1977 NHL Penalty Minutes by Team

The Philadelphia Flyers led the NHL in penalty minutes in 1977, with 1,658, 142 ahead of the Detroit Red Wings. The average across 18 NHL teams is 1,075.9.

Led the NHL in 1977 Philadelphia Flyers 80 games

1,658 Penalty Minutes 142 clear of Detroit Red Wings

#	Team	G	PIM
1	Philadelphia Flyers	80	1,658
2	Detroit Red Wings	80	1,516
3	Washington Capitals	80	1,312
4	Chicago Blackhawks	80	1,296
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	1,280
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	1,240
7	Boston Bruins	80	1,201
	NHL average		1,075.9
8	Minnesota North Stars	80	1,062
9	New York Rangers	80	1,030
10	Cleveland Barons	80	992
11	Atlanta Flames	80	958
12	Vancouver Canucks	80	921
13	New York Islanders	80	887
14	Los Angeles Kings	80	885
15	St. Louis Blues	80	825
16	Colorado Rockies	80	792
17	Buffalo Sabres	80	776
18	Montréal Canadiens	80	735

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.