1978 NHL Penalty Minutes by Team

The Philadelphia Flyers led the NHL in penalty minutes in 1978, with 1,510, 114 ahead of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The average across 17 NHL teams is 1,119.3.

Led the NHL in 1978 Philadelphia Flyers 80 games

1,510 Penalty Minutes 114 clear of Toronto Maple Leafs

#	Team	G	PIM
1	Philadelphia Flyers	80	1,510
2	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	1,396
3	Detroit Red Wings	80	1,314
4	Washington Capitals	80	1,265
5	Chicago Blackhawks	80	1,234
6	New York Rangers	80	1,184
7	Boston Bruins	80	1,146
8	Atlanta Flames	80	1,135
	NHL average		1,119.3
9	Los Angeles Kings	80	1,108
10	Vancouver Canucks	80	1,084
11	St. Louis Blues	80	1,037
12	Minnesota North Stars	80	1,027
13	New York Islanders	80	1,015
14	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	1,003
15	Buffalo Sabres	80	1,000
16	Montréal Canadiens	80	791
17	Colorado Rockies	80	779

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.