1983 NHL Penalty Minutes by Team

The Minnesota North Stars led the NHL in penalty minutes in 1983, with 1,669, 13 ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins. The average across 21 NHL teams is 1,422.2.

Led the NHL in 1983 Minnesota North Stars 80 games

1,669 Penalty Minutes 13 clear of Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Team	G	PIM
1	Minnesota North Stars	80	1,669
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	1,656
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	1,638
4	St. Louis Blues	80	1,588
5	Quebec Nordiques	80	1,562
6	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	80	1,553
7	Boston Bruins	80	1,552
8	Edmonton Oilers	80	1,549
9	Detroit Red Wings	80	1,514
10	Philadelphia Flyers	80	1,466
11	Vancouver Canucks	80	1,459
	NHL average		1,422.2
12	New York Rangers	80	1,417
13	Calgary Flames	80	1,378
14	Chicago Blackhawks	80	1,331
14	Montréal Canadiens	80	1,331
16	New Jersey Devils	80	1,322
17	Los Angeles Kings	80	1,241
18	Washington Capitals	80	1,208
19	Buffalo Sabres	80	1,160
20	Hartford Whalers	80	1,156
21	New York Islanders	80	1,116

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.