1980 NHL Penalty Minutes by Team

The Philadelphia Flyers led the NHL in penalty minutes in 1980, with 2,573, 639 ahead of the New York Rangers. The average across 21 NHL teams is 1,614.3.

Led the NHL in 1980 Philadelphia Flyers 80 games

2,573 Penalty Minutes 639 clear of New York Rangers

#	Team	G	PIM
1	Philadelphia Flyers	80	2,573
2	New York Rangers	80	1,934
3	Vancouver Canucks	80	1,858
4	Washington Capitals	80	1,811
5	Boston Bruins	80	1,786
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	1,780
7	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	1,779
8	Detroit Red Wings	80	1,651
9	Chicago Blackhawks	80	1,630
10	St. Louis Blues	80	1,623
	NHL average		1,614.3
11	Los Angeles Kings	80	1,580
12	Minnesota North Stars	80	1,558
13	Hartford Whalers	80	1,548
14	Edmonton Oilers	80	1,520
15	Quebec Nordiques	80	1,488
16	Calgary Flames	80	1,411
17	New York Islanders	80	1,381
18	Montréal Canadiens	80	1,338
19	Colorado Rockies	80	1,327
20	Buffalo Sabres	80	1,172
21	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	80	1,153

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.