League Leaders Daily Quiz

1960 NHL Goals Against Average by Team

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

The Toronto Maple Leafs led the NHL in goals against average in 1960, with 2.49, 0.04 ahead of the Chicago Blackhawks. The average across 6 NHL teams is 2.96.

Led the NHL in 1960 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 games
2.49 Goals Against Average 0.04 clear of Chicago Blackhawks
# Team G GAA
1 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 2.49
2 Chicago Blackhawks 70 2.53
3 Montréal Canadiens 70 2.66
NHL average 2.96
4 Detroit Red Wings 70 3.03
5 New York Rangers 70 3.49
6 Boston Bruins 70 3.59

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.