1990 NHL Penalty Minutes by Team

The Chicago Blackhawks led the NHL in penalty minutes in 1990, with 2,356, 176 ahead of the Los Angeles Kings. The average across 21 NHL teams is 1,873.0.

Led the NHL in 1990 Chicago Blackhawks 80 games

2,356 Penalty Minutes 176 clear of Los Angeles Kings

#	Team	G	PIM
1	Chicago Blackhawks	80	2,356
2	Los Angeles Kings	80	2,180
3	Hartford Whalers	80	2,171
4	Calgary Flames	80	2,161
5	Vancouver Canucks	80	2,029
6	New Jersey Devils	80	1,992
7	St. Louis Blues	80	1,971
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	1,946
9	Minnesota North Stars	80	1,920
10	Detroit Red Wings	80	1,916
11	Philadelphia Flyers	80	1,895
	NHL average		1,873.0
12	New York Rangers	80	1,853
13	Washington Capitals	80	1,807
14	Edmonton Oilers	80	1,795
15	Quebec Nordiques	80	1,713
16	New York Islanders	80	1,695
17	Buffalo Sabres	80	1,678
18	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	80	1,649
19	Boston Bruins	80	1,636
20	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	1,569
21	Montréal Canadiens	80	1,401

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.