1987 NHL Penalty Minutes by Team

The Boston Bruins led the NHL in penalty minutes in 1987, with 2,403, 41 ahead of the Calgary Flames. The average across 21 NHL teams is 2,063.8.

Led the NHL in 1987 Boston Bruins 80 games

2,403 Penalty Minutes 41 clear of Calgary Flames

#	Team	G	PIM
1	Boston Bruins	80	2,403
2	Calgary Flames	80	2,362
3	Detroit Red Wings	80	2,299
4	New Jersey Devils	80	2,289
5	Minnesota North Stars	80	2,285
6	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	80	2,252
7	Chicago Blackhawks	80	2,214
8	Buffalo Sabres	80	2,198
9	Vancouver Canucks	80	2,170
10	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	2,169
11	Edmonton Oilers	80	2,135
12	Los Angeles Kings	80	2,084
	NHL average		2,063.8
13	Philadelphia Flyers	80	2,054
14	Hartford Whalers	80	2,024
15	Quebec Nordiques	80	2,002
16	St. Louis Blues	80	1,879
17	Montréal Canadiens	80	1,806
18	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	1,708
19	New York Rangers	80	1,695
20	New York Islanders	80	1,672
21	Washington Capitals	80	1,640

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.