1991 NHL Penalty Minutes by Team

The Buffalo Sabres led the NHL in penalty minutes in 1991, with 2,689, 88 ahead of the Calgary Flames. The average across 22 NHL teams is 1,952.0.

Led the NHL in 1991 Buffalo Sabres 80 games

2,689 Penalty Minutes 88 clear of Calgary Flames

#	Team	G	PIM
1	Buffalo Sabres	80	2,689
2	Calgary Flames	80	2,601
3	Chicago Blackhawks	80	2,591
4	Los Angeles Kings	80	2,139
5	Minnesota North Stars	80	2,103
6	Vancouver Canucks	80	2,051
7	Detroit Red Wings	80	2,044
8	St. Louis Blues	80	2,013
9	Quebec Nordiques	80	2,002
	NHL average		1,952.0
10	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	80	1,881
11	Edmonton Oilers	80	1,875
12	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	1,863
13	San Jose Sharks	80	1,860
14	Philadelphia Flyers	80	1,791
15	New York Rangers	80	1,762
16	Hartford Whalers	80	1,759
17	Washington Capitals	80	1,713
18	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	1,712
19	Boston Bruins	80	1,684
20	New York Islanders	80	1,683
21	New Jersey Devils	80	1,588
22	Montréal Canadiens	80	1,540

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.