2020-2021 NHL Shots Against by Team

The Chicago Blackhawks led the NHL in shots against in 2020-2021, with 1,880, 4 ahead of the Buffalo Sabres. The average across 31 NHL teams is 1,669.8.

Led the NHL in 2020-2021 Chicago Blackhawks 56 games

1,880 Shots Against 4 clear of Buffalo Sabres

#	Team	G	SA
1	Chicago Blackhawks	56	1,880
2	Buffalo Sabres	56	1,876
3	Vancouver Canucks	56	1,859
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	56	1,804
5	Ottawa Senators	56	1,792
6	San Jose Sharks	56	1,781
7	Detroit Red Wings	56	1,778
8	Nashville Predators	56	1,740
9	Los Angeles Kings	56	1,738
10	New Jersey Devils	56	1,726
11	Edmonton Oilers	56	1,715
12	Anaheim Ducks	56	1,704
13	Winnipeg Jets	56	1,703
14	Minnesota Wild	56	1,700
15	Arizona Coyotes	56	1,692
16	Florida Panthers	56	1,674
17	Pittsburgh Penguins	56	1,672
	NHL average		1,669.8
18	St. Louis Blues	56	1,660
19	New York Rangers	56	1,657
20	Philadelphia Flyers	56	1,628
21	Washington Capitals	56	1,601
22	New York Islanders	56	1,583
23	Carolina Hurricanes	56	1,573
23	Tampa Bay Lightning	56	1,573
25	Calgary Flames	56	1,569
25	Montréal Canadiens	56	1,569
27	Toronto Maple Leafs	56	1,553
28	Vegas Golden Knights	56	1,525
29	Boston Bruins	56	1,513
30	Dallas Stars	56	1,509
31	Colorado Avalanche	56	1,417

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.