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1945-1946 NHL Goals Against Average by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Goals allowed per sixty minutes

The Montréal Canadiens led the NHL in goals against average in 1945-1946, with 2.68, 0.44 ahead of the Boston Bruins. The average across 6 NHL teams is 3.34.

Led the NHL in 1945-1946 Montréal Canadiens 50 games
2.68 Goals Against Average 0.44 clear of Boston Bruins
# Team G GAA
1 Montréal Canadiens 50 2.68
2 Boston Bruins 50 3.12
3 Detroit Red Wings 50 3.18
NHL average 3.34
4 Chicago Blackhawks 50 3.56
5 Toronto Maple Leafs 50 3.70
6 New York Rangers 50 3.80

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as save percentage and goals against average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.