League Leaders Daily Quiz

1965 NHL Goals Against by Team

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

The Boston Bruins led the NHL in goals against in 1965, with 274, 15 ahead of the New York Rangers. The average across 6 NHL teams is 211.0.

Led the NHL in 1965 Boston Bruins 70 games
274 Goals Against 15 clear of New York Rangers
# Team G GA
1 Boston Bruins 70 274
2 New York Rangers 70 259
NHL average 211.0
3 Detroit Red Wings 70 191
4 Chicago Blackhawks 70 187
5 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 185
6 Montréal Canadiens 70 170

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.