2021-2022 NHL Penalty Minutes by Team

The Nashville Predators led the NHL in penalty minutes in 2021-2022, with 1,013, 140 ahead of the Tampa Bay Lightning. The average across 32 NHL teams is 705.4.

Led the NHL in 2021-2022 Nashville Predators 82 games

1,013 Penalty Minutes 140 clear of Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Team	G	PIM
1	Nashville Predators	82	1,013
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	873
3	Minnesota Wild	82	858
4	Arizona Coyotes	82	828
5	Florida Panthers	82	818
6	Montréal Canadiens	82	812
7	Ottawa Senators	82	806
8	Boston Bruins	82	781
9	Anaheim Ducks	82	731
10	Carolina Hurricanes	82	730
11	Philadelphia Flyers	82	725
12	Colorado Avalanche	82	722
13	Detroit Red Wings	82	717
14	New York Islanders	82	715
15	Calgary Flames	82	710
16	Winnipeg Jets	82	708
	NHL average		705.4
17	San Jose Sharks	82	703
18	Seattle Kraken	82	682
19	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	668
20	New York Rangers	82	663
21	Buffalo Sabres	82	651
22	New Jersey Devils	82	644
23	Edmonton Oilers	82	636
24	Vancouver Canucks	82	635
25	Chicago Blackhawks	82	620
26	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	615
26	Los Angeles Kings	82	615
28	Washington Capitals	82	613
29	Vegas Golden Knights	82	606
30	St. Louis Blues	82	583
31	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	554
32	Dallas Stars	82	539

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.