2009-2010 NHL Penalty Minutes by Team

The Philadelphia Flyers led the NHL in penalty minutes in 2009-2010, with 1,346, 3 ahead of the Tampa Bay Lightning. The average across 30 NHL teams is 1,026.6.

Led the NHL in 2009-2010 Philadelphia Flyers 82 games

1,346 Penalty Minutes 3 clear of Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Team	G	PIM
1	Philadelphia Flyers	82	1,346
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	1,343
3	Anaheim Ducks	82	1,315
4	St. Louis Blues	82	1,292
5	Vancouver Canucks	82	1,257
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	1,173
7	New York Rangers	82	1,137
8	San Jose Sharks	82	1,129
9	Calgary Flames	82	1,125
10	Ottawa Senators	82	1,113
11	Edmonton Oilers	82	1,103
12	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	1,066
13	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	1,065
14	Atlanta Thrashers	82	1,039
	NHL average		1,026.6
15	Colorado Avalanche	82	985
16	Florida Panthers	82	961
16	Los Angeles Kings	82	961
18	Carolina Hurricanes	82	944
19	Dallas Stars	82	943
20	Washington Capitals	82	920
21	Boston Bruins	82	919
22	Montréal Canadiens	82	912
23	New York Islanders	82	910
24	Minnesota Wild	82	906
25	Chicago Blackhawks	82	904
26	Phoenix Coyotes	82	901
27	Buffalo Sabres	82	896
28	New Jersey Devils	82	837
29	Detroit Red Wings	82	705
30	Nashville Predators	82	692

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.