1971-1972 NHL Goals Against by Team

The Los Angeles Kings led the NHL in goals against in 1971-1972, with 303, 9 ahead of the Vancouver Canucks. The average across 14 NHL teams is 235.1.

Led the NHL in 1971-1972 Los Angeles Kings 78 games

303 Goals Against 9 clear of Vancouver Canucks

#	Team	G	GA
1	Los Angeles Kings	78	303
2	Vancouver Canucks	78	294
3	California Golden Seals	78	283
4	Buffalo Sabres	78	282
5	Detroit Red Wings	78	256
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	250
7	St. Louis Blues	78	242
	NHL average		235.1
8	Philadelphia Flyers	78	228
9	Boston Bruins	78	203
9	Montréal Canadiens	78	203
11	Toronto Maple Leafs	78	202
12	Minnesota North Stars	78	191
13	New York Rangers	78	189
14	Chicago Blackhawks	78	165

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.