1979 NHL Goals Against by Team

The Toronto Maple Leafs led the NHL in goals against in 1979, with 321, 8 ahead of the Edmonton Oilers. The average across 21 NHL teams is 275.8.

Led the NHL in 1979 Toronto Maple Leafs 80 games

321 Goals Against 8 clear of Edmonton Oilers

#	Team	G	GA
1	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	321
2	Edmonton Oilers	80	313
3	Hartford Whalers	80	309
4	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	80	308
5	Los Angeles Kings	80	306
6	Quebec Nordiques	80	305
7	Colorado Rockies	80	304
8	Detroit Red Wings	80	301
9	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	297
10	Washington Capitals	80	285
11	New York Rangers	80	278
	NHL average		275.8
12	St. Louis Blues	80	275
12	Vancouver Canucks	80	275
14	Atlanta Flames	80	264
15	Minnesota North Stars	80	251
15	Philadelphia Flyers	80	251
17	New York Islanders	80	242
18	Chicago Blackhawks	80	241
19	Montréal Canadiens	80	236
20	Boston Bruins	80	230
21	Buffalo Sabres	80	199

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.