1982 NHL Penalty Minutes by Team

The Pittsburgh Penguins led the NHL in penalty minutes in 1982, with 1,817, 96 ahead of the Edmonton Oilers. The average across 21 NHL teams is 1,306.0.

Led the NHL in 1982 Pittsburgh Penguins 80 games

1,817 Penalty Minutes 96 clear of Edmonton Oilers

#	Team	G	PIM
1	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	1,817
2	Edmonton Oilers	80	1,721
3	Vancouver Canucks	80	1,633
4	Quebec Nordiques	80	1,628
5	Minnesota North Stars	80	1,494
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	1,448
7	Hartford Whalers	80	1,354
8	Los Angeles Kings	80	1,335
9	Philadelphia Flyers	80	1,325
	NHL average		1,306.0
10	Washington Capitals	80	1,299
11	St. Louis Blues	80	1,265
12	New Jersey Devils	80	1,244
13	New York Islanders	80	1,201
14	Chicago Blackhawks	80	1,173
15	Boston Bruins	80	1,145
16	Calgary Flames	80	1,129
17	Montréal Canadiens	80	1,094
18	New York Rangers	80	1,074
19	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	80	1,064
20	Detroit Red Wings	80	995
21	Buffalo Sabres	80	987

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.