2008 NHL Goals Against by Team

The Toronto Maple Leafs led the NHL in goals against in 2008, with 281, 11 ahead of the Atlanta Thrashers. The average across 30 NHL teams is 226.0.

Led the NHL in 2008 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 games

281 Goals Against 11 clear of Atlanta Thrashers

#	Team	G	GA
1	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	281
2	Atlanta Thrashers	82	270
3	New York Islanders	82	266
4	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	259
5	Colorado Avalanche	82	244
6	Dallas Stars	82	242
6	Phoenix Coyotes	82	242
8	Calgary Flames	82	240
9	Edmonton Oilers	82	239
10	Montréal Canadiens	82	236
11	Detroit Red Wings	82	235
12	Washington Capitals	82	234
13	Philadelphia Flyers	82	229
14	Anaheim Ducks	82	226
	NHL average		226.0
15	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	225
16	Buffalo Sabres	82	221
17	Ottawa Senators	82	218
17	St. Louis Blues	82	218
19	Los Angeles Kings	82	215
19	Nashville Predators	82	215
21	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	214
22	Florida Panthers	82	212
23	Carolina Hurricanes	82	210
24	New York Rangers	82	207
25	Vancouver Canucks	82	206
26	Chicago Blackhawks	82	203
27	New Jersey Devils	82	199
28	San Jose Sharks	82	197
29	Minnesota Wild	82	191
30	Boston Bruins	82	185

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.