penguins 7.5
24th Winnipeg Jets 7.4
25th St. Louis Blues 7.2
26th Florida Panthers 7.2
27th Buffalo Sabres 6.9
28th Los Angeles Kings 6.8
29th Toronto Maple Leafs 6.7
30th Columbus Blue Jackets 6.5
31st Arizona Coyotes 6.5

2019 NHL Team Penalty Minutes Per Game Leaders

PIM/G Rank Team PIM/G
1st New York Rangers 10.4
2nd Boston Bruins 9.7
3rd Tampa Bay Lightning 9.5
4th Colorado Avalanche 9.4
5th Winnipeg Jets 9.3
6th Edmonton Oilers 9.2
7th San Jose Sharks 9.1
8th New Jersey Devils 9.1
9th Anaheim Ducks 9.0
10th Washington Capitals 8.9
11th Philadelphia Flyers 8.9
12th Vancouver Canucks 8.8
13th Calgary Flames 8.5
14th Ottawa Senators 8.5
15th Pittsburgh Penguins 8.4
16th Nashville Predators 8.4
17th Florida Panthers 8.4
18th Montreal Canadiens 8.3
19th Los Angeles Kings 8.1
20th Minnesota Wild 8.0
21st New York Islanders 7.9
22nd Detroit Red Wings 7.9
23rd Dallas Stars 7.7
24th St. Louis Blues 7.6
25th Carolina Hurricanes 7.5
26th Chicago Blackhawks 7.3
27th Vegas Golden Knights 7.1
28th Arizona Coyotes 7.1
29th Buffalo Sabres 7.0
30th Columbus Blue Jackets 6.2
31st Toronto Maple Leafs 6.1

2018 NHL Team Penalty Minutes Per Game Leaders

PIM/G Rank Team PIM/G
1st Nashville Predators 11.3
2nd Calgary Flames 11.1
3rd Florida Panthers 11.0
4th Dallas Stars 10.1
5th Anaheim Ducks 10.0
6th Washington Capitals 9.8
7th Boston Bruins 9.5
8th Pittsburgh Penguins 9.5
9th Tampa Bay Lightning 9.2
10th Edmonton Oilers 9.2
11th Los Angeles Kings 9.0
12th Colorado Avalanche 8.9
13th Detroit Red Wings 8.9
14th Vancouver Canucks 8.7
15th Montreal Canadiens 8.6
16th Winnipeg Jets 8.5
17th New Jersey Devils 8.5
18th Minnesota Wild 8.3
19th Philadelphia Flyers 8.3
20th Buffalo Sabres 8.2
21st Ottawa Senators 8.1
22nd New York Rangers 8.0
23rd New York Islanders 7.8
24th Arizona Coyotes 7.8
25th San Jose Sharks 7.7
26th St. Louis Blues 7.7
27th Chicago Blackhawks 7.5
28th Toronto Maple Leafs 7.0
29th Columbus Blue Jackets 6.9
30th Vegas Golden Knights 6.8
31st Carolina Hurricanes 6.2

2017 NHL Team Penalty Minutes Per Game Leaders

PIM/G Rank Team PIM/G
1st Calgary Flames 11.7
2nd Anaheim Ducks 11.4
3rd Tampa Bay Lightning 10.7
4th Ottawa Senators 10.3
5th Philadelphia Flyers 10.3
6th Nashville Predators 10.2
7th Winnipeg Jets 10.2
8th Boston Bruins 10.1
9th New Jersey Devils 10.0
10th Florida Panthers 9.9
11th Dallas Stars 9.9
12th Arizona Coyotes 9.9
13th Toronto Maple Leafs 9.7
14th Colorado Avalanche 9.4
15th Montreal Canadiens 9.3
16th Los Angeles Kings 9.2
17th Washington Capitals 9.1
18th Edmonton Oilers 9.0
19th St. Louis Blues 9.0
20th Buffalo Sabres 9.0
21st Detroit Red Wings 8.8
22nd Columbus Blue Jackets 8.7
23rd Pittsburgh Penguins 8.6
24th Minnesota Wild 8.2
25th New York Islanders 7.9
26th Vancouver Canucks 7.9
27th San Jose Sharks 7.8
28th New York Rangers 7.2
29th Chicago Blackhawks 7.1
30th Carolina Hurricanes 5.8

2016 NHL Team Penalty Minutes Per Game Leaders

PIM/G Rank Team PIM/G
1st Anaheim Ducks 12.5
2nd Arizona Coyotes 12.3
3rd Columbus Blue Jackets 12.1
4th Philadelphia Flyers 11.8
5th Boston Bruins 11.4
6th Winnipeg Jets 11.2
7th Ottawa Senators 10.9
8th Los Angeles Kings 10.6
9th St. Louis Blues 10.5
10th Florida Panthers 10.4
11th Vancouver Canucks 10.0
12th Tampa Bay Lightning 9.9
13th Nashville Predators 9.9
14th New Jersey Devils 9.9
15th Edmonton Oilers 9.7
16th Montreal Canadiens 9.4
17th Colorado Avalanche 9.4
18th Washington Capitals 9.2
19th Calgary Flames 9.2
20th Toronto Maple Leafs 9.2
21st Buffalo Sabres 9.1
22nd San Jose Sharks 8.9
23rd Dallas Stars 8.8
24th New York Islanders 8.8
25th Detroit Red Wings 8.8
26th New York Rangers 8.6
27th Pittsburgh Penguins 8.5
28th Chicago Blackhawks 7.5
29th Carolina Hurricanes 6.9
30th Minnesota Wild 6.6

2015 NHL Team Penalty Minutes Per Game Leaders

PIM/G Rank Team PIM/G
1st Pittsburgh Penguins 13.7
2nd Winnipeg Jets 13.0
3rd Columbus Blue Jackets 11.9
4th St. Louis Blues 11.0
5th Vancouver Canucks 10.9
6th Anaheim Ducks 10.8
7th Washington Capitals 10.5
8th Buffalo Sabres 10.4
9th Ottawa Senators 10.3
10th Montreal Canadiens 10.2
11th Philadelphia Flyers 10.2
12th Toronto Maple Leafs 10.0
13th Tampa Bay Lightning 9.9
14th Dallas Stars 9.6
15th Boston Bruins 9.5
16th Arizona Coyotes 9.5
17th Colorado Avalanche 9.4
18th San Jose Sharks 9.3
19th New Jersey Devils 9.3
20th Los Angeles Kings 9.1
21st Minnesota Wild 8.9
22nd Florida Panthers 8.9
23rd Detroit Red Wings 8.8
24th New York Rangers 8.7
25th Nashville Predators 8.5
26th New York Islanders 8.5
27th Edmonton Oilers 8.3
28th Calgary Flames 7.6
29th Chicago Blackhawks 7.3
30th Carolina Hurricanes 6.7

2014 NHL Team Penalty Minutes Per Game Leaders

PIM/G Rank Team PIM/G
1st St. Louis Blues 14.2
2nd Philadelphia Flyers 14.2
3rd Vancouver Canucks 13.6
4th Ottawa Senators 13.3
5th Montreal Canadiens 13.0
6th Toronto Maple Leafs 12.7
7th New York Islanders 12.4
8th Winnipeg Jets 11.9
9th Edmonton Oilers 11.8
10th Washington Capitals 11.6
11th Columbus Blue Jackets 11.1
12th Dallas Stars 11.0
13th Buffalo Sabres 11.0
14th Anaheim Ducks 10.9
15th Colorado Avalanche 10.9
16th Boston Bruins 10.8
17th Los Angeles Kings 10.7
18th Calgary Flames 10.5
19th Tampa Bay Lightning 10.3
20th Florida Panthers 10.3
21st Pittsburgh Penguins 10.1
22nd New York Rangers 10.0
23rd Arizona Coyotes 9.9
24th Nashville Predators 9.9
25th Minnesota Wild 9.5
26th San Jose Sharks 9.0
27th Detroit Red Wings 8.8
28th Chicago Blackhawks 8.5
29th New Jersey Devils 8.0
30th Carolina Hurricanes 7.9