1986 NHL Goals Against by Team

The New Jersey Devils led the NHL in goals against in 1986, with 363, 31 ahead of the Los Angeles Kings. The average across 21 NHL teams is 287.8.

Led the NHL in 1986 New Jersey Devils 80 games

363 Goals Against 31 clear of Los Angeles Kings

#	Team	G	GA
1	New Jersey Devils	80	363
2	Los Angeles Kings	80	332
3	New York Rangers	80	316
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	313
5	Chicago Blackhawks	80	308
6	Minnesota North Stars	80	305
6	Vancouver Canucks	80	305
8	Buffalo Sabres	80	301
9	St. Louis Blues	80	288
	NHL average		287.8
10	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	284
11	Calgary Flames	80	282
12	Edmonton Oilers	80	281
13	New York Islanders	80	277
14	Boston Bruins	80	274
15	Quebec Nordiques	80	272
16	Washington Capitals	80	271
17	Detroit Red Wings	80	267
17	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	80	267
19	Hartford Whalers	80	265
20	Philadelphia Flyers	80	240
21	Montréal Canadiens	80	233

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.