League Leaders Who Led?

2002 NHL Goals by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Goals scored

The Detroit Red Wings led the NHL in goals in 2002, with 269, 5 ahead of the Vancouver Canucks. The average across 30 NHL teams is 217.7.

Led the NHL in 2002 Detroit Red Wings 82 games
269 Goals 5 clear of Vancouver Canucks

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.