1981 NHL Penalty Minutes by Team

The Philadelphia Flyers led the NHL in penalty minutes in 1981, with 2,450, 254 ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins. The average across 21 NHL teams is 1,565.3.

Led the NHL in 1981 Philadelphia Flyers 80 games

2,450 Penalty Minutes 254 clear of Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Team	G	PIM
1	Philadelphia Flyers	80	2,450
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	2,196
3	Washington Capitals	80	1,902
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	1,874
5	Vancouver Canucks	80	1,802
6	Chicago Blackhawks	80	1,763
7	Los Angeles Kings	80	1,714
8	Quebec Nordiques	80	1,711
9	St. Louis Blues	80	1,571
	NHL average		1,565.3
10	Hartford Whalers	80	1,481
11	Edmonton Oilers	80	1,447
12	Montréal Canadiens	80	1,439
13	Buffalo Sabres	80	1,401
14	New York Rangers	80	1,374
15	Minnesota North Stars	80	1,313
16	Calgary Flames	80	1,305
17	New York Islanders	80	1,288
18	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	80	1,284
19	Boston Bruins	80	1,227
20	Detroit Red Wings	80	1,219
21	Colorado Rockies	80	1,110

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.